FastBuds - FFT#8

12/23: I pre-soaked 1 of these beans in humic acid and concentrated mycorrhizae with trichoderma for about a minute and planted it in a rapid rooter soaked with a weaker solution of the same. It popped up about 20 hours later. I'll let it root well under the dome and transplant into a net pot after dusting the roots with myco. It will be grown in a 36" x 20" tent using DWC, and I will endeavor to fill every square inch of space with this plant. I'll let it veg for a week under some cooler color temperatures to try and encourage shorter distances between internodes, then warm it up after that and begin training her. 12/26: She was ready to transplant last night, but I was worn out and put it off until today. She is rooted very well, so I planted her rooter in a solo cup with grow-it clay pebbles and douched it once with concentrated humic acid and a killer product that contains: 7 ENDOMYCORRHIZAL Species, 17 BENEFICIAL BACTERIA Strains, 4 TRICHODERMA Species, SEA KELP EXTRACT, HUMIC ACIDS, YUCCA PLANT EXTRACT, Root Promoting VITAMINS with Vitamin B Complex and L-AMINO ACIDS (https://www.amazon.com/GreenEden-EndoBoost-Concentrated-Soluble-Mycorrhizal/dp/B07GSPVQ83/ref=sr_1_15?crid=3G7AW86ZVOF68&keywords=endo+mycorrhizae+powder&qid=1577435831&sprefix=endomy%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-15) No, I am not a paid spokesman, but I used it in my last grow and had amazing roots, so I used it again and had 100% germination rate when mixed with concentrated humic acid for a 1-minute seed soak and rapid rooter pre-soak. Needless to say, I used it again today to dust her roots, and have the solo cup sitting in a 1/4" deep solution of humic acid and the same magic stuff. I have her 24" below the 200w 3500k +660nm light for about 12 hours per day, and the 24w cold white panel with the 85w mixed white spectra light at about 15" for the other half of the day. Both of the 12w blue bulbs are hanging very close to both ends of the tray and lit all day long.

12/31: She's pretty slow-growing, but it's probably because I haven't been as religious at dousing her as I should have been this past week. If she'll hurry up and get another set of leaves and some better roots, I'll put her in her DWC bucket and get the party started.😐 1/4: I did a few foliar feedings with big bloom and fulvic acid today. 1/5: Transplanting day. I dusted her roots with magic dust and transplanted her into her DWC bucket today. I mixed up floramicro and floragro at about 3/4 strength, plus added 1/4 teaspoon of the magic dust to the reservoir. Then I sprayed them with biotabs boomboom spray several times today.

1/7: Day 17 She's much happier dipping her toes in the water...visible daily growth.👍 1/8: Removed a little water to create an airspace between the net pot and the waterline. 1/9: She's growing like a weed!👈 1/11: I changed out the reservoir and added half-strength everything. 1/12: She's growing very vigorously now, so I'll probably either FIM or top her tomorrow.😀

1/14: She's in the powerband now...looking good!👍 1/15: She grew a couple inches overnight. Those fan leaves are enormous compared to the other 12, same-age plants that I have in soil. Beast-mode engaged!😍 1/16: Did another foliar application of Axiom Harpin a|b proteins today. Changed res solution, ph'd to 5.8. Added Armor Si to the water along with a half teaspoon of "magic" endoboost dust. 1/19: Got my lower scrog net tied on..just need a couple more inches of growth from her branches. I'll guide her branches, then FIM all of them once. Hopefully she develops a shit-ton of bud sites for me. 1/20: Rigged up my lower net, but she's still growing horizontally at the moment..maybe tomorrow her branches will be long enough to start scrogging..😕

1/21: Changed out the res solution. Added cal-mag and endoboost myco to the water. 1/22: Lowered the net on her and started training as much as possible. Worked on the tent a little bit. Made ventilation improvements..increased floorspace....moved fan and broke her main top branch..😫 Taped it up, but it looks very unhappy... 1/23: The broken branch is still very wilted..not looking good... 1/24: I defoliated a bunch of the old fan leaves and repositioned the plant in the tent now that the soil-runt is in my closet. She's just not growing vertically enough for me to do much with her at this point. I have no patience.😑 I may go ahead and flip to flower so she stretches... 1/25: Still vegging...for the moment... 1/26: Still vegging... 1/27: Still vegging...spreading out a little bit every day. WIll probably top all her branches tomorrow. That's it for week 5!

1/28: Still vegging... 1/29: Still vegging.. I changed out the res solution today. 1/30: I think i'll flip to flower tonight... 1/31: Flowering! I'm doing what I can to train this bitch..she's so unruly! I'll definitely need to defoliate soon...can't tuck her leaves fast enough... 2/1: She's filling in pretty well now.

2/4: I bought a trellis net 2-pack and removed my make-shift scrog net. I'll let her stretch out overnight and lower the net over her tomorrow. 2/5: I lowered the net and did a little training and leaf tucking, then I sprayed her down with Axiom harpin proteins for the last time. 2/6: I made a DIY CO2 generator today using a 2-gallon jug, with 3 cups of sugar and 15 grams of wine yeast in 1 gallons of warm water. I put the tube where the CO2 is exhausted right in the middle of the plant. I changed out the res water today and accidentally damaged some roots..hope she's okay... 2/7: I guess she didn't notice the root damage because today she's looking great. I foliar fed with big bloom and tiger bloom and did a few training sessions throughout the day. Serious sprawl! It just takes her an hour or two to correct after I pin her branches down..

2/10: I foliar fed them again today with big bloom and tiger bloom, and spent a few minutes training branches, but didn't have much time. 2/11: Did a res change today....full bloom nutes plus cal-mag, signal for increased terpene production, and bembe for increased flavonoid production.😋 2/12: Training..at about 65% of the scrog now. 2/13: Training..at about 70% of the scrog 2/14: She's stretching now, and starting to flower...probably 90% of the scrog is filled! 2/15: Lots of new budsites exposed in the middle. Topped off the res. 2/16: Did a little defoliating and leaf tucking...she's filled 95% of the scrof now. 2/17: Last day of week 8....pistils are popping here and there and she's stretching out nicely.

2/18: Did a res change today and added Open Sesame, Bembe, Signal, Armor Si, and cal-mag. 2/19: Pretty much the entire 5 square feet is covered now, but I've still got some training to do pm her, and she's got some stretching to do before I can add the second net. 2/20: Day 21 of flower..got little tufts appearing now, and she's stretching a bunch. I've got the whole net filled now, with 2 and even 3 bud sites per square...yowsa! 2/21: I've got almost all the mains out to the edges and have several new shoots appearing in the center..she just keeps amazing me! 2/22: They are drinking up the water much faster now..topped off the res with almost 2 gallons! 2/23: Lots of pistils popping now...sexy little cotton-tops! 2/24: Last day of week 9. I'm continuing to tuck leaves and strategically defoliate to expose the new shoots in the center.

2/25: Did some training and light defo..topped of the reservoir. 2/26: Did some light defo and added the second net. Directed a few branches to their ultimate locations. 2/27: She's starting to bud up pretty quickly now, but still stretching. 2/28: Doing what I can to spread these buds apart, but they need to stretch more.. 2/29: Changed out the reservoir today. Added beastie bloomz, extra cal-mag, bembe, terpinator, and signal. 3/1: She's starting to exude the most wonderful emanations of dankness...😋 3/2: ...I'm doing light defo every day now and she just keeps putting out.. I'm alternating the 45w sub-canopy light to both sides of the tent for about 6 hours a day and it really seems to be helping the lowers to fatten. I also mixed up a new batch of wine yeast and sugar for my CO2 generator in the tent. FInishing out week 10 looking strong💪

3/3: Did some light defo and raised my lights a couple inches...seeing a little bit of burn. I shot a little video of this plant just to have one, but it flickers for some reason..prolly the sub canopy light... 3/4: Spent all day jacking with the closet and swapping out the new a/c.. 3/5: I changed out the reservoir today. I finally found a seller of BioTabs BoomBoom Spray (in Great Britain) that sells to and ships to the US for not-such-ridiculous-prices!! I ordered a 250ml bottle so I won't run out for a while! I'm almost out of Bembe and I've heard good things about Humbolt's Secret Sweet & Sticky, so I ordered a quart to give a try. 3/6: I added a backdrop and photography lighting equipment to my cart at amazon...will pull the trigger on it soon! 3/8: She's looking good and stinking up the whole room now!

3/9: Systems nominal 3/10: Oh Nooooo! It's the brown frown...root rot!!!!!😫 Overnight she's looking damn near dead.. Plenty of bubbles in the res and no sign of algae...but her roots are slimy and brown...😞 Checked TDS also..way too high..I suck at DWC I guess..😕 Emptied the reservoir and added nothing but filtered water, florakleen, and 135ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide. Tomorrow I'll do another change and add hydroguard (if it arrives in time), boomerang, and green eden endoboost to replace the beneficial bacteria ...or I'll just add peroxide again for a day if the hydroguard doesn't arrive in time. 3/11: The plant looks a little worse today on the tops..much leaf death, but most leaves a couple internodes below look normal still.. The hydrogard didn't arrive, so I just added more peroxide. 3/12: Did a res change today with filtered/de-chlorinated water, and added hydroguard, boomerang, and green eden endoboost. I plucked off a small trash bag-full of dead leaves and took some photos. She's so naked now..but the lower leaves are getting light, which is good because they will have to be the primary photosynthesis engines for her now. The PPM was just 380..quite a bit better than the 3,000+ I let it get up to...(oops) I'm also now keeping the tent temperature at between 67f and 70f throughout the day, and it drops to the low 60's at night, but tomorrow I'm gonna try putting my bucket into a big 7 gallon roaster pot filled with chilled water to ensure that my roots stay as cold as possible. I've got a bunch of blue ice packs that I can swap out in throughout the day. I also cut a big piece of mylar and used it to fully cover my bucket and reflect away the light in case there really are light leaks.. The root mass on this plant is filling about 90% of the bucket and when I remove the bucket lid, I can only really see bubbles coming up on one side of the roots. I'm gonna order a more powerful pump and bigger airstone. 3/16: Sad to say that despite all my best efforts to save her, she didn't make it...😔 At least I can get my spring auto crop going in advance of the other FFT's finishing........always look on the bright side of life (whistles)😀

She got bud rot and nothing I did to try to save her worked. She produced 57g of premature, but frosty bud. She coulda been a star...😞