FastBuds - FastBerry..Stardawg was hermi

20/04/19 Hi again! I'll be starting 2 seeds that were given to me by FastBuds - Fastberry and Stardawg - I'll be going about this grow in a very simple manner, I germinated the seeds by putting them in a shot glass of pHed water and waited until they sunk to the bottom, which was surprisingly only a few hours, then placed them straight into their final 12l fabric pots to which they emerged within 2 days for Fastberry and 4 days for the Stardawg. I'll be using GuanoKalong nutrients and fertilizers on a strict wet/dry cycle at the 3rd or 4th week of veg and I'll go into a little more detail on that in a bit. I'll also be doing some LST and defoliation/lollipopping as this has gone quite well in my previous (1st) grow so far and it also helps with the size of my grow area...which is small, I'm trying to grow 3 plants in their main area and its a bit tight. I need to make sure I start the LST earlier and keep on it more this time around as if you don't it'll soon get too out of hand very quickly and you'll end up with a crooked plant haha. For the nutrients and fertilization I've had to follow a few guides with this organic range as it's not that straight forward, the grow and bloom nutes have zero 'P' Phosphorous in them so the 'Guanokalong' range suggest I pre-mix in their guano dung powder which is full of P and then later in the grow, by the 2nd/3rd week of flowering, I then top feed in some more guano and introduce palm ashes for the remainder of the grow on a fortnightly basis. I'll be elaborating more on this throughout the grow. On a strict wet/dry cycle watering I'll be giving them their nute feed once a week at a 3rd of their suggested dosage that their feed guide states. This is my 2nd ever grow and judging by how well the first grow is going I'm hoping it'll follow suit. 24/04/19 It's now been 7 days since they first sprouted and they're loving the red LED, the leaves can't get enough haha I love it. I'll whack week 2 up 7 days from now to keep in a cycle on here.

02/05/19 These 2 lovely ladies stretched like smeg which resulted in a toppling of them both just like my first 3 seeds that are still on the g(r)o(w). After a good propping for a day and a 1l pHed watering they are now standing on their own thank bejesus. They are looking lovely and green with a moist soiling hehe, they also can't get enough of the LED which I'm constantly adjusting to build their strength....Fastberry is still living up to her name too. I'm thinking of topping these with some lollipopping.

09/05/19 All going well so far, they've got their 4th lot of leaves but I was hoping they would of got to this stage earlier in their life as to have more of a succesfull 'topping', I'll hold off till my 3rd grow now, with a little more knowledge too under my belt...hopefully. For the time being I've still not watered/fed them as their pots are still heavy AF :/ but they look well. I really also need to give them an optical 100w LED as the 35w stalk lights I'm now giving them is no where near enough for a proper boost :( just waiting for a delivery of a strip 100w full spectrum LED to aid the nursery. In future I shall plants these just as I'm ending flush and starting prep for harvest, I've started these way too earlier and I'm feeling they're light depraved. Oh well, we can do what we can do...stay tuned.

I've had to skip this week

They're definitely growing now, Fastberry really IS (can't stress enough) fast, her pistils are really out there and all in all a great colour. The stardawg is a little slower but she's stuck under the nursery light till there's more room in the growdrobe. It's my fault as I started the next plants too early.

All going great, still fed up that Stardawg is under lighted. hey ho, I think my Herer will be harvest very very soon. LST Started on both and going great.

02/06/2019 Caught up now :D So, the fastberry is still flying along, I've given her their 2nd nute feed and they're loving it, Stardawg is struggling with the light I've given her still but that will be changing in the next week or so...I hope it's not too late for SD. Sorry for rubbish pictures but my camera lense has cracked so making do with what I got. Check the pistils on FB though...MAAD, I'm again in love (sorry RoyalBlue#2) :D I'll be making sure I keep this diary uptodate and filled more often! Keeping up with the grow nutes as I want a couple of the nodes to grow up a tad more, will introduce bloom after the feed after this. LST is going very well

05/06/2019 So I've given them both a guano Grow feed as I'm wanting a bit more height of of them. Will probably switch to Bloom on their next feed. I'm feeling really sorry (sad I know) for the Stardawg as I've only just managed to switch her from the 45w to the 300w LED and it's really affected her....hey ho, I've again learnt a lesson. The fastberry is still looking wicked, really love the purpleness starting to show. So far it's been a really smooth 2nd grow, no issues apart from what I've explained above, also knowing about how plants work and feed really makes a difference, a great ride.

25/06/19 One plant has had it as it was a he-she, so started a Gorilla Glue by RQS in the mean time. So far so good, I've had with this one. Will up date this more latrer, when sober.

So I've gave her a usual feed and done some LST on the branches as well as lowering the light by quite a bit to see if I can bud them better. I love how symetric it is. Her purple colour is really showing off now, getting very frosty but still rather clear trichs so a good couple of weeks left. She's stinkin' too.

Everything has been going great with this one. She smells lush, looks soo red/purple, trichs are coming on well but I was thinking she'd be alot cloudier on the thc front by now. Also she doesn't exhibit much in the terms of tall growth but has rather stayed solid and stumpy nuggets of weed. I've read into Biobizz nutes a bit better and have started following a better suit to accommodate Auto feeding.

Soooo after ages I'm finally ready to flush, it's been 3 weeks over its due date but I feel I'm getting more used to its light heights. This grow is by far a better grow than my 1st so it only means that I'll be getting better :) The leaves have also started turning a purple hue!! Lush

This harvest has been my favourite so far in my short life of horticulture. The plants itself was absolutely solid in growing with no issues at all with ferts or nutes or water. Oh I can't wait to grow thias again. Great for the small time grower