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On the back of a reasonably successful 1st grow (photo period) I decided to go 'Auto' in my 2x2 boiler cupboard :(
Fast Buds and Barney's Farm were an obvious choice for my first Auto grow due to stability in genetics and plenty of advice on Grow Diaries. The GGG3 from Dr Krippling has me feeling sceptical.
Regular paper towel germ method with a touch of Rhizotonic and 3 of 4 seeds burst through the soil in 24 hours or less!
Day 5 and a drink of PH water with full dose 4m/l Rhizotonic to stimulate the roots. It's an organic additive not a nute so hoping for a good response.
Fast Buds recommend early doses of Cal Mag for the Zkittelz Auto and a heavier feeding regime - how early do we add Cal Mag and what strength nutes do we start at and go up to?
Thank you in advance for any help or advice :)
Hi @Cerebral! Considering you're growing in tiny containers, I would recommend to add Cal+Mag by the end of week 2. A slight dose each week should suffice but pay attention to the early signs and increase Cal+Mag intakes if your plant asks for it. Also, I would add some more soil up to the maximum height of the container, more roots more fruits 👍 Good luck in this journey, keep us updated and happy growing 👊
The biggest struggle this week has been keeping RH above 60% so damp towels and spray bottle have been in constant action.
Despite the rookie error of not planting into finals pots, the transplant went well and the girls responded happily after a feed showing great growth from days 9 to 14.
Using an infrared temp gun to monitor Leaf Surface Temp gives me peace of mind, my air temps around 27.7c while LST sits at 25.5c at 60% RH.
All plants topped between days 14 to 16 at 4th node when 5th node was present. Tangerine Dream showed no stall from topping the others showed half a day to a day stall from topping but bounced back impressively.
Ran nutes at around 75% and all seems good like they could have handled more. Tangerine Dream and Cream Cookies showing pistils.
The saga continues
The Boiler Cupboard Grow is continuing to go well despite some yellow new growth on Zkittlez because she's a hungry cow!
Hot temps and low humidity in UK have proved difficult to negotiate and water temp bit high for roots but flowering is kicking in nicely.
The saga continues
Things are progressing well and some nice aromas have begun to kick in!
The zkittlez is currently 11inches tall from soil, cream cookies is 17inches, tangerine dream 16inches tall and GGG3 is 15 inches, all are flowering well especially cream cookies and the excitement has now increased.
Nutes at 75% to 85%, only tangerine dream showing slight burn.
The saga continues
The scent from GGG3 is insane already, a strong dank cat piss aroma and both Cream Cookies and Zkittlez have their noticeable signature fragrance already, Tangerine Dream is growing amazing but no smell yet.
Started CANNA BOOST at full strength 4ml per litre and cut back on Rhizotonic down to half.
Completed a medium to light defoliation on day 40 and didn't notice any stalling on any of the girls.
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The Cream Cookies is fattening up so much compared to the other 3! I am very impressed.
The stench coming from the GGG3 is similar to Chinese food that was thrown into the bin 3 days ago. No carbon filter is proving to be awkward.
All plants giving off their signature aromas and growing well in the boiler cupboard.
The saga continues.
How much are people typically defoliating per plant and when?
I have taken around a handful of leaves off each plant once at day 30 and again at day 49 and find light penetration is beginning to struggle again - can I defoliate again before harvest without affecting yield?
don't defoliate after 2 weeks of flower as it will affect the yield negatively. my self i wait till just before the bud is about to open as the stretch is almost over and remove any low down bud sites and any leafs that do not get good light. i will also remove any leafs that cover a bud site so that is can get good light. if you look at some of my older grows i have some pics of my defoliated plants to give you an idea.
note that is you are scroging you generally want to remove any leafs or bud sites that don't get above the net ( see week 6 of my mid ayahuasca grow )
It seemed like the girls had lost their pace a little, (although still far exceeding my expectations) so I changed the feeding schedule to every 3 days opposed to the original 4 days and continued to give 3L each.
I was honestly leaving it too long watering every 4 days as the pots were lighter than necessary.
All plants are happy and stinky my gaf out! The fast buds girls definitely need a heavier feeding regime simply because fat bitches need more food!
The saga continues....
Week 9 and found seeds in all plants! No pictures necessary! I can only put it down to some form of stress!
I have found a few seeds in various locations on all plants but so far it doesn't seem that excessive.
What would you do in my situation? Harvest on schedule or ASAP
Hey cerebral. Sorry about the seeds. If you dont have any plants that are not affecred to worry about pollinating then I would continue to grow them to harvest time. Seeded bud isnt the end of the world. Still has potential to be great buds. What I do is inspect the plants closely every day and look for pollen sacs developing. You want to carefully pluck them off trying not to crush them and release pollen and prevent further pollination. Just stay on it daily and get them through until harvest. Hope this info helps. Good luck finishing them up!
Disaster! Seeds in every f*#%ing plant!!!
I'm pretty sure this is because of poor genetics from Dr Krippling Seeds as the GGG3 sprouted definite bollocks around 3 weeks ago which I carefully removed and examined. I obviously wasn't vigilant enough and should have burned the bitch!
Seems like harvest will be a seed fest but at least I won't have to buy weed!
The saga continues....
I decided to call it a day on this seed fest and started flushing at week 10.
Despite the seeds all plants smell absolutely dank and appear to be finishing up well.
The Cream Cookies and Zkittlez are definitely the stars of this show for aroma, trichome formation and potential yield!
Touching the sugar leaves on the Zkittlez and smelling it literally overpowered me like a killer bong hit, this shit is nothing like I've smelled before!
1 love to Fast Buds for some sick genetics, I will definitely be a continuous customer!
This strain won't be making a return to my boiler cupboard but was simple to grow, gave a good yield and some good smokeable weed.
Overall it was worth the effort to grow but does not compare to the other 3 plants harvested. A good choice for beginners.
The hype from Dr Krippling says you get approx 80g bud per plant which i can't see is possible with this strain due to its short life.
Easy to grow and very nice buds, tasty and provides good a high but ultimately messed up my grow with seeds!
Loved growing this Zkittlez Auto from Fast Buds, it will definitely make another appearance in one of my future boiler cupboard grows.
Hard hitting, fruity and long lasting!
This grow has urged me to go fully Fastbuds genetics for my next auto run, their strains are all strong smelling strong hitting and grow awesome as long ad you feed them well.
Grow diaries is the best place to learn, compare and improve on all aspects of growing bud and I'm so pleased I found it!
Cerebral
