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3 years ago
Nutrients 1
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Update: Took less than 3 days for all 3 seeds to pop. They’re all looking good, standing tall. Couple shells stuck to cotyledon leaves. I’m just going to leave them there. In the past my OCD has wanted them off and I’ve F’d up the leaf. I’m going to leave them covered with the cups until tomorrow, hopefully true leaves will be starting then. I got an email from FastBuds and it showed their suggested feed schedule so I’ll try that and see how they like it. Hi Growers. The sponsored FastBuds Auto seeds have arrived!!!! I decided to run the Pineapple Express and the Blue Dream. According to the grow info on the website they seemed to be in the same size and duration range. It should also give me a wider variety of effect as well. I planted 3 seeds of each strain directly in 3 gal fabric pots of new Sunshine #4 mix and lightly watered with RO water. They’ll be lit by a Spider Farmer SF4000 which is on 24 hrs at the moment at 30% around 30 inches high. I have enjoyed the FastBuds seeds I’ve grown before and was very happy to receive this sponsorship. It was very kind. Thank you. I have always wanted to grow the Pineapple Express and am glad to have this opportunity. 👍🏻👍🏻 Anything with Blueberry genetics has always been good for my GI disorder and Blue Dream specifically has always worked well for that. My wife finds it’s great for her PTSD and anxiety too. I’ll be happy to have a bunch of bud from these two around fairly soon. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
3.81 cm
24 hrs
25 °C
6.1
70 PPM
50 %
25 °C
11 L
76.2 cm
Nutrients 1
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Hi Growers. So all 3 FastBuds Pineapple Express Auto seeds popped in less than 3 days. I’ve left them uncovered, added a humidifier and turned a fan on low to just to give them a little wiggle. They were sprayed and lightly watered in a 4” circle around the stalks to have those roots go search for water. Just gonna give them some time and mist for a week and start super low feeding according to the FastBuds auto feed schedule. I’m looking forward to seeing these babies grow!!! Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
5.08 cm
20 hrs
25 °C
6.1
225 PPM
50 %
25 °C
11 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 3
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.326 mll
Holland Secret - Micro - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Micro 0.25 mll
Holland Secret - Bloom - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Bloom 0.13 mll
Hi Growers. These little plants have been cruising along just fine. The whole week they have just been sprayed with ph RO water with a touch of cal pow. Yesterday I noticed they were a bit lighter in color and using peat based medium with zero nutrients I decided to feed according to the FastBuds suggested 1/8 strength. It still ended up being around 225 ppm. I also raised the light 3” as I noticed the serrated leaf edge starting to point straight up. That SF4000 is a beast against tiny plants even at 30%. I’ve got the environment at approx 77 & 60% with a oscillating fan and humidifier running. All in all they’re looking happy and are doing what they should be. 🤞👍🏻🌱 Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
15.24 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.1
525 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 4
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.326 mll
Holland Secret - Micro - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Micro 2 mll
Holland Secret - Bloom - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Bloom 1 mll
Hi Growers. Everything is going well. Earlier this week I did another super light feeding, the same as last week. I raised the light to 50” and increased the light to 80% and will adjust accordingly per plant and environmental needs. I did notice a bit of yellowing on the PE and yesterday decided to do a stronger feed and go from there. I don’t want them starving and getting stressed into flower. After the first light feeds they popped up nicely so I’m interested to see how they like the higher feed. Environment wise, I turned on the oscillating fan to just help them strengthen their stocks and branches and still have the humidifier on. Temps & RH are good, no hot temp is a bit cool but it’s only 4 hrs. What week do you growers start training autos?? I’m starting node 5. Thanks for stopping, leave a like or comment if you’d like. I appreciate them. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
15.24 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.1
525 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
91.44 cm
Nutrients 4
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.326 mll
Holland Secret - Micro - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Micro 2 mll
Holland Secret - Bloom - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Bloom 1 mll
Hey growers. This week I decided to water with a heavier ppm as the plants didn’t seem too happy. They were showing some yellowing on the lower leaf tips. Guess I was right bc they exploded up to about 12” +-. Then I decided to top and LST the main stem. Today I just adjusted the ties, removed 1-2 leaves from each plant depending if there was any in the mud or not. Yesterday I watered with 525 ppm, but unfortunately the water was a bit on the cold side and they’re having trouble soaking it up. I have since created a rez in my grow room just to hold RO water at approx 70 degrees. So that problem should be rectified. I think I’m right on the cusp of preflower as I’ve seen one or 2 pistils. Regardless they’re doing their thing and I’m trying to do as little as possible to keep them vegging as long as possible and end up beastly!!! Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 5. Flowering
3 years ago
30.48 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.1
500 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
127 cm
Nutrients 4
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Holland Secret - Micro - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Micro 2 mll
Holland Secret - Bloom - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Bloom 2 mll
Day 1 flower Hey growers. So these was a couple preflowers the other day and today there are more clusters on the buds so we’ll call this day 1 flower. I watered with 500 ppm feed. They’re looking really good. Removed the large fans and anything touching the dirt and tiny bud sites from the bottom branches. Did some LST and super cropping to even out the canopy and within 2 hours they were all standing back up. I haven’t decided what to do yet, I have a Scrog net I could use, tomato cages or just let them be. I have some time to figure it out. They’re looking great, I hope they can fill up the tent with beastly buds. Happy Growing 🤞🌱👍🏻
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
45.72 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Weak
750 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
127 cm
Nutrients 5
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Holland Secret - Micro - Future Harvest
Holland Secret - Micro 1 mll
Flower day 7ish Hey Growers I did a minor defoliation to remove the beastly fan leaves and the ones in the mud. I also did a bit more LST to even the canopy as much as possible. As it seems, I have no more control haha. One or 2 plants have stretched more than I’d have like but the entire canopy is pretty even. The SF4000 is about 8” off the top of the tent at 78%. They start to droop for end of day about 3 hours before lights out, I was concerned something was wrong as I’ve never really seen drooping that much in healthy plants. Just gonna keep cruising along and hopefully things will be good in the end. I’ll keep my eyes open for any problems. Happy Growing 🌱👍🏻
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
55.88 cm
19 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Normal
990 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
111.76 cm
Nutrients 7
Epsom 0.651 mll
Monster Bloom - Grotek
Monster Bloom 0.326 mll
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Day 14 flower Hey Growers So day 14 of flower, I decided to defoliate as the tent was getting so overgrown. They are drying out quickly and the media is dense with roots. They are going to require daily watering very shortly. They seem quite happy and doing well. You can see in one of the pictures, the leaf edge is raised, which idk exactly what that is. I’ve decreased the light to 70% until I know how they’ll react. Other than that just put in the trellis to support the tops. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
19 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Normal
990 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 7
Epsom 0.651 mll
Monster Bloom - Grotek
Monster Bloom 0.326 mll
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Day 49 These beauties continued to stretch after the defoliation. Stretch is done and the buds are getting bigger. I’ve secured some of the branches to the trellis to create more space between them. Everything is going fine. Not much to comment on. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
19 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Normal
990 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 7
Epsom 0.651 mll
Monster Bloom - Grotek
Monster Bloom 0.326 mll
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Day 56 I did a flush at the end of the week with double the cal mag and Epsom. Hopefully I can get this leaf condition turned around. I think flushing will help as the runoff was on the higher side, the main stem is purpling and leaves showing signs of cal mag deficiency. Hopefully I can get this under control before it all goes to shit. I’m just on cruise control, hoping to make it to the end haha. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Strong
700 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 6
Monster Bloom - Grotek
Monster Bloom 0.326 mll
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Day 63 I will be starting to flush the plants. They received their last feeding last week and now I’ll just water with plain cal mag water and maybe some Rezin until the trichomes are ready. The smell comes and goes depending on how wet the media is. When it’s wet the smell is uncontrollable sweet, berries and a pineapple tang. It’s excellent. I think I cause a bit of a lockout by over feeding but this strain definitely weather the increased ppm better. They have chunked up quite a bit in the last bit and are looking quite happy. Can’t say the same for the Blue Dream. Hopefully using the Gaia Green next round will alleviate this problem some. Otherwise I’m pretty much just on cruise control trying to make it to the end without any more problems. Happy 420 & Happy Growing 🌱👍🏻
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Strong
225 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 2
Rezin - Green Planet Nutrients
Rezin 2 mll
Cal-Pow - Future Harvest
Cal-Pow 0.651 mll
Day 63 Well there’s not much going on. Just watering when dry. They seem to be doing better. They are fattening up a bit more and putting on some density. I can tell by the fact that they’re leaning more. This is a 10 wk strain, but I’m gonna push it a bit longer til the trichomes are in a better range. They have a sweet tropical smell which is quite nice. Not the frostiest buds ever, but we’ll see how it shakes out. The smallest front one is the frostiest of the round. We’re just on autopilot til the end. Probably a week or 2 more and they’ll be ready to come down. Happy Growing 🌱
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Week 12. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Strong
200 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 1
Typhoon cleanse 4 mll
Day 70 Well things have really turned around this last week. The buds are hard. They have gotten significantly firmer since flushing. The smell is super potent of tropical, sweet citrus. It and the others are too much for my old carbon filter to handle. I have another ordered. So now I’m just watering when dry til the trichomes are ready and watching the colors change!!! Happy Growing 🌱👍🏻
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Week 13. Flowering
3 years ago
63.5 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Strong
17 PPM
50 %
21 °C
11 L
71.12 cm
Day 84 After a couple heavy flushes these babies are done. They’re just going to spend a couple days in the cool dark tent to finish. These Fast Buds Pineapple Express all have different characteristics. One is super frosty and small with less dense buds. One has hard big dense buds with good trichomes and one kinda n between. They all have a sweet tropical citrus smell that smells super good. With these, the blue Dream and the Super lemon haze all done the smell in the house is too much to be contained and scrubbed…..
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Week 13. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Pineapple Express Auto - Fast Buds
Spent 93 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
200 g
Bud wet weight per plant
3
Plants
2.44
Grow Room size
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I love growing, I find it very relaxing and sometimes challenging. The rewards are also great!! I’d like to thank FastBuds for providing the seeds for this grow. I have to say that all the strains of FastBuds that I have grown have been excellent. Look forward to continuing with you.
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