Pound Cake Auto

ShivaShanti Pound Cake Auto @ 12 days. This auto is growing quite eagerly. Springing to about 10" in 12 short days. Growing in an experimental custom medium. Fox Farm original mix and Fox Farm Ocean mix. Bat Guano, BioChar, Miracle-Gro Enriched Perlite, Vermiculite, Worm Castings, Fish Bone Meal, Peat Moss, Bonsai Micro Lava Rock. Feeding with captured Rainwater, SuperThrive, Miracle-Gro Tomato Fertilizer (barely any Miracle-Gro ½ Tbls per 2 gallon water. TPS ONE Organic Nutrients. I will keep natural stature and apply No Training throughout the grow. This is an experiment. I do not use cannabis, growing solely for ornamental purposes. Harvest will be processed, dried/cured/photographed if we reach the end. Follow along with my Pound Cake Auto by Fastbuds Grow Diary to see what happens.

ShivaShanti Pound Cake Auto by Fastbuds is feeding heavily. We are just around day 20, explosive rapid growth is just beginning as we enter flowering stage. White Pistals are just now visible close up. So far Pound Cake Auto has been the most vigorous growing autoflower I have ever grown. My Strawberry Gorilla RF3, Gorilla Cookies, and Purple Lemonade both have much weaker growth. I also started one from a mixed pack from Fastbuds originals line and the seedling just looks frozen in time. Hasn't done a thing since germination.

ShivaShanti Pound Cake Auto by Fastbuds just at the beginning of its 4th week alive, I don't even believe its a month old yet. Super Fast Growth. Just about a week into flower. This is turning into my most robust autoflower that im growing. Its blown past Strawberry Gorilla RF3, Gorilla Cookies, Purple Lemonade, and my photoperiod Jack's Dream. I'd say 2nd place to Gorilla Cookies, 3rd place to Purple Lemonade, and 4th place to Strawberry Gorilla RF3. Jack's Dream has yet to pre-flower and thats just dandy. No expectations for any of them. Interesting note: The two seeds I started from Fastbuds Original Line Mixed Bag popped with barely any vigor and fizzled out at the first set of true leaves. Possible old seeds? My Arjans Strawberry Haze Photos did the same thing. Now I know why people pull out low vigor autos and start over, after confirming they have been stunted. Anywho, follow along my Pound Cake Auto journey, soon it should get pretty interesting.

ShivaShanti Pound Cake Auto by Fastbuds week 5-ish. She has stretched leaps and bounds and we begin to see white pistols and many bud sights. The plant has a lovely Sativa stature, is medium sized for an autoflower, structure is light and airy, she will need support in the future to hold up her heavy flowers. Interesting plant to grow. If I would have used a larger 5-7 gal pot, this plant would have grown rather large for an autoflower. Growing outdoors. Pound Cake Autos smell is very strong, even at the beginning of flower. Look forward to watching the next stage. Feeding heavily everyday, organics and salt based, she hasn't complained one bit. This is an experiment, im trying to see how far I can push the nutrients. Feeding SuperThrive, TPS one and TPS bloom boost, and just a touch of Miracle Grow Bloom. Her leaves have no signs of over Feeding and she has been praying constantly. Rapid growth. I wish I could say the same for Gorilla Strawberry RF3 and Purple Lemonade both had very poor vigor, same soil mix, same watering, same everything except feeding much less because of their poor vigor. Had some bug damage and that may have caused the poor vigor. They are both hitting their stretch now much slower than the pound cake auto of which was a Freebie Seed. Go figure.

ShivaShanti Pound Cake Auto, this particular plant had explosive growth from day one. I am very impressed with its vigor. The Sativa stature is even more pronounced this week. Look at that classic pyramid shape with its airy light structure, its just beautifully designed. I worry the branches will be unable to support heavy flowers. Since it is so Sativa dominant I do expect light, airy, fluffy, mold resistant, skinny flowers. Since my region is very close to the equator, this genetic is right at home. Could be why I experienced such explosive growth. Lets continue to watch this gorgeous plant as it blazes through its flowering phase. What a pleasure to witness.

ShivaShanti Start of the 7th week of life. Starting to put all its energy into flowering. Lets continue to observe its flowering cycle. Beautiful plant. Beautiful growth structure. Amazingly beautiful and so elegant.