Another Five from 420 FastBuds

Hi guys, I open this new diary because the 5 seeds placed in the soil some days ago have germinated and I therefore have the opportunity to show you my last experiment regarding the newly germinated seedlings. I put aside the two smallest LED bulbs and bought on Amazon two reglette (the LED lights to be placed inside the cabinets) of 150 cm each, one with a spectrum of warm and cold light and I placed them directly on the pots now that the plants have just germinated. I think it can be a good way to grow seedlings for the first week. The very cheap Somno LED reglette, each of them consumes 18W and has a brightness of 1850 lumens and they have the right shape to be comfortably placed on a row of vases. I will keep you updated in the coming weeks on this little experiment and its results 😉 June 25, day 5: The small plants grow quickly and after just two days I had to move the LED lights in a classic position, as if it were an old ceiling lamp with neon tubes, even the brightness is similar, but I think I buy a further reglette with cold light to increase the lumens. At five days they are already between seven and nine centimeters high and have just unfolded the first two leaves with the indistinguishable shape so loved by us. I add the current and all-time temperature and humidity data both in Celsius and Fareneight. I also enclose the image of the lamp used 24 hours a day which I use to kill mosquitoes. Even though my room is now sealed and I control the indoor temperature and humidity with the use of the air conditioner / dehumidifier, often the access door remains open and the bastard mosquitoes enter, but it is really nice to hear them burst on the lamp. It is also composed of two small blue neon lights of 10w each and when the lamps are off, it gives the room a brightness similar to that of the moon and being all my autoflowering plants does not cause any damage.

June 30: On their tenth day of life the little ones are stretching the second pair of leaves, the LED strips are now a couple of centimeters from the apex. I can probably make better use of the space under the table, buying another Apollo 6 or 8 LED lamp so that I can keep the plants in that space for a longer time 😉

July 7: The 5 little ones are now in the grow room and will grow up happy 😜

As you can see from the images I practiced FIM in almost all plants except Zkittlez and LSD-25. This is because in the previous cycle I was able to establish the height and the Lemon AK, the Six Shooter and the Gorilla Glue reach greater heights than those I have available. The LSD-25 in the last cycle has stretched a lot, but I decided not to practice the FIM.

All the plants of this new cycle are now in bloom, the fimmed plants have reacted very well and the non fimmate LSD-25 and Zkittlez are of the right height and slightly ahead. The beautiful Zkittlez in the center of the grow room will be collected tomorrow and the plants will have more space and light.

August 13: Like an old dog that learns new tricks in this 2019 I have completely re-evaluated both the autoflowering strains and the LED lighting after having cultivated for years exclusively photoperiodic strain and using HPS lamps. At first I treated the first plants as if they were fragile and difficult to grow, but now I know that as with the photoperiodic sisters they react very well to any aggressive cultivation technique like the FIM that I practiced in this last cycle under the LED lamp. I must say that with plants grown exclusively under LED light, excellent results can be achieved. All the plants are blooming and as you can see from the images, even in this cycle the most aesthetically beautiful plant is the LSD-25, even if the Zkittlez phenotype grown only with LED light has a really nice structure. P.S. I have already prepared the new cycle and put the usual 5 FastBuds strains into the soil. The new plants will spend the first two weeks of life in my third area of cultivation obtained under the table and I added to the two reglette other three 150cm T8 tubes with full spectrum LEDs that consume 30w each bringing the consumption of this third setup at a total of 130w. As soon as the new seedlings sprout, I will open the new diaries.

August 20: The second round for the 5 strain FastBuds enter today in their seventh week. The Zkittlez, the LSD-25 and the Six Shooter FIMmed remain in the grow room. I moved spore to the table and under the new lamps the Lemon AK and the Gorilla Glue.

As written in the other diaries with the change of lamps I had an excess of humidity that made all Peronospora plants sick. Nothing serious, I've already had to deal with this virus and I'm already treating plants with Canna Cure, they should heal in the coming days. All the plants are at the end of the seventh week. The Zkittlez and the LSD to which I did not practice the FIM are almost mature and are developing small buds of different coloring. The LSD-25 is forming small buds similar to raspberries and even Zkittlez has formed a completely white bud at its peak, nothing like this has ever happened to me, but I must say that they are very beautiful to look at.

September 8: The five plants of this FastBuds cycle are facing the final stage of flowering. The LSD-25 and the Zkittlez positioned in the grow room are ready for harvest, while the three sisters still have a few weeks left. The third phenotype of Lemon AK to which I practiced the FIM is the one that reacted best to this practice. The plant has developed several large branches covered with heavy buds for a decidedly greater production than the two previously cultivated plants without FIM. The Gorilla Glue and the Six Shooter are slightly more delayed and the production of buds is similar to previously cultivated plants. With a sativa predominance the first phenotypes of Lemon AK and Gorilla Glue will be collected tomorrow.

September 13: The LSD-25 and Zkittlez almost reached the end of the nine weeks and I collected them. Slightly ill with Peronospora, like all other plants, they recovered in less than ten days. Unlike the other varieties I had not practiced the FIM and they grew in height by developing the main bud. Due to my mistake in keeping the lamp too close to the plants, they developed small buds with lighter pigmentation on the upper part. The LSD-25 has formed three small pink buds and Zkittlez has created a totally white little bud. In a few days I will update you on quantity, taste and effects. The first LSD-25 plant that I cultivated had a chocolate flavor, we'll see if this plant too will have the same delicious taste. The Zkittlez plants I previously cultivated had a strong diesel taste and judging by the scent I believe that this plant will also taste the same.

Zkittlez also grew exclusively in the grow room and suffered a little Peronospora. In spite of everything he produced a good quantity of resinous buds. Soon the data on weight, flavor and effect, although I begin to know this variety well and consider it one of the best FastBuds varieties among those tried so far.

September 13: The plant that seems to love FIM is the Lemon AK which has developed many great buds, while the other two varieties have developed many branches, but with smaller buds... September 18: The larger Lemon AK is almost ready to be harvested while the plant I have been practicing the FIM is getting huge with several large buds similar to corn. The plants of Six Shooter and Gorilla Glue look like bushes and are covering the buds of resin which, although small, are very numerous. 😋

The Gorilla Glue and the Six Shooter are still drying so I will update the weight data in the coming days, but I can enter the data on the effect and the taste. I recommend these varieties to those who love a powerful effect on mind and body 😉

The Gorilla Glue and the Six Shooter are still drying so I will update the weight data in the coming days, but I can enter the data on the effect and the taste. I recommend these varieties to those who love a powerful effect on mind and body 😉

Now in the fourteenth week I also collected the Lemon AK which I had practiced the FIM. Even if this practice has extended the cultivation time by a few weeks I finally made a very abundant harvest, with a good selection of medium-large buds and some really huge. All buds are covered with scented resin. In previously cultivated plants I didn't find many limonene terpenes, but this time I think they will be more present...