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Hi Growers.
So I am doing a test of the Gaia Green 4-4-4 All Purpose and 2-8-4 Power Bloom. This will be the first time trying this or anything organic. I plan to use this blend for all my future auto runs. It has been requested by my wife to run a FastBuds Auto Critical. I am going to also be trying a FastBuds Auto Gelato in DWC. So some experiments going in my garden🌱👍🏻
I mixed the 444 and 284 dry powder and mychorrizae in with 20 parts sunshine and 5 parts perlite in a 3 gal fabric pot. It will be in the mother tent for the time being where I have the option to flick on another Vivosun 600w LED if more light is needed. Idk exactly where she’ll end up flowering. Apparently these nutes should be good for about a month so all I’ll do is water with PH RO water and keep an eye out for deficiencies. I may add Gaia Green bone meal and sea weed in flower as a bloom booster but that’s a long way away.
Thanks for checking in.
Happy Growing 🌱
Hey Growers
Well week 1 is over and we have some growth happening. Just watering with plain water with cal pow as the Gaia Green dry nutes are mixed in the soil. I have added a product that will hopefully stop fungus gnats before they even start. Just watering lightly so as to not bog down the soil.
Not much to see at this point but hopefully that will change soon.
Happy Growing 🌱
Week 3
Well, there hasn’t been crazy vigorous growth, but I’m thinking that was due to low light levels. The tent was full of big bushy mother plants and once I chopped them down this Critical blew up. I topped her and left 3 sets of branches which I also topped. I am going to leave her now for a while and see what happens. I’m wondering this will give me a better plant shape than the tied down LST I usually do. Only one way to find out. Ideally she’d have 3 stacked nodes rather than being stretched out, but I can only use what I’m given so 🤞🏻
The Gaia Green 4-4-4 all purpose dry amendment was mixed into the soil. I’m just watering with ph’d, cal mag water. I have since added it to all my mothers for ease of watering. Hopefully I don’t end up with a fuck ton of fungus gnats. I am using another dry product to hopefully kill them before they become a thing. Again 🤞🏻
Other than that all I have to say is Happy 420 and Happy Growing 🌱
Hey Growers
We have started to flower so I top dressed with the Gaia Green 2-8-4. Watered with cal mag RO water.
She is looking quite nice. I’m interested to see how this topping works. I always do LST as well. I wanted to test in keeping the canopy more flat. We’ll see how the buds look in the end.
Happy Growing 🌱
So this plant has been flowering for about 10-14 days. This Gaia green is super easy and as long as I dont get fungus gnats and the buds turn out well, it will be my new way of providing nutrients. I’m here to make my life easier. I love the fact that I get water, ph to a general range and pour in.
I am starting a FastBuds Afghan Kush with Gaia green that will not have such a lax approach.
Otherwise, this girl is just on cruise control. Water, Gaia green top dress when need and harvest when done. 👍🏻🌱👍🏻
Happy Growing 🌱
Week 3 flower
These Critical buds are growing nicely. I think theyd be a bit better if they had access to a bit more light but all the other temps are occupied so they’ll have to deal with direct light instead. I’m pretty pleased with the plants structure just doing a single topping on the main stem and one on the branches. I think it would be good in the auto tent. Shorter stature with 12 colas.
I did a top dress of 15ml/ gal of media with 2-8-4 Bloom that should last her til the end. I love the ease of this Gaia Green and even if I trade some weight at the end for the ease and quality, I think I’m a convert.
Happy Growing 🌱
Week 10:
These girls are killing it. I got back from holidays and they were stacked and firmed up. They are fading nicely and smell awesome.
I added a bit more 284 as I want this indica to have a heavy narcotic effect so I’ll let the trichomes get more Amber. I’ll just be watering for 2 more weeks til the soil is depleted.
I am very happy with the plant structure after doing the double topping and she seems to have taken kindly to it.
All in all things are going well. My wife can’t wait for her sleep aid to be ready!!
Happy Growing 🌱
This critical is getting really close to the end of her life and about to start her journey up in smoke. She is fading out nicely and looking great. I’d like to see more Amber trichomes so we’re just gonna keep watering til she tells me she’s done. She’s got fat colas that are hardening up nicely. These FastBuds seeds grow really nice plants. I’d definitely recommend them if you’re looking for an autoflower brand. They’re a nice east way to get a great selection of quality bud.
I’m thinking a week or so more to deplete the soil of the Gaia Green and I’ll chop her then.
Happy Growing 🌱
Hello Growers
This FastBuds Critical auto is doing so well. It just keeps chugging along beautifully. She is so close to done. She is so chunky that she’s starting to droop from weight. I really like how she has finished with the double topping I did early on. Just 8 big fist sized colas 👊🏻 She’s tidy, easy to inspect, air flow is a dream. I don’t think that this type of training decreased the yield. The trichomes are mostly cloudy and the leaves are in full fade. I’ll probably water one to 2 more times and then chop her. I’m looking forward to having her cured up.
Happy Growing 🌱
SAC87
