Blackberry & Forbidden Runtz Round #2

These seedlings are beautiful already The Forbidden Runtz came out a duel seedling... I'm probably going to have to remove it when the time is right. The blackberry came out within 36 hours of being put in the grow media. I've never had a seed come out with a set of 3 starter leaves, it looks awesome. I'm unsure of my actual CO2 levels, I have made homemade CO2 generators to help in the photosynthesis process inside my tent.

FOLLOW ME ON I.G. FOR FREQUENT GROW UPDATES @ WRONGHOLN519 I haven't started any training on these ladies yet. Since they were both born with mutations I feel like they are running behind. I had to chop the twin seedling from the runtz a week ago. She took it well but it really slowed her down. They are both in overall good heath and both are praying at lights on. I took some advise from another grower and I flipped my venting fans. My exhaust now sits near the ground, and my intake is at the top of my tent .. this will help my plants intake CO2, and it should draw hot air from my lights towards the top of my canopy. I applied a 0-0-2 kelp extract today and I hope it helps give the plants a boost. Next week's goals: As I write this on day 15, my goals for this week are to hopefully start LST training.

Follow me on I.G. for constant grow updates @ Wrongholn519 The Forbidden Runtz and Blackberry are the youngest plants I have in my tent right now. They both came out of their shells mutated too, and I feel that has slowed down their overall growth. A word on last weeks goal: - I did end up starting LST training this week. I bent both of them down and they keep pushing back up. So I keep bned them over again 🤣. I was really hoping for the forbidden runtz to explode this week and catch up to her sister's as its my favorite strain I've grown so far. I started a compost extract feeding program this week. I used manure compost, organic soil, organic liquid kelp extract, Great White & Orca mycorrhizae in an aerated blend. I had good results immediately and plan on doing it again next week. - I purchased a CO2 monitor in order to better regulate the CO2 generators I created. It turns out I am only generating 750-900 ppm of CO2, so I plan on adding a 3rd generator to this mix. My goal is to achieve an overall CO2 concentration above 1200 ppm. This will give my plant the ability to uptake more nutrients and light hopefully adding to the overall quality of my end product. This weeks goals: - Continue LST training and try to encourage lateral side branch growth - Feed another compost extract "tea" - Raise the CO2 concentration inside tent to approximately 1200 ppm. Happy growing everyone!

First and foremost.. . I apologize on the tardiness of my diaries. I came down with Covid 2 weeks ago and it really put me down for a little bit. I'm finally feeling a bit more like myself and am spending more time in my garden again. In my last journal I was talking about the different mutations I had with both these ladies from the germination stage. After doing some research I found out that the blackberry auto is actually a triploid mutation and I'm glad I kept her.. she's looking amazing despite a slight nitrogen toxicity... maybe the soil was a little hot for the blackberry auto compared to the other pheno's I'm growing. The blackberry auto is well into flower and looking great. I'm going to continue to strip as much vegetation off her as possible and lollipop upwards through flower. There's not much I want to say about the Forbidden Runtz auto. She was a twin mutation and she has been stunted from day 1. She has grown lanky and thin, but I'm hoping to get some bud to press as soon as I harvest. She currently is looking a little stressed out, I've been feeding her at various pH and E.C. ranges just to see what happens. Please note the curling of the oldest fan leaves.

There's not a whole bunch to update on this week.. I'm pretty much on auto pilot at this point. FORBIDDEN RUNTZ AUTO At this point I'm really happy with the trichome production on her. She got away from me and stretched, and I'm not quite sure why. The last time i grew this strain I got almost 5 oz. Dry off of one plant. I definitely won't see that yield off of this one but I think the flower will be higher quality. She smells exactly like the last one too. - TERPENES..... they come off sweet Snelling like the zkittles strain that is in her lineage. I can smell gas too which could be an indicator of myrcene terp profile, making it a great medicine. This strain produces a fantastic flower.. I CANT WAIT to try her. I've been supporting her flowering cycle with compost extracts loaded with the 0-0-2 kelp extract. BLACKBERRY AUTO Wow what a beauty, pictures aren't doing justice to her real beauty. The first time I grew her, she had a similar structure but didn't pack on dense buds like I am this run. Compared to the last time I grew this strain, I expect a similar yield but a denser flower. When I grew this last time i wasn't playing with VPD levels, and my humidity during the dry phase was way too low. With this in mind, I have really worked on dialing in both those process'. I can't get a good read on the terpene profile yet.. she smells different every time I try and interpret her; plus I'm a rookie 😅 A note on my environment - right now my VPD is varying depending on the time of day. I am aiming to keep the VPD around 1-1.5 depending on the time of day. With that in mind, my humidity is ranging from 55 - 60 during lights on and 45-50 during lights off... it's a bit of a hassle but it might be paying off. - I've added an extra fan and increased both my intake and exhaust flow rates. - all my lights have been increased within my tent -I'm increasing my pH of my water thru flower to 6.7 - 6.8 We're getting close and I'm getting excited. Thank you Fastbuds ☮️

Edit: I came home from work after making my weekly log entry yesterday and I could smell my grow from my driveway... so I asked for help. THANK YOU OOZLEFINCH FOR THE HELP.. THIS IS WHY WE ASK FOR HELP... I left a question on here stating that my new canister wasn't working and asked for generic advise. He left an answer that pointed out the fact that my exhaust fan might be set waaaay to high... and it was! It turns out there's a limit to the amount of air that filter fan 'scrub', and my exhaust fan goes way over that limit even on 6 or 7.. I turned it down to 3 and the smell got better immediately. ☮️ Still on auto pilot at this point... I'm really close to harvest.. and I'm not even on day 60 😲. I created videos this weeks, they capture the plants in ways that a still picture just won't. My entire house stinks.. my neighbors are looking at my funny, and my wife thinks a family of skunks is hiding in our walls... I've never had this problem.. I even got a brand new carbon air scrubber and its not helping 🤣 Process/ Environment changes since last week: - To help preserve the terpenes I've been trying to lower my temperature, which is hard without an AC unit I'm not plugging in an ac just to grow some plants. I'm at 24- 26 degrees C (75 - 82 F). - I've been lowering my humidity accordingly to keep VPD in a good range - I lowered my lights closer to my plants, turning them up would just add to the heat. - I'm defoliating as much large fan leaves off as possible - My watering pH is at around 6.7 to 6.8.. I will not be flushing these plants - I rotate my plants every day to make sure I'm getting light to hit every node it can This week I'm pulling out the digital scope and doing the first trichome checks for these babies. The cheese auto is going to get the chop by the end of next week.. I hope you like the video I added of it.. it's the easiest plant I've ever grown and she's going to be FIRE. The blackberry auto is giving off a gas/berry smell and is very sticky to the touch. A beautiful triploid... my first and I hope to get many more. The Forbidden Runtz smells just like a zkittles does, it's bang on. Very dense very sticky buds. I almost tossed her during the seedling stage too due to her mutation. I'm glad I reconsidered ☮️ Thank you Fastbuds

Happy 4/20 all... Still on auto pilot. I've made very few changes this week. Process/Environment changes: -turned one of my ts1000s down after chopping my cheese auto.. it wasn't needed as much and it helped cool down my tent around 2 degrees Celsius. - humidity is set between 45- 55 percent. (45 lights off, 55 lights on) - rotating each plant in the tent so they they can get even light coverage I'm going to do a trichome check on Saturday. They are both pretty much close to being finished at 62 days post germination. Both have heavy trichome production Both smell very sweet

Day 70 for these Fastbuds beauties Blackberry Auto: With dark purple buds glowing fiercely and a dank smell to match, this girl could make anyone's tent look amazing. During the last few weeks her buds have become incredibly dense and sticky. She is very short and thick in stature compared to the other plants I have in flower. I inspected her trichomes over the weekend and ive determined that she is pretty much ready for harvesr. I expect about 2 oz of high quality flower after dry/cure. Forbidden Runtz Auto I'm really blown away with the turnaround in this girl. She was mutated & so small I almost tossed her out during early veg; I'm glad I changed my mind. She stretched significantly between weeks 4-6 and I really wasn't expecting much from her. In reality, she has blown my mind... incredibly dense and sticky buds have developed in the past 4 weeks. She's got the zkittles smell mixed with a gassy terp profile.. I think the higher humidity through flowering phase really helped develop these dense buds. When I checked her trichomes over the weekend I determined that she will be cut down within the next 7-10 days. Process/ Environment changes: - Lowered my SF4000 roughly 20 cm to increase photon delivery to the canopy - Water/kelp meal only from this point to harvest - My temperature has risen due to change of seasons .. roughly at 27-28 deg C during daytime.. this is why I lowered my lights rather than turning them up - Defoliating any unnecessary fan leaves at every chance I get - I've had to use spools of twist tie to use to keep the branches from falling over from their own weight. I'll tie one end to the top of a branch, and the other to the stock. Not ideal but its working. Cheese auto dry/ cure update: After 10 full days of drying, I gave the buds a decent trim and put them inside glass jars where they will remain for many weeks. I add 2 way Boveda humidity packs to help regulate the relative humidity within the containers. I also use tiny hydrometer pucks to measure the humidity and temperature inside the jars. My ideal cure is at 62% RH

The Blackberry auto by Fastbuds has been a thrilling plant to grow. Starting off as a tri-cotyledon seedling, she's been a rush from the start. When she came out mutated I didn't even know if I wanted to keep her; I asked the growdiaries.com community for help. After speaking with a few experts I decided to keep it and see what would happen.. Since then she has developed thick healthy stocks stalks and dark leaves with ripe purple flowers bursting out between them add every node. Using a home mix super soil with Promis Organic as the base, I decided to feed compost extracts laced with Golden Tree & CalMag which helped kick this girl into over drive and push out these dense sticky buds. I'm expecting around 3 ounces from her and it's day 73 since she popped out of the soil. She has a sweet aroma and is completely covered in trichomes. Drying/ Curing process: - she will be hung upside down by the main stock until she is dry (8-12 days) - My humidity will be set to 55 - 60 % and my temps will range from 65-70 degrees F - Will store in Glas Mason jars with 2-way Boveda humidty packs. These are a lifesaver for new growers. They will keep the humidity in the jar at 62%. - after 2 weeks I'll throw down a mad sesh Thanks to everyone who offered me tips and help when I needed it. Thanks Fastbuds for all you do for the community, including growdiaries.com

This is a seriously hard plant to take photos of, it's so big and lanky. She's on about a 20 degree angle at this point too, she's very top heavy 🤣 Very impressed with this girl. I almost tossed her out as a seedling due to her mutation; I've included a seedling photo to show the reader how far this plant has come. She has produced very dense and sticky buds with extremely strong aromas. She smells like candy and gas, just like a zkittles female would smell late in flower. It's been an easy grow. I'm expecting about 4 oz of high quality flower after dry and cure stages. I intend to press at least half of my yield with my rosin press. This seems like the perfect strain to make concentrates with due to the high terpene/trichome levels. I just added a photo of the Forbidden Runtz i grew in round 1 directly above round 2 flower for a comparison between the two. Round 1 is the two top buds that have more brown/red tone in colour. Round 2 are the lower two buds...a bigger, danker, and better version of the Forbidden Runtz I grew the first time. Please leave a comment to tell me what you think of the photo comparison. I will be planting one outside for round 3 shortly. Thank you growdiaries.com Thank you Fastbuds Thank you to all the growers who helps offer me advise when I needed it