S07: Purple Lemonade by FastBuds

Okay guys, so here the deal. A few things happened over the last week. First, I was using the Connoisseur line of Advanced Nutrients and something felt not right (not stating that it's the nutrients fault). Second, it turned out that my air stones in the hydro setup gave up on me and made my plants drown over the whole period. I didn't know what was up with them, but the moment I bought and placed new quality air stones into the reservoirs, all the deficiencies went away in a matter of 24h which was ridiculous because I've never seen this kind of jump in vigor. I was using the BoomBoom spray from Bio Tabs over the whole period multiple times a day and i strongly believe that this made my plants survive. I'm also using my trusted Co2 bags because they made some huuuuuge leaves before. I topped all plants in hydro and we're off to a new chapter in their life. I'm going to wait a week or two with the idea of topping them several times because I love to top plants, regulars or automatic ones, I don't care and it never was problem for the folks out there that don't top their automatic plants :) Everything is working great! I've exchanged the whole reservoir with the whole Xpert Nutrients line of products because they just came in. So thanks again Xpert Nutrients for this whooping package of bad ass products! I'll use them wisely ;) Now, let's cross our fingers for a quick recovery (which normally lasts 24-48h in hydro instead of a week) so I can top'em again. See ya! PS: I don't know what I'm about to do with the Wedding Cheesecake that just sprouted because it's so small and it supposed to go into the hydro setup as soon as I transplant the regulars into the flowering room in a week, but then again, the only automatic plant, namely the Purple Lemonade which is also fricking vigorous in the hydro setup is so big already, I'll need to change nutrients to bloom, but damn, I'd love to use the hydro space for at least one more plant... well, let's see what happens.

Sup guys! What a great weeeeeeek we have behind us :D I made some great adjustments to the flowering room before firing it up (just check out the first few photos from the crowdy before and after). I've sterilized the whole room and got me some great new fans, a CO2 bag, I got rid of the old ass filter because I figured that I don't need one anyway, I added a new pump to power great new water stones that will bubble up the water in both reservoirs like a motherfucker (after the old ones almost failed me and made my plants drown) and I adjusted power cords so they're easier accessable. I also connected the veg room to the flowering room with a pipe and a special fan that extracts the air from one room into the other which from there is pumped out by the heavy duty turbine. It all works perfectly and I'm very happy how much better everything is set up now :D So, I've also transplanted the photoperiodic plants and topped them again, defoliated where defoliation was needed and have put these bendy clips on'em branches (they are so bad and often cut into the branches, I might design a product by myself to make my work with plants a lot easier). I also rolled, bent and pinched the main stem on all plants to make them work harder since they're in hydro :D I spray'em with the Boom Boom spray daily and finally switched to the whole flowering product range from Xpert Nutrients. Can't wait to see how good these nutrients are! So here it is. I'm super happy to be able to work with plants in a perfectly cut environment to my liking :) Aaah, btw. I'll buy new scrog nets for the veg and flowering room because the old one gave up on me and it's time for new ones. So that's gonna be a necessary upgrade for this coming week. Have a great one and see you next time! XOXO Cremo

Okay guys, check this out! I've transplanted all the photoperiodic plants in hydro into the flowering room last week and left the Purple Lemonade in hydro in the veg room alone (+3 plants in soil). And this thing exploded! It's doubled in size in comparison to all the other plants with whooping 56cm height after several toppings! What the heck? Crazy vigorous genetics with great fertilizers from Xpert Nutrients! Great job guys! I've also used a lot of wire to mainline most of the plants because I ran out of my LST benders. Need to produce more because they work great and I'm not a fan of wiring branches because the swell up so fast. Let's see what brings us next week. If everything goes by plan, than I'll have a shitload of work to do next week when I'll perform last heavy defoliation between the second and third week of flowering. Preflower already started. See you guys next time! XOXO Cremo

Hi guys and welcome to this monstrous plant named Purple Lemonade! What a weeeeeek! Holy smokes! So check this out. This plant can't stop growing like crazy! A few days ago I've performed an ultra heavy defoliation on her just as planned to get enough light to all the lower bud sites. I'm still thinking about lollipopping her but she looks so nice right now that I might also skip it, but we'll see, there's still time to make up my mind. The wires did their thing but as I stated in the previous week, branches grow thick so fast that after just a few days of mainlining with wires I had to take'em off. If you look at it from above, you'll see that she's at least bigger than all the other plants in soil and takes up more than half of the grow space. Didn't have an autoflower that big in a long time and I LOVE IT! In the coming days my scrog nets will arrive and that will be a perfect addition to the grow room. I also want to raise the plants in soil to kind of match the height of the Lemonade so they get enough light exposure. Overall the plant is super happy and even tho I was kind of unsure that it would survive the heavy defoliation, the hardcore bending of most branches, it bounced back perfectly after 24 in hydro aaaand with my trusty BoomBoom Spray from Bio Tabs! What a great season! I'm so happy :D See you next time XOXO Cremo

Hi guys. So, I said earlier that I wasn't going to defoliate heavily anymore, but this isn't true... This plant pumps out so many new leaves that I had to defoliate semi-heavily 5 days after the last defoliation. I find it quite interesting that Purple Lemonade produces practically only 3 leaflet leafs. If anyone had an idea thy that might be the case, please share your knowledge in the comment section. Oh, I also broke of a part of the main topped branch because I wanted to shake off tucked leafs. Well it didn't go very well but I taped it together and she seems just fine :P A milion budsites are starting to pop up, and it might seem that the bud appearance will be of that longer kind, meaning buds that are long and slick like a projectile. But I also might be wrong :P But looking at the bud sites distance, it surely seems like it. We'll see in a few weeks if I was right about that :) I'll probably start shooting quality photographs in around 2 weeks when buds start looking like actual buds :D See ya XOXO Cremo

Hi guys and welcome to another update of this not so purple Lemonade monster auto plant! XD I love to see her swell up nicely. I love the bud structure and these pistils coming out. This plant is so huge compared to all the other plants, not only automatic but it's also bigger than photoperiods which is fricking crazy! It's a shame that she didn't turn out purple like all the other purple lemonades out there but it's fine with me, the sheer size of this plant makes up for it :P Can't wait to see these buds fully matured. I defoliate her slightly to only uncover lover bud sites and it fricking works. Every time I expose lower buds to light, I can see how they benefit from it! So I keep doing it :P This plant produces so much flavor and so maaaany trichomes, it's unbelievable. Have an awesome week! XOXO Cremo

[EDIT]: I messed up and uploaded photographs from Pink Rozay. So these are the good ones ;) Welcome to the final weeks of this beautiful monster called the Purple Lemonade! As time flies by, these buds are thickening. I love to see the progress. The whole plant is as frosty as it can be and adds to it day by day! Looking at trichomes, I can see that it will most likely need another 2 weeks and then it's time for a chop! Even tho the photographs are nice, they don't do justice when I look at them. The thickest branches are crowned with beautiful crown-looking buds. I'll definitely do a separate photoshoot by the harvest time, because this plant looks like its able to win some big prices ;) Please enjoy! XOXO Cremo

Holy guacamole! Welcome to another stunning update of this frickin monster! If you want to go on a trippidy trip into the trichome world, let this be your ticket to it! I can't wait to put this bad girl into the studio for a proper photoshooting once she's done in a week or two! God damn, the trichome amount is bonkers! Just check it out! Please enjoy! FAST BUDS! YOU FUCKIN; RULE! XOXO Cremo

Welcome to Crownville, Bitches XD XD XD! (that's what I meant last week : P) Holy smokes guys! IT'S TIME (Bruce Buffer voice)!!! This is the final week for this beast of a beauty (80cm x 80cm x 80cm)! It's harvest time, I decided to do it in 2 parts a few days apart because why not :D (this is also officially my entry for the Iphone contest :D ) I took and trimmed all the outside less developed branches and left the plant with only the biggest and baddest colas which I present you here! This are partially the final photographs, I need to shoot the best buds in the coming days and will release them in the harvest week! Please enjoy (the ride)! XOXO Cremo [EDIT]: I JUST UPLOADED 5 MORE PHOTOGRAPHS!

So guys, this is it! I'm super pumped to finally call it a day on this beautiful plant. I'll repeat myself saying that I've created an absolute monster. It's the biggest plant I've grown so far, even bigger than any previous photoperiod! Her dimensions are 80cm x 80cm x 75cm which is bonkers! The total dry weight is 247g!!! Wet around a kilogram. If you're looking for a high yielding plant, look no further, you'll love this one! I'm also super happy that I managed to take so many beautiful photographs of this beast. She's been very generous that way. Overall it took me a few days and a total of 3 separate photo shootings to take several thousand photographs to be able to deliver them in that quality for your pleasure. So please, without any further ado, jump into the gallery, preferably on a big screen and enjoy this beautiful plant! XOXO Cremo