Ben Franklin’s Fast Buds

Got them all into the ground and ready for the first big rain ☔️ Using 6 oz clear cups as humidity/temp domes until they’re bigger!

Lost a couple great women out there in the field to predation this week but our numbers are still strong. Looking forward to a burst of growth this next week with thunderstorms and our first round of Advanced Nutrients NPK nutrition 🙏🏽

Great growth this week! Photos are of the largest of each variety but everyone is really close in size at the moment. Our favorite banana purple punch that we’ve been watching so far was eaten on day one of week three (likely a cat) but luckily I’ve still got 8 or so of those babies going strong. Favorite photo this week was of the Strawberry Gorilla with the purple stems but let me know which one you’re rooting for in the comments! Nutrition and hydration have been given in preparation for the hottest day of the year so far tomorrow. Cheers to week 4, they should start to blow up FAST 🌴😎

Great week overall and super excited to see where we go from here! Got them all stripped from the bottom up to the first set of 5 fingered leaves. Everybody is a decent size and will probably out pace the peppers by the end of next week. Got a top dressing of Fox Farm applied to everyone including the peppers and tomatoes so the race is on! The Fox Farm helped them to get huge last year during veg so I’ll let it work into the soil for a couple weeks until flower starts. No losses this week, even the baby that got naturally topped is bouncing back. Might work on topping some of them soon, it looks like it’s time but I usually let my autos run with their natural structure aside from defoliating. What do you guys think 🤔 let me know down in the comments! 🚀

Still afraid to top these babies 😅 Great growth overall this week, we almost caught up to the peppers! A big rain last night got us off to a great start to the week. Hoping to get the hay laid soon to maintain moisture and field capacity although the tomatoes have gotten big enough to give some shade which helps too. Signs of flowering have started on about half of the ladies. Strawberry Gorilla is the tallest at the moment with 1/3 at about 12” tall! Started to get anxious about size compared to last year but we’re going to push it this week to the max and catch up. Can’t wait to share the exciting photos to come 🚀🙏🏽

Beautiful week of growth, caught up with the progress photos compared to last year at this time 💪🏽🙏🏽 We’ve started to blast past the pepper plants now, it only took 2 weeks! Since we’re into the beginning of flower we’ll be adding in the Advanced Nutrients this week to boost flavor and bud formation. Got the hay laid down as you can see and the medium to heavy rains this week are making my job of hand watering this whole garden way easier. Did some defoliation on the lower fan leaves and any early low bud formations that looked like they might not amount to much in the end. So excited to keep sharing photos of how they all progress! The best part is yet to come. Thanks to everyone learning from this diary and most of all to 42 Fast Buds for this dope sponsorship! 🚀

Another great week of growth with no losses to moles or puppies (hard to keep all 9 of them out of the garden). Been working hard to maintain a good field capacity with the heat this week after the weatherman was wrong about the amount of rain throughout the weekend 🤬 Hoping for some nice rains tomorrow though! Everyone is looking good, the peppers are starting to catch back up after being shot past last week by these autos. Started to run the Advanced Nutrients that I had on hand this week and will be buying some new inventory to round out my collection as soon as possible. Terpinator is going to be added into the rotation soon although I’m sure that AN connoisseur B has some in it too. This week I took photos of whoever looked best in the sunshine so not necessarily the tallest ones were photographed. Really glad I started off with 10 Banana Purple Punch seeds because only 3 or 4 are looking as good as the other sponsorship plants, probably my fault though because my tomatoes are starting to shade some of them out like a fother mucker. Which strain are you most excited for? Let me know down in the comments! As always thanks to everyone following along with this grow diary and most of all to 42 Fast Buds for the incredible sponsorship opportunities! Stay tuned, I know I say this every time but the best photos are still to come! 🤩

This week was easy and it flew by. Around this time of year I worry that I won’t pack on enough weight but I have faith in my fast buds, they’re totally gonna chonk out over the next 3 weeks. This week I took photos holding the new seeds for my second run up to the corresponding buds! Can’t wait to get started on those just gotta work through the logistics. New nutrients came in this week so I used up the last of what I had this week on them. This morning I found half of a blue dream auto from fast buds that I grew last fall and smoked it on sight - autos make the best buffer crops, seriously! Anyways looking forward to packing on this weight with the new nutrients and sharing all the great photos to come, they’re really starting to get more picturesque now.

It was a long hot week with mostly beautiful clear skies. Everyone is looking very nice and smelling great on the evening breeze. I can’t wait to try these ladies to see who comes out the best. I’m going to keep juicing them for the next week and then start to flush after that. Heavy rains for the next few days should aid in that endeavor as well and help with my bud swell, which reminds me - it’s time to throw in some AN Overdrive and buy some new AN Big Bud too! The fun never ends. Stay tuned for frostier photos to come. Thanks to everyone following along and of course Fast Buds for the awesome opportunity to show off these beautiful buds!

This week flew by. Heavy rains basically flushed me out and high heat started to make all the plants start to finish up instead of keep going which was mildly frustrating. I was going to keep beefing them up with my new Advanced Nutrients resupply but again the rains made it pointless and nearly impossible. With that being said, everyone is finishing up nicely. At the moment I’m most impressed with how Cherry Cola and Banana Purple Punch are finishing as compared to the other two strains. Will be cutting them down soon as I don’t want any rot to take over and also my gigantic tomato plants have started to really crowd out some of the ladies. The Cherry Cola actually smells like cherry cola at this point in case anyone is wondering. As always, stay posted for harvest photos and even better the cured nug shots 🙏🏽 Already looking forward to my next Fast Buds grow, might even start the seeds today! 😉

Huge thanks to Fast Buds for the sponsorship! I absolutely loved this new strain! It was easy to grow and provided above dispensary quality smoke grown outside with very little effort and a simple blend of nutrients. I’m not waiting to grab more seeds of this for my garden next year and neither should you. This was easily the best autoflower I’ve ever had the pleasure of growing. Thank you again 42 Fast Buds 🐐🙏🏽🔥

Overall she was easy to grow and unique in flavor profile. I definitely recommend trying it and will likely grow again in the future outside of sponsorship, it’s that unique. The name describes what the strain is perfectly. Would make a great wine pairing and works well to take the edge off after a bout of productivity. Great job and thanks again 42 Fast Buds 🐐🔥🙏🏽

Easy to grow and again produced above dispensary grade smoke grown outside crowded by tomatoes with a simple blend of nutrients. 10/10 for an auto. Unique terpene profile. Definitely recommend and will grow again next year. Thanks again 42 Fast Buds you keep knocking them out of the park 🐐🔥🙏🏽

Easy to grow and again produced above dispensary grade smoke grown outside crowded by tomatoes with a simple blend of nutrients. I was excited to try all of these strains from 42 Fast Buds and none of them disappointed. Can’t wait to see what they do under the lights on my next run. Thanks so much to everyone who followed along with this grow through my diary and most of all to 42 Fast Buds who did a phenomenal job developing these new strains for us and providing me with the sponsorship opportunity to show you guys how good they really are. Guys I’ve been growing autos for about 7 years and these strains are the real deal. Don’t miss out on these varieties, I will be buying more of all of these next year for my gardens. Follow along with my next grow of these same strains indoors! The adventure continues, the best is yet to come.