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So, I'm in need of some Indica in my stash 😂
A seed was planted straight into a 20 litre airpot with compost and watered, and waited. Took her a couple of days to break ground but she's made it. She will be growing during my upcoming photoperiod grow, she may well be on 12/12 light at the end. I know it's not good for an auto but I have no other way of growing her.
3rd time growing Fastbuds Blackberry.
I don't know if you guys want me to do this diary or not??
Week 4 done and in the books. I tried to limit growth of the side shoots during the week by pinching & crushing the stems. I will monitor the effect this has.
Last week with her as main focus as there are some photo seeds growing alongside. I will veg them at 20h light hoping this blackberry is done before I have to flip those girls to flower. If this blackberry has to do a week or two on 12/12 so be it I'm afraid.
Wow she really jumped up in height this week. She grew 42cm/16.5" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thankfully she's started flowering so hopefully she will slow down in a week or two.
Day 42 - She's growing well this week.... Another 30cm!!!
I pinched the main bud to stop vertical growth a few days ago because of height constraints. Not sure if this is a good thing just yet...........
So I'm still looking for purple buds 😂
I think this pheno is not as purple as my last two plants. Shame, the purple is about the prettiest flowers I've grown. Gutted.
Anyway, through the week I took a good amount of leaves off her. Not for her benefit, but to allow light down to the lower plants. I don't usually cut this many leaves off at all... but the priority is the lower photoperiod plants. Also her pot is woefully small 😭
She put on some frost over the week. 😍
She has developed well over the last week. I've trimmed quite a few leaves (for me) off her to benefit the other plants. I would not usually strip them to the bone like this but needs must.
The purple in her flowers is coming out slowly. During the week I backbuilt a few budsites to check how this works and marked their location with black tape.
This could be her last week. Flushing now.. She is on 12/12 because of her tent mates.
Most trichomes clear but some are cloudy now.
Some close up shots for you.
Day 77 - Was her last day. To be truthful she wasn't 100% ready going on the trichomes but needs must and the other photoperiod girls need their space now.
It's crazy how my own personal ability has changed over the years.
Blackberry is a strain I've grown every 12 months roughly, GrowDiaries is a fab place to track your learning. Looking back through my old grows I must have been mad to think they were ready to harvest! Way too early! Maybe that's the biggest thing I've learned - patience. Don't be too eager to chop, there is a lot to be gained extending by 2 or 3 weeks...
Anyway, back to this girl. She has been chopped and trimmed. Have a look thru the pics, if you see a piece of black tape on the stem the apex bud on that branch was BACKBUILT. I have to say the technique REALLY does work. Those buds look fatter and denser than the others that have been left natural. It seems effective to be done about halfway through flowering, but no later than 3/4 of the way.
FINAL UPDATE:
So after 2 weeks in the drying net she weighed out to 87.81g. Not a great deal but she was compromised by the photoperiod plants she shared the tent with.
It wasn't the full purple phenotype like I had twice before but still she looks pretty.
mine were a flop but the company leads you to believes all errors are yours and never a bad batch of seeds lol. I know I had 3 packages of 3 seeds that are equal to 9 plants and was lucky all together 8 grams in total. yeah it is us... never their issue because they seem to be perfect but yes they may of had a plant producing bad seeds if this was your issues at all ?? Like i say no thing is perfect but the fruiy pebbles og i have going are doing great so I know it was not my doings and were bad seeds.. could of yoy boughten your seeds back in may last year ?? I have come across a few people why complaned about their BlackBerry seeds and told me they said it was basically every bit the growers fault when we are booth a 2006 and a 2008 treating yourself cup winners... but we dont know what we both were doing righttttt....... so no point complaning to them... they dont keep customers happy far as I see it. i go with Dinafem now because they know how to keep customers happy as eell as Kannabia seeds
@420oshawa, Very odd results for you. To be honest it's hard not to wonder what you might be doing to only get 8 grams in total. I was successful in my first grow ever with GSC by fastbuds and got 64 grams, 70 grams and 115 grams off my three plants as well as 3 oz of sugar leaves. I popped 2 pineapple express and 2 stardawg and they're off to a rocking start.
@420oshawa, as above these were bought a few years ago now. The two previous plants both had the purple phenotype which is gorgeous. I'm hoping this 3rd one is the same.
What I have learned over the years is light is the most important factor in indoor growing. It has been said sunlight equals 1000w per square metre of ground. As you can see a properly lit indoor space takes a LOT of watts!
The only seed company I have issues with it Heavyweight Seeds. I tried to germinate 3x of their skunky monkey over a period of time. Each one failed. I sent them a message and got no response at all.... so whatever. Won't be buying any more from them.
We live and learn 👍 💪
@420oshawa, as it happens, my blackberry grows documented here show quite well my learning over the past 2 1/2 years. I bought 3 seeds 3 years ago. With this 3rd grow it's going to be interesting how she turns out now with good light and airpot compared to my 2nd and 1st. 👍
@Silky_smooth, Thank you. I have a mix of lights in my tent, they are a 1000w HID, 4x '1000w' Pink LED Ebay specials, and 4x 50w CREE COBs. These ones are the ones you see in the pictures. I am very impressed by just how bright they are.
Dunk_Junk
