Gorilla Melon (Fast Buds) grow journal by LuxLethor

Nutrients 1

Startbooster

0.05 mll

LuxLethor 5/5 seed germinated succesfully in rockwool cubes. Planted cubes into light mix on 4th day due to excessive stretching. Now under 24W T5 horticulture fluorescent light

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Used method

Paper Towel

Germination Method

18 hrs

Light Schedule

25 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

55 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

20 °C

Night Air Temp

2.01 l

Pot Size

Nutrients 1

Startbooster

0.05 mll

LuxLethor Put them under LED. Growth slower than expected. Stems look a bit thin. Prolly due to cold conditions and low light from the fluorescent seedling lam. Hoping they will perk up due to higher/proper PPFD.

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18 hrs

Light Schedule

24 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

58 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

22 °C

Night Air Temp

2.01 l

Pot Size

Nutrients 2

Startbooster

0.5 mll

All-in-One Liquid

1 mll

LuxLethor Steady growth continues. Just wish it was faster.

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18 hrs

Light Schedule

25 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

60 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

22 °C

Night Air Temp

20 l

Pot Size

30 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 1

Startbooster

2.5 mll

LuxLethor Moved them from 2 liter pots to 20 liter pots filled with Plagron Batmix.

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Used techniques

Transplantation

Technique

18 hrs

Light Schedule

25 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

60 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

24 °C

Night Air Temp

20 l

Pot Size

30 cm

Lamp Distance

LuxLethor Dunno if it's FIMing or high PPFD that keeps them still so short. Need to raise the light soon and see if it helps. Should flip to flower in a week or two.

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18 hrs

Light Schedule

23 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

65 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

22 °C

Night Air Temp

20 l

Pot Size

30 cm

Lamp Distance

LuxLethor 3 days till light flip and scrog

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Used techniques

Topping

Technique

Gorilla Melon (Fast Buds). Week 6 - 1 week of flower. Started the scrogging. Need to defol in a week or so.

12 hrs

Light Schedule

25 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

55 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

19 °C

Night Air Temp

20 l

Pot Size

30 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

Startbooster

0.25 mll

Topbooster

0.2 mll

Substrate Buffer Liquid

2 mll

LuxLethor one week of flowering behind

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Used techniques

ScrOG

Technique

12 hrs

Light Schedule

27 °C

Day Air Temp

No Smell

Smell

55 %

Air Humidity

0 °C

Solution Temp

21 °C

Night Air Temp

20 l

Pot Size

30 cm

Lamp Distance

Nutrients 3

Calmag

0.3 mll

Alga Bloom

2 mll

Topbooster

0.2 mll

LuxLethor Upped the light power to 80%. Getting around 700ppfd average across canopy. Nudging light schedule forward a bit and after that gonna defoliate.

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Happy Harvest Day!

Gorilla Melon Fast Buds

1/10

Rated

Should have listened to all the ppl warning me. 60% of my Gorilla Melons were herm'ed on the 3-4th week. Too many balls to count per plant on week 5. No bananas or "nanners", but actual pollen sacks on different places than the female parts. Genetical, not environmental. Found multiple dry opened shells of the sacks on top of the plants soil. Whole tent pollinated. Fast Buds is rushing these genetics out too fast without proper stabilization. Check GD and reddit for other people's experiences. All the time and work and investment ruined. Not happy.

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Spent 51 days

Ger Veg Flo Har

5

Plants

1.19 m²

Grow Room size

Easy

Difficulty

Day air temperature

Air humidity

PH

Light schedule

Solution temperature

Night air temperature

Pot size

Lamp distance

Gorilla Melon (Fast Buds). Week 9 - These were all over the affected plants.

Gorilla Melon (Fast Buds). Week 9 - empty dried pollen sacks visible on top of the soil

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LuxLethor It's over. I've had enough. Gonna go back to the trusted and tried seed breeders who know their stuff. Only times I've had problems with hermies are with Fast Buds. Yeah sure, try to pin this to environmental issues and NOT genetics. Weird that those environmental issues haven't caused me problems before on my 25 years of growing. 3 strikes and you are out. Never again.

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