4 FastBuds in a 2x2 (1st diary)

These gals grew a lot this week! The Gorilla Cookies looks a little behind, but I think I overwatered and stunned her early on. Also chose to top one of the Tropicana Cookies today. Wanted to see how much it would impact growth if I do it so early on (topped node 3, leaving two nodes behind). Also replaced my large (and loud) exhaust with a clip fan I usually use for airflow inside the tent. This upped the temperatures and humidity, and lowered the noise and electrical bill. Also using two 120mm PC fans for circulation inside the tent. Lowered light to 50% power, same height though (75cm). Decided to order another 150w led panel and automated exhaust fan from Vevor, they should arrive in a week. Also, day 13 from seed. That's about it this first week of veg. Thanks for the comments as well! Lovely to know this is being read :)

Day 20 from seed Some problems this week... I've noticed some fungus gnats, and growth is slow due to overwatering. I'm still learning how to water with soil, I usually use coco. The droopy leaves also seem to be from the overwatering. I'll let all three plant dry out over the next week, then I'll give them a dose of BioEnhancer to (hopefully) restore the microbial life. Also did some early LST. Bent the main stem of the TPC #2 to expose lower sites, might cut the lowest nodes next week. Tried to make the topped TPC #1 grow out a little more, and I'm going to leave the stunted Gorilla Cookies Auto alone for now. Added a humidifier to raise the humidity, keeping it around 70% with the new controlled inline fan. Also lower the light to 50cm. They're getting around 350 ppfd.

Day 26 Gorilla Cookies #2 started showing pistils, other 2 don't (hope they'll veg a little longer). Let the girls dry out and watered the Tropicana Cookies #1 and Gorilla Cookies. Noticed the fabric/air pots dry out a little faster. Otherwise pretty straight forward. Kept adjusting the LST every 2 days, and got some pretty good growth this week.

Day 31 Everything went great this week! Humidity and temperature were kept high, and gave them a full pot watering of BioEnhancer. The Tropicana Cookies Auto #2 started flower first, and even saw the first buds starting to grow today! Hope she'll keep stretching as she's still a little short. The topped Tropicana Cookies Auto #1 also is starting to bud and reacted very well on the topping and LST. She probably looks the best out of the three despite the topping and early stress. Gorilla Cookies Auto is still a little squat, but is finally starting to grow faster. No signs of flower yet, hope she has another week of veg to catch up with the rest. Also decided to plant the other Gorilla Cookies Auto in another pot I had laying around. Might not have been the best timing, but thinking ill try growing feminized seeds to fill out the tent more (instead of another auto run). The two Tropicana Cookies Auto's were starting to look a little hungry so gave all three 2g/L of substrate of BioBloom, along with some earthworm castings. This might not be enough, but I know autos need less than feminized and don't want to burn her. If needed, I'll give them another 1g/L in week 3 of flower. Also installed the two LED fixtures giving me 250w. Around 70cm from the canopy at 100% 450-500 ppfd Watering around .5l every 3-4 days, pH at 6.5

Day 38 They're now all in flower! The Tropicana Cookies #2 started budding first, and the Gorilla Cookies #1 has finally started as well. I did give them a bit of light stress, giving them around 650 ppfd. This should normally not stress them, but since I'm using a 20/4 light schedule, they had a DLI of around 47. Should've increased the DLI more gradually. She gets around 570 ppfd rn (41 DLI). Finally got the watering down, and the second Gorilla Cookies is growing really fast compared to the other 3 a month ago. I also gave them another dose of BioEnhancer. Kept adjusting the LST, think I might install a ScrOG net.

Day 45 Things start getting smellyyy!! Decided to install a net, as I noticed some branches were a lot taller then others. Now the lower part of the canopy is as tall as the rest giving me more big buds (hopefully). Tropicana Cookies #2 has the biggest buds so far, and she's already showing her blueish color. The other 2 are a bit behind, but really not much. Started feeding them with some left over Big Bud from AN, just to use up the bottle. Only .5ml/L as she probably gets enough pk from the BioBloom. Watering around .7l every 2-3 days. I also installed a 60x60cm tray so I can water them all from the bottom (can't really reach the plants in the back anymore). They're back on 670ppfd (48 DLI), don't think I'll go any higher than that.

Day 51 Buds are fattening up nicely on the Tropicana Cookies #2, and #1 started showing her blue color. The Gorilla Cookies caught up with the rest in her height, and is around week 2 of flower. The younger Gorilla Cookies got topped yesterday, and already noticed new growth today. Topping this early really doesn't seem to impact them. Gave them a compost tea 3 days ago. This was my first atempt at compost tea: 15ml Vitasol, 60g Microlife, 4ml X-Cel, 3ml Missing Link and 2 ml BN-Zym (all from BioNova) in 4l of dechlorinated water. Let that brew with a pretty weak air pump for a little over 24h. Noticed a little foaming, but def not as much as hoped. Devieded that 4l between my plants and this did not burn or nute locked them, so let's hope it did anything. Continued with the .5 of Big Bud, also decided to top dress with BioBloom today. 1g/L of substrate. Been hard keeping the temp/humidity down these last few weeks as its been really hot outside (around 27/65%).

Day 60 Everything on cruise control at the moment. Finally got the watering down, also giving a dose of BioEnhancer every week. Tropicana Cookies #2 is looking really fat already. Thinking I might chop next week, as I noticed the pistils and leaves fading. I'll ofc check trichomes before harvest. Tropicana Cookies #1 is also packing on weight. Think she'll yield the most of the 3 flowering plants, as she's by far the largest. Gorilla Cookies #1 is now putting everything in her buds as well, stopped stretching last week. She suprisingly turned out larger than the Tropicana Cookies #2. I think this might have something to do with pot size. Noticed the plants in the smaller plastic pots started flowering well before the ones in fabric/air pots. I'll probably get 4 20l fabric pots for my next run, hopefully they'll flower around the same time. The younger Gorilla Cookies started budding, and she has quite a lot of internodal spacing. The older Gorilla Cookies seemed a lot "compacter" at the start, maybe because I overwatered her in seedling stage? Also removed the SCroG netting. Wasn't doing a lot and I'd rather be able to reach my plants in the back. Reinstalled the LST and started on the Gorilla Cookies #2 as well. Light hasn't been touched last few weeks, still aiming for 48-50 DLI. Watering around 1l every couple days each, stopped feeding Big Bud.