By continuing to use the website or clicking Accept you consent to our cookies and personal data policy and confirm that you are at least 18 year old. For details please see Privacy Policy and Terms
DAY 2: I wanted to give this strain another shot. I'm not going to top it or do any HST. I plan on just doing some LST. Of course, that might change -- but I want to see how this grows on it's own. The last time I grew this it was super fast, and I got the feeling that topping caused me to lose some yield. Let's see how this goes -- love the purple!
So far, so good. It was getting yellow so I added nutrients for the first time today. Looking healthy, though. I'm waiting for a root to pop out any day now -- I've been having some issues with my pump timer. It's internet based and seems to be losing connection -- so I haven't had consistent watering as I usually do. Regardless, she's doing okay. We'll see what kind of growth she has over the next week!
DAY 17: There has been significant growth over the past week, despite the fact that my top feed irrigation system has been irregular (my timer went out on me). I have been turning it on manually because it delivers a lot of water and I don't want to have the roots drowning. I'm impressed with the root growth and plant growth, nevertheless. In about a week, I won't need top feed anyway. She's got a nice 4th node. I wont be topping this because I know from experience that LSD 25 is a fast grower. I'll do as much LST as I can and will likely start that in the next week. I will be swapping out my lights soon for a KingLED 1500w that should handle the entire tent. Looking forward to seeing this girl grow up! 😢
I ended up fimming her a few days ago and she handled it super well! I expect that she’ll grow a bit this week and then towards the end start switching to flower. So far, so good! Roots look fantastic!! 🧐👌
This little gal is doing pretty good! It's not super busy, but it grew a lot over the past week. I pulled the top down and am doing some LST. I'm hoping the lower branches will reach up and start to bulk up a bit, too. She started flowering already -- pistils are clearly visible as are small budlets. Doesn't appear I'll get a ton of nodes, but let's she what this ole' gal's got! Can't discount her yet!
This plant is growing interestingly. It's obvious she doesn't like to be topped -- it seems like the lifecycle of the plant is too short or something. I know a lot of breeders say they don't recommend topping with autos -- but there are plenty of examples where topping with autos works great. It just doesn't include this strain, from my experience. I've spread her out as much as I can to get more colas/bud sites.
This plant is doing pretty good. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, topping this strain seems to make it less productive and spindly. I'm going to grow this one out and get as much as I can off her, but I'll likely do one more grow with LSD-25 with no topping to see how she does. There's nothing unusual to report this week. She's drinking nutes at a healthy pace. She has a decent root system, though I don't see her producing any massive yield. It will be nice to have a different flavor in the mix. Also, this does not appear to be a purple phenotype. We'll see!
This plant is doing pretty good. I've trained it as best I could, so we'll see what happens over the next few weeks. Again, this does not appear to be a purple strain -- but it smells just like the last one I grew that was purple. I think she's got 3-4 weeks left...we'll see!
This plant is probably a week or so from being ready to harvest. As you can tell, I don't expect to get much more than a few grams of usable smoke off this. Ohh well -- if I grow this strain again, I will not be topping it. There's not much to say about this right now. Definitely getting towards the end of its lifecycle. I'm looking forward to freeing up this space in my tent.
Probably another 2 weeks, I think. Still mostly white pistols on most of the buds. It’d be nice if I got a bit more bud development over the next week! We’ll see!
Switched her to flush today. Will go 3-6 days depending on how she’s looking. I'll get maybe 10-20 grams, I'm thinking. Topping is a no-go for this strain, let the record show.
** I can't really give an honest rating on this strain right now. The issues with the plant and yield were entirely my fault **
I'm still trying to figure this plant out -- but will definitely give it another go! It smells so good; I just wish I had a good grow of it to give it an honest smoke and review. I'll do this one again maybe in a few months after I get a rotation of strains in.
Anyone who has followed this grow knows I had low expectations for it because of issues caused by me. Lesson learned is mainly not to top LSD-25! I think this grow gave me some experience with short-lifespan autoflowers. I've had a lot of autos that responded well to topping, but it seems to me that anything less than 11 weeks is going to have a rough time developing into a nice yielding plant. I have a couple more of these LSD-25 seeds and I will certainly grow them soon. She's not going to defeat me! 😂
One thing that was really nice about this grow was someone gifted me these rotating hangers. They work SOOO much better than clothespins and the fact that they rotate saves so much space in my little tent that I use for drying. If you can snag these anywhere, I HIGHLY recommend them!
@@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, Thy. yeah i had a hard start here too. Seeds arrived me about 14 days after ordering. then the first seed was dead. hoping for the actual one i think she will make it^^ i hope so i only sprouted one seed
@Mrs_Larimar, back at you! I have a few different FastBuds strains in the mail on their way over right now. Was hoping to do a Cream Cookies grow for the competition, but I think I'm stuck with this diary... 😥
You have some great looking diaries! 💪
That's so sad 😢she is beautiful and healthy with nice structure!
The topping froze the plants growth for sure. It has the look of a 7 week old plant, don't rush for harvest, give her the chance to mature for 2 more weeks (maybe 3) and you might get some more than just a few grams!
hey man if you're flushing in hydro you only really need one day no nutes for the flush, but i guess you already knew that, anything more than a day and the plant will wilt and die
@CRiSPrGrow, this is super interesting. So you think that I could give DWC nutes and not worry about sort of “weaning” it off? Just go straight to a flush?
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, lowering the nutes, yes and no, i wouldn t ... which is kind of what makes dwc so great right? nutes dont "stick" and you can time your chop really well
If your plant has the genetics which make it prone to anthocyanin accumulation, you can make it turn purple by dropping the temperatures in the growing environment down below 50 degrees Fahrenheit when the light is off.
The colder you are able to keep the growing conditions (we are talking about 50 degrees fahrenheit here), the more likely your strain will produce darker colored leaves.
This can only happen if the strain carries a genetic predisposition to turn dark.
So if this is indeed an LSD-25 and you (or the seller) haven't accidentally mess it up with the seeds
then it must turn darker when it meets the right conditions.
My opininion is let it be as it is, because there is a chanse the low temperatures to effect the yield at the end!
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, flirting with the lower boundary of temperature (<16) won't do much harm to your other plants, you're not really risking anything 🚀
@@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, This strain (and all dark colored strains) is genetically formed from the breeders with continuous strain crossing. They take one purple strain wich grows at cold environments like a purple ruderalis and mate it again and again with a different one to the point that the final plant has the desirable characteristics like the LSD-25 turn dark independently of the temps.
So i assume that this seed hasn't the right genes to do that, that's why i suggest that the lower temps would wake up the immune system of this plant to turn darker!
As i'm not an expert, this is just my opinion after studying and maybe not a general rule!
And yes the very low temperatures will efect all the plants in your tent maybe not the colour but the yield for sure, other strains more and other less depending on genetics! 😊
@Astrolavos, this is super interesting! Thanks for the info -- and for pointing me on a new avenue for research.
Since I have this strain in a tent with other strains, would the lower temps harm other strains? Really strain dependent?
Awesome information here, dude!! 👍👊
The thing about topping a plant is that like defoliating it's important to be sure you have a very healthy solid root system. It may not be the topping per se that was the problem but it might have been the roots were a little undeveloped. This is a danger of the DWC and I prefer to have a. barrier between the reservoir and the roots.
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, I mean that the roots don't go straight from the basket into the water. In my case I use 2 x 30L tubs on on top of the other. The bottom tub has the reservoir the top tub has the basket. The plumbing comes up the side and around the basket, the roots then come out of the. basket and sit at the bottom of the top tub, but never in water, the top tub has holes that drain back into the reservoir. It gives more air to the roots.
@Freddd, very interesting point! That makes a lot of sense. What do you mean about having a “barrier between the reservoir and the roots”? Appreciate the ideas!
@CRiSPrGrow, LSD 25 hates topping! It's too quick of a strain IMO. 9 weeks and she's ready for harvest; hardly enough time for her to recover between transition. I've got a couple more of the seeds because I got them during a FastBuds deal....I think I'll do 1 or 2 more of this strain but won't be topping it.
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, Honestly, the only time I had topping issues was during my first grow, when I was highly ambitious with autoflowers and i topped it while the indoor temp was high and overdosed it with nutrients. it literally stunted her. You shouldn't have topping issues if your plant is healthy and growing well. But you're right, some autoflower strains shouldn't be topped at all because of their short veg time. Photoperiod is different because you get to control your time so time and growth is almost endless :)
@MaryJaneUSA, this has been my experience too - the only exception being LSD-25. It seems to grow very thin and spindly when I top them. Every other strain took topping well. I notice that a lot of people struggle to exceed 60 grams with the strain. There are only a couple growers who seem to hit anywhere near 100g. I like variations in strain colors...I’d just like to pull more than 50g per plant. Have you had any topping issues with any strains?
@@Chi_Town_White_Boy, I used to be a little more defensive when it came to suggestions, but now I am way more open. Someone on here saved me from pulling my plants way too early and from that point on I was all ears.
and if i might say...................im no expert.......................i would cover the hydroton..................roots hate ANY light.....................no matter how weak the light is...........and always more air a little venturi goes a long way👻.....................
Thanks for your ideas, @@@@grzesiek! Here's my two cents....
When people are covering their hydroton with paper plates and such, they are trying to cover the RapidRooter/rockwool to prevent algae from growing. The logic is that the RR/RW is wet, and light will cause algae to grow -- I've seen this happen once because my top-feed system was on for like 24 hours. However, you need to be careful with hydroton on a new plant. Hydroton can easily crush, bend, or break a seedling -- I've had it happen. That's why, during my first week, I usually avoid (1) overwatering/over top-feeding and (2) I leave the hydroton away from the seedling. After the seedling grows tall enough to hover over the hydroton, I start to slowly and gently build up a little hydroton mound around the stem. After about 1-1.5 weeks, it's usually covered entirely. I can see the logic in using a paper plate for covering RapidRooters/rockwool, but without covering it with a plate or something, as long as you cover it with hydroton within a week or so and you don't overwater/soak them, you won't have any problem with algae.
Regarding covering hydroton, I don't see any point. I have 6" netpots that have probably 6"-8" of hydroton in layers. The RapidRooter/rockwool is at least an inch or two -- and the roots grow downwards. I've had a few roots come to the top, but usually late in the plants life when the thing is full of roots anyway -- those roots figure out that the top is not a good place to be and stop growing. The plant itself will tell the roots to grow downwards towards the water. There is absolutely no way light is getting through 6"-8" of hydroton. Separately, when you check, fill, or replace your reservoir -- there's really no way to avoid exposing roots to light. As long as you're vigilant with light exposure, reservoir temps, and adding healthy bacteria/enzymes -- you'll be fine. You don't want long-term exposure of light, of course.
I don't see any value in covering hydroton; there is certainly an argument to be made in covering the RapidRooter/rockwool. I just haven't had problems with algae using this system.
Let me know your thoughts! I appreciate you swinging by!!
@CRiSPrGrow, I'm going to post some updates tomorrow. This strain is crazy! It's already flowering at such a small size...not sure if I like that or not. 😏
""She's not going to defeat me! 😂"" LMAO
That's a common thing among growers, not every try is successful... At least she gave you something back to smoke!
Don't give up and keep growing! 😉
@@grzesiek, what are you suggesting the problem with not covering hydroton is? light penetration? lack of air? I'm trying to understand why I would need to cover what are essentially clay rocks in 6" deep layers?
@@grzesiek, no way. Again, light cannot pass through solid clay pebbles. Light does not go through rocks. If I had a small layer of hydroton, I would agree. But, again, there is over 6" of gravity-compressed hydroton here...there is no way light is passing through that many layers of solid clay pebbles.
I looked up some resources, and here's what TheAquaponicSource.com says:
Surface or dry zone (Zone 1) – The first 2″ (50mm) is the light penetration and dry zone. Evaporation from the bed is minimized by the existence of a dry zone. This dry zone also protects the plant base against collar rot. Additionally, by ensuring that this zone is kept dry, algae is prevented from forming on the surface of the grow bed media and moisture related plant diseases such as powdery mildew are minimized.
They suggest 2" is necessary to block light. I have way more than that. I'd be willing to bet there's more light penetration through a 90mm bucket than there is through 6" of clay!
Thanks for your ideas! I don't have any issues with root rot.
Chi_Town_White_Boy
