A purple and fruity Fastbuds trio

Cut her down on 04/02/26, 71 days from germination. Overall, she was quite the rollercoaster. I had high hopes for her from the beginning, but she was unexpectedly stunted and never got big. I did what I could to help her get along, and it was never clear what went wrong from the beginning. But small size aside, what she really looses points for is the combination of loose buds (individual calyxes are rock hard, but are loosely packed) and wayyyyy too many leaves. I swear that each node had a 1:1 ratio between buds and leaves. That being said, the aroma around her is incredible! Very strong sweet earthy smells with a hint of berry. After drying for 3 days in the herbsnow dryer, she was ready for her final trim. 14g dry was her final weigh in. I will grow this strain again in the future expecting better results and will update this diary in a few weeks with the smoke report after she cures for a little. Thanks for following along with this, don't worry, she had the worst yield of the 3 . May your harvests be better than this one! 04/12/26 - went ahead and ground up a bowl to give her a shot after a week of curing. I am definitely letting this one sit another week and finish, because good god her flavor was amazing! Exactly as described, super powerful earthy taste with a hint of berries, but also a hint of spice. The flavor reminds me a lot of a Merlot wine. Not the strongest high, but it is a total body high and definitely will knock out a lightweight. Unless something dramatic changes, I won't update any further as I believe I have filled this out to completion. Thank you everyone who checked this diary out

Chopped the top 80% on 04/02/26, and followed up a week later on 04/09/26 for the rest of her."10 outta 10, will grow again" doesn't even begin the describe the pleasure it was to grow this lovely stout lady! I cannot recommend her enough for literally any grower of any skill level. The skill floor to growing her is at the bottom of the ocean, and the ceiling is in the upper atmosphere. Go light on veg nutes and slowly crank up the PK as she stretches and she will reward you generously for your efforts! My only criticism I can even begin to consider is that she didn't fade to purple at all. It would be cool for the strain to be more consistent in color, but that is probably the worst I can say about her. Since cutting her down, the aroma has significantly shifted. She used to have a very sweet lemony scent to her, but most of that has shifted into a super sour and almost pungent aroma. Interested in seeing how she smokes . Thank you for following along with this diary! I will have dry weight and smoke report here in the next week or 2. Happy growing 04/13/26 - After a long day, I decided to crack her open and give her a try. It's incredible to me that they can name a strain so perfectly! While flowering, she smelled like tart lemon cookies, and now when smoking her, she has a slightly pungent, but mostly sour lemon taste to her. At the very end you get a clear hint of cherry on your tongue. It lingers for a while too! As I'm writing this, I am still getting occasional hints of it. The high is very much a typical indica body high, very relaxing. The only head high I sense in this is a literal one: my head feels very fuzzy after smoking her. Definitely a unique one for me, very excited I chose to grow her! Amazing through to the end! 05/08/26 - Well, I sincerely thought I was done updating this damn diary, but LCC had another ace up her sleeve I wasn't ready for. After a little over a month of curing, her aroma is completely different! She is way less pungent, a little less sour, and suddenly has gained this overwhelming cookie smell. It translates to the smoke as well, as each bowl is a little sweeter than the last, and it's starting to give that tiny hint of spice at the end like most cookie strains do. Absolutely incredible, and I am in love with her again.

Chopped 04/09/26. Purple Lemonade definitely surprised me in many ways. She unexpectedly showed very strong sativa traits after a very short and stocky indica veg period. She was the only plant in the grow to suffer major issues (pH dropped to 5 in runoff a few weeks ago) which was a little frustrating. I was going to give a lower rating, but the more I look back on it, the more I realize that if I was more consistent in how I am monitoring my plants, her issues could have been entirely prevented. Really my biggest issue is just her growth pattern and overall structure. LST in veg was virtually impossible, then when she started her stretch she was growing an inch per day! Very difficult to manage, and I agree with other opinions that she is nitrogen sensitive. Be very careful to not overdo it on nutes and she will reward you for the work. Her aroma is nowhere near as powerful as LCCs, but now that they are apart I am finally able to pick up some of her nuiance. Very similar in scent to LCC, but she has retained more of the sweet side of the aroma since the chop. I'll be very curious to compare the smoke between the 2. Anyways, thanks for checking this out, I'll have everything uploaded when it's ready in the next week or 2. Happy growing 04/15/26 - got her all chopped, trimmed and dried. Her total smokeable bud weight came out to 32g. While I'm happy overall, it's a shame because she easily could have yielded 2+ ounces. I threw close to half of her in the trim because the smaller buds were loose, airy, and full of leaves. Wouldn't have been worth the 6 hours of trimming for a few more subpar buds. The rest of her is alright, still nowhere near as dense as I would like, but that's likely my fault and not the genetics of the strain. Will update again one last time in a week with the smoke report. 04/22/26 - Smoke report: A lil disappointed with her as well. She is definitely the weakest of the 3 as far as THC goes. Her flavor isn't too different from LCC, definitely less sour and pungent. It's definitely more sweet than her sister. There's also some weird herbal aftertaste that I'm getting. It might be something I did wrong with the dry/cure, but I'm not sure. It doesn't blend well with her other aromas/flavors, so I'm not a huge fan. I smoked 2 bowls and it's difficult to say for sure how the effect feels. I just feel weakly buzzed. I have a pretty high tolerance, but that aside it's kind of a letdown to not feel much after 2 bowls. I could probably go drive around and run errands in 30-45 minutes. After giving it another 30 minutes to set in, I will admit I was super chatty out of nowhere. Definitely a good socializing strain. All things considered, I will give her more attempts and try to maintain her better. Hoping for better results from her unsprouted sisters. This is likely the final update to this diary! It was an absolute pleasure growing these 3 lovely ladies and even though it may sound like I'm harshly critiquing them, they still gave me more than I was expecting! I was hoping for 3-4 ounces dry from the 3 of them, and I got 4.5 ounces in total! Even more than what I originally wanted! Thanks again to anyone following along! I will be on a short hiatus from indoor growing for a little while, but will hit the ground hard and fast come mid-June. Even better things are yet to come. See you next time