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Room Type
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weeks Technique
Defoliation
weeks Technique
Soil
Grow medium
26.4979 l
Pot Size
Strain
Pineapple Express Auto
Fast Buds
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Strong
Overall she was a pleasure to grow. FastBuds definitely earned their name! The smell that was radiating from her was mouth watering. The buds ended up drying pretty thin and airy but that is completely my fault. I’m pretty sure I destroyed her with nutrients. Next time around I’ll be feeding much less and learn to use my PPM meter to get this down to an even better science. My space heater torched some buds so I definitely lost some weight. No excuses though couldn’t be happier that I have some FastBuds Pineapple Express! I’ll update with dry weight after a couple week cure. I’ll also update taste and smoke in a couple weeks after a nice cure. Probably add some more pictures! Put some Christmas lights on her quick with a buddy of mine and we mixed a little video. Short and sweet! Merry Christmas GrowDiaries! And a happy new year! Update week after harvest: Hung her for three days to dry. Then I jarred her but wasn’t in my curing zone. So I’ve been going back and forth with her leaving the jars open for 4-5 hours a pop. Yesterday I dumped her all out and let her air out for a little. I use a tiny hygrometer in the jars to check Relative humidity. I like my bud at 60%. Right now I got her to 65%. Another day or two of opening the jars for 4-5 hours and she’ll be in the cure zone. I’ll let her sit for a month (no doubt I’ll dip into it in a week or two for a taste test) popping the lid on the daily for 5-10 minutes. While I had her completely out of the jar I decided to do a quick weigh. A solid 151 grams. I’m impressed with that. She’ll lose a little more weight so that’s why I didn’t add it as the official dry weight. Also I said the buds were airy. I take that back jarring them early allowed them to puff up a little bit. Call it a Christmas Miracle!! Update: So I finally got all the jars in my cure zone which is 60% RH going off my mini hygrometer. They are anywhere from 56%-60%. She weighed in with a whopping 144 grams. I am super stoked by that number. The 7 gallon pot paid off! She hasn’t gotten her pineapple smell back. I’m positive in another couple weeks she will regain it with a proper long cure. For right now I just get that skunk earth smell. So my analysis on the smoke as of right now is a super good one. It’s a very clean smoke already which surprised me. Usually a little bite with only a week cure. But it was hella smooth. The high is an amazing one. Not overly energetic but just enough! I almost felt a tingly feeling in the knoggin which I attribute to a euphoric sensation. I was in a creative uplifting energetic mood!This is perfect for the afternoon before you head out for the day. It definitely had me laughing and a permanent shit eating grin on my face. I honestly can’t say enough good things. I’m super impressed with the FastBud genetics and also can’t say enough good things about the FastBuds crew. Their representative on GrowDiaries is awesome. I had a bunch of questions for him and they were answered incredibly fast despite the huge time difference! If your a beginner and want a hassle free strain with experts backing you the whole way I highly recommend Pineapple Express by FastBuds. I’ll update one more time in the coming weeks. So I felt the need to explain the new pictures. I have a picture of the two bowls stacked on the scale. I hit the tare button to zero it out. I then poured all the jars into the bowl. Then boom 144 grams. Also the ft squared option for the box kinda confused me so I put my square feet in. So if that doesn’t jive I apologize. Anyone that wants to help clarify please feel free! Final update: I grabbed a couple budds and took some pictures. So far the smoke is a great wake and bake for me. She hasn’t regained her pineapple smell YET! I have full confidence she’ll get a hint of that amazing citrus smell she had during flowering! I’m big on the cure so she’ll probably be in jars for the next 2-3 months. Like a fine wine she’ll get better with time! Well that’s pretty much a wrap! I hope you enjoyed this little trip. It for sure was fun as hell for me.
The Outcome
Week 11
Harvest
What's on the scales?
144
gram
ounce
Bud dry weight
What's on the scales?
375
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
0.1291
ft²
Grow Room size
1115.41
g / m²
144
g / plant
7.75
plant / m²
Tastes like
Earthy
Woody
Feels like
55% Sativa 45% Indica

Positive effects

Creative
Euphoric
Happy

Negative effects

Dry mouth
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TeflonDonFarms TeflonDonFarms
7 years ago
I’ll update more info after a nice cure! Update: So in conclusion. Super easy Grow. She didn’t give me any problems. Only problems were the heater torching some buds. I put her in a 7 gallon smart pot just to see what an Autoflower would do. Well she paid off and then some! Ended up with 144 grams of some primo FastBuds!00
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Auto_King
Auto_Kingweek 11
The plant is looking soo healthy, can't wait to see it cures, . Take a look at my hubbabubbasmelloscope in diary of the month
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Fergie
Fergieweek 8
What a beauty mate 😀and I have to say the setup you got is immaculate 👊😀
Sineus
Sineus
@TeflonDonFarms,me to ,with my 180 watt panel,today are the best LED s from Cree or Osram,the LED panels getting better and better 😚
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Sineus, Thanks big dawg I appreciate that! I chose LEDs to keep my electric bill down. Yea hopefully they can keep improving them and close the gap! No complaints so far! Your right a lot of people are using LEDs.
Sineus
Sineus
@TeflonDonFarms,i like your growstyle,because,Im observing poeple primarily with LED diaries !Keep it on👆,LED grow is the future !💪
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Bloodmilkandsky
Bloodmilkandskyweek 11
Love the vid. It's perfect
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Bloodmilkandsky, thanks playa! Means a lot coming from a big dawg!
drzoidberg
drzoidbergweek 9
very nice i wish there was a way to smell through the screen
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@drzoidberg, Me too! I’m actually at a loss for words for how fruity she smells. Idk if I want her to smell of pineapples so bad that I think I’m getting that smell but def a pineapple odor coming off!
Colorado
Coloradoweek 9
How do you like growing this autoflower from FastBuds? I've been wanting to trying this strain from FastBuds for a while because of the nostalgia from college with the movie.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@ChewVodka85, This is my first Grow with FastBuds and so far it’s been pretty awesome! I highly recommend it for the nostalgia and because it gives off a serious citrus pine smell that you would slobber over! Super healthy from veg to flower. Took nutrients like a champ. It’s a solid choice!
Fergie
Fergieweek 9
Coming along now mate some serious growth in last week 😉
Fergie
Fergie
@TeflonDonFarms,you have to be for sure 😀 seen some amazing techniques and different grow set ups is just unreal 😂
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Fergie, If there’s a will there’s a way! I feel like growers are very crafty people when it comes to improvising their grow and equipment.
Fergie
Fergie
@TeflonDonFarms,well to be honest Spain isn't too bad weather wise winter but defo easier in winter than summer , had friends loose whole crops cause of sudden heat waves 😥 but I'm advancing my fan set up downgrading my tent and going attempt next summer inside 😀 bio bizz nutrients are really doing wonders for me 😉
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Squirrel_Master
Squirrel_Masterweek 10
Looking good, good luck with your harvest!
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Squirrel_Master, Woooo boy like hittin the lottery!
Squirrel_Master
Squirrel_Master
Thanks @TeflonDonFarms, nail that Xmas video and you'll have enough Mephisto to keep you busy for a while lol.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Squirrel_Master, Yea it’s just not the same as some home grown. It’s all about refining your skills. Well your looking top knotch to me my friend I look forward to seeing your updates week to week. Jealous your running a Mephisto right now!
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CaliGrown
CaliGrownweek 7
You have a cool little companion plant, what is it? Basil?
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@CaliGrown, haha anytime the wife needs basil I don’t mind going to get it! Your right we got the basil on lock!!
CaliGrown
CaliGrown
@TeflonDonFarms, let’s do it. It will be the norm after they see us doing it ...right ... maybe... 😂 either way we going to have that good basil for caprisi salad or spaghetti.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@CaliGrown, it can’t hurt I know that! I got mine from a grocery store. Maybe we can pave way and prove they deter bugs. Who knows. How’s that sour zebra gum coming along?
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Lilman
Lilmanweek 8
Loving it mate, keep up the excellent work 😁👍. My next grow will be this plant, hope she turns out as well. What's your thoughts on topping the autos? Or just reckon run the lst?
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Lilman, Yes, very risky. I’m sure you would time it right. But you have superior genetics in Fastbuds so I think the colas will be plentiful. I wouldn’t top her. Your right though you gotta take a chance and go for all of the biscuits😂😂!!! Thank god you didn’t throw up that net that would have sucked. I’ve only grown autos and I’ve found the bigger the pot, the more the soil, the happier the roots, the bigger the plant and the bigger the harvest. Although a ton of people produce from small pots so again this is what I’ve gained from autos! That’s a great call with the fabric pots. I’ve run some plastic pots right next to them and there’s no comparison the smart pot is way better in my opinion! 21l is close to 5 gallons right? If so your money big dawg! Should be plenty of dense as F*** colas! I’m excited to see it when you get on the FastBuds genetics!
Lilman
Lilman
@TeflonDonFarms, man every bit of advice counts aye thanks😁, and yeah from doing bit of research seem pretty risky if you don't time it right. But saying that gotta risk it for the biscuit Haha. I'm thinking I might give the scrog a go because I've never done scrog, I was going to scrog those plant you've just seen but didn't think it'd fill it, aswell as I had a regular seed in there and didn't want it to turn male and have to pull it all down (which it did turn male haha so lucky). I'm running a 1.2m2 by 2m high so it's not to bad, was just thinking of trying to make as many colas as I can. I'm going to be running couple in 20l air pots and couple in 15l plastic pots but thinking of buying couple more air pots since I've had really good success with the one I have in it atm.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Lilman, just checked out your plants and it looks like you have experience topping so that’s good. What size pot are you gonna run with it?
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Colorado
Coloradoweek 11
Big ups on the harvest, I can't wait to see how the buds treat you after curing. What's next on your grow list? Also, would you recommend this strain as far as easy growing and bud production? Thanks bro
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@@Colorado, For sure! My thoughts exactly I love that fuckin movie. Definitely gonna toke up and watch it!!!! A lot of the strains FastBuds offer give off unique colors. But some of them steal the show like LSD-25. Do yourself a favor and check out their website. I believe week 5 or 6 you start noticing a change in color. I like to surf FastBuds harvests on GrowDiaries and see what I’m getting into! I didn’t look close enough into the diaries to see if they changed their temps. I’m leaning towards no they didn’t.
Colorado
Colorado
@TeflonDonFarms, Thanks man! I've tried the Green Crack and GSC from Fastbuds, but I had always wanted to try Pineapple Express because of the movie lol. I felt the strain might help me relive my college moments, plus it'd be dope to smoke that and just watch the movie truthfully. I hear LSD is up there on the THC scale, I'm not sure about the BlackCherry I haven't seen that one yet. Also, what do you mean color changing LSD strain? Does it turn purple during color temps at flowering?
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@@@@Colorado, thanks I appreciate that! I highly recommend this strain. It’s definitely a high yielder with the right treatment. The smell is unbelievable it really is mouth watering. She took everything like a champ and was forgiving of me over feeding her(rookie mistake). That was my first fastbud grow. Im going to stick within there line of strains and grow them out. I want to do a color changing bud next like LSD-25 or Blackcherry. Not sure yet. I built my box so I was thinking about tearing some of it down and making more room so the space heater doesn’t tear up buds. Not sure yet. Gonna make that decision after New Years.
Dabout
Daboutweek 1
Hey man, What LEDS are you running here? Currently growing in 5Gallon Fabric Pots myself and they pretty bigger than i expected lol. Looking forward to your results with the 7Gallon. 😵
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@SadBoyDabs710, I’ll remove some leaves to open her up a little. Any other leaves were trashed from the little space heater I have in the box. I’m contending with freezing temps so I’m happy with anything! I’ll look into the lights maybe if I decide to upgrade you could help me out!!
Dabout
Dabout
@TeflonDonFarms, You should do some research in COB LEDS ;) Regarding snipping the lower leaves, guess you have had good results so far? I thought they don't recommended cutting/stressing out Autoflowers
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@SadBoyDabs710, One 250 watt LED and one 300 watt LED. 7 gallon has been an adventure. She is pretty big. There are a ton of things I would have done differently but that’s the name of the game. I definitely killed her with nutrients. Next go around I’ll def pipe down the nutrients. I also should have snipped a ton of those lower buds earlier in flowering. I would have much rather had the weight up top.
CaliGrown
CaliGrownweek 5
Your doing great! Keep up the green thumb 👍🏼. I’m very interested in this strain to grow out. Hopefully it yields nicely
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@CaliGrown, love that sour smell!! Just harvested some sour diesel and the smell is incredible! I love Sublime! I have that album cover tattooed on my left shoulder.
CaliGrown
CaliGrown
@TeflonDonFarms, appreciate the follow my dude. Btw love that sublime album cover. So ill 👌 the sour Livers smells like sweet and sour zebra gum from back in the day
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@AlaskanGrownCaliRaised, thanks big dawg! I hope so too! Pulled a seat up to your Sour livers. She’s lookin pretty tasty!
Dabout
Daboutweek 5
Pics looking much better man :) Wish i bought me some Sativa Autos, they look awesome. My tents filled with a bunch of short fat Indicas 😁 Any idea why your RH% Dropped so low during this week?
Dabout
Dabout
@TeflonDonFarms, Ah okay explains it :) Thanks man 😇 I didn't want to fill up the tent on my first grow, to make things easier for myself... defiantly going to fill it up next round and maybe start planting a few more if these space while these babies are flowering.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@SadBoyDabs710, My box is exposed to the outdoor elements a little bit more than I’d like so the RH is so low because the cold weather is getting pretty bad. Thanks for the love big dawg! Your set up is pretty vicious! You have a lot of room for those stubby girls! I’m jealous I wish I had that space.
Marquise_ao_Sul
Marquise_ao_Sulweek 11
Handsome flowers!! happy grow! :-D
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Marquise_ao_Sul, thanks big dawg. By far my most favorite grow so far!
GreenZealand
GreenZealandweek 11
Man, this is sick!!! Congrats on the harvest
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@GreenZealand, thanks I appreciate that! She was a pleasure to grow probably my favorite!
drzoidberg
drzoidbergweek 11
just seen the pic of your pineapple on fastbuds facebook page and thought i know that picture that teflons plant
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@drzoidberg, Haha that’s awesome! I don’t have Facebook so that’s pretty cool to hear. Funny you recognized her like you’d recognize someone walking down the street you went to school with 😂😂😂.
Zannabis7
Zannabis7week 11
This is a KILLER looking grow. I see some experience shining through here. Nice job! I am attempting my first "topless" SCROG (trying to bend instead) with 6 different strains right now, of which one strain is FastBuds Pineapple Express. It would be cool if you would follow along and make a suggestion or two. - Zannabis7
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Zannabis7, Thanks for the compliment she sure was a lot of fun to grow! Not to much experience at all here.Your grows look awesome down to the strain labels. Good luck with everything. I’d suggest something but it looks like you got it more than under control! Enjoy yourself!
Auto_King
Auto_Kingweek 11
The plant is looking soo healthy, can't wait to see it cures, . Take a look at my hubbabubbasmelloscope in diary of the month
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Auto_King, thanks big dawg. Your diary is looking great!! Enjoy your holidays. Did you read the new the journal post from GrowDiaries yet?
Sineus
Sineusweek 11
The harvest looking great !👍
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Sineus, thank you! I appreciate it!
Fergie
Fergieweek 11
Congrats on nice looking harvest mate 😀 not too long now till you can taste the fruits of your labour 😎
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Fergie, thank you I appreciate it! I know I can’t wait! I hope they have a touch of pineapple smell and taste!
Lilman
Lilmanweek 8
Haha yeah was lucky and yeah 20l is close to 5 gallon. I'm.not running the fast buds I've gotten seeds for overseas so see how they go.
TeflonDonFarms
TeflonDonFarms
@Lilman, 5 gallon is perfect! I bumped up to a 7 just to see what the difference is between them. To big for my taste just because I have limited space. What strains ya gonna run instead of FastBuds? You should at least throw one Fastbud bean in and compare the growth to the others. You won’t regret it!