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Day 0. Its new adventure and it will be all 2021 long ;)
Mini series by FastBuds !
Take 1 - Strawberry Pie Auto
Seeds spent 24 hours in glass of water, later spent 24 more in paper towel.
Put them through such road only to be sure that all seeds alive.
They will spent next 24 hours wrapped in big bag under heating mat, no light needed yet. Will transfer them under humidity dome to main tent tomorrow, when Killer Kush are done they will go to theirs final destination.
Don't know how i will train them or maybe ill go simple way and just leave them alone to show off ;)))
Happy Growing !!!
Day 4. Its a funky run ...
The seeds that FastBuds gave me, i gave away ;))
My friend started totally new adventure for him and those seedlings was a good head start.
So to keep everything fare, had to reorder SPA's and took some LSD's for this summer greenhouse attempt.
2 out of 3 showed up really quick, third was dig up today, she is trying, if no luck - it will be 2 girls only.
Girls will be moved to smaller tent today and will keep up with 18 hours day.
First week i try to run 24, but those 2 - are quick runners, want them to perform in full, some rest will be good for them.
Happy Growing !
Day 9. Loosing to low humidity like crazy, cold outside, all heaters on and humidity is ridiculously low ....
One girl was fighting till end, but failed. Think my impatience and diging up reduced her chances as well.
Will try to plug small humidifier.
No feed till next week.
Hardest ever beginning ...
Day 12. Temps are back to diaries numbers, humidity sorted as well ! Girls recovering slowly, maybe i will get more than an ounce ;)))))
Happy Growing !!!
Day 16. New week, new worries... Slowly SPA#1 was recovering from pink tops influenced by cold nights (14 cel) when i decided to increase inside air circulation, while exhaust is off ( helps to keep high RH ) and girl was hit by wind damage ...
All noticed, sorted, but still constant step backs ...
Big dreams put into them and we will keep fighting !!! ;)))
Day 18. Girls stretching, recovering and looks like I will have to train them a bit later this week or on first days of next. Still just pure water, no feed.
Happy Growing !
Day 22. SPA#1 still curly, but both girls started to side branch and its perfect time for LST. Girls took it as champs, 6 hours later i am very pleased with result.
Now loads of bending and tieing will start.
Still no feed.
Day 26. Heavy training, no feed, last pure water after training, later pure boost for them ! Loads of branches got training, some bigger leaves got taken away, girls are on the way to final form with 8-10 tops.
Happy Growing
Day 29. SPA#2 is flying, #1 still curly a bit. Misting, tucking, tieing - thats all i do now.
Monday - first feed !
Day 30. Girls are showing sex like crazy and i think SPA#1 has some sort of genetics mutation, all leaves are patchy in colours and generally unhealthy, but she is FLOWERING already !!! I blamed myself, improved envoirment to almost perfection and girl still looks not right...
First feed - done !
Next feed - Silica Acid !
Happy Growing !
Day 36. One girl is shooting the sky other still have that unhealthy look, made my mind - its genetics and i can't do anything.
Girls got second feed, looks happy and hopefully will bring some nice flowers.
Took some leaves down, spread a bit, but most of work will be done next week, if i will dare ;)))
Last time used Root Juice, added Acti-Vera, increased Bloom and Heaven.
Day 40. After last feed, girls got small rusty spots on 4-5 leaves total, cut out cal mag for couple weeks.
Heavy training, its always tricky to decide what to do with Autos and i have almost no knowledge, but i have SPA Queen and Midget aka Margaret ;))) both different, but bushy, had to clear Midget really heavily and still loads future airbuds left, but maybe ... ;)))
Girls drink 3 liters every day, highest rate ever, but i relate it to most powerfull exhaust ever.
Some leaves on both plants got strange mutation, like leaf tries to branch out ... Never seen anything like this. But by height i presume it happend on first feed, late Root Juice aftermath ?
Happy Growing !
genetics , always genetics, my theory : you need to keep autos in vegetative to do any sort of training or genetics on them so then the plant responds by putting out three fingered leafs, some sort of statistical brings that characteristic up to a chosen survivor for mothering that then passes on the trait to seed plants and finally seeds themselves.
Day 43. Queen is reaching sky, had to move lamp one more time. Margaret is getting fatter, loads of mini colas and buds, really compact version of that strain.
Today - plain water, next watering they will get molasses tea. Then plain water and at the end of week - full blast of nutes !
To me it looked like top leaves of Queen getting bleached lightly, think i have just 30 cm left of height, let's hope she will be massive , while staying low ;))) Her structure is very stretch out, a bit too big distance between nodes compared to what i like or would want to see from perfect plant.
Day 46. Queen still has obvious light bleach, quantum boards makes your plants hungry for cal mag. Hope it and later silica feed will bring all to normal.
Both girls pack like crazy, really fun to observe.
Both looks to be not so far from 1g/W ;))) No third needed !!! Hopefully ... ;)))
Tomorrow they will get only third feed in theirs life ... Nutes companies would hate me ;)))
Day 48. Queen is super sensitive to Mag, second Cap-Mag feed and she burns again ...
Will go water, water, silica, water now. Will see how they look after this.
Girls still drink fast, there is no lockouts, but rusty spots tells everything.
I noticed that this strain don't need big feed, she grows nice when hungry.
Happy Growing !
Day 50. All magic is over ...
Me wouldn't be me if some stupid sh$t won't kick in...
Queen is damaged to bits, i sprayed both plants with Leaf Coat, thinking its some sort of disease , but now i think its a Calcium deficiency, how it happened and why its still a mystery for me. In 5 days plant went from perfect to almost dieing. Water consumption reduced twice, but they still drink.
Those girls were fed 3 times, after each they went just weaker and weaker.
Will have to try my last resort - big pots !
Next grow, i will increase pot size to 30 liters and will reduce feed to minimum.
Let's see how they will react. Will regrow this strain 4sure, while fans were off they started to fill room with such berry/sweet aroma, that i just can't accept failure !
Hope next run will be a lot cleaner !
From those mistakes i still try to extract something positive - in general, people say that damaged pistils do no harm to harvest. Left one top Margarets bud unsprayed, will observe and compare him to sprayed ones.
Day 53. Queen is Dead. Don't know how or why, but she just played Suicide Boot in 5 days ... First time ever, boy i feel it will be my Whole Life achievement to grew a HEALTHY one ;))))
Next time ! Maybe .... ;)))))))))
Happy Growing !
Day 59. Don't know how it happen, but again i can back trace molasses only ... Second grow and again "usual suspect" .... Lost... Fact - i take this feature out of my grows for a bit ...
On the other hand even Dead Queen is bulking up, loads of new pistils coming out and maybe Margaret will push half healthy till end ? Honestly, Fingers-Crossed !!!
Will do one more run, have two more beans left ...
If you would check my Zamnesia diary - they both were on same feed regime in veg and later in flower, other garden is just blooming.
That sweet fruity smell in tent gives hope for taste at the end of this painfull journey ;))
Only water till the end and whatever will be - will be !
Day 61. Cleared dead or damaged leaves, still only water , no feed. Queen smells so fruity, Margaret has Tangerine smell mixed in, this part is not do bad ...
Have nothing to add, only - next time will be better !!!!
Happy Growing !
Day 65. All kind of good. Margaret returned to drinking every two days, queen still needs 3 at least. They bulk up slowly and smell so fruity.
If anybody wonders what happened - i think its my screw up with ph balance whenever i feed molasses in. It happened two times and i will do empty pot experiment, will see how ph balaces with slow intake and sugars mixed in.
Hopefully not long , but by book they flower 9-10 weeks ...
Queen ,from stress, looks more matured, still half flowering to go ...
Happy Growing !
Day 71. So its perfect example of :
1. Photos with flash , can make your plant looks healthy, but they are not !
2. Never spray your plants in flower !!@@!!@! ( I did it straight before lights off. And its not the first time or tenth even ... )
Pushing girls on pure water and they are not so bad ... It means this strain is really forgivable with growers mistakes , i will regrow this strain in autumn or winter run 100%.
Smell is amazing, Queen is packing good frost as for damaged plant, Margaret is a bit behind and starving asf ;)))
Let's wait , weight, smoke and decide , was starvation a reasonable move or NOT ? ;))))
Day 75. Dead Queen is packing real frost, Margaret is just starting to show some ...
Checked trichs, 30 clear, 70 milky on Queen and most milky on Margaret ( she has almost none, just starting to pop up and it was big surprise maturity of them )
Think to push them 8 more days and its time to start Exotic Seeds veg for big tent.
This grow is last here , it will be my dry room and sometimes veg.
Happy Growing !!!
Day 78. Last week for them . Margaret is started to crystallise , but leaves fade away and it will be trim jail for my yellow leaves OCD ;))
Dead Queen is enormously crystally and will be really strong weed. Fruity smell is not so strong and they smell so Tangie now.
Happy Growing !!!
Strawberry Pie Auto by FastBuds
Grow expectation :
At first i wanted 80 g/plant, but from 3 seeds only 2 started, later i had huge step back with my mistakes and in my heart i dropped expectations to only 60g/plant.
Think i will brake it ;)
Dead Queen - 105 g.
Margaret - 101 g.
Grow report
Mistakes :
A. Two first weeks was fighting low humidity with negative pressure and most probably added overwatering to it while trying to correct... Fan speed regulator helped to sort too powerfull setup for beginning of grow.
B. Everytime i add sugars to soil, something goes wrong. Molasses is out of my grow tools. Have to recheck ph fluctuations with sugars inside on empty pot.
I fed them only 3 times through all grow. Girls are very sensitive to nutes, but loves training ! I will regrow this strain for proper experience and state facts, not "survivaling" options ;)))
Taste report
Chop day : Dead Queen is all about Tangerine, i grew not one version of this and at the moment she reminds it to me a lot. Margaret - boy !!! Overripen sweet fruits , almost to rotting , amazing smell. I can smell strawberry undertone.
Both girls absolutely different phenos, one was bigger and stretchier, made solid nugs and frost, other was short and loads of hairy small buds with not a lot of trichs to see, but supercompacked and stacked.
Overall rating
Fact, I will regrow this strain, hopefully without issues, You should try it too !
Day 82.
Its 81 day from seed touched soil ! If leaves would be healthier, i would run them at least one more week, but it is, what it is.
They spent 24 hours in darkness and now its Trim Jail !!! ;)))
Harvest Day !
Day 88. Tried bud from each, clearest weed straight from drying rack ! Only 3 feeds makes huge difference to harshness at the beggining. Still Queen is pure Tangie, can it be seed mistake ? ;)))
Day 89. Boy i am f@ckingly surprised !!! Heather - I love You, Your team, Your strains !!!! I still don't get how, but numbers are amazing, Thank You very much !!!!
Will update this diary as cure goes, but i feel so many nice words were unspoken, felt that FB will change my view about Autos - and they DID !!!
Amazing house !
Happy Growing !
@Fast_Buds, i spread the love a bit and had to buy new seeds, but all good and small tent is all yours for a year, aka 4 harvest ;)))
Thank You very much for all seeds !!!
Hope my runs won't make you cry or laugh ;)))
@iHateSativa, Job done, but now hardest bit, drying and curing ;) i changed my mind how crystally they are, sprinkle in dark like diamond on third day of dry, think will be better than i hoped after my stupid mistakes as always ... ;))))
@MrJones, stop it, you too kind ,) people make pound from autos ... i have quantum board , 240 w, 3000k, 301h samsung with osram far reds. Nothing special , but my first set of 3 same, just older 301b diodes and no far reds, always produced for clumsy grower 1g/w. This time i doubt ill reach 160, needed 3rd plant. Heather from FB suplied me for hole year, next run will put 3 plants.
@AsNoriu, I like to follow folks here and see how they are doing, this is also a social site, I have grown strawberry pie and am excited to see your results, we can all learn from each other! Cheers!
@MrJones, Sometimes MrJones i am getting lost : are you a biggest social attention addictive troll or most sincerest person in whole Universe ;))))
Thanks Anyway !!! ;)
@DoDrugs420, I did one more run ;))) planted 19 autos, one SPA was given to are friend with Cookie and one SPA I grew together with other 16 plants under 800 Watts. Both SPA's even in different environments ended up with 124 g each !!!! Imagine !!! Amazing strain !
@MrJones, TY MrJones, far from any yours, but they are bouncing back. Really strong genetics with not a big need for feed. Next time i will know ! Have a great Sunday !
@MrJones, Your optimism is inspiring, but ... They look awfull and that is pure my mistake somewhere...
Smell lovely tho ! ;) there is always BRIGHT side !
@MrJones, i always do !!! Its a pleasure for my eyes, which i don't want to forget to check out ;)) unlike my grow ... ;))))
Check my Zamnesia run, think you will have one more house to have in mind ...
But i will rerun FB SPA's till i get decent result from them. I just love to smoke all strawberries variations ;)
@MrJones, either something was lost in translation or i am too stoned ;)) its Strawberry Pie Auto by FastBuds.
Or you ask what happened to first 3 ?
Weeks old i gave away them to my friend for easy start of first ever grow.
@CRiSPrGrow, Watt per question rate ? - I dont know ...
What was the question - why mutation ?
Whats the answer ? - for most its genetics, for me - food aftermath.
Target ? - to understand WHY it happened ? and maybe How i can benefit from it ;)
AsNoriu
