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Medusa - Mystery Auto by Fast Buds - Start with Nothing [G4]
Guys I am back. Kinda.
Sorry I disappeared, some life stuff happened.
I have the photos to finish the four diaries that don't have harvests, I will get to that later.
What has brought me back here has been a series of events that have led to me deciding to just start some beans with absolutely nothing.
I've got no tent, no filters, no air conditioning, no substrate, no ferts, and no money. Pretty much all I have is some beans, and a tiny 15w LED that produces peak 130 μmol/s/㎡ (11.23 DLI @ 24h) and three Jiffy 7 peat pellets.
Well here we are 48h later and two of three have popped as you can see.
I've carefully moved them with twezzers into hydrated Jiffy 7's, and they're sat next to me now; I'll be able to watch them sprout. When they do I will put them under the ridiculous LED and just leave it on at like 6" above.
I will explain more about the plan for this grow as it progresses; it is, like many of my grows, an expriment.
How's everyone doing? Where my growmies at?
UPDATE: 20/2/25
I think the one you see is the only one that will grow, I think I made the jiffys too wet. Plus 3 year old seeds.
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Looks like only one survived. They were a bit wet.
Today I bought a used cheapo LED for £30. Also found a photography booth and repurposed into a temporary tent.
Upgrades! 💪
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Day 3 24/2/25
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This weekend I have upgraded my kit to include 100cm x 100cm x 180cm tent, as well as 5" airflow kit, and cheapo Chinese LED.
No nutrients yet, hoping they arrive Tue/Wed.
Update Day 11 5/3/25
Swapped out 200w LED for 600w HPS.
Still no nutrients, hopefully next day or two.
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Hello growmies and welcome to week three for this Mystery Auto by Fast Buds.
I am starting to get back into the swing of things, and I hope to be updating more frequently as this grow series progresses.
Thanks for reading, and let's grow together. 👊
Have decided to name this lady Medusa, on account of the multiple 'heads'.
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Updates:
Day 15 9th March
Nutrients still not arrived. Went out to buy some from local grow store. Got basic coco A+B, and CalMag.
Fertigated everything with Coco A + B approx 2l. One hour later the nutrients arrived. So this is the only one fertigation with these nutes so I won't add them to diary.
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Day 17 11th March
Fertigated 4l with Samurai Coco A + B, Canna CalMag, Katana Roots. and a dash of silicon.
Something unusual has happened. She has put out two main stems as if the has been topped, but she hasn't been topped. Has anyone had this before?
Updates:
Day 21
Well it is the end of week three already... I can't believe it. Took a clear photo of the top - you can see she has split into two main stems spontaneously.
I need to sort the VPD out in my tent as it's really high. I am going to hang some wet towels in there and see if I can sort it out.
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Hello growmies and welcome to week four for Medusa the Mystery Auto by Fast Buds.
Day 22 - 16/3/25 - Fertigated 2.5l
She looks droopy in the photos, that's just her asleep, I took the photo at the end of the dark period just before lights on.
I have competed week 3 now, so if you want to go back and have a look at the day by day progress you can.
Will we see preflower pistils this week?
Updates:
Day 23 wow this plant is a freak. She is splitting in all sorts of ways and becoming very bushy. Really living up the name I gave her.
I am thinking of making a call on this one... maybe I will let her grow and apply no training? She what happens?
Day 24 - pinched off a few leaves to allow light into side stems.
Day 25 - pinched off a few more leaves.
Day 26: Fertigated appox 3l.
Day 27: Thinned out the alfalfa a bit.
Day 28: Fertigated approx 2l. It's the end of week 4 and we have signs of preflower so this forthcoming week will be the first week of flower. There is a smell to her today like Rhubarb.
Just to remind you there has been no training at all, Medusa is just splitting herself as she sees fit. It's highly entertaining.
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Hello growmies and welcome to week five for Medusa the Mystery Auto by Fast Buds.
Week 4 has been completed now so please go any check it out.
Just to remind you there has been no training at all, Medusa is just splitting herself as she sees fit. I'm leltting her grow with no training other than a little bit of defoliation.
She is show clear signs of preflowering now and she has suddenly developed a nice smell.
Day 30 and I have decided today is training day for all my plants. Unfortuantely I split the stalk when I tried to LST the main stems from this freaky growing Mystery Auto. So I bound it together with a bit of training wire, fingers crossed it recovers. Bent some upper stems over.
Day 32: Applied more LST. Spotted early N tox on one of the other plants, so I have watered approx 3l with CalMag only with at least 50% runoff as a mini-flush. Will resume fertigation in a few days.
Day 33: You can see a bit of yellowing on the tips of new growth, which demonstrates that yesterday's flush was necessary.
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