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MrJones So the last 3 seeds have not popped - starting to become concerned, the seedlings are moving very slow but that could be the organic conditions - still evaluating.
I germinated 6 seeds on 01/04/12, all 6 popped but only 3 found their way above the dirt, I have re germinated another 3 seeds will get them planted and see how they go - the 3 seedlings above the dirt are doing well, keep you posted.
100% Organic and I am trying something a bit different this grow - my grow medium will be;
Mother Earth 70/30 Coco / Earth Worm Castings / Organically Done-Organic Easy / Xtreme Gardening Mykos Mycorrhizae / Harvest Gold Organics Premium Soil Conditioner / Organically Done-Bloom Boost
I mixed the first 5 items together and watered with dechlorinated H20 mixed Recharge - I like to let this COOK for a week before I plant - If you want my ratios, please message me
The microbial environment should carry the plants through the veg stage - about 4 weeks in will top dress with the Organically Done-Bloom Boost, using compost teas and kelp extract
January 04, 2020, started my germination process
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Week 2. Vegetation
5y ago
2.54 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.8
55 %
24 °C
19 L
MrJones Not alot here to report - the plants are moving pretty slow - but look nice and are developing well - just more of the same.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5y ago
1/6
10.16 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.8
Normal
55 %
24 °C
19 L
121.92 cm
MrJones Today is 01.25.20 – Fast Buds Pineapple Express Autos – Starting Week 3
I lowered the light this week to 48 inches above the plants, I feel like they should be a bit further along then they are, I topped dressed with a bit of Earth Dust Base to help support Organically Done Easy, watered in with recharge.
I did a light misting of Optics Over Grow / I may pick up some Down to Earth 4-4-4 today while out and do a top dressing with that if I do not see any signs of increased growth rate / all the autos I have grown so far at 3 weeks I was able to start with LST. I just may have to let grow without LST as they do not appear they will be very resilient – that’s ok though always a first time to let a plant just rip on its own, I have plenty of height in my grow closet.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5y ago
1/3
22.86 cm
18 hrs
27 °C
6.8
Normal
55 %
10 °C
19 L
1 L
121.92 cm
MrJones 02.06.20 - This week I feel the plants are still moving slow for auto flowers - but they look healthy - today I defoliated and topped dressed with Earth Dust Base and watered in with Recharge (Declorinated water PH 6.8) Turned the lights up a bit and have them at 48 inches.
MrJones 02.08.20 - Plants are moving along nicely, I would think they would be further long but 35 days into the grow - Fast Buds state "Full maturation takes roughly 60 days" and "These Pineapple Express seeds produce large auto-flowering plants, so make sure you have the proper space to account for its beastliness." Will be feeding with a compost tea on Monday and will do another top dress this time Bloom Boost in 10 days from Organically Grown and a Second Compost Tea - this should carry the plant through harvest.
02.10.20 - Today just watered the plants with my first compost tea, it looked amazing, had a beautiful white protein foam on the top - I will have a look at the plant's first thing in the morning and see if they are dancing! These Plants have been slow to grow - I do not think they are responding well to an organic environment, a friend said that they really love a heavy Nutrient Regiment - we will have to see!
02.11.20 - So today the day after the compost I did a little more defoliation, as well as a bit of LST on Plant #3 and Plant #2
02.12.20 - Letting them do their thing will be doing more defoliation this weekend / maybe lolipopping
Anyone growing or grown FB Pineapple Express do my plants look like they are on track, I feel they are not, at only 12/14 inches at the 35-day mark - would like to hear from
@Fast_Buds as well, I am growing organically no chemical nutrients here - thoughts?
It looks great ... Autoflowers don't really grow in height until flower where they stretch almost doubling in size. If your plant is already 12-14 inches , expect her to be over 2 feet once she ends the stretch. Just keep doing what you're doing the plant seems to be loving it !!!
MrJones 02.15.19 - Day 37 / should be n flower by end of the week - things are going well - this week will just keep things going.
02.17.20 - Day 39 / the girls are jumping into flower and stretching pretty nicely!
02.21.20 - Day 43 / I think I have them dialed in, they are doing great - with today being the last day of the grow week tomorrow they are officially moving to flower, they are starting to come alive, a little behind schedule I feel but looking healthy!
MrJones 02.26.20 Day 48 - these plants continue to surprise me, I was about to write them off, they are all officially into flower and doing very well. Plant #2 looks like it is going to produce some serious buds!
MrJones 03.02.20 - Day 53 been wicked busy at work so last week was not much to report, today, top dressed with OG Bloom watered in with Recharge, Yucca, Kelp Extract - I had to defoliate and Lolipop plant #3 she has many flower spots but all were just covered from her massive bush - snip here and there on other 2 plants but all in all they are moving along nicely for having such a slow start.
03.05.20 - Day 56 things are on Autopilot, just watering, flowering is going well.
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Week 9. Flowering
5y ago
1/6
50.8 cm
18 hrs
26 °C
6.8
Normal
50 %
20 °C
20 °C
20 °C
19 L
1 L
50.8 cm
MrJones 03.11.20 - Day 61 These girls are on autopilot - I feel I should defoliate more but do not want to slow them down.
03.07.20 - Day 57 these plants are just putting on bud weight, with about 20 days left I am sure the buds will be awesome!
MrJones 03.20.20 - Day 70 - Last day of the week, just enjoying these girls as they are fatting up!
03.19.20 - Day 69 - Letting the soil dry out a bit, slowed down the lights, the plants are droopy I think I just may have over watered / they have a long wat to go to really look like the pictures from other growers, I am excited though!
03.16.20 - Day 66 about another 14 days or so, they are growing slow and steady!
MrJones 03.26.20 - Day 76 / Plant 2 was harvested, just letting plant #1 and #3 age up a bit more, Plant #3 is getting very close.
03.24.20 - Day 74 / Plant #3 really yellowed a few days after the Inoculation, letting the soil dry out a bit and will Plant #3 & #1 a small shot of liquid fertilizer I do not want to see the Bud Growth to Stall, Plant #2 should be harvested this weekend.
03.22.20 - Day 72 / I inoculated the plants with Rootwise today, had to reorganize my space as well, incubating 4 pots for my fist Photo Period Grow, stay tuned for an awesome Jedi Kush Diary.
I checkedPlant #2's Trichomes today still very clear, I figure at least 2 more week's on this plant, will start using just PH water for the last week to 10 days - Plant #1 is doing ok but way behind the other 2, Plant #3 is doing crazy good, about a week behind plant #2.
MrJones 03.30.20 - Day 80 / Pushing 2 weeks past w/ Fast Buds estimated harvest at 10 weeks, I started with 3 plants, plant #2 has been in the dry room since Thursday, Plant #3 is just going well, maybe too many buds, more buds = smaller buds, I decided to start this plant on a bit of Bio-Biz, looking at the trichomes shots today I feel like this plant will see at least 3 weeks more before harvest, Plant #1 still has plenty of white hairs that have not turned I also put this girl on Bio-Biz today as well hoping to see some magic!
03.29.20 - Day 79 / I will get some shots to start off week 12, buds are getting fatter, and plants look just ok to me, let's see how the week plays out.
MrJones 04.06.20 - Day 87 chopped the last lady and put her in the dry room, this plant had very chunky buds, and has an amazing smell!
04.04.20 - Day 85 - Today harvested second of three Pineapple Express and put it into the dry tent, I also removed the First plant today from the dry tent, and will flush the last plant a few more days and get that into the dry tent as well, its a pain when they all plant at the same time and finish at different times, I posted a few pictures of the last Girl, she is getting chunky and a nice picture of the harvested plant and also a picture of a pre-trim bud after 10 days of drying, full of red hairs, and chrystals amazing smell!
@OutForReal when growing with Dry Amendments even in COCO the sweet spot is 6.8 when growing in COCO and using liquid nutrients then it is 5.8 / Natural dry amendments at least the good ones have Soil Conditioners to help balance pH and make nutrients more available in the soil. Achieved with ingredients like bat guano, worm castings, limestone, molasses, and humic acid It is not a PH issue - thanks though, I have read most of the FB Pineapple Express Diaries and the plants really growing fast are the ones using Chemical Nutrients.
@MrJones, Hi bro, nice harvest 😍 you achieved the gram per watt ( so close )👍
It's really interesting to see how the ph range can be different from a type of nutrients to another , I mean before I saw that diary I was persuaded that 5.8ph was the sweet spot in any cases and I am excited to try a dry amendment coco grow ✌️🙏👍😁
Cheers , keep up the good work 👌
@MrJones, Bro you are the 1st one to break my "illusions" about coco growing so off course I'll follow and check that diary till last day 😁👍
I need to better understand your medium mix and maybe reproduce your method because it seems great
I would definitely say your right on track! Just like me. Weeda said you really get the height during week 4,5,6! Most autos if you get close to 30 inches indoor then you are doing well!! Just make sure to use LST to spread your canopy out to get more light penetration!! It’s really important when using leds!! 😎
@MrJones, Appears that most if not all major bud sites are exposed so looking shweet on that front gromo! microbes and funghi always part of the regime - got to nurture that rhizosphere innits!
@mr_h_kovert, I have done all the training with these ladies that they are going to get, time to let them ride, they are all clean from the 3rd node down, just a bushy group. I will try and get a few underneath shots tonight, I think the microbes in the soil are finally waking up and they are loving it.
@Ozeola, thanks a lot, been trying to adjust lights, feedings but can't seem to get the ladies to pray, they seem to be putting on weight - will have to see, thanks so much for your attention to the grow!
@raptor65, just uploaded a few more pictures today - was a busy week last week - but was not much to share you should check out my Zkittles Grow - that is getting close to harvest - thanks for the feed back!
Looks great. Seems like you have the indica pheno. I’m excited to see how yours finish. I like how you used 5 gallons pots. I think once they go into flower you’ll get some height. Also with a 100% organic grow that’s just awesome and I know once they get rolling they will smell unbelievable. I’ll be watching your grow. Everything looks perfect 💯💚
@jamjam887766, Awesome thanks for stopping by! I use a USB microscope, to check Thricomes, I like at least 80/90% cloudy and about 5% of those bein AMBER. now my wife likes more Amber in her smoke, I am going to link you a very short article that is just packed full of information, once in a while you have to harvest early because of environmental, the dry and the cure were the hardest for me to nail down!
https://cprosolutions.com/2019/03/the-different-stages-of-trichome-development/
@hornato420, Growing organic is a bit slower and requires a little more patience but I am very pleased with the state they are in now, and truly appreciate your positive comments!
Hey there,
Thanks so much for running a diary of our Pineapple Express 🙌
Let us know if you need any assistance, we’re more than happy to help.
Happy Growing !!! 🌱☘️🌴🍀🌿🌳
@Fast_Buds, Do the plants look like they are growing at the right pace to you? They seem smaller in week 3 as most of my other autos have been. Thanks!
looking grand indeed. gots to be patient with these auto ladies - so long as they looking noice n healthy no need to worry - they gonna shoot.
proppa job so far - bang on point mr. jones.