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Grow# 12- Original Auto Sour Diesel

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Week 1. Vegetation
18 hrs
27 °C
6.1
50 %
11 L
0 L
60.96 cm
Comments 5
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Here we are getting started on Grow# 12, and as you've seen in my other grows, I've currently been testing out the "Original line" from FastBuds, so this time I decided to go with the Original Auto Sour Diesel and big ups to FastBuds for sponsoring this grow. Down below is a description of this strain along with a list of the equipment I'll be using for this grow. Description An auto-flowering West Coast Legend for fuel lovers. High in THC levels, reaching 21% with the world-famous fuel, citrus, sandalwood, and pine flavor that comes with this vintage Sativa dominant hybrid. Despite her Sativa influence, flowering time will only require 9-10 weeks from seed to harvest, making her ideal for growers who want classic, overpowering, pungent, sour terps in a short time frame. She may grow as tall as 120cm in height and will produce long, stacked buds typical of Sativa Cannabis. Her effects are energetic and clear-minded, that over time will develop into a dreamy focused buzz. An excellent choice for commercial growers and hash makers and extractors. Smoke report This lady can be deceptive with her sour, pungent, chemical fuel terpene profile into making you think she is a Kush variety. However, Original Auto Sour Diesel has an effect that is much an expression of her Sativa heritage and will keep you on a soaring, cerebral wave that with enhance creativity, energy levels and motivation. A really great strain to enjoy in public amongst friends, working on a creative project or gaming. Plant Appearance She can grow on the taller side and reach a height of 120cm due to her Sativa influence, where she will grow with medium-sized internodal spacing with a large number of side branches. When flowering, Original Auto Sour Diesel will produce up to 450-550gr/m2 of large-sized nugs, making her a large producing auto-flowering strain. Grow Tips Only for experienced growers, it is advised to perform L.S.T on plants for those with limited space. Tying down her long side branches will also allow the plants to focus her energy on producing huge colas. Hash makers and extractors will have plenty of leaf and sugar trim to use, so prepare in advance. Outdoors this hybrid performs incredibly well, especially in hotter climate zones. But, she can also handle cold nights well so it can be a good choice for colder climates, and will ripen with a dark purple color, making her even more special looking. This girl likes to drink nutrients, but avoid feeding too late during flower to improve the final taste, quality of ash and overall experience. Flavor The flavor of Original Auto Sour Diesel is a complex mixture of sandalwood, pepper, earth with notes of sour citrus. A heavyweight in the terps department and a true representation of fuel and gas cultivars. The equipment that will be used for this grow : Hydro Planet 2x4x5 Grow Tent 3-Gallon Fabric Pot Happy Frog Soil and American Seed Starting Potting Mix Vivosun 300 watt Full Spectrum Grow Light Vivosun 4" inch Exhaust Fan Vivosun Carbon Filter Vicks Cool Mist Humidifier 2 Desk Fans Acurite Hygrometer On January 11th this seed was soaked for 48 hours in ph balanced water in a warm dark area. On January 13th the seed had cracked open and was placed in a paper towel and then in between two plates where it was left until the next day and by 4:00 p.m the taproot was a cm long and was planted in a mix of Happy Frog Soil and American Seed Starting Potting Mix, I went with the mixture because I've used the American Seed Starting Potting Mix before and it is some of the lightest and airy potting soil I've seen but it doesn't seem to have enough nutrients in it so I mixed it with the happy frog soil and even went with a fabric pot so that I can't overwater and to get more air to the roots. Within 24 hours this little lady had popped above the soil and was ready to grow, By January 18th I had big enough true leaves to began counting days. After that, I only misted her until day 4 where she received her first watering of 250 ml of pure water at a ph of 6.1. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to a few people for following my diaries such as @Fast_Buds and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 2. Vegetation
18 hrs
29 °C
6.1
45 %
21 °C
11 L
0 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 1
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 2 mll
Comments 2
Mr_Weeds_Autos
No complaints this week with this lady. She's about to go through her vegetative growth spurt, I can tell because her cotyledon leaves are beginning to yellow which is a sign that she's about to ready for feedings with nutrients instead of just water. She only needed to be watered on Day 11 and I added 2 ml of Cal-Mag to the water. That's going to be all for this week, until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 3. Vegetation
18 hrs
7 °C
6.1
45 %
21 °C
11 L
0 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 2 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 2 mll
Comments 1
Mr_Weeds_Autos
This little lady is finally starting to take off since she's I'm veg now, still not as fast as I like. She received her first feeding this week after noticing the cotyledon leaves where turning yellow. Still getting use to watering in the fabric pot it seems to take more water even at this young stage of life. That's going to be all for this week, until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 4. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
7 °C
6
No Smell
45 %
21 °C
11 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 2 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 4 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 2 mll
Comments 6
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Last week I found out I was underwatering the plants I have in fabric pots this be one of them. I also started seeing small signs of a nitrogen deficency on the bottom leaves which I should expect since I did feed her a lot later than I did the White Widow who has no problems in the fabric pot. So she got a feeding and a watering like my other ladies this week, but I did up the amount of water she gets each time, after a little experimenting it seems that after a liter of water I start to get a bit of runoff so that's what she's getting now. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 5. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
7 °C
6
No Smell
45 %
21 °C
11 L
1 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 3 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 6 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 3 mll
Comments 6
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Plants finally starting to show some growth. Once a few more more of the plants finish up I'm going to move her and the White Widow to the side of my tent that has more light, because a few of the bottom leaves are showing they aren't getting enough light and with so many other taller plants inside the tent I can't lower the lights like I normally would and It also didn't help that I got some water that had nutrients in it on some of the bottom leaves also. Eventually these leaves will be removed anyway though since this area doesn't produce anything anyways. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
advice
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Week 6. Vegetation
12.7 cm
18 hrs
10 °C
6
No Smell
45 %
21 °C
11 L
2 L
60.96 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 3 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 6 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 3 mll
Comments 6
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Really starting to see some growth now that the tent is clearing out with 3 of the plants being harvested. I haven't seen any new signs of lack of light either and I haven't had to remove any more leaves due to it either. Other than that this beautiful plant has just been chilling and doing it's thing. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to those new following my diaries such as @WeedLoverPT and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 7. Vegetation
48.26 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
6.1
Normal
45 %
21 °C
11 L
2 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 4 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 8 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 4 mll
Comments 1
Mr_Weeds_Autos
This plant started showing signs of pre-flower this week. I've been seeing daily growth, she's now 19" inches tall, the node spacing is pretty stretched though ( I prefer a tight node spacing) which is the result of lack of light early on in its life. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to those new following my diaries such as @ ROM101 and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 8. Flowering
66.04 cm
12 hrs
29 °C
6.1
Normal
45 %
21 °C
11 L
2 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 4 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 8 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 4 mll
Comments 1
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Here we are for another update on the Auto Sour Diesel, I'm actually a bit behind with the updates but things have been crazy with this global pandemic. This lady is in full flower and is now 26" inches tall. She looks like she's going to basically turn into one main cola with a few side buds here and there. She's already starting to show some great trichome production also. I also went ahead and did what I hope is her last defoliation to assure that all bud sites are getting adequate light. Well, that's going to be all for this week guys, so until next time fellow growers stay safe and healthy and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
Used techniques
Defoliation
Technique
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Week 9. Flowering
66.04 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
6.1
Strong
45 %
21 °C
11 L
2 L
45.72 cm
Nutrients 3
TriPart Micro - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Micro 4 mll
TriPart Bloom - Terra Aquatica
TriPart Bloom 8 mll
Cal-Mag Plus  - Botanicare
Cal-Mag Plus 4 mll
Comments 1
Mr_Weeds_Autos
Good Day Growers, Mr_Weeds_Autos here for another update on the Original Auto Sour Diesel from FastBuds. Since the last update, she's completely stopped stretching and has been focused on nothing but bud growth and trichome production. With several weeks to go, this is one frosty lady !!! It seems like every day I open the tent she has more and more trichomes. Now it's time for my favorite part of my diary... "S/O TIME"!!! That's right it's time to give a BIG thank you to @jigglypufff for following my diaries, and to all the many others it, means a lot to me for you to take time out of your day to show love, it is much appreciated. I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this global crisis. Well, that's going to be all for this week so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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Week 10. Harvest
Happy Harvest Day!
Sour Diesel Auto - Fast Buds
Spent 39 days
Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
27.54 g
Bud wet weight per plant
16.2 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
2.44
Grow Room size
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Night air temperature
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Lamp distance
Comments 6
Mr_Weeds_Autos
This plant along with my White Widow suffered from all of the other plants in the tent being larger and taking all the light. I was actually still very surprised to see that she was able to yield 16.2 grams, even with the lack of light and I also had issues watering the fabric pots, I normally go with plastic pots and this confirmed that I will continue growing in plastic pots they just seem to work better for me and my set up. I broke the plant down this time to dry instead of the whole plant and it took her five days to dry inside of my smaller tent. For what it was I am happy with the turnout and will be giving this strain another go but next time with fewer plants so I can do some LST and increase the yield. I would like to say thank you to FastBuds again, you guys really outdid yourself with the genetics for the Original Line. Well, that's going to be all for this grow guys, so until next time fellow growers and remember ..."Happy Growing" and "Free your mind one puff at a time".
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