Phototron fastberry x2

We (J&T) are starting our first grow. We each have an identical phototron setups with 6-50w 3500k bulbs and 6-24w 3500k bulbs with an e26 socket up top, each. We bought 2 packs of fastberry and received a free pack of fastbuds BlackBerry from the recent promotion on HDSC. HDSC rocks btw, really quick communication and recieved my beans in less than a week. We've decided to do a little best 2 outta 3 competition with 6 of the fastberries with the phototrons in a small room until we get everything else up and running and we'll be chronicling the competition here. Starting today (9/6) we have 2 FB seeds germinating. When they pop, they'll both be placed in seed plugs inoculated with great white in 30ml solo cups. When rooted, they'll be going into a mix of light warrior and ocean forrest in regular Dixie cups. And then into 5gal felt pots for their final resting place. Havent fully settled on nutes yet, but a local caregiver I work for swears by advanced nutrients organic line and his meds definitely speak for themselves. We're both absolute beginners to growing so any tips will be absolutely appreciated. Sorry for the rambling, I've been smoking on some lemon haze lmao Some phototron pics, some seed pics, and some weed pics! (9/10 update) Good news is J is going crazy, bad news is the husk on T was a little to hearty and refused to fully allow the tap root to escape. Gave her a little help, hopefully she takes.. if not, we've started germinating another fastberry seed just incase. Also, sourced a 3rd phototron so hopefully we'll have some room for a 3rd anywho. Happy tuesday!

Alright, first full week above ground is in the books for J. Comparatively slow root formation in comparison to T2. But both were looking 100% healthy and on the path to success. Decided to skip on the solo cup and go straight to the 5gal considering everything I've read has said minimal transplanting with autos is better. Filled the pots 4/5 of the way with the ocean forrest and mixed in a scoop of great white. Then we made fist sized indents and filled that with light warrior with a light dusting of GW and then watered to run off. Waited for it to stop draining and then placed the rooted plugs into the soil. So far everything has been going just peachy. We'll post updates throughout the week. Thanks for stopping by! 9/16 update: running all bulbs is an absolute no go without A/C. Temps were in the 90's with a fan and exhaust running. Running 3-24w tubes and 2-25w pigtails each and temps are back to high 70's. Going to have to figure out a better air exchange system to draw in more cool air. Plants survived pretty well but I think T2's supplemental lights got a little far so she stretched a bit with the heat, but not toooo far. J is still on track. 9/17 update: watered both plants a little because the high temps dried the soil out to the point of dusty-ness. Both plants are seemingly on track from the previous few days. Going to consider the 11th day one for J and the 14th day one for T2, so I suppose we started week two a little early but oh well. Day 6 for J and day 3 for T2.

Had some funky growth start on J during week two but it seems to have leveled itself out and is growing nicely. Started flowering day 15. I contacted fastbuds to ensure this wasn't out of the norm and they said that fastberry is their fastest flowering strain but I'm also going to assume the heat from the first night in the phototrons messed with things a bit. T2 is still looking pretty good. Still vegging. Overall growth is pretty much caught up with J, minus the bud formations. Conditions have been pretty stable even with the weather changing, so that's a plus. Plants seem to be doing well with just tap water, great white, and ocean forrest so far. Will be purchasing nutrients this week.

As week 4 come to a wrap, things are really shaping up. J has been doing fairly well with the exception of the weird veg growth, bud growth has been doing pretty well. I saw someone on here or a forum do a "half-crop" deal where they didnt fully super crop and I gave that a whirl just about the 3rd node. Healed up very well and as far as I can tell, it doubled the amount of trichomes on the plant. J smells like straight up fresh blueberries, I really hope it retains the smell and that it translates into the taste as well. T2... where do I begin lol it's been doing some weird things. It started flowering on day 21, a full week behind J. Overall growth has been decent, just a little slower than J. Has a much lighter color and is producing pinkish hairs. Both plants have strong purple buds with the coloration creeping onto the leaves. T2 decided to herm a branch out though around day 23. We snipped the entire branch off and are hoping for the best. We'll be running AN iguana juice bloom and will pick up additives as we go. The iguana juice should be at the house waiting for us today. Edit 10/11: the iguana juice arrived and J recieved 1ml/l of the iguana and roughly 1cc/ml of the great white. I also used some vinegar to bring the pH down to 6.6. We'll see how she does!

Things are going pretty well. J is stacking up some nice little nugs. Smells like straight artificial blueberries. One of the best smelling plants I've ever been around, no doubt. T2 is pushing right along as well. Definitely gunna be upgrading lights before long. I'm thinking some COBs. Found a site with DIY cobs so I'm thinking I'm gunna build 4 100w units and make a shelf to grow on. Just some ideas floating around while tweaking what we've got as it is. 10/20 update: the buds on J are looking phenomenal! The original vegetative growth is still funky but I didnt exactly expect that to recover. That being said, the sugar leaves and the buds are waaaaay beyond expectations. T is slow goin but the structure is just beautiful. The smell is more old school chronic-y mixed with berries than J's straight up candied blueberry aroma. Both plants are gunna be small, but we made a few mistakes early on that will be corrected on the next round. We started germinating 2 more fastberries and 2 blackberry autos, which with any luck will be under a new lighting system before too long.