Hi guys!
Welcome to the first season in '22, 4th in total. After an unexpected early finale of the last plant of the third season, I'm now finally back, I still can't fully operate but at least I've started a new Season!
Todays menu: A damn fine and mysterious selection from released and yet to be released Fast Buds strains that I can't wait to grow! I took the liberty to name all four of the unreleased strains by myself, theme: Astronomy (kind of). I will run a total of 5 Fast Buds strains, Orange Sherbet being the only known so far from this fine breeder. The other ones are FBT 2205, FBT 2206, FBT 2207 and FBT 2208 which will be officially released soon. Girl Scout Cookies Auto from Garden of Green, Green Gelato Auto from RQS and Mimosa Lemon Auto from Expert Seeds. I believe that it's a damn fine selection to start 2022 in a great way :)
I'll be using my double hydro setup (70L+ 70L) + 2 RQS 15L or 18L fabric pots for this season. Mimosa Lemon Auto and GSC Auto will be planted in pots, the other 6 will go into hydro.
It's also the first full season that I'll be using the new Professional line 3x ViparSpectra P2000 lights since we partnered up and they provided me with one of the best lights for my 4x4 tent :) Also a big thank you to Fast Buds for letting me participate in their Tester program and also Garten of green and Expert Seeds who enabled me to participate in their contests.
I really do have high hopes for this season :)
See you soon!
XOXO
Cremo
Hey there!
Thanks so much for running a diary for our genetics. Let me know if you need any assistance, we would more than happy to help
Happy Growing 🙌
@fast_buds_jessie, thank you Jessie. I'll run 5 of your strains this season, 4 testers + Orange Sherbet, so you'd make me really happy if you could DM me the list of released and tester strain names, so I'd be able to know what I'm actually growing :D It would mean a world to me :)
Love having artists like you on the site. Not only are you a talented grower, but your photographic abilities truly capture the tremendous beauty of this plant species. Mesmerizing shots -- Thanks for sharing w/ the GD community! 🙏 😁
@TCH0808, that's great that I could help you with taking shots. I know it all sounds more simple than actually shooting the photographs but if you give yourself enough time you should be able to produce some cool pics. Unfortunately shooting is just one part of the equation and you usually have to develop them after the shoot with your phone app or something more sophisticated like lightroom or camera raw from Adobe :)
@Cremo, Perfect! Thank you for such a thorough run-down -- Really, big help 😁 Chopping and photographing soon! We'll see what I come up w/. Thanks, Cremo 🙏
@TCH0808, hi there buddy. It doesn't matter what kind of equipment you use to photograph your plants or anything for that matter. The most important thing is lighting and composition in my opinion. I'm super limited with my photography because most of my plants are in 70L hydro tanks which makes it unable to take them out of the flowering room to take shots on a black background. But if you work with pots then just place a black sheet in the background or any other color for that matter (maybe besides the color of you plant), place your plant half a meter to a meter in front of the background and place a light source on top and a bit to the front of the plant so that all the leaves and buds are exposed. Remember not to put your plants to close to the background because your light will also expose that colored sheet and it will be a lot more visible. If you don't have any lights than take your old cellphone with a flashlight and put your phone that you'll take pics with on a tripod to make it steady and take shots with longer exposure so the plant will be well lit with that little light from a cellphone LED. Remember also not to touch your plants for at least 30 seconds to a minute before you start shooting so the plants' branches are all standing still ;) Hope this helps a bit.
XOXO
Cremo
@LegacyMarketFarm, thank you. I really appreciate it. I shoot mainly with a Sony a7RIII with a Sigma art lens 24-70mm and for macro shots I use an old Tamron 90mm. Love to take trichome shots. :D It was so heavily covered in trichomes, the whole plant smelled super tasty :D