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24h soaked in a water cup.
24h into a wet paper towel.
Then into the medium.
Started popping 24h later.
At day 6 from the start of the process, they are just now starting to open their cotyledons and show true leaves. I'll mark today as day 1!
Coco was pre-buffered for 16h in 100% dose of CalMag water.
For starting, we also added 10g of Kraken Mychorizzae per pot.
Added Silicate Powder by GHE 4g per L of nute solution.
Tents running a bit cold, at an average of 16C, so that's probably slowing them down a bit.
Day 1: All have popped, but Skywalker and Gorilla Cookies still haven't opened their cotyledons.
Day 2: Set up a tiny space heater inside the tent to stabilize temps at around 22 to 24C.
The watering vessel for the week is also kept in a thermos bag inside the tent so it maintains appropriate temperature.
16C air and 15C water was doing these seedlings no good. They have sinced showed improvement.
Day 4:
They all seem to be on a good path to success after we got the temperature situation under control!
Little Skywalker seems to be still struggling to keep up. It was our fuck up and I expect her to be a little runt of the pack. All good, it was a good learning experience.
Day 8: Upped LUX at plant tops to 13-15k.
They're all growing fine with Skywalker lagging a bit behind and Double Grape leading the race.
Seems we overcame the low temperature with the nano heater.
Day 10:
Skywalker was getting too much wind and got the classic clawed leaves. When we got the wind under control, she started to straighten her leaves real fast, which caused them to burst a bit 😂 now she seems healthy and ready to join her sisters.
Day 12:
Clipped the first set of leaves from Skywalker as they were super deformed, and she seems to have liked it and progressed quite a bit overnight.
Kicking off week 3!
Upped EC to 0.8mS/cm.
They're all doing well, with Skywalker still lagging behind and Gorilla Cookies appears to have manifested the Ducksfoot mutation. Curious to see how they turn out. 😁
Day 19:
Upped LUX at canopy tops to 30k.
Started LST.
Moved stunted Skywalker to the corner, she's getting about 15K.
The cold in the first weeks made her really drag behind her sisters and she doesn't take the same amount of light as the rest of them.
Shit happens, let's see how she pulls through 🤞
Start of week 4.
Had a power outage last night so they appear all droopy in the pic due to temp drops and RH rising.
All else is okay, besides Skywalker still dragging her ass. 😂
Day 25:
Let training loose for a couple days so they can recover and will reshape as the node branches get longer. They look a bit Frankensteinsish as of now, but I'm confident they'll get a good shape when the stretch hits.
These are growing much bushier and thicker stemmed compared to last batch, I assume due to the Far Red diodes and the Silicate Powder we've introduced into their feed.
A couple pistils here and there, as they're reaching sexual maturity.
Skywalker is back on normal growing pace, but at least 2 weeks behind her peers. Let's see how she turns out.
Day 26:
Gonna move the light up and reduce intensity a bit and adjust watering schedule to try and find why they're looking so weird.
Day 28:
It was definetly too much light. Dimmed QB to 50% at 70cm from canopy. They're slowly creeping back up. 🤞
Day 29:
Recovered from light stress, defoliated any dead/dying leaves.
Pray for the stretch! 🙏
Day 33:
Tied them down and pruned a bit. They're looking much better and should stretch significantly soon. 🤞
Start of week 6!
They've all recouped nicely from the light stress and are on their way to what I'm hopeful will be a nice stretch period.
Feed and environment is the same as last week.
Day 42:
Reset training anchors and pruned heavily. Blackberry is oficially into flower. ✌️
Start of week 7.
Blackberry oficially into early flower.
Cookies and Double Grape still in pre-flower, a bit a week behind, and no signs of flowering on Skywalker yet.
Upped P content in the feed a bit which will hopefully increase flower sites and stretch significantly.
Slowly boosting light every 3 days.
Day 50:
They've all broken into flower.
Upped P20 to 0.3ml/L and EC to 1.60mS/cm. Getting 65% average RH during the night.
Day 56:
Pulled Blackberry colas further apart, they were dangerously close. Canopy is very nice and even and should provide good results in full flower.
Pruned any leaves that overlapped.
Same process with Double Grape.
Minimal adjustments on Gorilla Cookies.
Oficially ditched Skywalker. She had little to no roots, was weak and pretty much dead for a plant at 50+ days. Have some Double Grape clones running just for kicks on SW's pot after removing her.
Light is at 75%+, 45cm away.
I'm not sure how much they're stretching from here, but we still have plenty of headspace for it. Overall it's looking pretty nice and organised, with Cookies being the one with the least desirable structure.
Start of week 9.
Maintaining feed from last week. Will inject some more K into the mix when they really start to bud up by next week.
Spread them further apart to prevent colas sticking too close to each other and pruned overlapping foliage.
Day 64:
Upped light schedule to 22/2, to combat low temps at night.
Moved things a bit so light is a bit higher now, at 53cm.
Introduced K20 into the nutrient solution.
Double Grape was a bit droopy today, unsure of the cause but will keep an eye.
Otherwise it's move a branch here and there, prune a leaf here and there and watch them go. Pretty much on cruise control from now on, hopefully. 🤞
Day 67:
Supplementing CalMag for the rest of the week for a suspected deficiency popping up on Blackberry.
Slowly increasing light intensity to see just how much they can take.
Pruning leaves ocasionally instead of all at once to avoid any further stress.
Start of week 11!
Did the last round of "major" defoliation, boosted K and slowly pushing light to 100%, under a 24/0 schedule.
We're still tweaking to see how far we can really push the light.
Now we play mostly a waiting game. 🙏
Final EC @1.80mS/cm for their final weeks into. Light at 100%, 50-53cm away.
We expect to harvest DG about 1-2 weeks after BB and GC.
Low maintenance from here on.
Day 83: Blackberry is fading pretty hard, lowers still bulking. GC is pretty fat already, but she has a bit longer por ably. Anywhere from 2-3 weeks for the two of them to finish (probably BB before GC), and not sure how long for Double Grape. Probably more like 3-4 weeks. Re-evaluating harvest time on a 3 day basis.
DG clone still vegging nicely. Still not sure how that works 🤷♂️
Day 79:
Today marks 1 month since we killed Skywalker and planted a DG and a BB clone in her pot. Look how different that DG clone looks from the mother!
Start of week 13! Still in cruise control.
Gonna do our best to strip Double Grape as much as we can cause she's waaaaay too dense..
Might harvest Blackberry by the end of the week, let's see.
Chopped Blackberry today, at 88 days old!
Day 90:
Trimmed a shit ton of colas that didn't have any lower node development. Throw Fs in the chat for us noobs that dwarfed her too hard and failed to to realise a lot of these colas were just one little bud at the top with nothing below. Live and learn!
Overall, great plant to grow, resisted troubles easier than others, didn't complain too much, smelled beautiful throughout and finished well mature and faded.
However, I gotta say this is some of the larfiest weed I've ever seen! You can see through most of the buds. Plus they are VERY leafy, with bulbs of very thick calyxes pushing through. To trim this properly, you'd have nothing at the end, so we left quite a bit of foliage still.
But again, she smelled amazing throughout, even through the dry, which is a first. Didn't lose punch at all. Smelled up the entire apartment AND the lobby as we were trimming. Not cool. But also very cool.
Smells of just DANK berries and wine. Very sweet, very fruity. Smells feminine, if that makes sense.
Smoke wise, with no cure whatsoever, I gotta say I'm surprised. I expected poor smoke quality and harshness due to the amount of leaves, but no. She is already pretty smooth. Smoke smells great too, although the taste is still underdeveloped, leaving just a lingering hint of berries when you're done toking.
High is very heady and racy, with full body functionality, if you know what I'm talking bout.
Doesn't seem to press too well for rosin. Or maybe we just suck at it. We'll try again later when we she cures.
Overall, I'd say I get why people bash on Fastbuds. I get why someone who has grown for years would be pissed at weed this airy. BUT, I a simpler man. Smells great, looks fantastic, smokes just fine and yielded pretty good for her size.
Will be growing her again, and also attempting half assed breeding to cross her with some chunkier strains.
If you're looking for beautiful plants, purple goodness, berry smells and decent yields at the price of density and bud structure, this is the plant for you.
Looking forward to cure it up. 👌
- Seed to Harvest: 88 days.
- Dry Time: 6 days @50-60%RH
- Yield: 36.5g + 10g sugar leaf trim - jarred at 62%, burping down over 2 weeks to 58%.
- Lights: Invisible Sun Ish150v2 Type R, running 18/6 and 24/0 for last weeks
- Medium: Coco&Perlite
- Nutrients: Bionova A+B, P20, K20, GHE Silicate Powder, Kraken Mychorizzae
- Total Tent Space: 2x3x3.5ft (60x90x98cm)
- Pot Size: ~ 4L Textile
- Plant Size: ~27cm wide by 26cm high
Overall, great plant to grow, resisted troubles easier than others, didn't complain too much, smelled beautiful throughout and finished well mature and faded.
However, I gotta say this is some of the larfiest weed I've ever seen! You can see through most of the buds. Plus they are VERY leafy, with bulbs of very thick calyxes pushing through. To trim this properly, you'd have nothing at the end, so we left quite a bit of foliage still.
But again, she smelled amazing throughout, even through the dry, which is a first. Didn't lose punch at all. Smelled up the entire apartment AND the lobby as we were trimming. Not cool. But also very cool.
Smells of just DANK berries and wine. Very sweet, very fruity. Smells feminine, if that makes sense.
Smoke wise, with no cure whatsoever, I gotta say I'm surprised. I expected poor smoke quality and harshness due to the amount of leaves, but no. She is already pretty smooth. Smoke smells great too, although the taste is still underdeveloped, leaving just a lingering hint of berries when you're done toking.
High is very heady and racy, with full body functionality, if you know what I'm talking bout.
Doesn't seem to press too well for rosin. Or maybe we just suck at it. We'll try again later when we she cures.
Overall, I'd say I get why people bash on Fastbuds. I get why someone who has grown for years would be pissed at weed this airy. BUT, I a simpler man. Smells great, looks fantastic, smokes just fine and yielded pretty good for her size.
Will be growing her again, and also attempting half assed breeding to cross her with some chunkier strains.
If you're looking for beautiful plants, purple goodness, berry smells and decent yields at the price of density and bud structure, this is the plant for you.
Looking forward to cure it up. 👌
Harvesting Gorilla Cookies on Friday/Sunday.
Double Grape will hold another two weeks.
Clone still going strong!
Will add post-dry pics on Blackberry around the weekend too. 😊
Harvested Gorilla Cookies as trichs seemed perfected and overall ripeness too! Pics soon. 🙂
- Seed to Harvest: 93 days.
- Dry Time: 3 days @40-50%RH
- Yield: 36g + 10g sugar leaf trim - jarred at 68%, burping down over 2 weeks to 58%.
-Lights: Invisible Sun Ish150v2 Type R, running 18/6 and 24/0 for last weeks
- Medium: Coco&Perlite
- Nutrients: Bionova A+B, P20, K20, GHE Silicate Powder, Kraken Mychorizzae
- Total Tent Space: 2x3x3.5ft (60x90x98cm)
- Pot Size: ~ 4L
- Plant Size: ~27cm wide by 26cm high
Sturdy plant, very thick structure, not very prone to LST and constantly fighting for main cola apical dominance.
Purple/magenta hints on buds, fade not too pronounced.
Didn't complain once about feed, but she took on a very dark green with thick leaves, so maybe she had a bit too much nitrogen for her liking.
Ripened very well at the end with the perfect amberness to our liking.
Overall density is nice, much much better than Fastbuds Blackberry and more similar to a Super Skunk I did earlier, but not as hard. Bag appeal 7/10.
On the nose she hints citrus, mixed with a sort of meaty undertone that overpowers the nose.
Even though the dry was short, she was jarred at around 68%RH, higher than what most would do yes, but it leaves me with a larger range for burping down, and as long as its controlled, mold shouldn't be an issue. She kept a good amount of terps, even if the dry only took 3 days, which I find surprising and good. This will probably elongate the cure so it burps out the excess chlorophyll and starches, but right now it already smells supa dank.
Taste is yet to be tested, but I'll edit this later.
Overall, good plant, good yield for her size, maybe less nitrogen next time and adopt other crop steering strategies instead of tying her down. Maybe topping would be more appropriate if she expresses such a desire for a big main cola.
Let's see how she cures 👍
- Seed to Harvest: 93 days.
- Dry Time: 3 days @40-50%RH
- Yield: 36g + 10g sugar leaf trim - jarred at 68%, burping down over 2 weeks to 58%.
-Lights: Invisible Sun Ish150v2 Type R, running 18/6 and 24/0 for last weeks
- Medium: Coco&Perlite
- Nutrients: Bionova A+B, P20, K20, GHE Silicate Powder, Kraken Mychorizzae
- Total Tent Space: 2x3x3.5ft (60x90x98cm)
- Pot Size: ~ 4L
- Plant Size: ~27cm wide by 26cm high
Sturdy plant, very thick structure, not very prone to LST and constantly fighting for main cola apical dominance.
Purple/magenta hints on buds, fade not too pronounced.
Didn't complain once about feed, but she took on a very dark green with thick leaves, so maybe she had a bit too much nitrogen for her liking.
Ripened very well at the end with the perfect amberness to our liking.
Overall density is nice, much much better than Fastbuds Blackberry and more similar to a Super Skunk I did earlier, but not as hard. Bag appeal 7/10.
On the nose she hints citrus, mixed with a sort of meaty undertone that overpowers the nose.
Even though the dry was short, she was jarred at around 68%RH, higher than what most would do yes, but it leaves me with a larger range for burping down, and as long as its controlled, mold shouldn't be an issue. She kept a good amount of terps, even if the dry only took 3 days, which I find surprising and good. This will probably elongate the cure so it burps out the excess chlorophyll and starches, but right now it already smells supa dank.
Taste is yet to be tested, but I'll edit this comment later tonight.
Overall, good plant, good yield for her size, maybe less nitrogen next time and adopt other crop steering strategies instead of tying her down. Maybe topping would be more appropriate if she expresses such a desire for a big main cola.
Let's see how she cures 👍
My GC gre a bit different, but u have me excited to try blackberry out!
I'm in love with Fastbuds but i'm excited to see how my Sour Gummy Bears from Meph turn out!
@MrHightimes, yea she's definetly a freak. Super thick hard leaves and weird bud structure. She's smelling very pungent though, and suuuper sticky. The Blackberry is just out of world, beautiful.
We got some Sour Gummy Bears too, from what I've seen, it seems like it's got some promising phenos too!
@DoobieWanCannabi, I know I know!
This week was troublesome. Got a huge RH/temp peak in the start, light was too strong so they were getting stressed and we LSTd a bit too hard. I'm just waiting on them to recover from the light stress to do a little pruning and remove all yellow/dying, or touching the soil leaves. Should be on to a much better week 5. 😊
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