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Medusa - Mystery Auto by Fast Buds - Start with Nothing [G4]

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Mystery Auto
HPS High-Intensity Discharge/600W
600w HPS
HPS High-Intensity Discharge/600W
600w HPS
CultiLab 100x100x180cm
Grow Tent
Profan TT MAX 125
Ventilation Fans
Rhino 5" x 300mm Carbon Filter
Air Filters
Coco Coir
Custom
Perlite
Custom
Indoor
Room Type
HST
weeks 5
LST
weeks 5-7
Defoliation
weeks 5-7
22 L
Pot Size
1.5 L
Watering
G
Germination
2 months ago
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. ========== If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 1. Vegetation
2 months ago
2 cm
26 °C
60 %
26 °C
26 °C
0 L
15 cm
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! 💪 -- Update -- Day 3 24/2/25 ========== If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 2. Vegetation
2 months ago
6 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
No Smell
50 %
26 °C
26 °C
22 L
60 cm
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. ========== If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 3. Vegetation
a month ago
10 cm
20 hrs
30 °C
No Smell
40 %
28 °C
16 °C
22 L
1 L
70 cm
Nutrients 4
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 1 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 2.5 mll
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'. ======== 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. --- 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. ========== If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 4. Vegetation
a month ago
30 cm
20 hrs
30 °C
Weak
40 %
28 °C
16 °C
22 L
1 L
70 cm
Nutrients 4
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 1 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 2.5 mll
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. ========== If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 5. Flowering
a month ago
35 cm
20 hrs
28 °C
6
Weak
50 %
20 °C
18 °C
22 L
2 L
50 cm
Nutrients 4
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 1 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 2 mll
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. Day 35: She is stretching up. I have just applied her final preflower training - separating stems, defoliating for airflow, and light access, removal of lowest 25% of growth, tying down of multiple stems, and finally super-cropping two tall stems that I couldn't apply LST to because of the split in the main stalk. If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude ========== Special thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for sponsoring this grow.
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Week 6. Flowering
19 days ago
65 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
50 %
20 °C
16 °C
22 L
2 L
50 cm
Nutrients 4
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 1 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 2 mll
Hello growmies! Welcome to week six for Medusa the Mystery Auto by Fast Buds. Week five has been completed now, so please go and check it out. Day 36: She responded well to the training. I made some adjustment and accidentally snapped one of the stems. I didn't have any tape to repair, so I attempted a repair with shaping wire. We will see what happens. It's not the end of the world if it doesn't recover. As we now have multiple stems about the same height. This girl is really taking shape. Regular updates to come through the week. Day 38: Fertigated 3.5l and adjusted LST of one branch. Day 40: Stretching a lot now, and starting to smell more. Day 41: Measured Medusa, she is 60cm tall. Day 42: 65cm today, stretching fast Day 43: Fertigated 3.33l will update with week 7 later. If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude
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Week 7. Flowering
12 days ago
70 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
50 %
20 °C
18 °C
22 L
2 L
50 cm
Nutrients 5
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 1 mll
SHOGUN Katana Roots - Shogun
SHOGUN Katana Roots 0.2 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 2 mll
Hello growmies! Welcome to week seven for Medusa the Mystery Auto by Fast Buds. Week six is now complete, so please go and check it out. Day 44 - I think we are just past the halfway stage, I am expecting this girl to be ready at around week 12. When taking the photos and inspecting today I have noticed that she is turning purple at the bud sides, we also have the first trichomes developing. Earlier in the grow when Medusa split herself spontaneously, a growmie on X said he had this mutation a lot with Fast Buds Banana Purple Punch strain. The plot thickens! Regular updates to come through the week. Day 45 - had a 10 hour power outage Day 46 - Lighting schedule is messed up, power has been off today and will be going off again. So I am just leaving the light on at the moment. Will set it back to 20/4 tomorrow. Fertigated 6l. Day 48 - Medusa continues to develop purple colouring, more trichomes being developed. Did a minor defoliation and LST adjustment. Medusa smells dank. Day 49 - Fertigated 3.5l - end of week 7, she is going more and more purple and the trichs are starting to develop more. If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude Thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for providing the nutrients for this grow.
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Week 8. Flowering
4 days ago
73 cm
20 hrs
26 °C
6
Normal
1.66 PPM
50 %
20 °C
18 °C
22 L
2 L
80 cm
Nutrients 4
CalMag Agent - Canna
CalMag Agent 0.75 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco A 3 mll
SHOGUN Samurai Coco B - Shogun
SHOGUN Samurai Coco B 3 mll
Hello growmies! Welcome to week eight for Medusa the Mystery Auto by Fast Buds. Week seven is now complete, so please go and check it out. Day 51 - her stretch is over, she is now starting to frost up and beginning bud development. Day 53 - Fertigated 3l - EC 2.6 - smelling more and more, frosting more and more. If you don't already follow me on X - please do! There is a robust and thriving canna community over there. https://x.com/UnorthadoxDude Thanks to Shogun Fertilisers for providing the nutrients for this grow.
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Hattiwatti
Hattiwatticommentedweek 12 months ago
Upgrades 🙏
Hattiwatti
Hattiwatticommentedweek 02 months ago
God Luck for your Journey 🍀🤞
GERGrowDesigns
GERGrowDesignscommentedweek 3a month ago
Welcome Back! Looks like a good Start and a mystery aswell right in week 3 :
UnorthadoxDude
UnorthadoxDudecommenteda month ago
@GERGrowDesigns, Thank you so much! I cannot express how delighted I am to be finally growing again. My life is incomplete without this.
Natrona
Natronacommentedweek 12 months ago
Creative idea for the photo box
UnorthadoxDude
UnorthadoxDudecommented2 months ago
Thanks! Unfortunately it's too small to get the new LED into so I am still using the tiny 15w bulb at the moment until I can get a tent.
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 02 months ago
Hi there, Thank you for running this diary. We will be looking forward to your updates. Happy growing 🌱🌱 & Good luck 😃
UnorthadoxDude
UnorthadoxDudecommented2 months ago
Thanks guys!
Natrona
Natronacommentedweek 02 months ago
Welcome back to the garden.
UnorthadoxDude
UnorthadoxDudecommented2 months ago
Thank you!
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