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Fat Banana Automatic first grow ever

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fecida Light Emitting Diodes/65W
fecida
fecida Light Emitting Diodes/65W
fecida
Indoor
Room Type
Soil
Grow medium
18 L
Pot Size
0.5 L
Watering
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Week 1. Vegetation
9 months ago
5 cm
16 hrs
30 °C
No Smell
55 %
20 °C
25 °C
18 L
0 L
30 cm
Hey! This is my very first grow! Therefore at the start of the grow my setup is very much work in progress. My tent, and ventilation arrived late and my nutrient schedule started very late. I am learning a lot from my mistakes and I will improve my second grow! Opinions and advice is appreciated a lot! enjoy
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Week 2. Vegetation
9 months ago
8 cm
16 hrs
28 °C
No Smell
55 %
20 °C
25 °C
18 L
0 L
45 cm
I am satisfied with this stage of the grow so far. This weeks progress is very recognizable!
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Week 3. Vegetation
9 months ago
15 cm
16 hrs
25 °C
No Smell
55 %
16 °C
18 °C
18 L
1 L
45 cm
Overall good progress. I am a little concerned because some of the top leaves are curling up. Also i started having problems with fungus gnats. I try watering with a funnel to reach deeper soil layers to prevent them from populating further.
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Week 4. Vegetation
9 months ago
45 cm
16 hrs
23 °C
Normal
60 %
16 °C
16 °C
18 L
1 L
45 cm
Nutrients 3
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
A lot happened this week. Nutrition schedule with the BioBizz try pack started. The problem with the fungus gnats got worse so I ordered nematodes. As of now (Week 5) i am still waiting for their delivery and hope they will arrive soon. My ventilation-kit arrived and my room smells normal again. Also little pre-flowers start forming.
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Week 5. Flowering
9 months ago
45 cm
16 hrs
23 °C
Normal
60 %
16 °C
16 °C
18 L
1 L
45 cm
Nutrients 3
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 1 mll
Top-Max - BioBizz
Top-Max 1 mll
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 1 mll
Much happened this week: -Early flowers start forming -Significant growth from 45cm to 80cm -Fungus Gnat infestation: Had to wait 5 days until nematodes arrived Any ideas if i should defoliate or take other measures? Size is getting concerning...
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bogus
bogusstarted grow question 9 months ago
Hello Growers! The size of my Fat Banana Automatic is getting out of hand. I didnt expect it to grow that big. It is in Week 6 now and its about 80cm tall + the size of the pot. Can i still take measures to keep the size down a little bit? Or is it to late? Thanks for your help.
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Plant. Too tall
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Fisix
Fisixanswered grow question 9 months ago
Hello, The should be no problem in just bending her and tying her down with some plant ties or how you call it. You don't wanna cut an Automatic because of the limited time you got. I would move the pot a bit to the right. Take the main stem and tie it down somewhere on the pot (maybe make a small hole in the pot for the plant ties). Don't go to far just so you got your distance again to the light. Never bend her below the horizontal level, that will stress her too much and you don't wanna break her. If you should damage some leafs. That's not that bad. If you should break her stem use some isolation tape or electrical tape to wrap it around and keep the wound wet. She will recover if it's not too much damage and if you wrap the wound properly. Hope this helps.

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taprootArmy
taprootArmycommentedweek 49 months ago
Hi good luck with your grow. just a little warning: My tallest banana was 23cm before flower. Now I am in beginning of flower week 3 and the tallest one already is 58cm and still keeps growing 3-5cm/day. Without LST she'd be even taller. So I think that it is likely that your plant could also triple its height during the flower stretch...
taprootArmy
taprootArmycommented9 months ago
@bogus, no, most growth always happens in the beginning of flower. So for my bananas flower week 2-3
bogus
boguscommented9 months ago
@taprootArmy, Thanks a lot for your feedback. And yes, i have made that same observation :D I am entering week 5 today and the plant is at almost 80cm. Every day when i open the tent i can see noticable hight increase. I was hoping, that growth would decrease in the flowering state...
James
Jamescommentedweek 49 months ago
Looking good, keep up the good work mate 🌱
JeyGanesha
JeyGaneshacommentedweek 39 months ago
Sì amico sei ancora in tempo, anche a me una strawberry banana della fast buds e una watermelon zkittlez della korngarden sono cresciute troppo e tra poco non ho più spazio per tirar su la lampada.,penso si veda nei miei diari come l'ho legata per abbassarla un po..buona fortuna💪👍
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