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2lb Fastbuds Autoflower challenge

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3 years ago
In this grow it will be the first time using the Lumatek Zeus 600W Pro and AC Infinity T6 I have set a goal of 2lb in total from the 9 autoflower but i will take good quality bud over weight any day but its always good to have a goal. I will be testing using no veg nutrients in this grow and using only bloom nutrients at a lower rate than recommended by advanced nutrients Germination- 6x 18litre fabric pots were filled with a Bio Bizz light mix, soil mixed with Ecothrive charge 3x 20litre fabric pots filled with a coco peat mix and is also mixed with Ecothrive charge. The seeds were planted directly into soil at a depths of 1cm with a sprinkle of Great White Mycorrhizae before covering the see and then adding a few drips of water to moisten the soil. 2days after planting seeds all 9 have popped up Light- Lumatek Zeus 600w Pro has been dimmed down to 50% with a hanging Hight of 24" from plant canopy for the veg stage Extraction fan- ac infinity t6 fan and controller 69 to control temperature and humidity temperature 24-28 degrees Celsius or 75.2-82.4 degrees Fahrenheit humidity 50%-60% Tent- bud box pro 1.5mx1.5mx2.0m white wall upgrade I'm happy with the germination of the fast buds seeds 9 out of 9 sprouted in 2days, always top quality seeds from Fastbuds and with using only Fastbuds seeds for my last few grows I've yet to have a seed not germinate.
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Week 1. Vegetation
3 years ago
20 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
68 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Things are going well for the first week i have been seeing a lot of growth and plants are all looking healthy. Each plant has been watered twice in the first week of 250ml plain water only. No nutrients for the first week. Lumatek Zeus 600w pro dimmed to 50% with a distance of 24 inch from canopy. Temperature have been 25-26 degrees Celsius lights on and 20 degrees Celsius with lights off. Humidity has been between 45%-58%. humidity dropped so i have added a tray of water to the tent and that has brought humidity back up above 53%. Overall im happy with how week 1 has gone there has been a lot of growth and the plants and looking healthy, The Lumatek Zeus pro 600w and ac infinity in combination has exceeded my expectations on how well the growth and temperatures has been with the Lumatek Zeus and how easy it is to dial in the environment with the ac infinity especially with the use of the ac infinity app.
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Week 2. Vegetation
3 years ago
20 hrs
26 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 2, things are looking good and i have been seeing good growth with good spacing between nodes and leaves and growing large with a nice vibrant green colour one of the strawberry gorilla has slight burn on the bottom leaves i noticed this had happened before any nutrients had been added into the grow schedule and i suspect it has slightly stunted growth as its not quite as big as the other strawberry gorilla or the other strains, so i have just stuck with plain water for this one plant. First week of nutrients at a VERY LOW dose. Each plant has been given 330ml of water with the measured nutrients from my feed schedule shown at the start of this diary i add great white on a day when i am giving water only. Lumatek Zeus 600w pro dimmed to 50% with a distance of 24 inch from canopy. Temperature has been 25-27 degrees Celsius lights on and 20-21 degrees Celsius with lights off humidity has been between 50%-57%. tray of water still in the grow tent to keep humidity up. Day 11 i started some light LST giving the plant slight bend to the side of the pot, very little pressure put on the stem and a rubber coated wire making sure not to damage or stress the plant. Day 11 i gave 500ml of plain water to each plant Overall I'm happy with week 2 I've seen a lot of growth and the plants are looking nice and healthy. i left the plants for a few days to grow and recover (if needed) since day 11 when they were given light LST and watered.
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Week 3. Vegetation
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
Start of week 3 things are going well the plants were left for a few days after light LST on day 11 and the plants are starting to bush out and they have lots of new growth, I have now moved the light to 48 inches from the canopy to get them to stretch up a bit as they have quite dense growth, I will keep an eye on them over the next week and adjust the light to suit once I'm happy they have stretch enough. No other LST since day 11 apart from tucking leaves daily to allow light and growth to lower sites Day15 the plants have started to stretch a little overnight from moving the light up to 48 inches so will continue to check over the next week then adjust light to suit and will continue to tuck leaves daily to allow lower growth. Lumatek Zeus 600W Pro is 50% dimmed at a hanging height of 48 inches to allow the plants to stretch in height. (Update day 19 the light is at a hanging Hight of 48 inches with it now running 100% power) AC Infinity T6 has been keeping temperature and humidity at a stable temperature of 26-28 degrees Celsius and humidity of 55%-60% Day 16 the plants were watered 500ml each with nutrients following my feeding schedule Day 20 plants watered with plain water and great white mycorrhizae (highly recommended for any grow)
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Week 4. Vegetation
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 4 Things are going well and seeing a lot of growth and stretching as i had hoped, although i did notice burnt tips on one of the strawberry gorilla so i will keep an eye on that over the next week and cut back nutrients for that plant this week. from my experience in this grow the strawberry gorilla doesn't need much nutrients as that has been both plants had nutrient burn it the first few weeks veg and slightly stunted growth. lumatek zeus pro 600w is at a hanging Hight of 48 inches running 100% power ac infinity has been keeping humidity between 50-63% and the temperature has been between 25-30 degrees Celsius ( a bit hotter that i would like so thinking to upgrade to the t8 fan for next grow) Day 23 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule with cal mag added plants will be watered with plain water only later in the week Day 22 LST has been done this week and some light defoliation to allow more light to the plant opened up the tent and notice it is now starting to smell good, nothing too strong more when you first open the tent you notice it Day 22 i have notice some pistols/stigmas appearing on most of the plants so we have now made its to the flowering stage. PROBLEMS Day 23 went into the tent and noticed one of the strawberry gorilla was drooping a bit and noticed a couple of rust spot on lower leaves on another plant so i have given a small feed with advanced nutrients cal mag and hopefully in the next couple of days will bounce back day24 the plants are looking good and have recovered from lst with more and more pistols appearing
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Week 5. Flowering
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 5 Things are going well and seeing a lot of growth and buds sites appearing. lumatek zeus pro 600w is at a hanging Hight of 48 inches running 100% power ac infinity has been keeping humidity between 57-60% and the temperature has been between 27-29 degrees Celsius Day 29 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule plants will be watered with plain water every second feed Day 32 more LST has been done this week and some light defoliation to allow more light to lower parts of the plant opened up the tent and it is now starting to smell good, Day 32 i have notice some alot of bud starting to form all over all of the plant. PROBLEMS Day 34 went into the tent and noticed one of the the plants in the coco mix are showing signs of deficiency so i flushed and gave a feed
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Week 6. Flowering
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 6 Things are going well and seeing a lot of growth and buds growing, things are starting to get exciting seeing the bud growing each day and and new bud sites appearing lumatek zeus pro 600w is at a hanging Hight of 48 inches running 100% power ac infinity has been keeping humidity between 58-63% and the temperature has been between 28-32 degrees Celsius ( a bit hotter that i would like but there is a heatwave just now) Day 36 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule Day38 watered with plain water Day40 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule Day 38 more LST has been done this week and some defoliation to allow more light to lower parts the plant, i have also stripped the lover branches and leaves on the plants to allow more air flow and the plant can focus it energy on the growth of the top buds opened up the tent and notice it is now starting to smell good, nothing too strong more when you first open the tent you notice it PROBLEMS the plants in the coco mix dont seem to be rosponding to the flush and feeding so i have ordered advanced nutrients sensi coco update- sensi coco has arrives so i have flushed the plants and fed with sensi coco
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Week 7. Flowering
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 7 Things are going well and seeing a lot of growth in the budsites and the smell is getting stronger everyday lumatek zeus pro 600w is at a hanging Hight of 48 inches running 100% power, A little experiment i have removed the two 100w bars on the centre of the led and placed a 600w hps in the centre to replace the 2 bars i have also added co2 into the grow tent ac infinity has been keeping humidity between 50-56% and the temperature has been between 26-28 degrees Celsius Day 42 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule Day 44 watered with plain water and great white Day 46 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule Day 46 more LST has been done for the last time and some defoliation to allow light and air flow to all the bud site PROBLEMS the plants in the coco mix are responding to the flush and feeding with advanced nutrients sensi coco the yellowing colouring is now turning green again but i can see this has effected the growth compared with other plants in the tent.
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Week 8. Flowering
3 years ago
20 hrs
28 °C
6.5
Weak
60 %
20 °C
18 L
1 L
121.92 cm
Nutrients 6
Voodoo Juice - Advanced Nutrients
Voodoo Juice 2 mll
Piranha - Advanced Nutrients
Piranha 2 mll
Tarantula - Advanced Nutrients
Tarantula 2 mll
start of week 8 Things are going well and seeing the buds develop and growing bigger with lots trichomes starting to coat the buds. one of the strawberry gorilla seems to be a week or so ahead of all other plants with the buds really bulking and coated in frosty trichomes and it smells amazing hps light removed from the grow after 1 week and the 2x 100w lumatek led strips put back and continued with added co2 into the tent lumatek zeus pro 600w is at a hanging Hight of 15inches running 100% power ac infinity has been keeping humidity between 52-58% and the temperature has been between 27-29 degrees Celsius the plants are drinking 1.75litres every 2days and plants are getting plain water every second feed Day 50 the plants were watered following my feeding schedule opened up the tent and it is now starting to smell good and the smell is getting stronger all the time PROBLEMS the 3plants in coco mix have been responding well with the sensi coco nutrients and i have notices growth again on them but continuing to keep a close eye on them the strawberry gorilla that seems to be slightly ahead of all other plants has some rust spots on a few leaves so will flush and feed following my feed schedule and add 1ml per litre of cal mag
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