FastBuds Northern Lights and Chemdawg

It's the beginning of Week 8 for the leading ladies and starting Week 6 for the AutoDevil project. The Northern Lights has had its last Grow Feed this morning and the Chemdawgs have both been switched to flower feed. The older Chemdawg girl is getting 5ml Advanced Nutrients Sensi Bloom A and B and a blob of Molasses. The younger Chemdawg Girl is getting 5ml Monkey Nutrients Bloom A and B as well as 2.5ml Monkey Nutrients Boost and PK/14/15 with the slob of Molasses. The 4th girls first 4 leaves are out but not fully established Shes not messing about just like her sister. I've been spending twenty minutes on a morning and night leaf tucking the monster in anticipation for the final Defol just before the feed is switched. The Chemdawgs didn't need Defol and I'm debating even bothering Topping the 3rd one. I want to see how she would perform without training for educational purposes. Just water between feeds but the monster is drinking 4.5l a day already... Crazy. Day 25 - Chemdawg Auto I topped this girl 7 days ago and each branch is wrestling for top spot as it stands the 2nd lowest branch is Topping the race for light which is a good indicator of a healthy plant as naturally the top branch should be reaching highest. This girl hasn't had any LST and having seen how her sister has responded to hers there was and is very minimal lower growth that would need access to more light so for now I'm going to keep an eye on her and see if some lower branches start gaining momentum worth training it out. This is quite unlikely as because her older sister is not taking up much surface area in the tent with full training I've decided to pop another of her sisters into germination and bring a triplet into the tent in the next few days. Since both the already established girls are looking to not need to branch out much I'm going to leave the youngest to grow and evolve strictly with Monkey Nutrients and no LST and see how it compares to the older girl on Advanced Nutrients with LST. Here's how she looks end of Day 25 20210224_220843-01.jpeg Chemdawg #2 - Day 38 Now I'm coming to understand this girl I'm starting to believe she's the little engine that could. Although she hasn't bushed out like the AutoBeast her node spacing from day one was so narrow and tight that I think for the newer girl I'll maybe top her a bit later after more modes are established to counter the minimal undergrowth having more canopy to work with could be something to note for my future endeavours when I spot similar characteristics early days. Still plugging along nicely although earlier in the blog I suggested she may have been younger because she wasn't as lively as the AutoBeast she is in fact further through her life its almost as though she skips Vegetation Mode and jumps straight into Preflowe For the LST addicts I'd suggest acting early to encourage it as opposed to later to allow it on this strain. I'll be leaving her to reach her harvest naturally with her Advanced Nutrients Grow and Bloom with Molasses then water in between feeds. The Engine That Could is really starting to smell like that now infamous Stardawg aroma but I've always found it doesn't matter how the stardawg strains smell it's all about how dem terps be hitting. So until this girl is rolled up into a RAW I still believe she is gonna do bigger things than the last girl in the tent as far as couch lock goes but I'm now loving every minute of growth. Heres end of Day 38 feed day tomorrow for all the girls. 20210224_220906-01.jpeg As you can see from the top down view the lower canopy has had full access to the light but just hadnhasnt wanted to compete for it and are already well into preflower after 5 weeks. I've got visions of tightly packed petrol fuelled Nugs of joy for this girl because of the dominant bully next to her she's having trouble getting the attention from the boys. Beauty is only skin deep so I'm putting my money on this girl surprising AutoBeast on her delivery as he only has eyes for..... Northern Lights - Day 38 The superlatives are starting to become more difficult to keep original for this girl because she is just an absolute fucking weapon. I'll start with something that @autobeast has witnessed for the first time in holding my hand with this grow. One of the branches has mutated and topped itself into two branches which apparently is very rare but looks very cool. I'm looking forward to when she's done to see just how fascinating nature can be I've seen a couple of finished plants with self topped branches and they look like siamese twins so here's hoping they both come good. Aside from that both the upper canopy and lower canopy are riddled with bud sites just waiting for a cola to start charging up with goodness. I'm spending 20 minutes about half an hour to an hour after Lights on and early evening when they're all giddy and ready for the day to do leaf tucking and allowing better light penetration to the lower canopy. Whilst I'm not sure this is having much of an impact its very therapeutic among a house of chaos and I just go in and talk to them. Was a difficult chat today telling them there's gonna be a new girl joining them tomorrow. I'm glad the cards fell as they did with 2 chem instead of 2 Northern I'd have never fit 2 Northern in the tent. I'm very excited to say that the last Northern Seed has been returned to @autobeast to see if I landed a golden egg seed or if the genetics are set to monster mode. Very much looking forward to that especially after seeing the latest Bruce Lemon Diesel Haul if you're not already check out his Threads for everything you need to know and more. Anyway back to the Northern Lights lady she along with the other 2 are fed Mondays and Thursdays with Nutes and the rest of time pot lift to water method has been used. Today was the thirstiest yet for this girl guzzling 4.5l of water in 3 1.5l doses. This is never a bad sign it's just a shame the water pressure in my gaff is awful so filling water bottles is an event to book in my schedule. The girls a few days into Preflower now and whilst the Northern twinge is there with a little stem rub the most pungent aroma is the foliar spray I have been using of 2.5ml BioBizz FishMix in 1L water. Smells like a Fish Tank Doing the girls the world of good and if not its doing no harm so as I now see Growers have little methods they swear by this is fast becoming one of mine plus it helps with the bonding popping in to spray them and compliment them a few times a day.