#2 Fast flower by fastbuds.

Welcome to Growdiaries Grow 16. This grow is going to be different from my previous ones. Some FastBuds fast flowering seeds have landed through my letter box, big thanks to Heather from @Fast_Buds your a star. I'm really looking forward to trying these out. If you want information on these fast flowering versions from fastbuds have a look in the breeder section on this site or visit there main website. I haven't grown a photoperiod for quite a while so it will good to get back into it. I haven't decided on what I'm going to do training wise but I'm only going to run 3 strains this grow and try and fill my tent with the 3 plants. If these grow as quickly as Fastbuds autoflowers do then i may not do a long Veg cycle, but I'll flip to 12/12 when I feel happy with how much space they take up. During my last grow I got chatting to a grower called Theia (check out his diaries), and the dude told me how he managers to keep good conditions going in his grow room remotely. Very simple bit of kit that doesn't cost much, easily expandable, and can be controlled remotely. I took the advice and bought the temperature/humidity sensor and the 8 WiFi plugs he recommended. I ran my previous grow for the last few weeks using this system and it made a massive difference from controlling devices with timers. Having to guess how long to run a humidifier or dehumidifier or radiator for is now gone thanks to this. These devices are now connected to an app called smart life and I can see them and set parameters anywhere in the world. The sensor will remotely trigger devices to turn on or off depending on the settings I use. New parts to setup. New carbon filter. Wifi temperature/humidity sensor. Wifi plug (for light) Wifi plug (for radiator) Wifi plug (for humidifier or dehumidifier) Wifi plug (for automatic feeds) Wifi plug (for automatic drainage) This grow is going to consist of. #1 Fastbuds Wedding Cheesecake FF #2 Fastbuds Tropicana Cookies FF #3 Fastbuds Gorilla Cookies FF This diary is focused on. #2 Tropicana Cookies FF Preparation Friday 13/1/23 prep day 1 Mixed up 24L of biobizz light mix with 5ml per litre ecothrive charge. Filled a bucket with 12L water. Saturday 14/1/23 8.00pm prep day 2 #2 Water Ec0.229 ph 6.6/7.0 0.05ml/L Easy ph down 2L Ec=0.229 ph=6.8 No runoff. Feed 5ml/L roots 0.1ml/L neutralise 1L Ec=0.283 Ph=6.1/6.6 Runoff 0.5L Ec=5.65 Ph=5.6 Feed 5ml/L roots 0.1ml/L neutralise 1L Ec=0.283 Ph=6.1/6.6 Runoff 0.85L Ec=4.68 Ph=5.7 Sunday 15/1/23 prep day 3 #2 Top up soil Feed 5ml/L roots 0.1ml/L neutralise 1L Ec=0.278 Ph=6.2/6.6 Runoff 0.8L Ec=4.22 Ph=5.9 Feed 5ml/L roots 0.1ml/L neutralise 1L Ec=0.278 Ph=6.2/6.6 Runoff 0.9L Ec=2.52 Ph=6.0 8.00pm Turned lights on 24hr Turned fans on 24hr Radiator setrings Turn on if temperature drops below 19c Turn off if temperature goes above 20c Extractor settings. temperature 26c with 1c steps Humidity 70% with 1% steps Max speed 8 Min speed 1 Monday 16/1/23 prep day 4 Because of the big difference in my 2 PH pens readings I recalibrated them and they were both out, one way more then the other. Tuesday 17/1/23 prep day 5 Lights 18/6 (on 06.00 off 00.00) 25% 60w Radiator settings LIghts on Turn on if temperature drops below 21c Turn off if temperature goes above 21.5c Lights off Turn on if temperature drops below 20c Turn off if temperature goes above 20.5c Wednesday 18/1/23 prep day 6 Just waiting for the seeds now. Checking VPD to see if it's suitable. Over the last 24hrs Max temp 22c Min temp 17.4c Average 20.1 Max humid 63% Min humid 51% Average 56.1% Max vpd 0.98 Min vpd 0.51 Average 0.76 Thursday 19/1/23 prep day 7 Did nothing Friday 20/1/23 prep day 8 Seeds had arrived when I got home from work. ***********Germination**************** 1.00pm placed seed in water ph 6.9 5.45pm gave seed a little tap and it sunk to the bottom of the cup. 7.45Pm seed still at bottom of cup, I'm classing this as a viable seed. Placed in paper towel in between two plates and left in a warm place. Pots still heavy. Saturday 21/1/23 Germination Day 1 7.45pm check seed. #2 Tropicana Cookies tap root showing. Test water. Ec=0.245 ph=7.3/7.0 Not happy with new backup ph pen. Pens recalibrated. Not sure if I need calibration fluid as my good pen is playing up more then the cheap pen. Test water Ec=0.245 ph=7.1/6.8 10.30pm #2 planted into 8L fabric pot Sunday 22/1/23 Germination Day 2 7.45pm no movement yet moisten soil. 8.20pm added humidifier on lowest setting. Monday 23/1/23 Germination Day 3 6.00pm Removed dome. Setup Humidifier. Vpd aim 0.6 Humidifier settings LIghts on Turn on if humidity drops below 60% Turn off if humidity goes above 60.5% #2 looks like soil movement. 7.45pm Test water Ec=0.235 ph=7.1/6.8 Recalibrate Ec=0.235 ph=7.0/6.7 Watered 0.2L #2 can see its almost out. #2 6.95DLI/107ppfd at soil level Tuesday 24/1/23 Germination Day 4 7.00am #2 just above ground. It has taken 90hrs from start of Germination to day 0 of the grow. 10.00pm #2 height= 3CM. Distance= 89CM. DLI=7.2 Lowered light 10cm height= 3CM. Distance= 80CM. DLI=8.02 It looks like germination was a success. All 3 seeds germinated around the same time, about 90 hours from tearing the packet open to classing them as germinated. Back in a week. Thanks for stopping by.