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One week in the books for this girl! I am counting day 1 as August 31st. I decided to start in solo cups and transplant once they start to get too big, hopefully that doesn't cause any stunting or anything. Other than that not much to report this first week was easy peasy just water plain ph'd water and let them do their thing. Once I transplant I will give them a day or two and then start training with LST. My last round of FastBuds went absolutely great, and I expect this one to be even better! Stay tuned....
This week she has grown pretty well! She has taken to the transplant and training perfectly fine so far. Still just watering with plain ph'd water right now, may start adding nutes next week or so. She is a bit smaller than my Blackjack but still looking very healthy and strong so I feel like she will be a great plant when all is said and done. For now just keep up with the training and probably start the beginning of flower/stretch in the next week or so too. I love Gorilla Glue strain so can't wait to try my own out. Everything else I have from FastBuds is super dank and tasty I am sure this will be no different. I guess I will find out in 8-10 weeks or so!!!
This week was the first week of nutrients and she definitely grew a lot this week...very bushy. Right now the training is starting to pay off as well, spreading out all the bud sites and filling out the pot. I expect the next couple weeks to bring on the stretch and start to see some pistils showing up as well. I am probably going to lay off of the training pretty soon and just let her do her thang! I really like this round so far she is super healthy and looking great. Can't wait to see what she does in flower!
She is super healthy and growing extremely vigorously, but she is stretching out more so than stretching up so far. She is very uniformly shaped as well, all the tops are about the same height which should hopefully make for equally fat buds all around. Definitely planning to try out the Symbys nute system for the flower cycle. This girl just barely starting to develop white pistils so maybe still another week or so of stretching to come. Either way she is super healthy looking and on the right track right now. Will post again next week and hopefully we will be starting to flower a bit at that point!
She is going good this week. I thought she would be further along in flower at this point, but she is definitely flowering just going a bit slower than expected. Pistils are popping up all over the place but no big stretch and no budlets forming just yet. She is very bushy with lots of bud sites so I think she will ultimately end up being a fat yielder! I really am feeling good about this girl just waiting for her to make the final push and starting pumping out some buds!!
This little lady is taking her time. Especially compared to my previous Fastbuds grow and the other auto in my tent. She is still barely about to flower, no real buds at all, just pistils and still stretching as of now. I think this next week should be the first real week of flowering and she will start to produce some actual buds. I think this plant will ultimately be a good yielder, she has just lasted an extra week or two in veg longer than I originally expected. She is very bushy and healthy looking just waiting for some buds to show up!!!
This was a good week for this lady. She is still stretching and getting taller everyday, when she is on the stand she is almost as tall as the Blackjack now. I really think she will end up being worth the wait and produce a lot of bud as she has a ton of bud sites all over. Still quite a ways to go in flower as she is just getting going ,but she is definitely fully flowering at this point and we should have some actual buds by the end of next week. I am excited to see how she performs in flower and watch those bud sites get all fat and sugary!!
This week was a good one for this girl. She is finally starting to really flower and get some nug meat going. She ended up stretching quite a bit as well so she is a decent size with LOTS of bud sites. Hopefully she will be a decent yielder when she finishes up in another few weeks. At this point just feeding and watering and letting her do her thang until she finishes. Hopefully that will only be a month away tops but we will just have to wait and see . She is definitely on the slow track as far as autos go but I think she will be worth the wait in the end
Shit went south this week for some reason! She is definitely deficient in some kind of nutrient , I am pretty sure the issue is Maganese deficiency. I am not sure why this happened, but hopefully it doesn't fuck her up too badly or kill her completely. The leaves are dying off quickly, soI am hoping I can save her before she gets completely ruined. Definitely bummed about this but I think that I can keep her alive until she finishes up and hopefully still get some good nug off of her. Bad timing for a nute problem mid flower but I am dealing with it the best I can and keeping my fingers crossed that she will pull through.
She is still suffering a bit this week. It doesn’t seem to be as bad as last week because the leaves aren’t dying as fast or spreading as quickly. The buds are getting fatter still though and starting to get a little frosty as well. I’m just hoping she will make it to the end at this point and I get some decent buds. I think she will make it!
Buds are fattening up big time this week and the frost is starting to come on strong as well. She is also quite smelly when I turn off the extraction fan. Besides the maganese issue and the fucked up leaves she is looking pretty decent and I think I will ultimately get some good buds off of her! I am most likely just going to do one more feeding then we will be doing plain water for the next two weeks. I have a feeling she will be finished by then as she is starting to milk up a bit now. This has not been the easiest grow abut I think she will finish OK so BUT we shall just have to wait and see!
This week she is nearing the end finally. Buds have fattened up considerably in the last 2 weeks and trichomes are milking up nice as well. She’s just been getting plain water. I will keep flushing her for another few days and probably chop her this weekend! She smells fantastic and buds look dense and frosty despite her deficiencies she seems to be performing just fine. Will know for sure soon just how good she turned out. Hoping for the best!!!
Loving these buds! At first I was a bit underwhelmed by frost, smell, and the taste too but they’ve been curing a bit longer now and I think that was all they needed because this is some straight up FIRE! I think I burned her a bit by having the light too close/too powerful but despite that she still performed great! One thing is for sure FastBuds strains are hearty and can handle less than perfect growing circumstances pretty damn well. I have had heat issues, bug issues, and now lightning issues with FastBuds plants and every time they do just great, if I can provide a perfect environment they’ll be even better I’m sure. These buds get you nice and zoned out type of high where you catching yourself staring off into space. Very good relaxing night time smoke. Trimming was a pain in her and she needed a lot of defoliating throughout her life so bring your clippers ignore you grow one of these! All in all another great strain from Fast Buds!
Overall she was a great plant! She took a little longer than I thought and she was stressed by the light but she finished strong despite it all. Buds are dense and sticky and starting to get smellier and tastier the longer I cure them. The high is a heavy one that leads to zoning out and deep thought about nothing lol which I enjoy. Really gets you more stoned than high. Loving all the FastBuds I have tried so far. I have Pineapple Express, California Snow, Cream Cookies, and Zkittles from them as well so many more fastbuds diaries to come! Definitely a strain and breeder I would recommend to anyone trying to grow some autos...in my experience you recommend really can’t go wrong!
Very cool ! they look so bushy !! I'm a first timer myself I was going to get some auto's but I'm not really sure how they are in comparison to a photo period plant . Maybe on my next try I'm going to do some cause these look lovely ! :D Keep up the awesome work
-Happy Growing !
@ZenBuds, couldn't agree more some benefits to both for sure. Faster and somewhat easier for Autos but a bit less room for error. Either way if you just follow the basics and don't do too much then you should be alright and end up with some fire at the end of your grow!!
@TreeTent310, in my opinion autoflowers could even make it easier for a newbie, they grow really fast and flower without flipping the light schedule. They won´t revert to vegging due to light pollution.
One thing is to make sure is you do not torture an autoflower, as you could stunt her and dramatically affect your yields.
I´m interested on autos and will be testing on the future the quality of the buds, vs photoperiod strains for which I will get seeds of popular strains and run them side by side with their auto counterparts.
@The_Projexx, thanks a lot! I bent them down early on to get the bushy shape going. I did the exact same as you and grew photo period plants my first round then did a round of autos next. I think they scare newbs away from autos by saying they can be harder etc. There definitely is less room for error as you have less time to correct any mistakes, but if your first round goes well I’d say give them a shot! Thanks again!!
Looking good, how close is your light buddy? See this alot with LEDs being to close, it throws up alot of things that look like def's when in fact the light is burning them. From your pics it looks like the shaded leaves are nice and green but the ones in the light are lighter and suffering with spotting which is quite common, another thing that would suggest light stress is if the leaves are prying up towards the light.
Good luck with the rest of your grow atb 😀
@Autobud, I actually think you are 100% right! I have never had the light up at this high wattage so I think it is too close and burning the leaves/causing the spotting etc. I just noticed it starting a tiny bit on one of my mainlines and I don't think it is nute related at all. That is when your comment came to my mind and I realized it HAS to be the light! I have since raised the light up a few more inches, the leaves are praying much less, and I think she is much happier now.
Honestly, if you hadn't suggested that being the issue I think my beautiful mainline might've ended up looking like this Gorilla Glue. Just wanted to say THANK SO MUCH!
@Autobud, thanks! I don't think that light is the issue though for her. The inner/lower leaves are darker but if I took better/closer pictures you would see that they have little brown spots as well. I am pretty sure it was a Maganese deficiency that caused this. And it all started because I watered with a broken PH pen so I was definitely off on my PH for about a week or so (at least 1 feeding). At least that is what I think happened...
She is going to make it to harvest so hopefully it all ends up being ok! Will know for certain in another week or so.
@TreeTent310, Yeah the 12/12 isn't going to help the slow progress unfortunately. I sure hope she stands tall through it all though. Best of luck. Ill be checking back for more updates surely 😎
@HighTV, thanks so much she is taking a bit longer than my last Fastbuds grow to actually produce buds but hopefully she will be worth the wait! She’s still stretching and just now forming tiny budlets the last couple days and I’m on day 49 already today. Hopefully she will fly through flower!! I have a feeling she’s definitely getting some 12/12 light once I start to flower my baby mainlines in a couple more weeks. Hopefully it doesn’t mess her up too badly...
I had the same problem with my GG with the brown spots on the leaves. Dialed in the PH a little bit and upped the calmag and the problem went away. I'm on day 87 with my GG and plan on chopping it tomorrow. Good luck!!
@JFWVT, dude it sucks but what can you do!? The bubble on my PH pen was broken and I did not notice so I definitely watered her fucked up for about a week or so and I think that is where things went wrong with her. I have a new pen and have been adjusting her PH down a bit as well as upping my Cal Mag. The leaves that were bad are still bad but the issues is not spreading as quickly and buds are still getting fat so I think she will be ok in the long run. I am at 80 some days right now as well. I think she still has about a week or so left before she is ready to go. Just happy she is making it to the finish line at this point.
Thanks for the advice! Hopefully we can both avoid these maganese problems in the future!
Ph absorbs different nutrients at different ranges. Maganese availability increases as soil ph decreases. Maganese toxicty is common in acidic soils below 5.5 ph. On the other hand Maganese deficiency is most common in soils above 6.5 ph. Water her heavy with just water til you get some runoff. Test you'd run off waters ph to determine your soils ph then adjust accordingly.
@AutoKing, thanks for the info! I will definitely try and lower the PH a bit on the next few waterings. I think she is starting to balance out a bit. The fucked up leaves are obviously still fucked, but it seems to have stopped spreading to new leaves at least, and the buds seem fine as well as they are still fattening up daily. So we will see how she finishes up. Hopefully it doesn't mess up her yield too badly.
Thanks again for the advice! I will definitely try moving forward with her and hopefully she responds well!
@Fast_Buds, thank you and thanks for the sweet prizes from the giveaway as well! I’m going to grow those next round for sure....Pineapple Express and Cream Cookies! Can’t wait!!
This girl is going good so far. She is bushing out like crazy, not much stretch happening though, she’s a real short & bushy one!
Looks great. Our FastBuds ladies are about the same age. :)
Looking forward to see how yours turn out. Very impressive showing on those secondary growth sites!
@samadhi, thanks so much! I expect her to stretch out quite a bit more in the next week or so. Pistils are just barely starting to show up right now we should be in flower soon!
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