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After the last grow lessons were learned and upgrades were made to the setup. 4 inch exhaust fan was installed with a carbon filter to hopefully rid myself of the previous issues. Back to the Autoflowers with 2 purple lemonade, 1 CBD crack and 1 smoothie auto, all from FastBuds 420. Shout out to these guys and their customer service. exceptional people selling an exceptional product. The smoothie auto is a week behind but I'm going to include it in this diary. Seeds were planted straight into 5 gallon pots with super soil in it. Took longer than I had expected to germinate so I'll be using the paper towel method again next time. Through the first week and the girls are looking pretty healthy. One of the purple lemonade has emerged with three leaves in its first set. Interested to see how this one grows. Keep It Growing GD!

Chugging right along with these girls. Noticed a little stretching happening so I filled the pots with more soil and lowered the light. Sitting at 14 inches now, we'll see if this works better and adjust accordingly. I held my hand under the light and it didn't feel hot but we'll see. I'm starting to increase the daily water every couple days now that they are getting bigger. Considering doing a compost tea in a few weeks before they start to flower. Keep it growing GD!

Starting to see some good growth in the past week, these girls are starting to pick up. Gradually increased the water this week and am feeding them 500ml a day now. Fiddled with the lights a bit and now they sit at 18 inches. Didn't get to taking pictures of the smoothie but it's trying to catch up the the others. Keep it growing GD!

it was an interesting week, Had one of the oscillating fans crap out on me shortly after watering them. Ran out and replaced that before leaving for the day. Increased the power on the light this week too, now sitting at 400w. Also raised the light to 24 inches. Later in the week I noticed the stems yellowing and the plants running out of nutrients in the super soil. Almost made it a full four weeks on that. Picked up some worm castings and some water soluble kelp and added those to the girls watering to tide them over until picking up some Gaia green 2-8-4 power bloom organic nutrients to get them through the rest of flower. Added 5 tablespoons to each pot at the end of the week. Also noticed pistils forming on two of the girls signalling the start of flower. Thanks for stopping by. Keep it Growing GD!

A other week in the books.... Almost killed them this week but learned a valuable lesson. Decided to give them one last neem treatment before flower and mixed up 1tbsp neem oil with 1/2 tbsp dish soap and hot water. Well.... If you decide to use this treatment for pests I recommend letting the solution cool down before spraying the plants. Plants showed signs of heat stress after this with curling leaves and stunted growth. They were so ugly they didn't want their picture taken. Also been busy with midterms this week so that explains the delayed posts. Anyways thanks for following along. Keep it Growing GD!

It was a real good week this week with lost of growth. Tallest lemonade has shot up to 18 inches with the other a few inches behind. Continue feeding these girls once a week with the power bloom and adding worm castings every feeding. Halfway through the week it was time to kick the power up to 600w and that's where it will remain till crop out. Decided not to scrog this grow with the lack of foliage early on so we're just going to leave them alone. Starting to notice a nice fragrance in and around the tent. As McDonald's would say "I'm lovin it!" Keep it Growing GD!!

These girls keep trucking along, no changes this week other than the one turning purple. Fed another 5 tbsp power bloom and upped watering to 800 ml. Keep it Growing GD!!

Another week in the books and the ladies are looking nice. Just need everything to fill out now. Defoliated a few leaves that were blocking bud sites on each plant. Lots of purple coming out in the lemonade, smells very fruity. The CBD is just becoming a short bush and might need some heavy defoliation moving towards harvest. Smells like mango! The smoothie is growing out and loves to take up space. Upped the feeding to twice this week and will continue that moving forward. Thanks for following along Keep it Growing GD!!

Week nine is complete and another successful week with no issues. Upped the feeding to 3 tbsp every couple days in hopes of some larger flowers. Should be a few more weeks now until chop. The purple one's going to come down first with the other three to follow a week or so after. With my lease coming up at the end of April I need these to finish soon. Looks like the purple lemonade will produce two completely different flower types. One purple and one staying green. Will be interesting to watch these ladies finish. The smell is almost unbearable at this point with strong citrusy and just fruity scents to them all. Didn't get around to taking pics on the weekend so these are from week ten day two. Keep it Growing GD!!

Week Ten down and a few more to go. Keep feeding these girls 3 tbsp every couple days and watering around a litre every day. Smell is getting stronger every week and the temptation is rising. Have to say at this point I am really impressed with the smoothie. That plant is significantly larger than the others and the flowers just look amazing. Can't wait to see how she tastes. In fear of bud rot I had to do a heavy defoliation on the CBD crack. That main cola is almost wider than my hand. Just a short stalky bush with large flowers. Ma should enjoy that one. Hope you enjoy the pics. Keep it Growing GD!!