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31.01
Started germination on 6 fastbuds strains.
Tried to germ the Pineapple express twice before already unsuccessfully, we'll see if she wants to live this time round. 😂
5.02
All seeds have tapped except one (I think the diesel) but unfortunately I muddled up the seeds and labels so guessed which was which.
The (perhaps) sour orange has two tap roots. Going to grow them together anyway and see what happens.
All seeds have gone into coco pellets soaked in mild Rootjuice solution by biobizz and are under the 80w cfl.
Monday 8.02
Day 1
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Got my new kit from mars hydro today.
Mars tsw2000 grow kit
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great deal is this bundle, came with everything needed to start a perfect grow.
1x 120x120x200 tent
5x fabric pots look to be 10/12 litre
1x tsw2000
4x rope hatchets
1x 6" intake fan
1x 6" carbon filter
6" ducting (lots)
1x temp/humidity display
1x light timer (analogue though)
1x fan speed controller
1x scrog net also
Super Soil recipe.
Clay pebbles for the base of the pots
Live worms in the mix
60l of good quality, ph neutral peat mix
20l homemade composted soil
5-10 kg perlite
300g Life cycle
300g Worm castings
200g fish, blood, bone mix
200g bat guano
300g kelp meal
200g sulphate of iron
200g sulphate of potash
200g epsom salts
200g superpotash
60g dimantious earth
Water with molasses and leave for as long as possible meaning 2-6 weeks being minimum, some of these products take up to 2-3months to become active but that's OK. This soil mix was mixed last week and we still have two weeks of seedling stage to get through 🌱👍
So as most have sprouted now we're going to call this day 1.
10.02
Day3
One seed hasn't Germinated and one seed is still struggling to pull up but her root is digging down.
Seperated the conjoined twins.
Lights on 50% at 40/45cm
Thursday 11.02
Day 4
Put the seedlings into their second home. So we can start watering, feeding and raising that humidity up. 👍🌱
15.02
8 days
8 days old today and looking good. One seed was dropped a few days later to replace the one that didn't germ, same strain (hopefully).
Temps and humidity are on point, need to run the heater blowing into the intake.
The light is doing well, got it on 70% at 45cm away.
16.02
Day 9
Decided to reduce light intensity to 30ish% same distance.
Looking forward to seeing some quicker growth and then putting them into the 20 litres pots.
18.02
Day 11
Decided to put these girls in their final home with plenty of dynamyco, a bit earlier than I normally would, but was a bit scared and anxious as they're autos and I want to give them the best start possible.
20.02
Day 14
Looking good, one seedling looking a bit sad, but I think she'll pull through.
Monday 22.02
Day 15
Starting to see some growth now even on the smallest one in the middle.
Been moving the light up an inch or 2 every couple of days, at the moment it's about 38 inches. Lights on 60% power. Just feeding with mild root solution. Will start feeding molasses soon too but not too soon.
Tues 23.02
Day 16
Only been 2 weeks and these girls are looking healthy, even the Pineapple has produced some normal looking leaves now.
26.02
Day 19
All plants are looking healthy so far. Can't wait to see them boom🌋
Sat 27.02
Day 20
Looking great so far, going to water tonight or tomorrow 👍💦🌱
1.03
Day 22
Pinch, punch, First off the month. Week 4, day 22. Knocked up a little folia feed today and Watered with nutes, maybe this soil isn't as hot as the last or some of the ammendments just need a bit more time to do their thang. Either way, I can see this autos need a little boost other than molasses for their full potential.
All plants are looking at being roughly the same size currently with very similar leaves which is good. Healthy colour, just need more vigour but I know the book time is coming probably this week!
02.03
Day 23
Added the yellow fly paper as I noticed a few buzzing around.
Lemon pie is the biggest plant so far at 15cm, the others are all equal in size around 10cm tall.
Internode spacing is very tight, will monitor closely to see if I can do anything about that or just wait for them to stretch.
Raised the light slightly and cranked her up to full power 100%. Will see how the plants react to that.
Wednesday
03.03
Day 24
Now these girls are taking off, must be the nutes, going to give them another nice feed next watering with extra food and see how they react.
They seem to be handling the light on 100% quite well.
05.03
Day 26
Upped the ppm to the 800/900 Mark now, will see how they react to that, the last feed was 350 ppm. But don't want to be feeding often, I will be topdressing when all 6 have started flowering.
08.03
Day 29
Plants are all beginning to catch up to their expectations now. Must have been down to lack of nutrients, so will keep on feeding them the good stuff.
09.03
Day 30
Plants are showing signs of over feeding now so, I was wrong and will back off on the food slightly.
Added a homemade Co2 generator composed of yeast, sugar, tomato and water.
12.03
Day 33
Looking better now, still very tight node spacing, so reduced the lamp% to 75% again.
Just water today and probably from here on out. These strains are meant to be xxl so they must do it all in the stretch.
Monday 15.03
Day 36
Now we're growing cannabis! All plants have grown beautifully despite the cold temps and previously slow looking growth.
In very happy to watch these plants grow at a steady pace and begin to stretch now, think I have the new marshydro tsw2000 light dialed in and there should be plenty enough nutrients to see them into early flower.
Can see pre flowers on the Pineapple, jack herer and orange sherbet.
I have a feeling all these plants are going to stretch massively, still debating whether to add a scrog net or not.
Tues 16.03
Day 37
Did some light lst work on the main colas. Watered, just water.
Friday 19.03
Day 40
Plants are looking fit and healthy. Growth is accelerating now.
No need to water again yet.
No need for nutes either.
22.03
Day 43
Plants are looking goooood.
Pre flowers are visable on all plants now. Looking forward to see the next stage of growth! Light is on 100% power now.
Tues 23.03
Day 44
Bud sites! Honestly love watching them go through this phase, especially with 5 different strains and the potential mix up of seeds early on makes this even more interesting!
Thurs 25.03
Day 46
Plain Water. Check
Light distance. Check
Light power. Check
Bud sites. Check
Healthy. Check
28.03
Day 48
Watered last night, plants are looking super healthy, very happy!
1.04
Day 55
Second week of flower, stretch is still very much undergoing. Lots of lovely bud sites, end of next week will be a major defoliation and a little pk boost.
Watered today, no molasses, just water. The malted barley has added some nice mold and food for the microbes, not all mold is bad 👍
Removed the humidifier, and added the dehumidifier to keep humidity below 65 at the moment.
4.04
Day 58
5.04
Day57
Day 1 week 9. Flower Week 3.
Plants are looking healthy over all. Gave a boost of nutrients to the medium.
07.04
Day 59
Watered and defoliate today, thirsty plants these are. Lollipopped too.
9.04
Day 61
Plants have doubled in size in the last 6-7 days!
Really excited to see them flower now.
Looks like they enjoyed the previous feed but more than likely should have enough nutrients in the medium now too see them through to the end.
Monday
12.04
Day 64
Did a huge defoliation of 75% of the big fan leaves and all the tiny branches down below. Will do another one next week.
Still feeding with just molasses, they're getting huge now! Really big and 6 plants is definitely too many for this space, 5 or even 4 would be happier.
Didn't take a pic of the twins but I think they may be the lemon pie and not the orange sherbet, they show much more indica resemblance than the other one.
Sat 17.04
Day 69
Did another defoliation and moved the jack herer to a seperate area, there just isn't enough room and she looks like she wants to be closer to the light, praying leaves, budding well.
21.04
Day 73
Watered yesterday with molasses and cal.mag. These plants are taking ages to flower up!
Had to raise the light and turn it back down to 75%! They look much happier now for it though.
All nice dark green colour with leaves pointing up 👍
24.04
Day 77
Last day of the week tomorrow.
They all need watering tomorrow.
Noticed some leaf tip burning on the upper growth. Could be light, could be nutes. Raised the light another inch, running at 60-70% power. Think I'm gonna stop with the molasses and top dress with silica, kelp and guano once more, heavier on the pk obviously.
Needs one more heavy defol on all plants.
25.04
Gave another massive defol and tied a few stems back, broke 2 on one plant, I hope she recovers🤞Watered all plants about 2 litre each. Still trying to find the sweet spot on this light, one plant is loving it!
3.05
Day 86
Beginning of a new week today. Missed a whole week of updates, unusual for me but its been a very busy week back at work for the first time after furlough.
Watered today with molasses, took a few dying leaves off the lemon pie /orange sherbet, one of the branches has snapped, so hopefully it will heal but looking at the plant this is probably why the leaves are like this. Fingers still crossed 🤞
6.05
Day 89
Some of the plants are looking like they need more potassium, going to give them another topdressing and perhaps some liquid help
11.05
Day 94
All plants are looking great.
The Pineapple express is looking my favourite for yield and bud sizes.
The (what I think is) jackherer buds are underwhelming, lots of trichomes and early finishing perhaps but buds are loose and airy.
The lemon pie (or orange sherbet maybe) is going purple. Does anyone know which of these strains can tend to go purple?
The twins are powering along and have a nice citrus smell
15.05
Day 98
"Jack herer" is getting closer and closer to the finish line now, Shame about the bud size and density though.
"orange sherbet" is getting a slight doughy, vanilla smell alongside the citrus which is leading me to believe it is the lemon pie after all and of course its short indica like structure.
Which brings me to "lemon pie" which is tall and sativa looking with small bullet like buds that are turning purple. Didn't think any of these strains are meant to have purple flowers. Asked @fastbuds to help identify for me 😂
18.05
Day 101
Watered all today. Getting smelly now, turned the lamp to 100% and hanging at 62cm now. Leaves are yellowing on almost all plants, some a little earlier than I'd like so I'm going to do a little defol and tidy up in the next couple of days.
23.05
Day 106
These auto flowers sure are taking their time.
Jack herer has very little bud development but the most trichomes and will probably be ready first.
The twins (probably lemon pie) are filling out now and smell absolutely gorgeous. Real citrusy smell.
The big purple one (probably orange sherbet) had been over fed. Leaves have gone that horrible crispy, yellow brown colour but smells great!
The amnesia still has no browning of the hairs but you can tell its going to produce some fire soon.
25.05
Day 110
Although the "orange sherbet" is over fed badly, she is looking pretty, not going to be a big yielder but surprisingly fresh white hairs have started appearing, so they could bulk up a little more.
Jack herer, the aroma of this is a beautiful strawberry scent at the moment. Absolutely delightful 😂the buds are starting to bulk out a bit now although they're never going to be huge.
Pineapple express is looking great, she has a few leaves lower down yellowing and falling off but she's so bloody bushy it's expected really. Buds are looking big and round, pistils about 50%brown and white.
The amnesia has the healthier looking leaves and buds tbh. 100%white hairs, greener leaves but still dull. I think i need to rethink the top dress quantities and ratio.
The lemon pie which is by far the most indica looking one of the bunch has only just starting a natural fade of leaves and most are still dark green. Smells like lemon and vanilla cookie dough kinda. Which is why I believe this is not the orange sherbet.
Well that was an in depth update😅🌱
1.06
Day 112
All plants are looking great now, they're bulking up, smelling great, crystal production is good. The orange sherbet (or mystery strain) pictured above is losing all her leaves, probably going to finish up quickly now, noticed a damaged stem or tear at the base of the whole plants stem. So this could be part of the problem too.
Will take some more photos and give them some attention on Thursday.
03 06
Day 114
Gave a heavy defol of all the damaged leaves, most of them just fell off anyway. Moved the plants around a bit. Watered with molasses, checked trichomes, no amber yet abd bulking up still going on, I reckon 2-3 weeks on these girls.
05.06
Day 116
Decided to check out the trichomes now. Not much amber yet but the harvest window is definitely approaching. "Orange sherbet", pineapple express and "jack herer" will all be ready first, maybe 1-2weeks.
8.06
Day 119
Still pushing on. New week yesterday.
Temps have increased outside which means grow area does too. Which must be hard for the plants to figure out. Orange sherbet, is getting there, Jack is too. Pineapple looks like had some more life in her. The 2 lemon pies are going to start fattening up I can feel it.
11.06
Day 122
Moved the light a little closer again, they seem to handle it much better now. Watered all plants heavily.
Still the jack is closest to being ready, then the orange sherbet, followed by the lemon pie. The amnesia is still pushing on and still has loads of white hairs and the Pineapple seems to have got a second wind, new pistils all over the plant.
Tuesday 15.06
Day.....128
Now they're visably bulking up.
Pineapple has really impressed with the recent growth and fattening up.
Orange sherbet too is fattening up.
Amnesia still a while off.
And the same with the lemon pies.
The jack is hanging, I noticed mould on the buds don't know how much yet or what to do with it.
Update =sprayed the plant and the grow room with diluted h2o2. Going to compost the affected plant.
Saturday 19.06
Day 132
132 days now these have been from seed. Cannot tell you how excited I'll be to finally chop these girls down. I think it's the longest and biggest autoflowers I've grown yet.
Monday 21. 06
Day 134
My god, my patience is wearing thin on these girls. I know they underwent quite a bit of unnecessary stress, with low temps and over feeding etc. But they are all still very much pushing on. We're on week 20 today and I think on my next days off the orange and maybe the lemon are coming down
23.06
Day 136
Chopped the orange sherbet down, she doesn't smell like orange.
I'm now thinking this may be the sour diesel. What a pain in the arse trimming all those dead leaves out.... By far, probably the biggest plant I've ever had to trim.
26 06
Wednesday 30.06
Day 143
These mfers just don't want to finish 😂. Started feeding some molasses, will do that for a bit, I think pineapple still wants a week. Amnesia is coming closer.
Thinking of adding extra light on the next grow and an additional clip on fan, I have a mars t1000 that I could place in there as well, maybe we can bulk these buds out some more.
03.07
Day 147
Just waiting on buds to fatten up and trichomes to finish up. Still probably a week away yet.... Both plants have showed significant signs of swelling and trichomes are a mixture of all 3,cloudy, clear and amber
16.07
Gone into jars 5 days ago.
First proper sample today.
Lovely smell like lemon shortbread when ground, still needs curing time for the flavour to come out.
15.07
Day 157
Pineapple express has been hung up to dry.. Amnesia too in a few days.
16.07
Day 158
Amnesia is about 20% amber now so that's gone to dry.
@Fruitgrower, watching me is pure pain, have 10 diaries and maybe with the Zamnesia run i won't screw up, still 5 weeks to go ;)))) had few hiccups with new air exhausted system , but its tuned now perfectly . All the Best !
@AsNoriu, haha I wouldn't say I'm one of the best at all and I'm always doing too many plants, it's my biggest error every time 😂! But thanks for your kind words, you are also one of my favourite growers to watch here 👀🌱😁
@Fruitgrower, Mate, you one of the BEST, you love and read plants, i can see it, its magic what you do, thats why i questioned your decision to put so many .... Huge respect !
@HirdoWeirdo, thanks man, it's all about that super soil. Great growth, great taste, great aroma, no salts, no chemicals, no flushing. Natures way🌹👍🌷😁🌻🇬🇧
@Fruitgrower, but those lemony strains are least annoying for me, i usually get bored or overfed with some funky tastes. Hoped that Runtz or Blue Dream would be special, but early test don't promise any real good
.... Kalini Asia was very nice, think she will enter my Golden Strain List ;)
Hi, i answer here about the light.
So, in my opinion :
Light distance/power looking good
So for me, your plants need more nutrients OR its just the genetic : your fastbud seed will need more week compared to mine for the +/- same results. ( or both ? Nutrients + genetic )
Because mine look like very fast compared to other fastbud diaries ( lucky ? Or mystake in harvest xD ) but it was my first grow so i didnt have any experience. personnaly i would say its just the genetic because you didnt have any sign of deficiency but be careful :) I will follow your grow looking forward with the result to compare it with mine. Good luck mate ! 😁
@Fruitgrower, from what i read, if the light was too far away, your plant would grow like very long stems, or it does not seems to be the case here, but i am not an expert ^^. you can maybe bring the lamp closer if you want, but watch out for nutes burns
@FrenchyFarm, hey dude, yeah I noticed your plants growth seemed pretty vigorous and you had the lamp very close. I've kept mine much further away and only recently turned it up to 90-100%, and it still seems like a little too much light.
Its strange, i fed my first FB run only on week 5. After second feed they got rusty marks in some places, will cut cal/mag for them even. I had impression that they don't need loads of nutes. Good luck !
So far so good, off to an amazing start. Keep up the amazing progress. I hope for strong happy and healthy grows. Good luck stay safe happy growing cheers!!!!!
@Kushflavouredsativa, I know, me too. I'm not really sure why these took so long to finish... Bad temps maybe in early veg but didn't seem to affect them vegging. New soil recipe, over fertilised them especially the orange, pineapple and amnesia