First Grow

These girls took off strong on week one. The seedlings have popped out an emerald green color that makes me excited to see these babies grow. I've continued to water when dry but only close to the root zone.

These little girls exploded week two and I started side pulling 3 of the 5 babies. Two seem to be very different in pheno types. One is smaller and broader while the other is thin slow and maybe looks like she might die. But we'll grow on and see what happens.💪👌💨

Week three these plants looked vigorous enough to begin adding nutes. I did a light dose big bloom and grow big. Plants took pretty well to nutes. I just gave phd water to the runt because it looks like it cannot handle nutes without burn yet.

This week I continued training and tying down branches. I want them to be bushy as possible. I also upped the nutes and used some sledgehammer to flush out the spent nutes. I still haven't trained the two weak links. The bushy pheno is growing good and hearty but also a little slow, so to reduce stress I skipped training on this one. The small runt of the litter got light nutes this week and no training.

Wow these things really took off this week. Preflowers are popping up all over. I'm continuing this week with one more dose of nutes before I switch to flowering nutes. Pistols are popping up all over as well. The bushy pheno has blasted off and seems quite healthy now. The small gc runt has grown up a little and I think it's just going to be a smaller plant. All of these girls are beginning to show signs of flower. Can't wait to see what the next few weeks bring. 💪👌💨💨💨 Update : mid week 5 the plants have exploded with what I think is the final growth spurt. I've defoliated lightly and will finish out the week with only phd dechlorinated water. Now it's time to pack on the nuggiez. Happy growing 🤟🤟

On week 6 I started blooming nutes now that I have seen beginning of flower and tiny buds popping out. I gave a good dose of open sesame, tiger bloom, and big bloom in the first watering this week. Will ph water 3 times before I nutes again unless my girls are looking super hungry. And oh damn the smell. My tent is starting to wreak of gas And sweetness. I can't wait to watch these buds fill out and beef up! 👌💨 Week 6 and these babies have gotten quite big in the last week. These gorilla cookies almost double in size. Fastbuds does something right when picking their genes. This is my first autoflower but dang things are rolling along good. The smell is exploding out of my tent. The small beginning buds popping up everywhere make me feel confident about the potential yield from these things. 💪 👌💨💨

At the beginning of week 7 these girls started exploding with buds and trichomes. 3 of the phenos are pretty dang large, one is thick and packing on crystals, and one is just now starting to flower. 4 of the 5 are super frosty, covered in crystals. Not much smell yet, it's pretty faint but it's soon to come.

Week 8 and one of these girls are beginning to fade purple and pink at the tops. The buds are starting to fatten up and we're cruising from here. I began week 8 with a feed of nutes phd to 6.3. These are really pretty plants and turning out to be some monsters. A couple days into the week and the tent has started to wreak of sweetness and dank. Can't wait to see how these babies turn! Happy growing 👌💨

This week one of the plants has really began looking tropical and the smell is danker by the day. It wreaks of fruity gas in my tent. Everything is basically on cruise control from here. Two of the plants look ready for a flush while the others are a week or two behind. One of the phenos is a good bit behind and was since day one but looks like it will yield a good bit. 🍻🍻 Mid week: I spotted few amber trichomes and started flushing on two of the 5 girls. One is way behind and two are maybe a week behind. 👌💨 Ready for these beauties to finish😍

This week the resin production, smell, and appearance has increased significantly. I have began my flush last week and will follow threw until next Saturday, which will be harvest day for 3 of these bad girls. The runt has exploded the past few weeks and is a little behind but also may be a heavy yielder as well as now purple calyxes are appearing on all buds. Maybe a bit slower but I'm excited for this pheno. Happy growing good luck 👌💨👌💨 Mid week: damn after spotting amber, ambers popped out all over but at the end of the flush for the two that will be harvested this weekend, I'd say they're 90/10 milky/amber. I couldn't have flushed at a better time due to me wanting fewest ambers possible but still have ripe nugs. Damn these have finished off pretty vibrant and dank. Cannot wait for the smoke! 🤠🤠

So at the end of last week I put two of these girls into the dark for two days before I chopped. This week In the tent it wreaks of sweet fruity dankness. Two of these are maybe a week behind and have dark purple leaves and one of them are a few weeks behind with purple calyxes. On the two plants pulled from the tent, both look like I will have next to 0% larf almost all buds are bigger than the golf ball size buds that fastbuds boasts. Idk what to expect on the yield but I'd be happy to have 2 oz a plant if the buds are as dank as they look and smell. Happy growing 👊

This week is just cruise control for now. I pulled one more of the plants out into darkness and I'm left with two gsc in my tent. One of the remaining two is weeks from finishing but is definitely going to yield significantly more. The smell wreaks of tropical dankness. The first two plants I took out of the tent are still drying in the dark room with 60 degrees and 60 %rh. Happy growing 👊

So by now I have harvested two of these bad girls and have two hanging to dry now. The last one standing is so fat and dank looking. It is loaded with purples reds bright green and trichomes. Going to continue with water until harvest 👍🤠. For the two I have harvested they were relatively small compared to the rest of them but the first yielded 2.5 oz and the next yielded 5.5 oz. They are in jars curing now will show pictures with final harvest.

This girl was the last of 5 gorilla cookies I didn't think it was going to be impressive due to it being so far behind the other plants but damn I was wrong. She's purple pink lime green and really packed on the buds and density more than every other plant.Hate I have to take her out of the tent but harvest time is soon. This was cool plant I'll definitely try gcs again at some point. Im putting her into dark tonight and will update whenever they're all dry. 🤠

Here's to the end of this diary but each of the girls got chopped after two days of dark, hung in 60% rh and 60 degrees for 12 days before dry trimming and putting into jars to cure. So I'm not sure if I was that lucky or if fast buds is that good but I ended up with a pound and three ounces of beautiful delicious nugs, minimal larf, and all of my friends and family love the stuff. I will definately be growing fast buds again but I will be trying a different strain next time. Fast buds has a lot to live up to if I'm comparing to the gorilla cookies so hopefully all of their strains are this dank and delicious😋. Happy growing 🍻🍻👊