I'm Back! (Sponsored by FastBuds)

| FORWARD | Hello there my friends and those new to my channel! I have exciting news, my first sponsored grow here on GD has begun! :) Before getting into the nitty gritty I’ll update you on my absence from Grow Diaries and the Discord I started. My mother was fighting triple negative cancer that metastasized and developed more than 16 masses in her brain. I feel that my last year with her was important, and since I was her primary caretaker I didn’t have the time or energy to update GD or Discord. It’s been a hard year so far for many reasons, one I don’t have to name which you’re all familiar with. I’ve handled all the business I’ve had to and processed the passing of my late mother. I want to say thank you to those who supported me through this time, sincerely I thank you all. Now that I’ve given you an idea of my absence I’ll get into what we’re here for. First things first a huge thank you to Heather from Fastbuds going the extra mile and accepting the sponsorship for this grow, normally you have to be an active member here on grow diaries to receive sponsorship. Thanks again Heather, you made this happen! What a way to start rolling back on GD :) | WEEK 3 UPDATE | My last computer failed on me so I had to make a new one, took a bit of time to save up the money so I ended up a bit behind on my update to GD. I was sent four strains from Fast Buds, Purple Lemonade, Wedding Cheesecake, Orange Sherbert, and Stardawg. Now unfortunately the Stardag didn’t make it passed germination. The others had a ⅔ success rate which is passable, especially since they’re vigorous growers. It’s only week 3 and seeing good signs with these girls. I’m growing some photoperiods and clones to make a comparison on how autos grow since I’m new to auto genetics. | PURPLE LEMONADE | The Purple Lemonade is the tallest and most consistent of the 3 strains. They’re about the same height as my pure sativa landrace Maui Wowie that’s a week ahead. This is great to see, I’m surprised how consistent the growth rate and features are with the PL, if I didn’t know better I’d say they’re one in the same. This consistency shows how well this strain has been stabilized before sale. Well done FastBuds! I can’t wait to see how these two lovely plants mature. | WEDDING CHEESECAKE | This strain is expressing bushy, stout growth so far. I’m impressed with how filled out WC 1 and WC 2 are. Though there is a difference in height, I’m assuming that I got two different phenos expressing themselves. WC 1 is almost as bushy as my Afgan Landrace, good sign. I’m curious what the terpene profile will be in late weg during the transition to flower. I’ll keep an eye on these two. | ORANGE SHERBERT | Orange Sherbert is expressing two phenos like the Wedding Cheesecake I mentioned above, and about the same growth and development. At this time I can’t tell if it’s the ruderalis donor or the way they were bred and selected since these strains look so similar in these early weeks. I’ll find out in about 2-3 weeks once they fill out more and start producing terpenes for a stem rub test. | STARDAWG | Like I mentioned above in the forward the seeds I received were not viable, one was underdeveloped and had an indent on the side. The remaining two were small and pale, a sign of immature seeds. I’m not too worried about it, though it would be nice to test this strain at a later time since this is the one I was looking forward to the most. | SUMMARY | It’s been an interesting 3 weeks so far. The PL started stretching the past week and I assume will only grow taller, LST may have to be used to limit height. As for the others I’m happy they are full and vigorous, The strong survive. I’m looking forward to next week, by then I will have a new intro for my vlogs unique to the FastBuds sponsorship, thank you for your time and stay safe out there! Meus