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FastBuds - Blackberry

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Outdoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 4-5
Defoliation
weeks 5-8, 11-12
Soil
Grow medium
12 L
Pot Size
1
Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
6 cm
12 hrs
33 °C
45 %
21 °C
13 °C
12 L
0 L
Great start for this girl. A nice warm week and good progress. I wet the soil quite a bit when I plant so I can lay off watering for the first few days, but I'm using different pots that dry a bit faster. An idea I got from a friend on instagram. Waste paper baskets lined with material (I used old T-shirts). I like the idea of bag pots and got two, but I carry my plants around to get sun when they're older, so wanted something more rigid. His idea seemed great and is working well so far, just have to water a bit more than I normally do and it's warming up. I've been watering 100ml collected rain water every 2 days.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
13 cm
12 hrs
29 °C
55 %
20 °C
12 °C
12 L
0 L
A nice warm start to the week, but the past 3 days it's cooled down and was completely grey and rainy today. Nice progress, 7cm taller, more than doubled height and internodal spaces not too long. The middle of the 3 sisters and biting on the big one's heels. Just giving 100ml collected rainwater every 2nd day. Will start with a light feed mix next week.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
23 cm
13 hrs
26 °C
55 %
20 °C
12 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 3
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 2 mll
Fish-Mix - BioBizz
Fish-Mix 2 mll
Microlife - Freedom Farms
Microlife 2 mll
A bit of a crap week weather wise. Lots of rain and solid cloud blocking the sun, some days were pretty much dark all day. Temperature didn't drop too much luckily, but not the greatest week. Today was much better and looks like it's nice this coming week, so hoping for the best. 10cm of height gained, but has mostly been stretching inter nodal spaces, so not too happy about that, but what can you do. She's still doing well and the weather is warming up again, so hopefully she kicks back into gear. Given 1 light feed of Bio-Grow, Fish Mix and Micro Life (the soil has amendments for the first 3 to 4 weeks), I tried to slowly feed some others at 3 weeks and looks like it's helping, so going to keep doing it.
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Week 4. Flowering
5 years ago
21 cm
13 hrs
35 °C
48 %
23 °C
13 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 3
Bio-Grow - BioBizz
Bio-Grow 2 mll
Fish-Mix - BioBizz
Fish-Mix 2 mll
Microlife - Freedom Farms
Microlife 2 mll
A nice warm week again, one or 2 cooler days, but still good. Did some LST this week to keep them a bit lower. Was hoping to not do it with these 3 in this batch, but the cold and dark week that made them stretch kinda messed up that plan. They are doing really well and despite being pulled down, they are still gaining height. Only a really light feed early this week and collected rain water the rest of the week. This girl is starting to flower, hope she stretches a bit more before kicking in solidly. My Californian Snow has rocketed 11cm in the 1st 3 days of week 6, so still have hope that they get nice and big! Otherwise all is going well with these ones and they are miles ahead of the ones I did earlier in the season.
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LST
Technique
5
Week 5. Flowering
5 years ago
24 cm
14 hrs
33 °C
58 %
23 °C
15 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Another mainly warm & sunny week. She's kicked into flower properly and hope she stretches a bit more. Doing well, but not the biggest. Switched over to flower food this week. She often looks sad, with leaves drooping, so have been going easy on the feeding and only doing it once a week. Some colour is starting to come and look forward to see how she smells. Heard lots of good things!
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
Technique
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Week 6. Flowering
5 years ago
30 cm
14 hrs
34 °C
Weak
46 %
23 °C
14 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
A nice predominantly warm and sunny week. Buds are starting to stack up and fill out and she's getting some colour. I took the LST off and let her stand up a bit again & is the reason for the height gain. She's not the biggest, but is looking and smelling beautiful. Still fighting the thrips and leafminers, but got some diatomaceous earth, so hopefully that slows the thrips down. Not much more to report, all going well.
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Week 7. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
35 °C
Weak
47 %
24 °C
14 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Another nice warm week. Filling out and trichomes are coming quickly! The colour is coming in more too and is a nice pink and purple. The berry scent is developing fast too. Otherwise she's doing well and just needs to fatten up.
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Week 8. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
36 °C
Normal
45 %
24 °C
16 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Another nice warm week. Girls are fattening up and doing well! Smells starting to develop and trichomes are packing on solidly! Strong berry smell coming off this girl and is amazing already!
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Week 9. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
40 °C
Normal
43 %
24 °C
17 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 3
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Root-Juice - BioBizz
Root-Juice 2 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Was away for a few days this week for work and left my girls in my room. Glad I did, because it was hot as hell. Not as much light as they normally get for a few days, but trying to make up for it. Fattening up nicely though and looking good. Such a good berry smell coming off her and the colour is too beautiful in the sun.
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Week 10. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
35 °C
Strong
50 %
24 °C
16 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Another good week, not much to report, all going well. The whole plant is slowly darkening, but still quite a few bright green leaves. Love the purple trichomes, in the sun it's so bright and looks more pink. My security system is also working hard, seen 3 jumping spiders eating flies and grasshoppers around my plants this week.
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Week 11. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
32 °C
Strong
54 %
24 °C
15 °C
12 L
0 L
Nutrients 3
Bio-Bloom - BioBizz
Bio-Bloom 4 mll
Root-Juice - BioBizz
Root-Juice 2 mll
Fire Juice - Freedom Farms
Fire Juice 2 mll
Another good week. Not much to report, they're fattening up and smelling better by the day. Probably give them another small feed before starting to flush.
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Week 12. Flowering
5 years ago
33 cm
14 hrs
38 °C
Strong
44 %
26 °C
16 °C
12 L
0 L
A scorcher of a week with a few days above 40C in my greenhouse. Been shade hunting for these girls so they don't get cooked. Some trichomes are turning amber, so not long left, might even take them down this week. No more feeding for most of last week and none this week and upped the watering a bit due to heat and to flush a bit. This girls is too beautiful with the bright greens and purples, the berry scent off of her is also so strong. The buds are a little airy and almost like the bud has foxtailed a lot, but I don't care about bag appeal, as long as it smells good, tastes good, smokes well and makes me feel good it's doing it's job. Had a little PM creeping in on the bottom growth, so did a bit of a more serious defoliation on her, but as I said, she's almost done, so will snip her soon.
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Week 12. Harvest
4 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rated
7/10
Rated
I struggle a bit with some of the purple strains, a combination of a little over watering to start and a climate that I think is a little warm and dry for them. I'll keep trying though, the colour is so beautiful. This one didn't do too badly, but the flower didn't fill out like I know she can. She definitely has a lot more potential than what I got, but she was still amazing. Those bitter blackberry terps come out strong and a nice indica leaning hybrid that doesn't put you to sleep, so great for a chilled afternoon.
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Spent 85 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
32.6 g
Bud wet weight per plant
6.86 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Hard
Difficulty
Positive effects
Happy, Relaxed, Uplifted
Positive effects
Taste
Berries, Earthy, Fruity
Taste
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
Light schedule
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
I struggle a bit with some of the purple strains, a combination of a little over watering to start and a climate that I think is a little warm and dry for them. I'll keep trying though, the colour is so beautiful. This one didn't do too badly, but the flower didn't fill out like I know she can. She definitely has a lot more potential than what I got, but she was still amazing. Those bitter blackberry terps come out strong and a nice indica leaning hybrid that doesn't put you to sleep, so great for a chilled afternoon.
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MyrceneDream
MyrceneDreamcommentedweek 125 years ago
Mine foxtailed as well creating some interesting looking buds
MyrceneDream
MyrceneDreamcommented5 years ago
@Shinsimilla, Thanks! Would definitely love to run it again as well. Just love that colour of yours!
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@@MyrceneDream, as long as she's gaining weight I'm happy, foxtailing is quite pretty to me. I saw yours & she was beautiful! Keen to run her again, you had a more lavender pheno, mine is straight berries.
Dahoola
Dahoolacommentedweek 35 years ago
Growing some berry myself. Good luck with your grow! I'll follow along
VanCplGrows
VanCplGrowscommentedweek 105 years ago
Beautiful plant! Great photos too.
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@VanCplGrows, Thanks Growmie!
Bloombuster
Bloombustercommentedweek 85 years ago
great photos, bro! like 👍🏻
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@Bloombuster, Much appreciated! Thanks!
PandoraBox
PandoraBoxcommentedweek 75 years ago
Your girl is looking pretty damn good! great job
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@PandoraBox, thank you! She just keeps getting prettier :)
WisdomCulture420
WisdomCulture420commentedweek 45 years ago
Good luck for the future and good harvest for later
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@@WisdomCulture420, Thank you! 🙏
Astarte
Astartecommentedweek 125 years ago
Excellent nug and excellent photography. Well done.
Greenfingers1988
Greenfingers1988commentedweek 74 years ago
Fuck nice color😝i love it😁
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented4 years ago
@Greenfingers1988, Thanks buddy, she was for sure a beautiful one!
Budbeast83
Budbeast83commentedweek 24 years ago
Any tips for me?? It’s my first fastbuds plant. She seems to be doing about the same as my normal plants. Only thing I’ve noticed is she’s a bit lighter green than I’m used too. Maybe a deficiency??
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented4 years ago
@Budbeast83, hey man, I had a look and she looks happy so far. I wouldn't feed her anything just yet and I found she doesn't like to be fed too much. After 2 weeks I start my 1st light dose, but know some people start earlier. Just keep the watering to a minimal for the first 2 weeks and she should do well. Good luck man, she is a beautiful strain!
occultgreen420
occultgreen420commentedweek 125 years ago
wonderful photos as always!
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@@occultgreen420, Thank you!
occultgreen420
occultgreen420commentedweek 125 years ago
wonderful grow and wonderful photography!! what lenses did you use for the macro shots? 😵
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@@occultgreen420, Thanks buddy! 🙏 Most of the shots I post here are taken with my old 105mm Nikon macro lens.
CrazyHorse
CrazyHorsecommentedweek 124 years ago
Amazing colours 😱😇 this is look so tasty 😁😁
CHILLING_RACOONS
CHILLING_RACOONScommentedweek 124 years ago
What an amazing color! Fast buds is doing spectacular genetics and you did a perfect job! Sweet hugs from us ❤️❤️❤️ If you want to support us take a look to our diary and please leave a comment! Tap the weed button if you like our job 👍 It will be appreciated! ❤️ Chilling_Racoons
Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 15 years ago
Thanks so much for growing our Blackberry 🙌🏼 Let us know if you need any assistance Happy Growing! 💚🌱
Ganjagrandaddy
Ganjagrandaddycommentedweek 125 years ago
how is it still going at 12 weeks , heat must have slowed it down a lot ?. We had same in uk last summer , made a growers nightmare with temps. I use a thermawrap round my tent , cheap as chips and kept the outside heat away from the tent by deflecting it and the interior was a lot easier to keep grow able, still hitting 30° at points but I use a co2 bag to help them out more with heat too. It saved my summer grow for around £30 outlay on the rolls of insulating bubble wrap
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@Ganjagrandaddy, hahaha thanks man, looks like it's working. We have a nice cool weekend coming up.
Ganjagrandaddy
Ganjagrandaddycommented5 years ago
@Shinsimilla,ooops my bad matey. sorry. Will ask the gods to turn it down a notch for you in that case. keep it green mate. good luck
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@Ganjagrandaddy, it's outdoor my man.
Mr_Growgreen
Mr_Growgreencommentedweek 125 years ago
Your photos are amazing! Plant looks pretty good too 😋
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented5 years ago
@Mr_Growgreen, haha why thank you kind sir. 🙏
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