Kritikal Bilbo Fast Version (Bulk Seed) - Summer Season 24

TommyBVRSA75 Life in its beginnings and always the idea of how something so fragile ends up gaining abundant vitality, and how in less than three months we will have a wonderful cannabis plant in all its fullness. The seed, as I had already mentioned, is a seed that I usually don't develop by rule... I mean, bulk seed from the store Cogolandia, specifically a promising F1 that combines Critical Bilbo from Genethik and Syrup Auto from Bhudda Seeds, as an inducer of flowering speed. As the first days pass, it becomes clear that despite starting germination in a not very common method like germinating directly in a jiffy peat, the seed germinated, and over the days, it is gaining strength, so the doubts about its development are dismissed. In the first days, there has been a lot of detail regarding the seedling's need in high temperatures and all the adaptation and stress caused in the early cycle dates. So things are going well with very careful attention to pH in this seedling phase, ensuring that the levels are between 5.5 and 5.7 for the initial pH, while in shorter proportions both Deep Underground from Top Crop as an inducer and root structurer for the grow, and the soluble kelp for initial stress control have reacted in the best way. As always, God Jah in command and a big hug to all the grower brothers both in GD and everywhere those of us who truly love this botanical wonder put our best into developing the best we know in our grows. 420 always and see you soon...

TommyBVRSA75 Let's see, and from the photos, I'll explain in bullet points what’s happening with the grow that I detail in this diary. 1- The Kritikal Bilbo Fast Version is just like its "sisters" in the grow area with full spectrum LED, an F1 strain, meaning a "fast," despite its genetics being prepared as a bulk experiment from Cogolandia and not a strain prepared like the sisters that are specific F1 strains from 00 Seeds. The Kritikal Bilbo F1 is mostly a hybrid leaning towards indica, similar to its sisters, Gorilla Fast and Blue Dream Fast, but there are differences that are very evident, even though there’s only a maximum of one week difference in their germination dates (Gorilla Fast, the first...three days later, Blue Dream Fast, and three days after that, the Kritikal Bilbo Fast, even though from the photos, they look like they have weeks of difference, but that’s not what’s happening...and I’ll explain the discrepancy... 2- The first photo shows you the most basic difference...for the Gorilla Fast and the Blue Dream Fast, the grow lights are two Mars Hydro TS1000 panels (300 watts in total) of full spectrum and two 26-watt flowering TLEDs at 3200K spectrum. So, in total, there’s a full spectrum power of 352 watts for an area of 0.64 m², which means this light setup covers a grow tent of 80cm x 80cm... while the Kritikal Bilbo Fast is in a smaller area of less than 0.35m², about 50cm x 50cm, but the lights used are a Bluerple spectrum LED (the ones that usually have purple lights) from PhytoLed, the NX2 400 with a nominal power of 190 watts and two 26-watt TLEDs at 5100K (which are full spectrum leaning towards white). So, for an area of about half of the tent where there are full spectrum LEDs with the two strains from 00 Seeds, in this smaller grow area, there are 240 watts available, which means that in this area, the light coverage is even greater than that of the full spectrum...but as you can see, the grow of the Kritikal Bilbo Fast looks "flattened" and with much more modest growth even though it’s only three days younger than the Blue Dream Fast, which is just three days ahead in germination and development. 3- And you ask me...why is this happening? Simple...very little to do with genetics and a lot with the expression of the LED spectrum in use. The Bluerple spectra (the ones that look purple) have very little or very residual green curve in the spectrum, and that limitation is decisive because in the early vegetative stages, the grows tend to develop very timidly with a low and "flattened" character. This is not a genetic defect that all grows have, but the problem is that the "purple" LEDs do have extremely high blue and red curves, and if until 40 days of growth, the plants look short, flattened, and the leaves develop a very characteristic phenotype, being very short but long in length. Experience has taught me to counteract the limits of the "bluerple" spectrum and the inclusion of two TLEDs with a Kelvin band (radiation color) of 5100K (which are specific for vegetative) throughout the cycle, making it possible to stimulate the normal characteristics of vegetative growth and even balance the flowering by making the total spectrum (or leaning towards white from the 5100K of the TLEDs) complete the combined characteristics of both types of LEDs. 4 - What you see in this Kritikal Bilbo Fast is not different from its sisters Gorilla and Blue Dream, but while these two F1s are at full "speed," the Kritikal Bilbo, despite looking so small, you will see that when we reach week 7, all the grows will be at the same level (with the differences that will exist, like if the Gorilla and the Blue Dream are in 20-liter pots, the Kritikal Bilbo is developing in a 9-liter pot, and that’s so you can later understand the differences, but that doesn’t mean we won’t end up with a very high quantity and quality harvest from the Kritikal Bilbo. Always leaving it to the brothers, the prayers to God Jah as the protector of the grows and the dangers that many of us face while doing them, and putting 420 as a guide for our love and respect for this wonderful plant. Until next week...

TommyBVRSA75 Well, as always, I'm making the list of differences for the grow tent area where the Gorilla and Blue Dream are. 1- Different genetics (not 00 Seeds like the other two, the Kritikal Bilbo Fast is a bulk F1 from Cogolandia and it's doing really, really well) 2- With the bluerple spectrum, my experience has taught me that it counteracts what’s lacking in the purple spectrum limits, giving what’s missing with TLEDs to make vertical growth faster, and the Kritikal Bilbo at 22 days is showing a really good phenotype. 3- The Kritikal Bilbo Fast is about a week and a bit younger than the others, so due to the "purple" spectrum, the change from 18/6 to 12/12 will only be made after 12 days counting from today, and let’s see how things are in 12 days. 4- From day 1, due to pot size options being halfway between the others; because of the spectrum type and the smaller grow space with a tendency for high temperatures and low humidity, the pH levels used have always been a bit less acidic, starting from the beginning with a pH over 5.80. 5- The genetics that was a mystery until now impresses with its solidity, proving that sometimes in some stores, bulk seeds don’t matter if they’re cheaper, as many of these are far superior to certain banks that are sold with great marketing but are actually rubbish in practice. I hope the F1 of Kritikal Bilbo expresses the wonderful quality of this "star" strain originally from the Basques of Genehtik throughout the line. 6- Next week to ten days will mark the beginning of the vertical stretch of the vegetative phase of this grow. Depending on the growth after 25 days with these "purple" LEDs, which "crush" the grows, if we have double growth, it will be time to raise the pH, induce flowering with the light cycle change from 18/6 to 12/12, and then with the plastic guides, tighten the branches so that the lights project into the inner areas, allowing the atmosphere and substrate surface to integrate optimal oxygen and carbon dioxide changes. May God Jah always keep us safe from dangers and bless our grows, and may 420 always be the philosophy that drives the brothers we see in this botanical wonder, a wonderful way to enjoy and share experiences. Next week, if all goes well, we'll be here. Hugs...

TommyBVRSA75 Very well, let's get started. A few simple notes: 1 - Summer weather at its peak with elevated temperatures in the grow space, with light temperatures over 30ºC and in the dark, never lower than 24ºC, which means demanding indoor conditions where factors like thermal, water, and light stress must be taken into account, implying very careful management and close attention to small signs in the grow space. 2 - Doubts about the expression of this particular genetic, and from what I've been informed by the "designers" of the bulk seed that generated the grow, the store OASeeds - and this FF of Kritikal Bilbo is based on the combination of the Kritikal Bilbo from Genethik (as the main base) and the parental Syrup from Bhudda Seeds. So simply put, the phenotypic expression up to this point is purely a "bonsai" Kritikal Bilbo. The terpenes are clearly those of the Kritikal Bilbo, and regarding the grow dimension, it is clearly a "stepdaughter" of the Syrup, one of the smallest autoflowering varieties I know, reaching a vegetative height of 40 centimeters (and with ample knowledge about the phenotypic expression that "fast" varieties assume when the light cycle changes from 18/6 to 12/12, the evidence is very quick when I proceeded to a first defoliation moment; the branches that were underdeveloped under the primary leaves gained significant strength in less than a week, justifying the need for defoliation to occur from early dates - and when I refer to "early dates" in terms of defoliation, I mean when the second line of growth explodes and the very specific primary leaves of the "fast" that develop in just under a week to an XXL size, which are undoubtedly a very limiting factor if the grower does not choose to defoliate. In other words, the phenotypic expression of the "fast" is very clear, ...in vegetative and with tremendous speed it "explodes" in the size of the primary leaves, so the balance that needs to be achieved for balanced growth in the first phase is to allow the primary leaves to develop normally from seedling to full vegetative state. Around the third week, when a second line of primary leaves develops, defoliation must start "no matter what," because the entire structure of branches left over those "sheets" (understand the massive primary leaves) that the "fast" develop will be tremendously limiting to the existence of lateral branching with their budding. 3 - Let's talk about another very important particularity, which is the primary LED that serves as the focus for growth, as you will see in the photos, and I had already mentioned it in previous weeks, it is still a first-generation bluerple spectrum LED - the Phytoled NX2 400. And its limits are observable, as the bluerple spectra, when they prevent the chlorophyll green color in the leaves from being noticeable, indicate very precisely that these are still LEDs where there are blue curve spectra at the ends, and then red and far red peaks, but there is no intermediate curve point with expressions of green, yellow, and orange spectra, and that lack is what clearly determines that the grows have a "flattened" appearance throughout almost the entire vegetative phase... and if we add to that a "bonsai" Kritikal Bilbo, due to the familiarity of the Syrup Auto from Buddha Seeds, we will have a grow "by necessity" very reduced in its vertical expression. And how I have countered the lack of the green, yellow, and orange spectrum curve... well, by adding to the LED set two PLED tubes of 26 watts and 5100 K (totaling over 50 watts of power and the 5100 Kelvin that are "necessary" for vegetative growth irradiation) and with that, even though it is not perfect, the vegetative phase starts gaining vertical dimension from the beginning of the third week of the cycle without needing to wait for the fifth week or more. 4 - Due to the delicacy of the "maneuvers" of defoliation and because the lateral branches need nutrition to explode after being covered by immense primary leaves, and as it is evident that after the first degree of defoliation, those pesky atrophied secondary branches have developed explosively, it is necessary to provide nutrition to induce the flowering phase in order to multiply the secondary branches and budding, both in number and structure. So as you can see, after changing the light cycle to 12/12 and consequently inducing flowering, it is crucial to provide nutrition to "explode" the process and especially to "pull" the secondary branches with magnesium contributions, largely to multiply flowering points. 5 - Playing in favor of what I believe is the great virtue of the FF (F1 or "fast"), which is the very particular quality they have in "exploding" in their different phases. They explode from seedling to vegetative, forming the enormous primary leaves that integrate the necessary light ratio for massive nutrient integration - a lot of nitrogen and developing an impressive root system. And then when the light cycle is forced to change for flowering, they overwhelmingly develop lateral branches, flowering points, and even in the early stages of flowering, they continue to push very strongly for vertical growth. 6 - And so, with everything said, the "game" with the "fast" is to push as much as possible through the phases of growth and knowledge to optimize rapid growth from seedling to vegetative; from vegetative to flowering; and from flowering to fattening... And of course, because I always greet you with the most important things, asking for protection from God Jah - whether from growing or from neighbors with bad ideas, and how can I not tell you that 420 starts with a change of mind, because when the mind changes, so does the future and the head and harmony among people. That hug as always...

TommyBVRSA75 And there it is clear, that right now the dimension of the flowering and its stage have indeed started without a doubt. The Kritikal Bilbo FF will be, until its final day, the most impressive unknown. What you see is that its branch structure is not vibrant like the companions that are in the grow cabinet, and it is clear that here two genetics will play a role that have initiated a seed that is not a "shake" mix of self-pollination and crossbreeding of S1 strains. Here it is clear... these people have set out to recombine genes from a wonderful photoperiod strain like Kritikal Bilbo from the Basques of Genethik - awarded many times because this strain is without a doubt, an incredible marvel... and as the idea was to create a "fast" starting, not from S1 pollination but from combining a wonderful photoperiod strain with an ultra-fast autoflowering one and with a very particular phenotype, due to its dimensions being very, very... small. So we ask for illumination from God Jah, protecting us against great and small dangers; that even when we take risks, we have the faith that we can evolve. 420 always and a big hug to the brothers!

TommyBVRSA75 Ten days have passed and the doubts about the Kritikal Bilbo and its fast nature (or not) are becoming evident because the cycle is not as compact compared to the other grows, and it’s very noticeable that the flowering is developing in the Kritikal Bilbo much later. If we consider that the seed germination took no more than just a week from the Kritikal Bilbo to the two fast strains in the grow cabinet, and even though the light setup has some differences (the support for the Kritikal Bilbo consists of two 26w PLEDs at 5100K + a 190-watt bluerple LED, while the cabinet setup has two TS1000 panels (150 watts each) and two 26-watt PLEDs each at 3200K), I still don’t understand why there is such a significant difference in the flowering development. It may not be clear to me knowing that the seed was a bulk seed from my friends at Cogolandia; what might be happening is simply that the Kritikal Bilbo, instead of being a fast version, is a regular photoperiod strain. Even considering the development under one of the bluerple lights I’m using for this grow, I find it hard to justify why the flowering and its signs are so delayed. Other than that, the terpene expression of this strain is very interesting and more intense than the pair of fast strains from 00 Seeds - whether it’s the fast versions of Gorilla or Blue Dream. If you take a detailed look, the grow of the Kritikal Bilbo is very solid and compact, especially considering that the grow is being done in a 9-liter pot. It has been important to maintain a very attentive defoliation, allowing light and air penetration in the base area of the grow, which also contributes to gas exchanges in the soil barrier to the atmosphere. Something I’ve liked from the start is that instead of some excess nitrogen, which is more noticeable in the strains from 00 Seeds - the very dark green in both strains and something is going on with these 00 Seeds strains in particular. The dark green of the leaves, especially in the primary leaves, would indicate a nutrient overload at the nitrogen integration level, but if the nutrition plan has been organized on the same budgets for all strains - if the nutrient percentages are being applied at the same ratio and if the pH in use has increased from 5.7 to the current 6.3, and if for the bulk genetics from Cogolandia (in this strain) not a single "point" of nitrogen excess is visible, for the two strains from 00 Seeds, it was evident that in the Gorilla the case was not as severe, but in the Blue Dream it’s clear that there was excessive nitrogen integration, and that didn’t happen because the pH was below what was necessary (many times, nutrition with pH below 5.8 leads to huge nitrogen integration as opposed to the blockage that occurs with nutrients like magnesium, phosphorus, or potassium bases. There was very clear care with the pH balance and almost daily monitoring of the nitrogen integration evolution in the system, and as I said, if in the 00 Seeds strains there was a clear imbalance regarding nitrogen, in the bulk Kritikal Bilbo FF, there is not a single sign of nitrogen imbalance, and as I mentioned earlier, despite the flowering developing more gently than the 00 Seeds strains, I see the Kritikal Bilbo as healthier than them. Now, at this moment, and as I mentioned at the beginning of this entry, I have very serious doubts about the phenotype expression and whether the Kritikal Bilbo is actually a "fast" or if it’s a pure photoperiod strain as always. Based on the development up to this point, I almost bet all my "chips" that this Kritikal Bilbo is a regular photoperiod strain. So I’ll just leave it to God Jah to command things and hope that the flowering, which is just beginning, can explode without major problems and always keep me safe from all dangers. 420 Always...

TommyBVRSA75 Keep on moving. 420 Always and with God Jah in command. Hugs

TommyBVRSA75 Nice and good for rolling a joint without much expectation...nothing like the original Kritikal Bilbo and some very residual aroma of tangerine.