Pineapple Express - FastBuds

GS2020 Hello everyone, my first diary for the community. This time Pineapple Express from Fast Bud. Week 1, with all the energy starting... grow up! With autoflowering, I always do LST for height control, but based on the morphology of this strain, I'm unsure whether to do it or not...

GS2020 Well, week 2 complete... The stems are already getting thicker. I'm using a pedestal fan in front to strengthen the stems. In my experience, the thicker the stem, the better the quality of the flowers will be.. Thinking about starting LST next week.. Cheers!

GS2020 Hey friends, 3rd week.. P.E 1 - 29 CM - It stretches and develops very quickly P.E 2 - 22 CM - A bit slower than her sister P.E 1, I changed the position of the pots to test if its growth is not being affected by the light location. LST was applied to both plants.

GS2020 Hey friends 4th week of veg Day 28. P.E 1 keeps stretching and P.E 2 is just starting to open up a bit, it's very compact. Besides the regular veg nutrition, I applied Wonderland Fungicide to solve the slight powdery mildew issue that appeared on P.E 1 on the stem and some leaves that I removed immediately. I also thinned out some lower shoots. It looks like flowering is coming soon.

GS2020 We're continuing with LST, you can tell they're transitioning to flowering, this was the last week of veg. They're stretching for space, especially P.E 1. So far everything's normal, a small appearance of powdery mildew is no longer visible, we made it! I keep a close eye on humidity to ensure it doesn't exceed 60% and avoid exposing them to favorable conditions for fungi. The next watering will include nutrients for flowering.

GS2020 Busy week, I applied diatomaceous earth for powdery mildew that reappeared and I had to prune several leaves from P.E 1. But since applying it to the substrate and as a powder on the leaves, it has improved and the annoying powdery mildew hasn't come back. Also, I took apart my tent and disinfected it carefully. The diatomaceous earth contains silica which acts as a fungicide. It also has calcium and magnesium. I immediately noticed that the plants have more vigor and look stronger.

GS2020 Hello everyone This week I only applied bottled water and mycorrhizae to complement the diatomaceous earth and the sulfur-based anti-powdery mildew treatment that I applied as a final preventive measure to complete the total disinfection process. This hasn't been entirely free of issues because some leaves got slightly burned and growth stalled a bit, but it has already picked up a good pace again. - Overall, the sanitization has yielded results; it's been 2 weeks without any sign of powdery mildew! - I see little presence of trichomes, but I assume that's normal due to the intense treatment I gave to eradicate the pest. I also switched from wool to wires for LST, which helps avoid spores in the wool. - I plan to fertilize lightly during the next watering. Cheers Good smokes!

GS2020 We continue!!! This week I did 2 waterings: Watering 1: Flawless Finish to clean up sulfur over-fertilization from the anti-fungal foliar spray in week 7. Watering 2: Flowering watering from CANNA and application of Knactive metabolic booster to mitigate the impact of over-fertilization and boost resin production, which was my main concern. The stigmas are already looking whiter, and the overall metabolism of the flower is showing improvements. Additionally, I filled in with substrate and to be sure, I applied 1 tablespoon of diatomaceous earth. Overall, the care has had excellent results. Cheers!

GS2020 The flowering keeps improving, the first trichomes appeared, and the special soft smell of the strain in green that had me worried is now noticeable. They look healthy and are recovering more each day.

GS2020 Week 10 - day 74, the flowers are still small. I checked the trichomes and there's about 20% cloudy, and they smell really good. The flowers are noticeably more populated with trichomes, which makes me happy. I still don't see the plants maturing. I plan to stretch the flowering as long as possible and cut at week 14 to give the flowers time to bulk up. I've seen other grows of this strain that go 14-15 weeks even. We're continuing with recovery treatment using Knactive via foliar and through watering the substrate.

GS2020 Week 11 - probably the last fertilization. The plants have improved a lot, the flowers have fattened up. A lot of trichomes have appeared and there's a delicious pineapple aroma. Improving metabolism due to a slight deficiency of calcium and magnesium :)

GS2020 We're still fattening up, slow but sure. Trichomes at 40% milky. Some leaves are drying out. The flowers are packed with trichomes that smell really good. P.E 1 smells like very sweet PINEAPPLE and P.E 2 like sour sweet PINEAPPLE. This week was the last strong feeding at E.C 2.0. Next watering with Finish Flawless. :)

GS2020 Reaching the end..... of the process... We moved on to FLUSH for the 2 plants P.E P.E 1 - Sativa phenotype = Smells a lot like sweet pineapple, has few leaves left, fattened up enough at the end of the process. P.E 2 - Robust and compact phenotype = Smells a lot like sour pineapple with a touch of earth, the buds swelled a lot, especially the apical one. I watered with Flawless Finish for the final touch. Starting E.C = 0.4 Ending E.C = 2.5 A new wash will be applied with just water in 3 days to ensure that the ending E.C drops a bit more.