Purple Lemonade

***** Week 1 November 18 to 24, 2020 - Days 1 to 7 from germination ****** Through germination and ready to go for another Fast Buds run👍😀 Lots of indica in this girl so will try and not compare to much against the more sativa dominants being grown at the same time😀 Little more daily detail........ Nov 18/20, Day 1 - - 150ml RO water with Microbial Mass @ 1ml/L Nov 19/20, Day 2 - - 100ml RO water. Nov 20/20, Day 3 - - 200ml RO water with Velokelp and Vitathrive @ 1ml/L Nov 21/20, Day 4 - - 300ml RO water with Sensi Grow, Sensi CalMag @ 1ml, Velokelp @ 0.5ml - her leaves have been very yellow last two days. - she is reacting well to kelp and getting some color back but still yellow. = used Sensi CalMag because N value is high and assist with giving her more nitrogen. Nov 22/20, Day 5 - 400ml RO water with Sensi CalMag & VeloKelp & Piranha @ 2ml/L = 600ppm and 5.8pH - she is getting greener but still too much yellow..... - OpticFolier Overgrow tonight or is she too young????? - no did not folier spray. Nov 23/20, Day 6 - 400ml RO water with Sensi Grow, Velokelp, @ 2ml, Sensi CalMag @ 1ml = 750ppm and 5.6pH - left the pH a little lower and the ppm higher to help get the nitrogen in her. - she seems to be a feeder so far....will keep ppm up for now and watching her leaf color. Nov 24/20, Day 7 - 300ml RO water with Sensi Grow & Sensi CalMag @ 2ml - she is still need more. Leaves are greener around the edges but still lots of yellow........ - she is a week now so I will spray with Overgrow tonight to help with getting her more green. Going to try keeping this online diary updated daily and keep all notes on Grow Diaries.......struggling to keep this site updated and thinking this might be a better avenue rather than filling out my own notes offline and then combing back to GD later in the week??? Try it out......no harm if for some reason the data is lost or deleted some how. Have a great week Growmies and thanks for taking a look.

***** Week 2 November 25 to Dec 1, 2020 - Days 8 to 14 from germination ****** Through the first week and moving on to the second 👍😀 She is working on her third set of leaves has been steady progression. She has not been growing hard but she is bigger everyday. She has been very yellow and it is taking roughly a week to get some colour back in her leaves. Will be feeding her hard this week. PPM will be higher than normal and see how she is looking by mid week. Only have a couple of weeks veg with autos so not a lot of time to wait and react.........already going a little slow possibly but don’t want to just load her with nitrogen either and then you have toxicity going into flower.......its all a balance😀👍 The folier spray should be one of the fasts ways to get her what she is after so will keep going down that avenue for extra PPM right now. It has been a long week of trying to get her greener without toxicity nor slowing her down..........its been not to bad😀👍 She certainly has some wide Indica characteristic leaves on her!!! Little more daily detail........ Nov 25/20, Day 8 - OpticFolier Overgrow is the only thing given. She received a spray in the morning before lights on and then she received another spray at night before lights out,. - It is helping and you see her getting greener. - Coco was still a bit wet today so chose not give watering today.......just foliar spray. Nov 26/20, Day 9 - 400ml RO water with Sensi Grow, Velokelp, Piranha, Sensi CalMag @ 1.5ml, Vitathrive @ 1ml - 750ppm and 5.8pH - she is still yellow so continuing to feed her harder for this stage. Nov 27/20, Day 10 - dry out day.......no watering today. - Spray with Overgrow again tonight to provide nutrients. Gave the tops of the leaves a good wetting. - She has reacted well to no watering yesterday and is perky all day today. - her leaves are getting wider and looking very Indica in growth pattern now. Nov 28/20, Day 11 - 600ml RO water with Sensi CalMag & Vitathrive @ 2ml/L - 450ppm and 5.7pH - more of a plain water but since RO added CalMag and added some Vitamin B to keep the stress down. - Foliar spray with Remo Nutrients today. Need more CalMag in here. 10ml/l of VeloKelp & Magnifical. After adjusting pH to 5.8 the ppm were 1500. - applying this one at lights out. Nov 29/20, Day 12 - no watering the roots today. - optic Foliar spray in afternoon and moved her to dim part of tent. - Remo Nutrients foliar spray again at lights out. Nov 30/20, Day 13 - she is nice and perky this morning so going to give her another dry out day and see how she reacts. - just going to stay with the plain water misting today. - she is getting her color.......its taking a fair bit but the green is coming out more and more.......as long as she continues to grow, she will be in nice shape nutrient wise for when she flips to flower👍 Dec 1/20, Day 14 - 600ml RO water with Sensi Grow, Velokelp, CalMag+ @ 1.5ml - 825ppm and 5.8pH - kept the feed to the basics for today. Will be adding sweetener and more microbes in next days as well.

***** Week 3 December 2 to 8, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination ***** She grew solid through week 2 and is looking good at the start of week 3 but certainly yellow moving into a really light green now. An increase in base nutes this week will help as well as her root zone is getting larger at the same time. Folier spray has been the main method of increased nutrients into her. She took the stronger Folier spray I mixed myself well and will continue on that path with this girl who is super hungry👍 Week 3 now so will be stepping up the amount of liquid she is receiving this week and ensure there is sufficient runoff coming off. This is where I am planning on the peat helping the coco and we minimize the pH drift in the next few weeks. No runoff numbers reviewed yet........this week. Increased water and base nutes and will also be giving her an increased amount of microbes this week as her roots will be more plentiful this week. Going to finish this auto run with Remo Nutrients and their supplements. LST is getting close as well. By mid week will bend her over and work on those side branches getting bigger😀👍💪 she is tall enough now for my style of training. Started bending her over initially on Dec 6/20. Finally did bend her on Dec 8 and pushed her a bit far and she has a small split in her now. A little scotch tape and we keep on going👍 Looking good Fast Buds.......she is pushing hard through through slight deficiency with nitrogen👌 Little more daily detail......... Dec 2/20, Day 15 - 500ml of RO water with Vitathrive @ 1ml, Microbial Mass @ 4ml. Dec 3/20, Day 16 - Dry out day. - The pots are wet and heavier.......give them a chance to dry out more and then give a nice a feed at 5.8pH with good run off numbers. - green is showing more on her tips...tips are up and she is happy. Dec 4/20, Day 17 - Another dry out day - the peat being added to the media mixture is noticeable compared to straight coco coir........the pots are heavier longer. - Have not been going hard with watering amounts so no run off numbers yet but need to verify. - need to see what’s going on inside the pot🧐 Dec 5/20, Day 18 - 1L feed of RO water with Magnifical and Natures Candy @ 1.5ml, Microbial Mass @ 2ml = 330ppm and 5.8pH - idea of this watering is microbes and her first bit of sweetener. - getting going now.......end of week 2 and starting week 3......need to kick up the ML's she is getting. - week 2 feed numbers with Remo Nutrients........going to do/finish this auto run with his full line: Dec 6/20, Day 19 - no watering today. - reduced the humidity in the tent a bit today and they reacted well to it.....57% - Overgrow foliar spray twice today as it turns out. First this morning and then again in later evening. - She was getting pretty yellow at new growth points. The green is coming back at the perimeter of the leaves and the lower the leaf the darker. - She is continues to grow strong but continues to show deficiency in color.........🤪👍😃 Dec 7/20, Day 20 - 2L feeding with Micro, Grow, N Candy, Magnifical, VeloKelp @ 1.5ml each = 800ppm and 5.8pH - the pot still has a little weight but with work life I have to feed her this evening otherwise it will be too long before I can feed her again. - Was thinking about bumping her feed up to higher ppm but went with this and see how she reacts. Dec 8/20, Day 21 - no added moisture today. She had a good soak yesterday. - She is up and looking healthy and happy. The green around the edges of her leaves is getting more prominent and she continues to show she is happy. - In real need of LST!!!!!! May still happen tonight yet. Nice looking veg so far Fast Buds😍........she has some wide leaves right now.......see how long it lasts😎

***** Week 4 December 9 to 15, 2020 - Days 22 to 28 from germination ***** We are going through what will likely be the last veg week for the girl....never know though😀 She is getting her colour back and when taken out of the tent mid week, she is darker than she appears in the light. Checking runoff numbers mid week, she is looking good overall as well. 6.0 was the pH runoff after 3 weeks in the medium so I will take that compared to the last couple of runs and battling pH drift in pure coco coir. During LST she had her main stem cracked and so she was taped up and we move forward. The crack was small enough and doesn’t seem to have caused any side effects. She has been stubborn and does not want to let her main cola come down further.......I am also reluctant to pull down as hard as I want because of the crack😞 Will deal with it but certainly would prefer to have her stem bent several more degrees. Little more daily detail......... Dec 9/20, Day 22 - 1L water with 0.5ml of Magnifical = 85ppm and 5.8pH - is intended as a plain water feed. Since RO water adding a bit of CalMag to it. - her pot was fairly dry and she has been feeding on the nutrients. Dec 10/20, Day 23 - Nothing today as the pot was still heavy. - continuing to give her some foliar spray and help darken her up. - keep twisting her stem and pulling it down.,....finally pulled a couple of frustrating leaves that were blocking other new growth I need to come along. Dec 11/20, Day 24 - 2L feeding with Micro, Grow, N Candy, Magnifical, VeloKelp @ 1.5ml each = 800ppm and 5.8pH - watered a little heavier to get runoff. - pull her out and check run off numbers. - 800 and 5.8 going in and 700 and 6.3 coming out😀😀😀 - I will take that for pH after the last couple of runs of straight coco.......pH numbers had been running around 7.6 by now.........that's why I added the peat to help buffer a bit better👍 Working so far. Dec 12/20, Day 25 - dry out day - basically left the auto girls alone today. - her lower branches are rising up and catching main stem.....she keeps popping up though and pissing me off😂😂👍 Dec 13/20, Day 26 - 2L watering with MagNifiCal @ 1ml, Microbes @ 2ml = 100ppm and 5.7pH - giving her a plain watering but since RO water added some CalMag and their allotment of microbes for the week!! - adjust LST on the girl again and was able to get further on her main stem today. - lower branching is catching up to the top and she is forming our bush.......just took her a couple of days. - she appears as though she is starting transition as well looking at her bud sites. - she is still a little light in the tent but when pulled out her colour isn't too bad. Not going get to crazy so kept her with plain water today rather than another nutrient feed. Dec 14/20, Day 27 - her pot was getting light in evening. - 2L feed with Micro, Grow, Magnifical, Velokelp, Natures Candy @ 1.5ml = 700ppm and 5.8pH - decided to keep going with Veg nutrients and giving her Grow still rather than bloom since her leaf color is not really dark and she still has lots of growth to come as she flips. - likely this will be her last veg feeding👍😀 Dec 15/20, Day 28 - she is feeding as her pot is getting light again today. - 1L RO water with enzymes Komplete @ 2ml = 45ppm and 5.6pH......chose not to adjust it. - enzymes to help clean up the root zone and timing it flower change and nutrients. - Light watering today to help with the LST. - Pulled her out of the tent and tied her down again. - Side branches are very pliable......time for Silica!!! That will wrap up the week for this girl and will move into her first Flower week at week 5👊👍 Add silica as an additive next week and start the flower additives very soon. Need to give a little heavier watering next week with plain water and some enzymes......help clean up the root zone and as we move forward and help avoid any lockout issues.

***** Week 5 December 16 to 22, 2020 - Days 29 to 35 from germination ***** The crack in her main stem is fine and she hasn't even really acknowledged it👍 She has transitioned this week and starting to set her bud sites. Pistols are starting to pop by mid week. She has her colour now and is pretty green, still some yellow but I am not going to chase that too hard right now at this early flower stage. Keep up the NPK and trusting she will fight trough it.......keep giving her the meat and potatoes feed😀👊 She took the LST well and was able to keep pulling her down further and even out her canopy more. She has one branch coming up the center that needs to be bent over. She has good internode spacing and is progressing very well. We are into flower now and she will start growing further over the next two weeks. Slow start working up the ppm levels over the next two weeks and slowly start increasing light intensity now.......getting close to half of her life for age now. Getting into the hungry teenage years soon😂😂 AstroFlower started this week for a PK boost as well as silica added to strengthen those branches and help them support the future weight👍 Little more daily detail......... Dec 16/20, Day 29 - dry out day to let the pots get really light. - want to make sure the pH stays in line so drying out a little more today. Dec 17/20. Day 30 - dry out day again. - she is looking fine but I really want to her finish everything in the pot and we give her a nice flower feed. - her side branches stems are still pretty pliable.........she is ready for silica as well!! Dec 18/20, Day 31 - dry out day yet again, last one. - bringing down the moisture in all of the pots. - she is going to sleep a little early...... Dec 19/20, Day 32 - time for some feed. Pot is really nice and dry today......almost too dry as I don't want to loose them microbes in the media. - 2L feed with AN Rhinoskin, Micro, Bloom, Magnifical, AstroFlower, VeloKelp, Natures Candy @ 2ml = 900ppm and 5.8pH. - She received her first PK boost today with AstroFlower. - She also received her first dose of Silica today. - Some lines say to use Silica in Veg but I have always waited until they flip because I am typically bending branches through veg. If I start making them firm too early, they are tough to LST😀👊 Dec 20/20, Day 33 - Dry out day after heavier feed yesterday. - She is looking a better color every day and glad I am not trying to force extra into her right now or would possibly looking at some toxicity issues. Dec 21/20, Day 34 - need to add some moisture - 2L watering with Magnificat @ 2ml = 200ppm and 5.7pH - more of a watering today with some CalMag added because RO water being used. Dec 22/20, Day 35 - dry out day again. - pots are pretty light in evening. Water again first thing tomorrow. - She looks good today. She four longer branches but she is building bud sites and her leaves are wide and pulled up.

***** Week 6 December 23 to 29, 2020 - Days 36 to 42 from germination ***** Week 5 was certainly a stretch week and she grew tall baby👊👍 She has been doing well with her crack on the main stem from early on and when I pulled her out you could hardly tell where it was. Perfect......because she has been growing hard she is getting a little uneven in her canopy but I have been watching how hard I pull on her main stem. Correcting the situation as best I can now but with only in 3 gal pots its tough to get out further on her long branches and tie them down. Could get creative with Bamboo and creating ties but those suckers are eye pokers and I don't use them too often. Will just deal with the potential difference in height and keep pulling her harder now that I can. Silica increasing this week as well now that we close to the end of being able to shape her lower branches. She needs the strength now to defend any potential pests and to growth thick stocks so she can support the bud weight. Since she has been going hard it was time to pull her out and start trimming some lower branches now. Yes she is an auto and many say to never remove leaves, never mind branches, but I do and want to allow her to focus on top buds. I will accept a potential decrease in yield but since I am already performing LST and working with more than one top.....a gain in one area can be offset in another without too much pain😜👍 Stripped quite a few leaves from this girl. She is thick at the bottom and in the last week her node spacing has gone crazy on the 8 main branches😲 I will trim the bottom as it just doesn't get the light intensity down below......even with opening the canopy up lots those sites are still 12" to 18" lower than the tops at this point. Her side branching is really thick and looking awesome. She is showing signs of wanting to grow some big buds😀 She will be able to support the weight at least.........really nice selection Fast Buds!!!!!!! Little more detail........ Dec 23/20, Day 36 - Feeding day today. Continuing with first weeks flower feed of 2ml/L. - 2L feed with Micro, Bloom, Magnifical, AstroFlower, VeloKelp, Natures Candy @ 2ml = 800ppm and 5.8pH. - add microbes again on the next feeding!!!! Dec 24/20, Day 37 - She was given 1L of feed left from yesterday (both her and Orange Sherbet.......J47 is on a two day dry.) - Her color is good but still quite yellow in the new growth points. - pull out tomorrow and clean up lower growth and check runoff numbers. Dec 25/20, Day 38 - 2L full feed again with the same 2ml/L feed as earlier in the week for all the autos. Added AN Rhinoskin as well for silica. - 1150ppm and 5.9pH going in.........pots were really dry and perfect pretty well. - Runoff was 925ppm and 6.1pH.........I can live with that at week 2 flower😁😁 Dec 26/20, Day 39 - 2L full feed again. Had mixed up 12L yesterday. - Added 2ml/L of Microbial Mass and Piranha = 1200ppm and 5.9pH. - The girls needed their microbe allotment as we get closer to the end. - Bacteria added to help keep some of the nutrients in the media as she finishes. - next watering is more of plain water and add Terpinator. Dec 27/20, Day 40 - pots are light again in the afternoon. - 2L watering with Magnifical, Rezin, and Microbes @ 2ml. Terpinator @ 3ml = 400ppm and 5.8pH - She taking the nutrients but backing off the ppm on this watering a bit. - noticing some clawing in the girl.....start of some excess nitrogen or environmental??? Keeping an eye on it👌 Dec 28/20, Day 41 - the girl is hungry so feeding again today with full nutrients. - 2.5L watering today, stepping up from 2L volume. - Full line of Remo, all 6 parts plus silica again @ 2ml = 1150ppm and 5.9pH Dec 29/20, Day 42 - another feeding in the morning today. Pot was really light. - 2L in the morning giving with same feed of 1150ppm and 5.9pH. - her colour change in the leaves is really popping out now. Bud is all purple but the leaves are turning purple as well. - noticing leaf colour is getting even to the other girls for green. No need to compensate any deficiency anymore......in fact watch over feeding now😀 - in the evening, 12 hours later, pots were pretty light so gave another 1.25L of feed that was left over for 16L mixture yesterday. - she had a total of 3.5L feed today......water tomorrow and not feed. She is doing very well at the start of the week. Canopy height is good but her node spacing has me concerned a bit. Looks like we are going to get some beautiful colours from this girl as her buds are purple already. Leaf colour already has a yellow huge to her........Purple Lemonade baby......on point!!!!.......nice work Fast Buds.......this strain is making a lot of growers go, DAMN she's freaking awesome😁😁😁

***** Week 7 December 30/20 to Jan 5/21 - Days 43 to 49 from germination ***** Week 6 went well overall and she got her colour back for the most part the last week. She is pretty green now and is looking good for the next week. In fact, watch the ppm going in now and keep it below 1,000ppm so we don't have issues flushing her soon. She only has about two weeks of feed left and then we will be down to water only........likely stop in the high 50's, maybe day 60.......we should be okay though......the last feed day just seems to come so quickly with autos😀 I love autos as they allow you to add variety to your smoke because they finished quickly........10 or 11 weeks idea typically. You really have to keep on your game though for the first 4 weeks........keep them happy everyday otherwise you lose veg growth😞 This girl has had some early issues with getting enough nitrogen and I am seeing some of those effects now, later on in growth, and her main stem is not as thick as I think it should be for big thick buds but she has grown well and showing some beautiful legs on her😁 She is week 3 of flower and for an auto flower and this is the week I typically hit them hard with nutrients and ensure they have lots of light intensity. Since she has been doing very well the last days this means I will keep a closer eye on her ppm, I don't think that I should break 1,000ppm with her......or not by very much as we hit her with the last bloom additives..........she is looking a nice green at the start of the week. I think that I will keep with adding Rezin from Green Planet Nutrients to help with trichome production and Terpinator for the terpene production. Keep up the CalMag this week as well and then start tapering off, same for silica. She is feeding hard at the start of the week and she is being watered twice a day now........she is finishing the 2L to 2.5L that stays in her media within 24 hours now. Therefore, have to watch ppm with that much liquid going into her😲 Her colours are popping on her obviously and she is certainly living up to her name. The main stems are bright green but I am noticing some purple on some, so ensuring I keep the CalMag right now. Her fan leaf stems are quite purple as well. There is obviously going to be some genetics at play with the colour but there is still signs of some stress there. Will continue to remove some lower bud sites from her this week but will keep the fan leaves where possible. She has some long branches and because the node spacing is so large she appears to be lacking some leaves for photosynthesis so I don't want to remove any that she continues to need......just take the bud sites so she can focus on the upper buds. Trying to minimize stress this will happen over a few days and keep an eye on how she reacts to their removal. She is looking fabulous Fast Buds and growing with a crazy amount of vigor and shooting out some long branches!!! Impressive so far😍👍 Little more detail........ Dec 30/20, Day 43 - she is looking taller again this morning😀 - Pulled her out quickly to test the weight of the pot and she needs watering again today. - The leaf colour is quite green now when you pull her out and look at them under natural light.......back off ppm next two watering's and keep CalMag, Terpinator, and microbes for now only. - 11:00am she had 2L watering with Magnifical @ 1ml, Enzymes Komplete and Microbial Mass @ 2ml = 175ppm and 5.7pH Dec 31/20, Day 44 - pots are really light this morning. - 2.5L feeding with Terpinator @ 3ml, MagNifiCal and Rezin @ 2ml Natures Candy @ 1ml = 600ppm and 5.9pH - pulled her out and trimmed off a fair bit of lower branching. Did it now before she gets too far into flower. - she has some long branches and those lower sites are getting a lot less light intensity. Trimmed off some lower bud sites and left some of the fan leaves. - It was actually fairly aggressive stripping so will keep an eye on her and see how she reacts......should have added some kelp and vitamin B to the feed but didn't😶 Jan 1/21, Day 45 - watering in the morning. - 2.5L watering with CalMag, VeloKelp and Vitathrive @ 1.5ml = 400ppm and 6.0pH (Had to add Terpinator for 1ml/L to bring down the pH......missed it so added something, too much pH up was added.) - They have been given a lot of ppm this week so backing off a bit and just giving some basics as using RO water. - She has some huge potential to yield but with her only in a 3 gal pot.......I feel like I shot myself in the foot and she should have certainly had a 5gal pot!!!! - Toxicity signs popping up......water only for at least next three days!!!!!! Jan 2/21, Day 46 - pots are dry and time for moisture again. - plain water only!!!!! She is showing signs of some excess from pushing them harder this week. - backing off and let her use some of the nutes she already has in her. - 2.5L water with Enzymes @ 1ml = 15ppm and 5.7pH - droopy in the morning........see how they look in a couple of hours. - closed the door to the room last night and temps in the tent were 97 degrees this morning.......they will bounce back but it definitely impacted them last night. - temps shot up closer to 98 range, pots were dry so no moisture for them, they were already starting to battle toxicity, and then a light on a timer kicked that shouldn't and the girls were under too much light for 12 hours!!!! Yesterday, they looked worse and worse and as the day progressed. - Temps dropped in the tent to 72 degrees, humidity dropped to 52%, lights turned down to just one 135W in the 3 x 3.........just let them play out the day like that. Jan 3/21, Day 47 - well F!!!!!!! What happened the night of Jan1/Jan2 was not good. F.....F.....F.... - pots still had a little weight to them this morning. Not normal for the last week......they should have been almost bone dry this morning! - Have two of the lights on dim today. Temps at 77 degrees and humidity at 57%.......trying to keep them cool and dark. - watered each girl with 2L plain water only. PPM was 15 and pH was 5.4..........lowered the pH a bit. - So F.......not much you can do damn it. Lots of plain water for next couple of days and keep them darker....... Jan 4/20, Day 48 - So getting over it and stop being pissed off, the girls were put in to dark spots and rotated the pots to reduce the light and stop the hurt😀 - Cooled them off 68 degrees for yesterday and the evening. Humidity was dropped to 50% and give some plain water. - She is pulling out of it. She has lost at least 12 leaves to the stress and the toxicities took over those leaves and dried them out. - All you can do is accept it now and work on keeping the rest of her happy and out of harms way and she is coming. - looking better today in the sense that the leaf tip curl is backing off and they are straightening out. - It is the very top of 3 colas that the most impacted......those that were closest to the lights. - water day to help keep them getting some moisture and keep them not looking for moisture. - 2L plain water with VeloKelp and Rezin @ 1ml = 85ppm and 5.7pH - they have not had a base nutrient feed this week.......just Terpinator, CalMag, Kelp, Microbes, Enzyems, and Rezin........unfortunate but have lost three days now to this light/heat issue....F...!

***** Week 12 - February 3 to 9, 2021 - Days 78 to 84 ***** This girl is, and all of the autos, still going. Anticipating doing the cut down this week,........a couple of days to go though. The light issues from Jan 1/2 had an impact and did slow down all of the girls. These girls should have been down a week ago already........still going though. Just waiting on trichomes to finish and show me a few more amber........there are a couple in there but looking for a couple more yet. This girl has a crazy good fruity smell to her......I really notice it moving her out of the tent and walking with her😍 She has filled out her buds and going to give a decent yield considering the light stress that hit then hard. They are not going to be the firmest buds I have grown but they are filming up and have temps down to 70 degrees during the day by weeks end. That is becuase I live in such a stupid place that it is -20F outside and has been for days.......F’n winter Fast Buds genetics.......always seem to pull through, even when challenged, and they really impress you when you don’t F up😂💪👍 🙏