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Welcome to my second diary in 2025. As I am a seed addict, I could not resist buying a few Fast Buds seeds. Since I regularly need pure CBD tinctures for my wife and dog, I chose CBD Auto. She germinated in a paper towel on December 29, 2024, was transplanted into an Agrawool Speedgrow plug and put into her final pot four days later on January 2, 2025. I am using Dynomyco Mycorrhiza to boost root development. The pot is a Lechuza Classico Color LS 28, which I filled with Lechuza BasicPon. More on the pot, substrate and fertilizer scheme in the next week.
The lady looks perfect. I am using a Lechuza Classico Color LS 28 with Basic Pon (mineral substrate without fertilizer). Big advantage of the LS version compared to the normal version is that the plant sits in a separate pot, which can be lifted from the main pot. So I can reuse the water in the reservoir to water the lady from above. Only drawback, the container only has 7l of substrate compared to 9l in the normal version; the water reservoir is 2l for both. After four to five weeks, the roots reach the reservoir and then I only have to fill the reservoir and the plant takes what she needs. My SanLight EVO 3-80 is currently on 30%; with one of the two available fans activated, the total power consumption for three plants is 68W when the lights are on. I am also showing you my custom ferzilizer scheme based on my experience in the last year, on tips of other growers (special thanks to @Narnius62 from grower.ch) and on a detailed discussion with Claude 3.5 Opus. I am really curious how this turns out. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. I am more than happy if you follow my little journey to plant perfection :-)
Slowly but surely the lady grows. The leaves are slightly deformed, but nothing to worry about. She is receiving only rain water with a little Fulvital Plus Liquid.
The growth is slow, but steady. I have seen this pattern of very slow and slightly crumpled growth in many of my sativa dominant runs. Therefore, I am not worried, she will be fine, but will probably take at least two or three weeks longer than advertised. I started with a few drops of NPK 8-8-6 fertilizer (Wuxal Universal) to bring the EC level to roughly 1250 at ph 6.0.
The lady grows slowly, but steadily. Nothing to worry about. I am still watering from above, reusing the water, which drops into the reservoir. Because some of the leaves look a little weak, I sprayed her with Haifa Polyfeed 18-18-18 solution. She seemed to have liked it!
Growth is still steady, but slow. The girl is looking healthy. I water her every two days using Polyfeed 18-18-18 as nutrient. I also sprayed her two times with a Polyfeed and Fulvital solution.
CBD Auto is growing strongly and entered the flowering phase. I increased the SanLight EVO 3-80 (190W) to 70%. She is now fully fed through the water reservoir, so that the grow can be considered a hydro-culture. To prevent nutrient deficiencies, I gave her some Iron (Fe) and other micronutrients through Humiron Mix WSP. I also started to add a flower booster (Haifa Vitaphos NPK 4-31-49).
CBD Auto is growing their flowers nicely and has made another stretch. She gets more P and K as well as Calcium, Magnesium and Iron. Her structure is quite airy, but I think she still will have enough flowers.
CBD Auto is growing ok. She seems to top out at around 60cm, which is rather small. She also does not have to many buds, but the ones showing up are developing nicely. She is not drinking very much. The reservoir needs to be refilled every four days. She gets a mix of mineral fertilizers with an EC slighly below 1.5.
Sejanus21
