Oyzi's Fat Banana

After a few months of absence, I am happy to see you all again and to be able to practice and share my favorite hobby with you. I made a choice of 6 beautiful varieties from the magnificent catalog of Royal Queen Seeds. My selection is based on species that are about the same in size and flowering time. I make a separate diary for each variety. 1. Royal Cookies: I had already bred twice before. It remains one of my top favorites. 2. Royal Gorilla: I have bred last time, and is also recommended. 3. Special Queen: once bred with fantastic results. Moreover, I have also seen this species in two other growers, both indoor and outdoor. An immense plant. Respect! Since my last grow, RQS has added a lot of new varieties, which is why these news: 4. Purple Queen: Purples used to be not so good. But the new generation of purples is fantastic. It is now winter where I live, so during the last 1-2 weeks of cold nights the beautiful purple hues will be able to fully develop again. 5. Green Gelato: Have heard a lot about Gelato, but have never been able to enjoy it. I'm going to change that! 6. Fat Banana: I can not imagine anything, but the name sounds wise. The expectations are therefore high.

Everything OK

DAY 16 First time Topping DAY 17 Repotting from 0.5 l. (BioBizz light-mix) to 3.5 l (Canna Terra grow +) The plants show a slight shortage of nutrients 😏, but by potting them to the new nutrient-rich cultivation soil, the shortage will soon be solved 👍 The slightly burnt leaves of plant nr.1 are most likely the result of the first - probably too rich 💪 - nutritional gift

DAY 22 Second time topping and removing the 2 lower branches

DAY 29 Plants are doing great. Tallest plant = 22.cm, Smallest 18 cm DAY 30 Topping 3rd time DAY 33 Repotting 2nd time from 3.5 l .to 25 l.. 50 liter B'Cuzz/Atami Bi Grow Mix (0.7kg/m³ 12/14/24) 10 liter Plagron perlite 140 gr; Vertraforte (= 2,38 kg/m³ 6/7/12)) 3.57 gr Biotabs Bactrex 35.71 ml Biotabs Orgatrex (5/1/5) All plants from tall to small : FB1, RC1,RG1,SQ1,SQ3,RG2,PQ3, RC2,FB2,PQ2,GG1,SQ4,SQ2,GG2;RG3,SQ3,GG3,PQ1 FB = Fat Banana RC = Royal Cookies SQ = Special Queen #1 RG = Royal Gorilla GG = Green Gelato PQ = Purple Queen

DAY 37 Defoliation of lower leaves Only water since repotting

DAY 44 All plants are in excellent health The Fat Bananas took a quick start in the first weeks, but their growth pace has been greatly reduced in the past week I have manually bent them every night to obtain a reasonably flat canopy Plant nr. 1 : 36 cm Plant nr. 2 : 32 cm DAY 46 The plants were visited by Oyzi Scissorhand. Neatly cut and now ready to be put in bloom.

A week of hard work with defoliating, debranching and manual bending in order to obtain a nice flat canopy, from 5 to 6 main branches per plant. Ready to start flowering 😜 The first weeks these plants grew very fast, but that is now somewhat reduced, compared to the other varieties that I am growing at the same time. DAY 2 : Fat Banana #1 : 48 cm Fat Banana #2 : 46 cm

DAY 7 : Defoliation & debranching DAY 9 : Height : Fat Banana #1 : 56 cm Fat Banana #2 : 55 cm I put some support under the pots to obtain a flat canopy Fat Banana #1 was growing a lot faster at the start, but Fat Banana #2 has now caught up.

DAY 12 ; Defoliation for the last time four days ago and I stretched a net to support the colas. DAY 16 : Because of the net, I can no longer photograph the plants in front profile, and that is why I now take photos from the top. I had to remove some main branches because they were already too far behind in comparison with the other branches. Otherwise these branches would receive too little light. I started fertilizing with liquid food because the leaves started to turn yellow. Especially plant # 1 is extremely hungry and also thirsty. Fat Banana #1 = 68 cm ; 5 colas Fat Banana #2 = 68 cm ; 4 colas

Fat Banana has an unstoppable hunger and thirst. Despite the well-fertilized soil she is in, her leaves have already turned yellowish. Especially plant n ° 1 is a real 'Bessie Turf': she gets the maximum dose of Alga Bloom and she needs a liter of water every day! Because of her Indica genes, she grew less fast during flowering than her sisters with more Sativa genes (like Special Queen # 1). Her scent is still subtle for the time being. Fat Banana n° 1 : 74 cm Fat Banana n° 2 : 74 cm

Nice sturdy plants. Despite the considerable fertilization with liquid manure, they continue to show yellow leaves.😥 They get enough light, plenty of water and the most nutrition of all varieties in this growcyclus.👍 Next to the Plagron nutrition, I also added BioFinale PK from Bioquant (with Calcium/Magnesium) 👌 Growth has now stopped completely. Fat Banana #1 : 74 cm Fat Banana #2 : 74 cm

The differences between plant 1 and plant 2 become increasingly clear. Plant 1 has a nice round top. Plant 2 has a pointed tapered top. They are both equal in height. The fanl eaves have become more yellow. Gradually I remove these leaves. The plants are currently receiving the maximum dose of liquid food.

The fat bananas honor their name 😍. Especially plant number 1 is really getting fat. 😁 I have her nice short cut, and all 5 colla's now seem to have one thick rounded top as if it were baseball bats.👋😎💪 She has a sweet subtle smell, reminds me of old school kush.. Plant number 2 reminds me of the hat of Merlin the Magician. 👻Her collas are wide at the bottom of the base and head upwards. Would she, like Merlin, have special magical powers?👽 Her smell is very strong, a bit lemon, fruity and sticky. Leaf drop and yelowing makes water consumption goes back. 😏 2 more weeks to get them all solid as a rock. To provide the lower buds with light, I gradually started to remove the (yellow) fan leaves.😵👇😩 Because I also have some purple varieties, I now switch to a system with cold nights of 10 ° C.😖💤😱 DAY 44 : pictures 😎 DAY 39 & 43 & 47 : Defoliation yellow fan leaves DAY 47 : start flushing , no liquid nuts anymore

DAY 52: The bananas enter their last week. The difference between the two plants is clearly visible on the photos. 😲👌 The plants have already lost a lot of their big fan leaves, so their need for water has been considerably reduced.😨😱😭 No fertilization, so that there will also be no unpleasant smell or taste in the end product. Only pure water to rinse out all the remains as much as possible. 🙏👍 The plants make almost no new flowers, but the buds are becoming increasingly massive. 😛😍😄 At night they get cold nights (10 ° C) so they can develop their beautiful colors.👌👌👌 The height of the plants can be found in the diary of 👉 WEEK 12. 👈

DAY 55 & 59: Removal of yellow leaves (especially with plant n°1) DAY 60: Harvest time 🙏 According to the RQS, the flowering time of the Fat Bananas is 7 to 8 weeks. But you can easily go for a flowering period of 9 weeks.🙀 The height of the plants can be found in the diary of 👉 WEEK 12. 👈

Plant # 1 has thick buds, kush style. On the scales after drying 4 days: 71.2 grams. After further drying, curing and removing all branches: 58 grams Plant # 2 has a bit of sativa genes. After 4 days of drying on the scales: 87.7 grams. After further drying, curing and removal of all twigs: 71 grams