Grow# 7- Original Auto Critical

Here we are for Grow# 7 and it's going to be exciting. I've been given the opportunity to test out several unreleased autoflower strains from one of the best breeders in the world FastBuds. The information that was provided from FastBuds is that it's a mostly Indica strain that takes 10 weeks to finish from seed to harvest. Before I get started with the germination process down below will be a list of the equipment I'll be using : Hydro Planet 2x4x5 Grow Tent 3-Gallon Plastic Pot Happy Frog Soil Vivosun 300 watt Full Spectrum Grow Light Vivosun 4" inch Exhaust Fan Vivosun Carbon Filter Vicks Cool Mist Humidifier 2 Desk Fans Acurite Hygrometer Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 Started the pre-germination process for this lady by placing her in a mason jar with water that had a ph of 6.2, the seed is to be left soaking for 48 hrs, but after 10 hrs or so I checked to see if the seed had sunk to the bottom. Thursday, December 5th, 2019 48 hrs later and our seed has cracked and is showing a tap root. So I placed it in a moist paper towel, which will then be placed in a container to get a longer tap root before planting it in its final pot. I'll check on it every 6hrs or so to make sure the paper towel hasn't dried out. Friday, December 6th, 2019 Here we are 24 hours later and our seed has a long enough tap root to be planted in soil. I like the taproot to be close to 1.5 cm long before planting. I made a small indention about as deep as my first knuckle and placed the seed in taproot down and gently covered it with soil, and then gave it a little misting. ( Remember to keep the topsoil moist at this stage to help seedling break through the soil.) Sunday, December 8th, 2019 Woke up today and went to check on our seed and it was above the soil. I gave it a light misting and let it be. Monday, December 9th, 2019 ( Day 1 ) Today started our lady's first official day, nothing really to report except for making sure the humidifier was full and misting our new seedling once or twice. Thursday, December 12th, 2019 ( Day 4 ) Gave our little seedling it's first watering, it was 250 ml of pure water with a ph of 6.2 Sunday, December 15th, 2019 ( Day 7 ) Last day of the week and our seedling was due for a watering again, so I gave her 250 ml of pure water with a ph of 6.2. Overall it was a very easy week our seedling is growing just as it should be even working on its second node. I've been able to keep the grow environment stable with no issue's so I guess I can say that I'm off to a great start. Until next week fellow growers and remember "Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

Here we are for the Week 2 update for this grow and it's been smooth sailings so far, but I guess that's expected with growing good genetics. On Wednesday I got an email from the people over at FastBuds letting me know what I was actually growing ... DRUM ROLL PLEASE ... We've got ourselves an Original Auto Critical! Lol. Normally in Week 2, I would start feeding but I decided to wait until the beginning of Week 3 due to her size, she is however 2 1/2 inches tall after taking her first measurements of the grow. I gave a watering on Day 9 and Day 12, just pure water with a ph of 6.1. From this point on I expect a lot of growth from this little lady. One thing before I close this week's diary I would like to give MAJOR S/O to @Master_weeda for showing ya boy MAD love this week, it means a lot when people take the time out to really look at all your hard work, and closing with that until next time fellow growers remember..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time"😎.

What an easy and beautiful week 3 it has been growing this original auto critical. I was a little late on giving the plant it's first feeding which I normally do on day 11, but instead I waited until day 15 due to being busy with the holiday, and she responded very well no tip burn or anything, just me waking up the next day to a very happy plant. I basically let her be until today when I gave her 250 ml of plain water. I also checked her height and she came in at 4 1/2 inches tall, so she's grown 2 inches over the 7 day period. I Can't believe how fast her side branches are growing, she's really starting to grow like crazy along with having a nice but weak smell already. Well ladies and Gent's that going to be all for this week, so until next time fellow growers and remember ... "Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

We've reached the end of Week 4 for the Original Auto Critical and a lot has happened in seven days. Last week I moved the lights down to 18" inches and within a matter of days she let me know she did not like it, so I raised them back up to 24" inches and all was well. She also started showing her sex this week, which means the stretch is near. Lol. I kept it simple this week with only giving her water no nutrients. So on Day 23, she was given 250ml of pure water with a ph of 6.2 and she then given 500 ml of pure water on Day 26, went up on the amount of water because she seemed to be drying out a lot faster now. I also did small defoliation removing 4 leaves total to help bring the side branches closer to the top cola. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to a few people for following my diaries such as @Grey_Wolf,@Auto_Power, and @FunDownUnder and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. That's going to be all for this week, until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

We've reached the end of week 5 for the original auto critical. which is actually turned out to be the first week of flower. Over the last seven days, she's grown six inches, so she is definitely stretching, hopefully she stretches a little bit more before she stops growing vertically. On Day 29 I gave her a basic watering with pure water with a ph of 6.3, then on Day 33 I did another defoliation removing leaves that were dying from not getting enough light at the bottom of the plant and 2 fans leaves that we're blocking other flower sites. On Day 34 it was time for a feeding so she was given 2 ml of Cal-Mag, 2 ml of Micro, and 4 ml of Bloom, the water was at a ph of 6.3, next week I think I'm going to up the amount of nutrients she's getting since she's gonna need in flower. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to a few people for following my diaries such as @northernMike,@GROWDIARIESPRO, @little_miss_greenthumb,@FieryFingers,@Rickzinho and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. That's going to be all for this week, until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

Another smooth week for the Original Auto Critical as we end Week 6. With this lady now in full flower, I went ahead and did one last defoliation, removing all big fan leaves to give the bud sites as much light as possible. Pretty sure she's done stretching and since last week she's grown 5.5 inches, making her 21.5" inches tall, almost 2 feet tall not bad I must say. On Day 36 I gave her a watering of pure water with a ph of 6.3, then on Day 39, she was given a feeding ( 3ml of Cal-Mag, 3ml of Micro, 6ml of Bloom), and then another watering on Day 42. She's supposed to go for 10 weeks so if everything goes right she should be done in 28 days. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

It's been a rough week with this lady. With it being winter and the heat is on, the tent temp went up more than I'd like and she did not like it either. She was also showing signs of a calcium deficiency ... Which means she's going Cal-Mag Crazy!Lol. So I opened the bottom intake vents to help with airflow along with removing any damaged leaves. When I gave her a regular watering this week I did add 2 ml of Cal-Mag and then went up on the nutrients a bit with her weekly feeding and she's already bouncing back .... That's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

This week seemed to be a recovery week for the original auto critical, she was suffering from heat stress and lack of calcium, but this week she started looking like herself again after a few rounds of removing damaged leaves and increasing the amount of water she gets at each watering she began praying to the lights. Lol. Hoping I start to see the buds swelling again, know it's coming cause the trichomes are popping up left and right now she's back to normal. Overall I'm just happy she's doing better. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to a few people for following and showing love to my diaries such as @ExcessDope, and @Easgrower and to all the many others it means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

Doing way better this week, I trimmed the rest of the dead leaves off her that were damaged along with giving her one feeding and watering this week. I am happy to see the buds are starting to fatten up I was getting kind of worried at first, they are certainly not as dense as some of the others in the tent, still look airy, but the smell and trichomes keep getting better each week. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to a few people for following my diaries such as @Fromseed2weed,@Frosty_Peaks_Farm, @TheTHCGrower,@,@Smoke_Weed_Maintain and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".

Very easy this week. Seen the trichomes go crazy and started showing everywhere.Just letting her finish swelling at this point which she's doing a lot of since the auto russian was harvested she's getting a lot more light. She got her normal feeding and watering this week also. Well guys that's going to be all for this update until next time but remember "Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time".

I started to flush this week. Her main cola has gotten so big the main stem is bending so I had to add some support so she doesn't break. She's only getting water at this point I'll continue with this for the next 7 days and then I'll chop her down. I'm so loving the frost on her she is by far one of the most frosted plants I've ever grown and I can tell already she's going to be a big yielder also. Well guys that's going to be all for this update until next time but remember "Happy Growing and Free your mind one puff at a time".

Early in the grow cycle she had a bit too much nitrogen and was slightly heat-stressed but once both were corrected she turned out to be one the biggest plants that I had in the tent, which is also why I had to harvest her before I really wanted too. I will definitely be growing this strain again but with fewer plants and for a longer time to let the buds reach max density. She was so big I had to cut her up into small branches to trim and dry her. It took a total of 5 days to dry completely. When I was going to do a smoke test It was so sticky I couldn't break it down with my hand, you will certainly need a grinder to break it down. Other than the density of the buds which was my fault I was very pleased with strain, thumbs up to fastbuds !!! I would like to say thank you to FastBuds again, you guys really outdid yourself with the genetics for the Original Line. Well, that's going to be all for this grow guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".