Speedy Chile (Fast Flowering)

FadedFarmer Seedling is taking root. Transferred to final 5 gallon fabric pot, lowered lights to 24" and give enough water to keep soil moist.

FadedFarmer Week 2: Started LST of main stalk. Earlier than I normally would but hoping to increase amount of terminal buds on this plant thru LST + multiple toppings.

FadedFarmer Day 21: Growing nicely, 5-6 nodes, started LST of main stalk prior to topping. Day 24: Topped at 5th node of plant.

FadedFarmer Journal entries are backlogged from Week 4-Week 8. Growing nicely, no issues or complications.

FadedFarmer Week 5 - Indoor Speedy Chile Started LST/Main-Lining. Growing steady with nice green leaves. Still have not added additional nutrients. Watering every 2-3 days.

FadedFarmer Week 6 - Indoor Speedy Chile Continuing LST, watering every 2-3 days. Minor defoliation of larger fan leaves and lower bud sites.

FadedFarmer Week 7 - Indoor Speedy Chile Did not touch plant much over last 10+ days. Growing nicely, larger fan leaves starting to fill in. Getting ready for first big defoliation*, continuing LST and watering every 2-3 days. Still no additional nutrients added to watering schedule. **In Week7: Plant experienced a littlebit of unwanted stress. (1) Power was lost from 08.06-08.07 bc of storm/winds. Most concerned with light, so focused on night hours, this meant I went ahead and left lights on for 20+ hrs upon power returning to get back onto a 18-6 schedule. During power outage had to move outside for 1 full day, luckily outdoor conditions were not too far off from my indoor tent and high temps did not get over 86deg those days; no major issues noted afterwards. (2) I was on vacation from 08.09-08.15. Left with no attention, watered heavily 2 days prior to leaving and left passive clay watering spike+750ml water. Upon return was happily surprised to see that, although light and dry, the plant was healthy and not stressed. Watered heavily and gave a couple of days rest before defoliating.

FadedFarmer Week 8 - Indoor Speedy Chile Defoliation, topping, and LST after good growth and leaving plant alone for 10+ days. Did not defoliate as much as I wanted out of fear of stress, since I still don't feel too experienced, removed ~15% of plant leaves and lower 1/3 of plants bud sites.

FadedFarmer Week 9 - Indoor Speedy Chile Plant growing and training well. Gave first bit of liquid fertilizer before a good defoliation at end of week. Planning to switch to 12-12 soon. *Finally caught up on diary entries. I decided to extend veg stage by 1-2 wks bc of summer vacation and travel.

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FadedFarmer Flowering setting nicely. Started feeding a little more fertilizer every 2-3 waterings and watering every 1-2 days. Having fun with LST and main-lining methods on this plant. Had a 2nd power outage due to storms this week. Lost power overnight and plant missed out on a couple hours of lighting one day, but day was nice enough to place plant outside. Noticed a couple inches of stretch from 8hrs outside!

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FadedFarmer Topmost buds are starting to get a bit lighter in color. Need to rearrange carbon filter so I can raise lights more, think theres a mix of lightburn and a little bit of nutrient burn since I just up'ed big bloom feeding.

FadedFarmer Rearranged tent so I could raise lights. Unfortunately can no longer use pulleys so needed to raise to 16" over top of buds. I went ahead and released all LST tie downs to help lower buds reach for light a little more, will see what this does to buds. Overall, feel like I could have defoliated and pruned a bit more heading into flowering but overall plant is healthy and doing well. Not entirely sure about the Fast Flower strain here, seems to be taking her time but next 2-3 weeks will be the test.