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Fastbuds Purple Lemonade 4x4 tent

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Purple Lemonade Auto
Fast Buds
Fox Farm
Nutrients
VEG
Sun systems High-Intensity Discharge/1000W
Sun systems
FLO
Sun systems 1000 High-Intensity Discharge/1000W
Sun systems 1000
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 4-5
Soil
Grow medium
19 L
Pot Size
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Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
24 hrs
24 °C
6.5
No Smell
45 %
24 °C
19 L
18 cm
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This was seedling week. Fastbuds Purple Lemonade seeds were soaked for 8 hours then planted directly into FFOF soil prepared ahead of time. Soil mix is as follows: 1.5 cu.ft. FFOF 8 qt perlite 1 cup AgLime 2 cups diatomaceous earth. Plants are growing under a 1000w Plantmax HPS bulb in a gro1 hood with built in 8” cooltube. This is powered by a Sun Systems 1000w hardcore switchable ballast. Cooling is handled by an AC Infinity Cloudline S8 fan pulling through an AC Infinity 8” carbon filter and piped into my home HVAC. Tent is a Gorilla Lite line 4x4 with 1” extension
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
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24 hrs
23 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
23 °C
19 L
55.88 cm
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This is just the beginning of week 2. Plants suffered from what I believe was overwatering. They were watered on Sunday then again on Tuesday. Wednesday night they exhibited cupping of the leaves with no discoloration. Water has been withheld since Tuesday. Plants are looking good and soil is drying up. Tomorrow we will water again Still giving straight distilled water right now. Ph of 6.8 or so, on the high side but they seem to like it. I’m going to ph down the water tomorrow to 6.4. Not sure how much water to give. 5 gallon pots, little seedlings. I don’t want to drench the cloth pot, it’ll take too long for the roots to use it.
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Asegrowerstarted grow question 5 years ago
Do you recommend topping or FIMing the Fastbuds Purple Lemonade?
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Techniques. FIMing
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JinksyGrowsanswered grow question 5 years ago
Howdy. Long story short, majority of auto growers do not FIM or top and prefer to get their results through pure LST. As there is no control on when an auto decides to flip to flower, topping or FIM'ing at the wrong time can mean no recover time. No recovery and they may get very under-developed mains and bud sights, lower yield etc... If this was the plan all along and you want to experiment with topping autos (growers have been very successful in doing so) then go for it👍. But if this is your first run (I'm not sure if this is your first grow) then playing it safe with LST is the way to go. You can accomplish the same results with LST, thankfully. I even use auto LST techniques on my photo-periods because of how well they work. I have a photo period blue cookies, trained like an auto with zero topping, just pure LST. She is the biggest frigging girl in the tent, and the other's ain't small....! lol. Anyways, I'll stop there. I wish you luck no matter what way you go with this. No matter what you choose though, couldn't hurt to through a quick bend in there when she's tall enough😉. You won't regret it.👍
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
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24 hrs
23 °C
6.5
No Smell
50 %
23 °C
19 L
55.88 cm
Nutrients 2
Grow Big - Fox Farm
Grow Big 1.321 mll
Big Bloom 3.963 mll
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Lots of problems this week. The first day of the week, after watering I noticed some yellow spots on a few big leaves. Had to wait two days to do anything. Watered with nutes anyway two days later even though they were still a little damp. The yellowing on bigger leave SEEMS to have slowed down, though I’m seeing what appears to be nute burn on the new growth. Slightly yellow tips that are curling under. Can be seen in the pics. They seem to be growing ok. Out of five I have two that are about the same size and one slightly smaller. The other two are both below average, one I think will be a dwarf. It’s fully half the size or less than the bigger ones. So any questions please ask. If they survive another week I’ll try some LST with the bigger ones.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
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40.64 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
6.5
Normal
55 %
21 °C
19 L
5 L
45.72 cm
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Had a nitrogen burn hit us when we gave nutes. The calmag I gave had nitrogen in it and along with the growing was too much. The calmag did stop the leaf yellowing, unfortunately we have leaf curling taking place on two of the plants. Not extreme yet but on all new growth. Watered with straight tap water that had sat around for two days, ph’d to 6.3. Going to let them go until next watering. I guess since they gave plenty of N right now I’m going to switch over to flower nutes next week, if they look like they can handle it. One plant continues to excel. The smallest runt looks the worst and I don’t see it producing much. They have really started to develop a nose and from the pictures of the tops you can see that flowering time is upon us. Almost at the 4 week mark on the money.
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LST
Technique
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Week 5. Flowering
5 years ago
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50.8 cm
24 hrs
23 °C
6.2
Normal
45 %
10 °C
21 °C
19 L
5 L
45.72 cm
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Picked up some new calmag, made by Mendocino nutrients. It has no nitrogen in it. Plants were showing magnesium deficiency again, so I gave them all a full dose of the new calmag along with PH’d tap water that sat out for 5 days. They are getting a little lighter overall, not sure if it’s the excess nitrogen working it’s way out or magnesium deficiency. Will be keeping a close eye on this. They are really stretching a lot this week. Growth is visible every day. They are developing strong branches, they should be able to support some good buds, if it develops them. I should mention that I was conflicted about topping or Fimming a couple of these. I’m glad I didn’t. This strain REALLY responds to LST like none other I’ve had. They just explode in growth, I haven’t counted the number of tops we have, I will next week. Other than that these guys are clicking along. There is the one plant that’s weak. The growth looks terrible. But it really took off in the last 30 hours, so we will continue to watch and see. Thanks for following along and ask any questions I check a couple times a day.
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boew777
boew777commentedweek 55 years ago
Great grow, I have had excellent luck with a single pinch and LST my problem is with this one is I waited to long this time to pinch and I thought it was a longer grow not a 56 day and the next day it flipped to flower so because of that my yields will be down considerably, for the most you are correct on the shorter autos the 56 - 63 day plants should be very light training but longer grow autos and even the 56 day ones can be pinched you just need to do it a week before flower starts and if it’s done at the correct time she develop a lot of bud the trick is veg even autos recover great in veg but once flower starts forget it not so well but with pinching I always get 2 main colas and a lot of side branches and yields from as much as 3oz from a single plant. Good luck my friend
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Asegrower
Asegrowercommentedweek 25 years ago
Growth has really taken off. Tuesday night was last water, this is Saturday so I think I’ll water tonight to keep them happy. I’m going to do 1 qt. That’s enough to get a light drain through the bottom, but only about 1/4 of what I would normally water a 5 gallon pot with. Going to wait until week 4 to feed, tentatively.
HolySmoke
HolySmokecommentedweek 25 years ago
What wattage are you currently running?
HolySmoke
HolySmokecommented5 years ago
@Asegrower, looking good!
Asegrower
Asegrowercommented5 years ago
@HolySmoke, 20” is a good rule of thumb, but this has an 8” cool tube in the hood with anywhere from 300-700cfm of air cooking through it. You can actually hold your hand 5” under the light as long as you want, it won’t get uncomfortable.
HolySmoke
HolySmokecommented5 years ago
@Asegrower, that's pretty close considering you're running them 24/7. I read onlin that 20 inches was as close as I should get for my light. interested to follow this one along tho! I got two of these myself.
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Fast_Buds
Fast_Budscommentedweek 15 years ago
Hey there, Thanks so much for running a diary of our Purple Lemonade 🙌 Let us know if you need any assistance, we’re more than happy to help. Happy Growing !!! 🌱☘️🌴🍀🌿🌳
Asegrower
Asegrowercommented5 years ago
@Fast_Buds, Thanks! I’m looking forward to this grow. It’s my first autoflower grow. Week two started today so updates are coming.
boew777
boew777commentedweek 55 years ago
Great grow, I have had excellent luck with a single pinch and LST my problem is with this one is I waited to long this time to pinch and I thought it was a longer grow not a 56 day and the next day it flipped to flower so because of that my yields will be down considerably, for the most you are correct on the shorter autos the 56 - 63 day plants should be very light training but longer grow autos and even the 56 day ones can be pinched you just need to do it a week before flower starts and if it’s done at the correct time she develop a lot of bud the trick is veg even autos recover great in veg but once flower starts forget it not so well but with pinching I always get 2 main colas and a lot of side branches and yields from as much as 3oz from a single plant. Good luck my friend
Asegrower
Asegrowercommented5 years ago
@boew777, This being my first autoflower grow I really don’t know what to expect yield wise. They look branchy for sure. With all the training the smalkercplsnt has nine nice tops growing and the biggest has 16. I’m hoping to get a decebtbyeild overall off the five, since that’s all I’m allowed by law.
Smokedogg16
Smokedogg16commentedweek 35 years ago
Everything looks great & she's beautiful
Vincent11
Vincent11commentedweek 35 years ago
Hi Asegrower Hopefully you and your girl re doing well. Have you decided on topping your Autoflowers yet? Check out my Diaries I will update one soon. Good luck with your grow. Happy Growing
Asegrower
Asegrowercommentedweek 45 years ago
Anyone that is reading, please check the pics when I update a new week. I always upload more pics. Waiting and hoping to see some purple!
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