A purple and fruity Fastbuds trio

Kali_flauer 01/28/26, 1 week from germination, and here we are! So far, LCC is still the standout among her sisters. Purple lemonade made a solid recovery and looks much better. Blackberry I'm still very uncertain what is going on. She sprouted about 12 hours ahead of the others, but her growth has stalled somewhat since then. I have finally figured out how to properly upload my nutrients 😅. I thought it was strange that Grow Diaries didn't have General Hydroponics listed as an option until I went down that rabbit hole last night. My plan is to Top + LST any healthy plants around week 3, and I will just LST any that don't look like they will recover. I'll update again in the near future. Very excited for this grow! 01/31/26 Update: Blackberry is still struggling. She looks stunted compare to her sisters. I'm still not 100% sure, but it looks like she was over watered? To be safe, I moved her further away from the light, gave plain water with hydroguard, and only gave about 1/2 the normal volume. Her sisters are still going strong with LCC still being the best looking overall, but PL is also quite impressive looking! She is even an inch taller than the rest despite a slow start. The air here has also gotten super dry recently (30% average!) and I haven't been able to keep the room above 55% RH. Hopefully it doesn't bother them badly. Happy growing everyone, I'll update again next week 😁

Kali_flauer 02/04/26 marks the beginning of week three, 14 days from germination. LCC and PL are crushing it 💪. I'm confident LCC will be a great candidate for topping + LST, and PL might make it there too! Unfortunately, it does appear that Blackberry is stunted. It could be a combination of factors (such as it being an older strain), but I'm not sure what I could have done differently to prevent it from happening. She got the same medium, nutrients, light, and environment as her sisters, who all appear to be fine. I know I probably won't get much out of her, but at this point I'm just trying to keep her alive and will be happy with whatever she provides in return. I'll update again in a few days, hopefully everything continues well here and for everyone else! Happy growing! 🌱 02/08/26 update: 18 days from germination. PL is starting to get some light stress. She's slightly taller than the rest, but it's strange that she would be the only one to exhibit symptoms because my PPFD meter was only reading around 270 where she was at. I moved her away and pulled up the light 2 inches. I would love to bump it up another 10% but she simply will not let me. I'm also starting to doubt she will recover from topping, so I will just LST her and hope for the best. I've seen other journals where they got amazing results without topping, so hopefully I can recreate some of that success here. LCC is still going strong and is really flexing her indica heritage hard! She is just over 4" tall but is already wider than her 12L pot! I'm worried now that topping her correctly will be difficult if she continues to stay stout, but I will cross that bridge when I get there. I have 2 other LCC seeds that I plan on using in the future. If she is consistent and continues to give great results, I may need to order more 😍. Lastly, not much to update on BB. She is tiny, but slowly looking more healthy. She's not going to recover in time to produce much, but I don't want to just throw her away for being tiny. Seems like a waste to me. I'll update again with LCC's big haircut if it happens this week, but we'll see what she decides. Happy growing! 😁 Quick little update, I got impatient and went ahead and topped LCC on 02/09/26. First time topping a plant but I think it went great! PL also recovered a lot from her light stress, so we're back to at least 2 healthy plants 🌱

Kali_flauer 02/11/26: 21 days from germination starts week 4, and what an incredible past week for LCC! She continues to shatter my expectations and seems like she will an absolute monster after her big stretch. She handled topping like it was a light breeze blowing past her. I also removed her lowest node today that wasn't getting light, but it seems like that will be the only one to get chopped. PL is toughing it out. She recovered mostly from the light stress, but didn't seem healthy enough for topping, so LST and some leaf tucking is all she gets. I would have started sooner on her, but all of my lovely ladies have stayed so short that bending or tying down the main stem has been impossible. Lastly, poor little Blackberry is trying her hardest. She's at least stable and healthy looking, albeit very very tiny. I wrote 4 more paragraphs that grow diaries decided to not save for you all 🙄. Oh well, I'm not typing all that out again. It was basically just me geeking out over some of the mutant leaves I'm finding. Happy growing, I'll update again soon 🤙 02/12/26 mini update: I checked on the girls this morning and found a few moths flying around, and what appeared to be a bite taken out of a leaf. When I grow sunflowers outside, I lose almost half the seeds to moth caterpillars, so I'm putting an end to this now! 😤 Treated all the plants with IC3 pro and shook the excess droplets off the leaves to prevent any light damage. Quick side note: if you live in North America and want free pest control for your plants, relocate any spiders you find in your home to your grow room where they can eat to their hearts content! We essentially don't have any dangerous spiders that live here, and any that could be potentially dangerous are not likely to be found out in the open inside your home. Lastly, do I spot some little pistils starting to show up on LCC!? 😍 Happy growing!