GerHardGrows Plant Name: Michaela Banana
I planted a Fat Banana Auto by RQS in the same soil and setup as a Purple Punch Auto by Barneys Farm, and it sprouted without any issues. The Purple Punch had germinated after 48 hours in water but refused to grow in that soil.
I’ve grown Fat Banana before, but back then it was in a tent with photoperiod plants, so the three Bananas only received 12 hours of light during flowering. That wasn’t a huge problem, though one of them actually hermed. I’ve always wondered how this strain would perform under optimal conditions, because the terpenes are some of the best I’ve ever smelled. Two of the previous plants smelled like ripe bananas, honey, and tropical fruits, while the third had an even stronger scent reminiscent of Red Bull. That one was exceptionally tasty.
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Used method
Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
19d ago
1/10
6 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.1
pH
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
28 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Alg-A-Mic
0.1 mll
Bio-Grow
0.1 mll
Bio-Down
0.3 mll
GerHardGrows So here we are: the seed sprouted after three days and was effectively born on Christmas Day, 25th December.
25 Dec – Day 1
Sprouted!
- Temperature: 23 °C
- Light cycle: 18/6
- Light intensity: 25 % → 17 W (measured with Tapo app)
- PPFD: ~180
- Humidity: 80 %
27 Dec – Day 3
- Temperature: 19–22 °C
- Humidity: 70–80 % (Humid Pro set to 75 %, step 2)
- Growth: healthy, slightly leggy
- Added small amount of soil for stem support
- Watered approx. 150 ml + light misting
- Water contained very small traces of BioBizz Grow, Alg-A-Mic, and CalMag
- pH: 6.1
- Measured plant height (before soil addition): ~7 cm
- Approx. 3 cm of stem later buried in soil
- Light distance: 30 cm
- Light: 25 % → 17 W
28 Dec – Day 4
- Light distance: 28 cm
- Light cycle: 19/5
- Added approx. 2 L additional soil, leaving seedling ~2 cm above soil surface
- Soil mix: BioBizz Light Mix + ½ tsp rock dust + ½ tsp INOQ 1001 Mycorrhiza + Perlite + Vermiculite
- First single-finger leaves started growing
- Light watering
- pH: 6.1
- Visible plant height after soil addition: ~2 cm
- Estimated total stem length: partially buried, ~7–9 cm
29 Dec – Day 5
- Single-finger leaves continuing to grow
- Overall condition: healthy, compact
30 Dec – Day 6
- Installed Vivosun AeroFlux W70 heater
- Previous days: temperature occasionally dropped near 18 °C, avg around 20 °C, now with the heater I hope to achieve better conditions
- Heater set to 24 °C
- Humidifier set to 70 %
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Week 2. Vegetation
9h ago
1/7
7 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
6.1
pH
No Smell
Smell
80 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
20 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.3 liters
Watering Volume
20 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Alg-A-Mic
0.1 mll
Bio-Grow
0.1 mll
Bio-Down
0.3 mll
GerHardGrows WEEK 2
1 Jan 2026 – Day 8
- Single-finger leaves continue growing
- Light increased to 50 % → 41 W (measured with Tapo app)
- Light distance: 20 cm
- PPFD: ~370 (Photone app, clip diffuser on Pixel 5)
- Leaves reaching upward
- Visible plant height above soil: ~5–6 cm
2 Jan – Day 9
- First two-finger leaves started growing
- Length of single-finger leaves: ~3.5 cm each
- Overall plant width (leaf span): ~8 cm
- Temperature: 23 °C
- Humidity: 70 %
- Visible plant height above soil: ~6 cm
- Estimated total stem length including buried section: ~10–13 cm
3 Jan - Day 10
- Leaves keep growing
- humidity 75 %
- added 1 L of water on the outside of the soil
- Ph 6.1
- tiny amounts of Biobizz Grow, CalMag, Algamic, Bio Up
- 2 drops of Bio Down as usual added to the water days before adding the fertilizer to get Ph right and as usual have to put some bio up in also (super annoying, looking forward to buy a
5 Jan - Day 12
- 8 cm high
- 3-finger-leaves start taking shape
- chlorophyl gets darker starts to fade into the bright green 1-finger-leaves
- Humidity set to 65%
- Temp. 23°
- VPD ~1.0 kPa VPD
- Leaves pointing downwards cause vewg in full start now (Turgor-Effekt)
- pointed the humidifier away from the pot so the top soil can dry
6 Jan - Day 13
- Humid: 65%
- Temp: 23°
- kPa ~ 1.0 VPD
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Week 3. Vegetation
9h ago
1/7
13 cm
Height
19 hrs
Light Schedule
24 °C
Day Air Temp
6.1
pH
No Smell
Smell
70 %
Air Humidity
22 °C
Solution Temp
22 °C
Night Air Temp
15 liters
Pot Size
0.5 liters
Watering Volume
25 cm
Lamp Distance
Nutrients 4
Alg-A-Mic
0.1 mll
Bio-Grow
0.1 mll
Bio-Down
0.3 mll
GerHardGrows 8 Jan. - Day 15
- first true five finger leave is formed!
will turn light to 75% and give water tomorrow
Had a happy little Accident, Phone fell onto the plant, right 1 finger leave was ripped
so I cut off both 1 finger leaves and the seed leaves
- Humid 65%
- Temp Day 23° Night 21°
- VPD ~ 1.0 kPa
10 Jan. - Day 17
- 5 Finger Leaves are fully developed
- watered yesterday about 1 L (added Silic Rock by Plagron alltho it's non organic, let's see..)
- 10 cm height
- 18 cm wide leave span
- Light set to 75% (69 w)
- Full Spectrum Mode activated
- 25 cm distance to canopy
- ~450 ppfd
- Humid 65%
- Temp Day 23° Night 21°
- VPD ~ 1.0 kPa
11 Jan. - Day 18
- next leaves form
- 3rd node Side branches form
- Humid 65%
- Temp Day 23° Night 21°
- VPD ~ 1.0 kPa
12 Jan. - Day 19
- Humid 65%
- Temp Day 23° Night 21°
- VPD ~ 1.0 kPa
