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tropicana cookies
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3-5
Topping
weeks 3, 5
Defoliation
weeks 4, 6, 6-9, 11
Coco Coir
Grow medium
fox farm ocean forest
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
2.84 L
Watering
0
Germination
3 years ago
first week! first picture i have starting the grow diary! ! tropicana photo and 3 fast buds autos, organic soil, nutes and normal bottled water for now! will start 5 gallon aeration water bucket soon! ... Update the Mimosa sprouted today! we are 4 for 4!!!!!!
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BigBlu3
BigBlu3started grow question 3 years ago
As Starting organic for the 1st time ive ready all my materials for a compost tea... At what point is a good time for the tea!
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CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hey there Big Blu, for compost tea make sure you plan on a few days' worth of preperation time, you'll need to bubble it with a bubbler and that could take more than a day for sure. REmember that just because you make it at home doesnt mean it's not strong so make sure you dilute it quite a lot. Beyond that , in store bought soil, there's plenty of nutrients, and the compost tea takes a while to "kick in" so you want to time it for the last week of veg . Be patient it's easy to go overboard while you follow the schedule. Hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
18 hrs
29 °C
6.5
No Smell
48 %
21 °C
19 L
1 L
50.8 cm
Well Guys! To Begin the Mimosa from FASTBUDS spouted!!!! we are 4 for 4. All have been officially tagged with the state regulated information tags to comply with legality . over the course of the week I've determined even though everything was planted 04/01 each is in a different stage vary from week1 into week2.! I've moved from bottled water to setting up the 5 gallon for aeration and have ph'd to 6.5 I've seen some growth from tent 1 (strawberry and Tropicana) we are 18/6 light cycle and 20 inches from plant to light. everything looks to be smooth for now! waiting for week 3 getting ready for LST and topping... Thanks for Keeping up with the Diary Guys SEE YOU NXT WEEK!
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
12.7 cm
18 hrs
21 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
53.34 cm
Alright Guys! Week 3 for the 1st tent, and Week 2 for the 2nd Tent! Temps and RH are neck and neck barely moving. the water feeding is every other day now, constantly refreshing the well with feedings still Aerated and PH'd 6.5 after 18-24 hours each Ive Recently Topped the Tent 1 (Tropicana and Strawberry) To A Surprising Growth back! I will also start LST on Tent 1... I have seen That Tent 1 was on a 24/0 timer and Tent 2 was 18/6 This Was Corrected Today to Even Out Then Tents! Learning Mistake To Not Check More Often!!! I Can Only assume that to be the cause of the purple stems on the strawberry as Tent 1 Seem To be in over drive! Looking Forward to Starting Week 4 next Sunday and Adding the Dry amendments. Researching How to handle the 1st feeding with all purpose and Bloom i am running Dr Earths Lines, See You Guys Next Week!😅 Current Measurements Tent 2 Gorilla cookies. 5in soil. Mimosa 3.5 soil 21in light from soil Tent1 Tropicana 9in soil Strawberry 7in soil Light 23in from soil
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BigBlu3
BigBlu3started grow question 3 years ago
For LST Purposes do we change the Training daily and re tie through out week 3 or further on?
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CRiSPrGrowanswered grow question 3 years ago
Hey there Big Blu, you have the right idea with doing or at least checking daily, but the best time to start is right now, starting from week 3 the stems will stiffen and it will be hard to get a good result with LST. So start today if you can. Hope this helps ! 🚀
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
24.13 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.5
No Smell
60 %
20 °C
19 L
1 L
63.5 cm
Welcome back Guys! Starting week 4 and 3 here. Water is still aerated and ph to 6.5-6.8 all 4 ladies are in different stages it seems, LST started week 3 for Tropicana and Strawberry will continue into flower. Will be starting LST on Tent 2 The Gorilla Cookies And Mimosa this week. ive raised the lights as ive seen growth, adding a little stretching to the mix. ive also as you see cleared the Tropicana as it was too thick. given the time with 4 weeks left in veg for that photo i believe i have the time to recover! will be adding Dry Amendments next week as Officially 30 days in with the FFOF mix with Loco coco.. Time to add veg nutes to the photo and bloom for the autos. also will be separating the autos and the 1 photo (Tropicana) in the coming weeks to prepare for light switching,. As Always any comments or input is welcome! See You Guys Next Week!
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
29.21 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.6
Weak
70 %
16 °C
19 L
1 L
71.12 cm
Welcome Back Guys! Its The Beginning of Week 5! for 3 of the 4 Ladies.. Fast Buds Is Showing Out!!! The Ladies Have been Re Stressed if you will. Another Round of LST. (different angels). ive played with and twisted around some of the stems and Stalks here. I also was able to raise the light to 28-30 inches from Each Lady. Proactively Providing the quick stretch before we get ready for flower. Also ive started the 20/4 time schedule for all 4 ladies to assist with rest, and The Water is Still Aerated up to 24 hours before feeding. Still Ph'd 6.5-6.8 Will Be awaiting for preflower to start the Bloom Nutes!. As always Comments and Suggestions Are Cool! Drop Some Love And See You Next Week!
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
38.1 cm
24 hrs
21 °C
6.6
Weak
58 %
16 °C
19 L
1 L
71.12 cm
Nutrients 2
Life All Purpose Fertilizer 4-6-5 - Dr. Earth
Life All Purpose Fertilizer 4-6-5 13.021 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 13.021 mll
Week 6 Guys!!!! So To Begin, This weeks Description Should break down the videos and pics above.. Tent 1 - 1st week of flower - Gorilla Cookies - Strawberry banana FastBuds - Tent 2 - 5th Week of Veg - Tropicana Cookies Photo (random) & Mimosa Cake Auto Fastbuds Gorilla cookies - 15.2 in From Soil Strawberry banana - 14 in from soil Tropicana Cookies - 12 in from soil Mimosa Cake - 10 in from soil Tent 1 Was Given 50/50 10 tbsp each Dr Earth All Purpose & Bloom Tent 2 Was Given Only 10 Tbsp Of Dr Earth All Purpose Starting Off The Week With Removing All LST, Except 2 that i have holding down the Strawberry ^ as you can tell thats growing from the stalk up lol.. we did that energy diverted to the stems and bud sites, Slight Defoliation and ive Added the Netting to Prepare. Water is still aerated 18-24 hours ahead of time and still PH'd Between 6.5- 6.7 is the highest ive seen so far. The Light Cycle for Both Tents Currently is Still 20/4. I do believe Once i decide to Flip the Tropicana to 12/12 i will need to move the mimosa out to Tent 1. Given The 1 - 1.5 week difference in all 4 i dont see the move being a issue. Will Continue to Water When light and defoliate when i can not tuck! As Always Guys Drop Some Knowledge on Me... Questions and Comments Welcome.. See You Guys Next Week!!!! SIDE QUESTION: GIVEN I JUST FED THIS WEEK - WHEN TO I TOP DRESS NEXT... YOUTUBE SAYS WEEK 4 FLOWER TO CARRY OUT THE HARVEST!!!! <---COMMENT YOU ANSWERS FOR ME PLEASE
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
40.64 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.6
Weak
59 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
48.26 cm
Nutrients 1
Compost Tea 999.891 mll
Week 7 Guys!!!! Welcome Back, And Thanks For Checking In on us!!!! To Begin: We Moved The Mimosa To Tent 1 to start Flowering *All Autos Are Together* We Set The Timer And Started The 12/12 for the Tropicana in Tent 2 We Ended Week 6 With Defoliation to Tent 1 (GC,Mimosa,SB) to make way for light to the bud sites We Have Done Some Research And Will Be Feeding A Compost Tea Roughly Tomorrow evening consisting of (1 cup Worm castings, 2 tbsps. Alfalfa Meal, 2 tbsps. Organic Molasses, 2 tbsps. Bat Guano, 2 tbsps. kelp meal) As Per *Canucks Grow* 24 hours water aerated & 24 hours for the Tea to Cook! Water is still Ph'd 6.5-6.7 is the highest ive seen so far Tent 1- Is In Flower roughly 2 weeks in- 20/4 light schedule Distance from light to plant tops- 19in Gorilla Cookies from Soil 16in Mimosa from Soil 14in Strawberry Banana from Soil 15.5in As For Tent 2- Just Started Flower We've Added a Humidifier to raise and keep the RM to 50-60% The Tropicana has Been Set and Flipped To 12/12 At 100% Lighting We will do some select Defoliation In a Few Days To get Light to the Plant Tropicana Cookies Photo From Soil 13in Light to Plant 18in This was a quick rundown this Week As Always Drop A Like, Leave a Comment And Just Show Some Love!!!! See You Guys Next Week!!!!
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
48.26 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.6
Weak
57 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
27.94 cm
Welcome Back Guys Its Week 8 -We are late here posting this weeks update- Apologizes!!!! So Starting Week 8 We have grown and bloomed something fierce With SB & GC starting to fatten up. Tent 1 - The mimosa starting to pistol out and move into flower week 1/2 beautifully - We Have Noticed The Strawberry isn't Drinking or using as much water- We Find Come Feeding time Shes Still Heavy. Looking into this currently to see any issues Tent 2 -The Tropicana was put into flower last week, we seen the growth of foliage which led to another trim as seen above, to get more light coverage -The Humidifier is proving its worth keeping the temps in the tent - And We are starting to see the start of flowering pistols. Temps are posted above per tent Feedings are still Aerated Tap Water ph'd 6.5-6.7 Tent 1 times are 20/4- automated switch Tent 2 times are 12/12- automated switch Plant growth this week -light distance from top of plants- 11in -SB auto- 17in from soil -Mimosa- 16.5 from soil -GC Auto- 19 in from soil -Tropicana- 15in from soil -This is our Week 8- As Always Questions/Comments/Feedback is always Welcomed Drop Some Love & A Like See Ya Next Week!!!!!!!!! -Weekly Question- When Should i Add Final Top Dressing of Full Bloom Dry Amends??? HIT ME BACK!!!!
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Week 9. Flowering
3 years ago
48.26 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.6
Normal
59 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
27.94 cm
Nutrients 1
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 7.812 mll
Welcome Back Its week 9 guys!! Its short this week! *We Lost The Tropicana to Hermie* ( i believe i had a photo and it could of been a auto, idk to be honest i treated like a photo and it Hermie) *someone show me how to remove it from the diary* Well We Moved The Mimosa To Tent 2 to give the Tent 1 Room to finish up! We Added a little bit of bloom to Each plant Top Dress. Water is still Aerated 24 hours ahead of feedings/ Still Ph'd 6.5 flat this week slight defoliation only blocking bud sites Heights are the same, just riding it on the next few weeks water and patients looking like 3 weeks till harvest. comment what you think. as always drop a like and leave some kind of feedback! see ya next week
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Week 9. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Spent 73 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
72.7 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
1.22
Grow Room size
Easy
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Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Harvesting on week 10! a week early due to unforeseen issues with the environment. Fat and stacked. to say the least. Very Sticky and Smells So Great!. Very Easy to Grow! No Issues Great Genes From FastBuds! Will Come back to update soon on smoke Reports and Weight! so on!!!!! Happy Growing Guys!!!!!! 1 week from drying,, weighted and put in grove bags. will update with more info like smoke report within a week 7 Days Of Drying... We cut her down Today is 1 week Dry... We Weighed her out to 72gs roughly. got 60gz in grove bags and 12gz in a container to pack or compress it in for personal use,. will return soon with a test try. today seemed too green!
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Week 10. Flowering
3 years ago
48.26 cm
20 hrs
27 °C
6.6
Normal
59 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
27.94 cm
Nutrients 1
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 - Dr. Earth
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 7.812 mll
Week 10 Welcome back Guys! If You Been Following so Far, We Lost The Tropicana due to stress! It Hermed out .... But We Did Save the Strawberry Banana And that was harvested Check out that above!!! So Whats Left Gorilla Cookies Auto & Mimosa Cake From FASTBUDS Week 10 the temps are the same and posted above. Watering is at 6.5-6.6 this current week.! The gorilla cookies is a little down but will be perking up after feeding, The Gorilla is maybe a week or so off from harvesting itself The mimosa Cake is like week 8 Maybe. Ive Fed Water PH'd as 6.5 and Just This Evening gave her some bloom and mixed it in! ill water as normal next few weeks and watch out Thanks Guys! for Following Show Some Love And See Ya Next Week!
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Week 10. Harvest
3 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Spent 73 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
56.7 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
1.22
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Gorilla Cookies Auto Fast buds 11 weeks Smells Like A Tropical Paradise is so beautiful Did Not Get a Wet Weight as i hang dry full!. Very Packed Colas, And Ill hang tonight and give you a dry weight in a week! See ya In a Week!
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Week 11. Flowering
3 years ago
48.26 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6.6
Normal
59 %
16 °C
19 L
3 L
27.94 cm
Week 11. And Then There Was One!. Mimosa cake Auto From fastbuds Temps are posted above. We did give her a final haircut this week Water is still aerated for 24 hours at 6.5-6.6 light schedule is 20/4 just feeding water when dry at this point Looking forward to the buds fattening up like the last 2 harvests will keep you guys posted as always Thanks For Checking up on us Drop a comment or Advice. Show some love
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Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 03 years ago
Best of wishes on your grow journey! thank you for trusting our genetics!! ☘️
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@Fast_Buds, ive fell in love as my title is season 3 ive just learned about this diary site, my first 2 grows was fastbuds, cream cookies, strawberry pie, lemon pie and wedding glue.. ive fell in love with the wedding glue, and looking forward to the new gorilla cookies, also ive seen your new line up. cant wait for the cherry cola and purple banana. ive got my eyes set and will keep on using the genetics!!!
Kynareth
Kynarethcommentedweek 03 years ago
good luck with your grow
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@Kynareth, Thanks Brother!
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommentedweek 03 years ago
Happy Growing, Buddy! 🌱🌱🌱
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@love_2_grow, much appreciated
homerjgangia
homerjgangiacommentedweek 03 years ago
Good luck with your grow mate!💪💪
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@homerjgangia, Thanks Brother! hoping to learn new things everyday,
Str8Gass
Str8Gasscommentedweek 43 years ago
Nice progress bro !
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@Str8Gass,Thanks bro
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@Str8Gass, Thanks Bro
CRiSPrGrow
CRiSPrGrowcommentedweek 33 years ago
Hey there, hope i answered your question, anything else you need just let me know 👊
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@CRiSPrGrow, ive started today with the garden wire on the tropicana and just bent down the strawberry as its not long enough for the wire yet... will i need to re adjust daily?
CroNicGman
CroNicGmancommentedweek 53 years ago
Good to see you’ve come aboard ! Looks like your plants are very healthy !! And nice choice of flavours ! Made me hungry 😂, peace big blu
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@CroNiCGman, ahh will do brother thanks
CroNicGman
CroNicGmancommented3 years ago
@BigBlu3,unfortunately I don’t have any experience using teas , I just wanted to warn you so that you do some good research on that experienced sort of move
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@CroNiCGman, will do man as of right now i have all the supplies just have not put into action yet. im officially just now starting flower roughly 2 weeks out from veg nutes... idk whens a good time tbh. any suggestion!. also i still have all my dry amendments so will that interfere with the tea????
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimecommentedweek 73 years ago
Hey brother, very nice grow. Lil advice. Move that light to 30cm as it'll give you much denser buds. A higher ppfd gives dense buds bro. You are cutting your ppfd by a 1/3 having it that far away. Good luck.
gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimecommented3 years ago
@BigBlu3, good luck brother.
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@gottagrowsometime, thanks for the advice Greatly appreciated
LegacyMarketFarm
LegacyMarketFarmcommentedweek 63 years ago
Hey there friend. Congratulations on getting into growing cannabis! Would you be alright with me offering some pointers to help? Even though autoflowers do not need a change in their light cycle to flower, Their still cannabis plants which photosynthesize with lights on & do the majority of their growth when asleep. Id recommend 20/4 minimum to give them that much needed rest period. Cannabis plants LOVE heat and humidity. It is the buds that hate it. In veg we want to take advantage of this fact to help our plants grow along much quicker and more vigorously. In veg we can look for temps of 79-84 MAX with lights on & no more than 9 degrees less with lights off. If we allow for too much temperature swing between lights on and lights off while the plant is still growing vertically up to day 20 of flower, We will cause the plant to stretch ALOT which we do not want. So in veg & early flower, Keeping our temperature gaps nice and close between lights on and off is key. Utilizing humidity in our rooms during veg will also help out a lot with more rapid growth but we must introduce it properly. In our rooms we have our temperature and humidity set-points, But when we combine those 2 it forms a third set-point which is the most important & that is called VPD, Vapor pressure deficit. I strongly recommend every new grower or old grower who has not learned it yet, To study and understand it & implement it into your room, Logging your numbers daily. https://cerescann.com/importance-of-measuring-vpd/ For soil, We generally want to go for a PH of 6.1 This website does a GREAT job of illustrating it with a nice graph & very good detailed explanation for soil. https://autoflowerseedshop.com/cannabis-ph-chart-guide/ As we briefly touched on before, During veg & early flower we want our temperature gap's nice and tight to avoid stretch. Why exactly our plants stretch in response to this is a genetic trigger being activated by the environmental stress essentially telling the plant the end of the season is closer than it really is. In veg & early flower the plant is still in its first stage of development which is to grow up wide and tall so when it produces seed, It can cast them out nicely. Remember, Whether we are growing our plants for seed or bud their genetic responses do not change as they do not know any different. Once the plant has finished that first stage of growth by weeks 4-6 of flower with most strains, It is by day 20 of flower. Autoflowers you have to watch for it, But once the plant has finished this goal its new mission is to focus 100% on producing nice big flower clusters & to get very sticky so it can attract pollen to it successfully. So once that vertical growth is finished, We actually now want to begin to expose our plants to larger temperature swings between lights on and lights off. This will help activate that genetic response and allow us to draw out the most potential from the strain utilizing the plants genetic triggers to environmental stresses at the right times. We can also take this a step further with doing light deprivation in the last 2 weeks using less light to simulate cloud cover. Very cold feed temps on the last flush is very good too. If you do not have them already, Get yourself a good PAR meter & thermal laser temp gun to monitor your plant top temperatures & optimize how much light your plants are getting. We are currently in the middle of producing a very comprehensive tutorial series for everybody to learn from & understand how to grow the highest level craft cannabis all on their own. Our first 2 installments are focusing on the basic fundamentals and we are using autoflowers for them before moving onto more advanced series with photoperiods. If this interests you please check out our youtube and subscribe. The first 2 episodes are out the next one is coming in a few days. If you should ever have any questions or need any help, Please feel free to follow my profile and shoot me a DM. I will gladly help you with the pull down & make sure you get the best quality harvest possible as it is the most important step of the entire process. Happy growing friend!
LegacyMarketFarm
LegacyMarketFarmcommented3 years ago
@BigBlu3, Here is our latest episode! Make sure to subscribe for all the future episodes every 7 days. Each new season will get more and more advanced to build the complete craft cannabis production guide www.youtube.com/watch
BigBlu3
BigBlu3commented3 years ago
@LegacyMarketFarm, i greatly appreciate the information and yeah i want all the info and YT links you got man. love to learn and soak up as much as possible..
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 93 years ago
Hey there, Thanks so much for sharing this diary with us growmie! That's a lovely bouquet that you've got there!! The photos are lush, hoping that you had a good time growing our genetics :) Have a good one, and enjoy that harvest!
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