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2 years ago
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Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 3, 5
Positive Energy
weeks 6
Topping
weeks 6
fresh canyon air flow
weeks 7
Maine spring water
weeks 7
Defoliation
weeks 7
Soil
Grow medium
Perlite
Grow medium
Vermiculite
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
1.89 L
Watering
3
Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Weak
50 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
4 L
60.96 cm
I need help figuring if i am watering these too much or what i am doing wrong!!!!
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Week 5. Vegetation
3 years ago
30.48 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
4 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
Grow A - Athena
Grow A 8 mll
Grow B - Athena
Grow B 8 mll
CaMg - Athena
CaMg 2 mll
Finally the soil dried out and the plants look a lot happier!!! Also we started to defoliate a few of them. There was too many leaves blocking the lower branches. We are going to get another light for the flower cycle. Right now we have a mixed bag with several different light companies.
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
40.64 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
4 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
CaMg - Athena
CaMg 2 mll
the girls blew up and are well on their way to a great start!!!!
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
CaMg - Athena
CaMg 2 mll
This is the first time we have grown auto flowers and they seem to be doing really well!!! I took the Strawberry Banana and the Knows Candy out of the tent and put them outside. They where not showing signs of flowering yet and my tent is too small for 6 healthy plants. They are thriving outside!!! starting to shoot pistals. The autos do not like too much of anything and they seem to like even less light time then the 18. At about 16 hrs they start to droop. So this week we are lowering to 16 hrs. Also they need a good trim to let the light in a little deeper. Next time we are getting better lighting. Overall we are really impressed with these Fast Buds Auto!!!
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Defoliation
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Maine spring water
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fresh canyon air flow
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Week 8. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
CaMg - Athena
CaMg 2 mll
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Week 9. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
CaMg - Athena
CaMg 2 mll
Its been awhile since i have updated! this summer has been extremely busy!!! the girls are doing great and they are in full swing towards some really good bud!!! I have not changed anything with the nutrients or light schedule. We are pleased with the growth so far. We have harvested already and we have had mixed results. The good bud is really really good, and the not so good bud was the worst i have ever seen!!! we are preplexed at how the plants varied. I will give more info as I update the grow weeks. I have a hard time taking the time to download each pic. I fell behind lol. Thanks for checking out our grows!
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Week 10. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 10 mll
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
The girls are blooming nicely!! we added some fox farm tiger bloom, its always done me well and adds a little bang. We have harvested our crop and will update weeks asap.
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Week 11. Flowering
2 years ago
60.96 cm
18 hrs
22 °C
5.6
Normal
80 %
22 °C
21 °C
20 °C
19 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 4
Tiger Bloom - Fox Farm
Tiger Bloom 10 mll
Bloom A - Athena
Bloom A 11 mll
Bloom B - Athena
Bloom B 11 mll
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Week 11. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
6/10
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The plant produced a very heavy dense bud.
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Spent 59 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
310 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
2.44
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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
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Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
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Week 11. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
10/10
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This is one of the best that we grew!!! It produced 295 gm and it was very stinky!!! we have been curing it for a couple of weeks now and its turning into the top shelf medicine we were hoping to grow!!!
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Spent 59 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
295 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
2.44
Grow Room size
Normal
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
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Week 11. Harvest
2 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
10/10
Rated
We are getting stoned on this great strain as i do this....... slowly loosing interest in down loading pics lol!! will update asap!!
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Spent 59 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
287 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
2.44
Grow Room size

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
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Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
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CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commentedweek 33 years ago
I need some help figuring whats going wrong here. open to any suggestions
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented3 years ago
@CoosCanyonCannabis207, Awesome! Glad to hear it :)
CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commented3 years ago
@love_2_grow, Hey thanks! we have not watered in a week and deduced it to over watering. They seem to be bouncing back!
love_2_grow
love_2_growcommented3 years ago
@CoosCanyonCannabis207, Overall, they look healthy although I agree that the reason the leaves hang in the first pic might be overwatering. The plants look a bit pale green but that could be the color of the pics. If they really are that pale then you might have a nitrogen deficiency.
LegacyMarketFarm
LegacyMarketFarmcommentedweek 33 years ago
Hey there friend. Congratulations on getting into growing cannabis! Would you be alright with me offering some pointers to help? So 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
@Oklahomasunrise, Anytime my friend, As I said simply follow my profile & DM me anytime you need to talk and I will always help when available. Also check our tutorial series out and grow diary that goes along with it. Episode 4 will be out very shortly so you got some time to subscribe & catch up on the first 3!
Oklahomasunrise
Oklahomasunrisecommented3 years ago
@LegacyMarketFarm, wow! Thank you for the knowledge you just shared! Us newbies need it!
LegacyMarketFarm
LegacyMarketFarmcommented3 years ago
@CoosCanyonCannabis207, Its no problem friend. Just follow my profile & DM me anytime you have questions that is all I ask in return! also check our youtube tutorial series out I think you would really find it beneficial. Our youtube is linked from our growdiaries main profile. Keep up the hard work I will be watching this one!
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love_2_grow
love_2_growcommentedweek 33 years ago
Happy Growing, Buddy! 🌱🌱🌱
Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40commentedweek 33 years ago
What Love_2_grow said 😎 Wish you the best & happy growing 👊😎
Green_fiend
Green_fiendcommentedweek 73 years ago
Trust me you will end up loving autos brother they are really fun to work with and I like a challenge at the same time. And if you get it just right you can get a good weight off them. I'm growing the gorilla cookies too and I topped them on Monday night and so far they are loving it. You doing a brilliant job bro keep it up 😎😎😎🤜🤛
Green_fiend
Green_fiendcommented3 years ago
@CoosCanyonCannabis207, nice mate, take a look at my afghan kush auto diary and tell me what you think, I loved that fkn grow if I could go back in time and do it again I would
CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commented3 years ago
@Green_fiend, You are so right!!! They literally grew on us lol!!! These genetics are outstanding!!!! Good luck on your adventure and I think we are auto people now!!!!
Oklahomasunrise
Oklahomasunrisecommentedweek 63 years ago
Looking good! Keep up the hard work!
CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commentedweek 112 years ago
I dropped the ball with updating my grow weeks. We have a pretty big outdoor grow and coupled with the growing and harvest of these autos indoor, I have a million pics and they are easily mistook for one plant or another. so please bare weith me if you see the same pic in multiple weeks. I was not trying to mix anyone up. I have lost track of which one is which in many pics lol. if there is any clearification needed please ask and i will do my best to work it out. I still need to add and update these weeks and the harvest. We are very please with most of our bud and we will be growing again after we harvest our outdoor. We are going to have a ton of trimming to accomplish and i may have over done it a bit. I will keep you posted on the grow there as well. Thanks for checking out our first auto grow!!!!
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 112 years ago
Hey there, Thank you for sharing your experience with us :) We hope that you liked growing our genetics, and enjoy the harvest! Have a good one
CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commented2 years ago
@Fast_Buds, WE are so pleased with the outcome of our first grow!!!!! I wish i would have taken better pics lol!!! all of our plants flowered and produced awesome smoke!!! We are going to start up again after our outdoor harvest. We have fast bud strains we put outdoors and they are almost 7 feet tall and look like a photo period monster!!!! I am going to start up a new grow diary with them after i finish these!!! We are going to keep growing Fast Buds and would love to rep you up here in Maine!!
Kmikaz420
Kmikaz420commentedweek 112 years ago
Jolie plante j espère que le goût et effet de la vôtre on été comme le gout effet de la mienne qui été juste trop bonne et avec un effet au top contre les douleurs !!!! Miam je pense en refaire très vite mais pour le moment je n ai plus de place passer voir mes 12 petites de dast bud le grow s annonce epique!!
RonnieB
RonnieBcommentedweek 112 years ago
Or it could be as simple as the plant reaching its end reading for harvest. Has water intake gone down? If so you're ready or almost. 1st sign of amber let the plant dry 10 days in the pot. If still watering use ice water. This will get you a few more trichomes.
RonnieB
RonnieBcommentedweek 112 years ago
Looks to be over watering and lack of nutrients. But at week 11? You shouldn't be be dosing any calmag at this point. At week 8-12 I use 1/8 top phosphorus, 1/4 potassium. 1/16 kelp, 1/8 humic, 1/4-1/2 silica, pinch of yucc, 1/8 full up, 1/8 omniA, 1/4 molasses. 1/16 enzymes, 1/4 amino acids along with 1 tsp of Bloom. I use raw npk though. Their npk values are extremely high. But ever since I added grow and bloom to this feed chart with 1 liter of runoff per watering and next weed ph water enzymes and algae. I haven't had any yellowing or drooping leaves. Have you checked your ppm of your run off compared to what's going in? If run off is higher. You need to skip 2 or 3 feeds
CoosCanyonCannabis207
CoosCanyonCannabis207commented2 years ago
@RonnieB, hello, I followed your advice and it showed results after 1 week!! The buds are starting to turn up in these last few weeks!!! I still think they will go until the 3rd week of October. The temp is dropping to the mid 30f at night and highs up to 70f during the day. I appreciate your advice and I will update pics and feed schedule later today. Thanks bro
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