***** Week 6 December 23 to 29, 2020 - Days 36 to 42 from germination *****
Week 5 was certainly a stretch week and she grew tall baby๐๐ 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 pain๐๐ 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 branches๐ฒ 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 buds๐ 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 flower๐๐
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 it๐
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 now๐
- 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 awesome๐๐๐
@PrairieFrostGrow, Agree 100% with ya on IG. Love/hate relationship, but when you tap into good company it gets pretty good๐. But ya, the phone only thing can be daunting ๐. Takes a long time.
Thanks brother ๐. Girls do seem happy and got noice and big. Not sure what phenos I'll be seeing, but I hope it's a good show. Med has started up again๐. Six on the go(?). Good to see man. And dude... I'm in that world too๐ ๐ . Hard to get out of the loop sometimes. I totally get ya. Haha!
Cheers! See you here, there, and everywhere man!๐
@JinksyGrows, Hey Bro........
Yeah.....we shared a year or so ago about IG and not really using it at that point.........things change๐๐ I am finding that I need to get used to that platform and start creating a bit of a presence. I like it and I hate it........I don't use my phone for everything in my life, I am not 20 years old as you know๐, and I like a real computer sometimes.
Your girls are looking good Bud......sorry I have been so wrapped in my own world lately.......promise to share the love soon๐ I have to get over to Med's diaries as well, looks like he is setting things on fire again and lots on the go!!!!
Later Boss.......thanks again!
This strain was the strain i choose for my noob winnings! i'm excited to grow it! been growing non purp strains to make sure i'm ready for em! so excited to see the color!!!!
Good Day @Canadamade420, Thanks for the positive comments Growmie!!!
Your visits are always met with a smile๐๐
Happy New Year and hope your buds are the best they have ever been in 2021๐๐
Sorry for the delay on this one but damn!!
Those purps look amazing! So awesome to see DYNOMYCO in the mix helping to keep those roots boomin' and buds bloomin'.
Enjoy ๐