Speed Bud Auto (LST vs Non) Winter Grow

Seedling shot out of the ground and got pretty leggy but are growing good now in the sun without more stretch.

Were about 5 inches when I transplanted them, I buried the stem pretty deep since they were leggy, hopefully they will turn into roots. Both seedlings are looking good. I plan to LST one and leave the other wild to see how they compare, but that'll been in a week or so.

Growing pretty slow, hoping they'll hit a stretch soon cause this is supposed to be a quick strain. Gave it Cal-Mag and Grow nutes for the first time this week, that should help.

Had some heavy rain last week so I didn't water at all this week. These 2 are growing pretty slow for a fast strain, might also be transplant shock and not getting enough light in the winter. Either way I see grow and am hoping for a grow spurt soon. I did spray them with some Monterey BT since the plants next to them showed some pest damage, sprayed these two just in case.

Still not seeing much growth nor the stretch I was hoping for, but I'm also not seeing any signs of flowering yet either and the leaves are looking good. Hopefully they will grow a bit more in veg before they start to flower.

These Speed Buds are starting to flower. They are not as big as I would've wanted but they are also not as small as I thought they'd be. I was going back and forth on wether to LST one of them or not and finally decided to do it mid-week. I know it's not ideal once they're on flower but it seems to have taken it pretty well. Not expecting a huge yield from these two but I'm glad I didn't cut them down, the thought did cross my mind when they were going very slow.

Speed buds are looking good. Rained a lot this last week so I didn't water and only slightly adjusted the ties for the LSTed one. I'm happy with their growth and the stretch they had before flower, I just hope the rainy/cloudy days would set them back too much.

We got hit with a rain storm with very strong winds, up to 50 MPH for three days that hit all my plants pretty hard, but these two did better than the others. The heavy rain also means they still haven't gotten nutrients, that's about two weeks now, they look ok but I think they could use bloom nutes before they do show a deficiency and since they had received very little bloom nutes before the rain. Both have wind burn and damage on the bigger fan leaves but they are still looking good. I sprayed another plants with Monterey Spinosad for leafhoppers on Wed and sprayed these two a little just in case they had made their way over to this plant. I went for the nuclear option because I wasn't sure how bad it would be after so much rain and for many days I couldn't properly check them. Now I think it was mostly wind burn cause of storm was really bad. Despite the wind burn, I think they are doing well and are finish strong.

These were doing really well after the storms, unfortunately I snapped the stem while LSTing one. The stem seems to be reattaching, hopefully it doesn't set the plant back to much. Edit: I ended up topping her so she can put energy on to growing instead of reconnecting. I figured she's early flower so it'll be fine. The non trained plant is doing great though, big 9 point fan leaves. I also built this grow table out of an old bed frame and moved all the plants to another part of the house where they're getting more sun, I think they've responded well to it.

Another great week for these two. The LSTed (and topped) one bounced backed nicely after last week and those budsites are looking real good and hairy. I'll stop LSTing this one soon though. The non-trained one is just text book. It's has few fans leaves but the ones it has are huge and the budsites are easy to pull out. I'm trying Flower Fuel from Elements Nutrients, hoping it'll give me nice fat buds.

A good week for these two. They are both flowering nicely is a bit slow, but winter grow so that's fine. I'm really impressed with the height of the non-trained plant, it's one ince shorter than my Haze XL, though not as far. The LSTed and topped plant look great too. I didn't re-tie and I'll be removing them early next week to let it grow freely. I've been having trouble with some gnats it looks like. So much rain it's been hard to keep the rest of the garden dry and they've been moving. I placed a yellow gnat trap though and it's been working great. It's hasn't been a quick strain but I am happy with it and I think they'll fatten up nicely.

A good week for these two. The LSTed one is looks like it's gonna stay small, and probably be done weeks before the other one. The non trained one is huge and just keeps fill out with branches and budsites. I'm still giving them fertilizer, so I'll probably keep giving them until I run out. My next grow is gonna be a living soil grow with KNF inputs which I started to make already. So I have these two the curds of some LABs I made, which are good in flower and the bacteria will help them absorb the nutrientes in the soil. I also foliar sprayed the non trained one and it responded well. I might be giving them some fermented fruit juice soon.

Another great week for these two. The non-LST one is tall AF and fattening up real quick. Not too much of a smell but it's developing nicely and looking like a big yield. The LST is staying small but I hopefully will fatten up by harvest. The leafs are looking a little dark green so I thinking of giving her a little flush to remove some nitrogen from the soil and give her a good dose of bloom nutes. I've also be making KNF inputs for my next grow but I'll be using them with these as well. LAB serum will help them uptake the nutrientes they need, I'll be using some other inputs next week that I just made.

Both of these are looking close, with the LST one closer. At the beginning of the week it appeared that the LST had a deficiency or make it was Ph fluctuatations, either was i gave it a small flush with pH water then I gave it probably it's final dose of FF nutes. The next watering I gave it KNF flower inputs as well as a bit of compost extract and SST I had made for my other grow. By the end of the week it wasn't looking any better on terms of the deficiency but it did begin to show a good amount of amber trics. I'll wait for those to mature a little more before the chop, but I think it'll be by the weekend. The non-LST got the same nutes minus the flush. This one is also showing some amber but less, and it still had a significant amount of white pistils that I'd like to darken and curl before I chop but I'll go by the trichomes. I have maybe one more serving of tiger bloom that she'll get before changing both them over to just Phed water, maybe some KNF but idk.

I was really impressed with these Auto Speed Buds. They were super easy to grow, resistant to bugs and other stuff. Although not sure fast, they still finished two weeks faster than the other strain I was growing. I'm glad I got a 10 pack of these, will definitely be running them again. LST Plant: 12 Grams (expected because of the snapped stem). Non-LST: 30, was expecting a bit more but they are nice and dense nugs so I'm still happy with it.