FastBuds Purple Punch

Well here we go into Week One of Veg! 👏😎 With a week of initial growth behind them, both Testers are doing great and sprouting their 2nd and 3rd sets of leaves which is such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 5g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 3/1- I'm watering both girls twice daily with de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 74-76deg. 200ppm. Today I added 2.5ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+ to their watering. I'm using a pump sprayer with a hose and wand attached that has a fine spray head on it now. When I water I am just giving enough right now to keep the soil moist, not wet, in the upper half of their pots as their roots haven't developed and penetrated to that point yet. As they mature and their root systems develop into the monsters I hope for, I'll increase the amount of water they receive to ensure that the microbial colony thrives. Tent temp's are maintaining 78-80deg during the light cycle and 72-74deg for their 5 hour dark period. RH in the 4x4 range from 47-55% and the co2 level from 520-700ppm. I've got the SunSystems 315 LEC hung all the way up @ 46" now but will be slowly dropping it as the girls get bigger and can tolerate the additional intensity without getting stressed. 3/3- Both of the #2103 Testers are on fire! They are both in the process of sprouting their third 'true' set of leaves which will have five 'fingers' on them. I went ahead and added 5ml/g of Alaskan Fish Extract 5-1-1 to their water which was de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.4 @ 76deg. 400ppm. I'm using the pump sprayer with the spray head set to a fairly fine cone. I'm giving them .25g twice a day keeping the medium moist all the way through to the bottom of the medium. I've found that if the roots encounter 'dry' medium it rapidly pisses off cannabis cultivars, ESPECIALLY autoflowers, so we're not going to explore that scenario....we're staying moist, not wet! 😁 I anticipate, based on their current rate of growth, that they'll really be taking off going into the latter part of week two going into week three. I'd really like to see these girls veg for at least 30-40 days before starting to flower, which will result in some huge cultivars, but from past experience with FastBuds strains (they're not called FastBuds for nothing!) they generally begin flowering around Day 21 give or take....we'll have to see what happens won't we?😎🙏 3/5- Both of the #2103 Testers, now known as 'Purple Punch' are healthy and starting to pick up their growth! The #2 pheno continues to show off her 'long legs'. I now have the SunSystems LEC 315cmh light hung @ 38" above canopy, with temperatures in the 'FastBuds 4x4' ranging 71-80deg. with the RH @ 55%. Environmental conditions are kept in check by a Hurricane 450cfm exhaust fan connected to an IdealAir variable speed fan controller that pulls through a 6x24" Terrabloom carbon filter and vents into the main 6" exhaust system in the grow room. 3/7- Well, Week One of veg is here and gone and both of the Purple Punch girl's are loving life! Both girls have great color and the #1 pheno, even though a day behind her sister, is quickly catching up to her sibling, who's @ 3.5" in height. I've added nightly foliar feeding to their schedule and they are loving it! Their water intake continues @ 0.5g of de-chlorinated well water daily which is ph'd to 6.4-6.5 @ 74deg. after any additives (Fox Farm Wholly Mackerel, Botanicare CalMag+) are mixed in using either Alchemist PH Down or General Hydroponics PH Up which are diluted in 2 cups of water before being added to the remaining water. This dilution before addition prevents any chemical reaction that might occur from adding the PH Up/PH Down straight into the water that has nutrients in it, which would possibly have negative affects on the plants. If their growth continues through next week, as I'm anticipating, I will most likely begin LST at least on the #2 phenotype. 😎🙏 Thank you for tagging along so far! Things should be getting more interesting as the coming weeks approach! I'm excited...are you? See you next week! 😎👍

Well here we go into Week Two of Veg! 👏😎 With two weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and sprouting their 4th set of leaves which means LST will start soon for these girls! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's recent announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 3/8- The two FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's continue to increase in size and foliage! Both girls have absolutely gorgeous leaves sprouting out. They're maintaining their color & vigor and have perfect structure! Just another phenomenal cultivar from FastBuds! 😎👍 I'm continuing to water twice daily with 0.25g of de-chlorinated water that is ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 74 degrees with an EC of 0.2-0.4. Every other day I'm adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel and twice weekly adding 3ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+. Tomorrow they'll be getting their first Compost Tea {Wiggle Worm Castings/Alfalfa Meal/Kelp Meal/Unsulfured Molasses and a small amount of Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 dry amendment and 1 scoop of Great White Mycorrhiza} that I started yesterday, of which they'll receive 0.5g of each... They're gonna love it!😍 I am also continuing to give both nightly Foliar feedings via spray bottle just before the dark period with Fox Farms Flower Kiss which they are digging big time! Insofar as environmental conditions, the tent temperatures remain a consistent 68-78 degrees with the RH running 50-55% currently and the co2 levels going from 500ppm's on the low end to 900 on the high side. The SunSystems 315 LEC is now hung @ 40" above their canopy and will eventually be lowered down to as low as 24" once they're into flower. The biggest challenge when growing indoors organically with 5g pots is providing just the right amount of water as you want the medium throughout the ENTIRE pot to be moist (not wet) to give the root system every opportunity to spread throughout the medium all the way to the sides and bottom (or close to it). That said, keeping up with adequate watering is a challenge, but extremely essential for optimal plant growth. With a 5g pot FILLED with a root mass you WILL get enormous results with autoflowers provided all other factors are kept on point....and that's the KEY! Perfect environmental conditions, proper feeding and watering, good genetics and a HUGE root system (1200ppm's of additional co2 helps a bunch too!) = Monster Auto's!💪😎 3/10- The girls received their first Compost Tea yesterday and it looks like they loved it! (knew they would...lol!). They each got approx. 1/2g of tea fed to them gradually to allow the medium to absorb the tea. I also began LST on the #2 phenotype to get a handle on her before she got away as her growth is really beginning to take off! I anticipate that on the #1 phenotype, being a few days behind, will be starting her LST soon! Both girl's have great color and vigor, temp's in the 'FastBuds 4x4' are running 72-80 degrees with a 45% RH which is GTG for them right now. 😎👍 3/12- Well the girl's are 16 & 19 Days old today! Both girl's are really on a growth spurt, approaching 4.5" tall, and getting bushy as hell!. It seems as they're sprouting new leaves out every day...crazy! They both continue to receive nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g and applied just before the 5 hour dark period. Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I've now added 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to and then ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC which, when I water I soak the pots thoroughly, but not to the point of runoff. Twice a week when I water I will water just from the bottom of the pots to let the plants draw up the liquid into their pots to ensure that the medium is moist throughout for those roots to grow into! I have begun LST on the #2 pheno and decided to just top the #1 phenotype based on her structure and how she was growing. I think topping , and some minor LST later will really let this girl show what she's got! The SunSystems LEC 315 cmh is still hung at 40" above canopy above her. Next week I will be switching the SunSystems out for a BRAND NEW HLG 225 LED that the folk's at HLG were kind enough to sponsor me with. 😎🙏This light from HLG is supposed to be a direct replacement for the LEC315 in the tent currently. I can't wait to see what this bad boy can do for the FastBuds girls...can you?! 😀 Tent temperatures are a steady 79.7 degrees thanks to my Hurricane exhaust fan connected to a 6x24" Terrabloom carbon filter w/ IdealAir Controller which has the capability to vary the fan speed....Works like a charm! 😎👍 RH in the 4x4 is 45-50% and all fans are running now as well as the IdealAir 14k BTU A/C unit pumping in cool air. 3/14- Well there goes another week behind us on this journey to dank, sticky buds! Both pheno's are doing fantastic and putting out new growth daily! They've got incredible vigor and color...just gorgeous! The #2 pheno who's two days ahead of her sister has really reacted well to her LST and has multiple branches all reaching up to the light! She is really going to be impressive! The #1 pheno is going to be a tall one as I've only topped her so far, but will probably be training her branches outward as she grows to keep the light penetration deep into the center of her. They both continue to receive nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g and applied just before the 5 hour dark period. Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I've now added 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to and then ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC which, when I water I soak the pots thoroughly, but not to the point of runoff. Twice a week when I water I will water just from the bottom of the pots to let the plants draw up the liquid into their pots to ensure that the medium is moist throughout for those roots to grow into! Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey through the next weeks as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach... Grow Strong! 😎🙏

Well here we go into Week Three of Veg! 👏😎 With three weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and sprouting new growth everyday, especially the #2 pheno who's short-wide and stocky! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 3/15- Week Three of veg....now things will get interesting fast with the phenomenal growth that both these girl's are exhibiting! The #1 pheno is a tall girl and has only been topped once. I'm going to start LST on her later this week, mainly on side branches. The #2 pheno is on a fast track to overgrow her 5g pot! She is short and stocky with magnificent branching producing a ton of future bud sites! With her LST she has spread out over 2/3 of the surface of the pot but hasn't really increased her height like her little sister! They both continue to receive nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g and applied just before the 5 hour dark period. Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I'm now alternating adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to for a feed and then switching to Fox Farms Microbe Brew @ 5ml/g and Fox Farms Big Bloom (OMRI organic) @ 10ml/g then each is ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC 350-400ppm. When I water I soak the pots thoroughly, but not to the point of runoff. Twice a week when I water I add water to the trays under the pots to let the plants draw up the liquid into their pots to ensure that the medium is moist throughout for those roots to grow into! 3/17- Both girl's are doing fantastic with the #2 phenotype approaching 8" in height and the #1 that's a week behind her, almost 10"! They both received a heavy watering yesterday in two portions. First, at the start of the light cycle, I gave each .5 gallon de-chlorinated water with 5ml/g Botanicare CalMag+ and 5ml/g Botanicare Silica Blast added and then ph'd to 6.5 @72 degrees using Alchemist PH Down to make the adjustment. This watering was given through the bottom of their pots by filling their drip pans and letting the fabric pots draw up the liquid into them, giving the medium in the lower half of the pots much needed moisture for the growing root systems. The second watering at mid-day was given through the top of the pots via pump sprayer which was filled with the identical solution used to water earlier and each received .25g each. Foliar feedings continue 4-5 nights a week and they both have a noticeable improvement in their overall appearance as a result of the foliar feedings. I now have a HLG 225 full spectrum LED in the 4x4 along with the 315 LEC providing 550w combined showering the girls with abundant PAR! They're both hung @ 24" above canopy and haven't raised the temp's in the 4x4 surprisingly, which is a testament to the HLG 225 (hardly puts out any excess heat!)! The girls are loving the extra light and showing it through some super healthy growth! At this point I'm just maintaining their water and training daily, watching their rapid growth and anxiously awaiting signs of pre-flower which I hope will not be too soon allowing them to gain size! How much FUN this is! 😍 3/19- Well I must say these two FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are on FIRE! they both have just about completely covered up their 5g pots with their growth. I'm continuing to LST the #2 pheno and she's looking MARVELOUS! The #1 pheno has not recieved any LST yet and has just been topped once from which she's sprouting a pair of shoots from her now! Daily watering's continue with de-chlorinated water to which I'm now alternating adding 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel to for a feed along with Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.25 tsp per gallon and Microbe Brew@ 0.5 tsp per gallon. After all the nutrients are mixed in the water, I let it stand for 10-15min, then ph'd it 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.8 EC 350-400ppm using Alchemist PH Down. My well water has a ph of 7.7 and with these nutrients added the ph comes down by itself and only requires 2ml of PH Down to bring it to 6.5. I water heavy yesterday and when I checked the girl's this morning their pots were still fairly heavy so I skipped the AM watering. I'll wait until the afternoon, check them again, and water then if necessary. Their nightly foliar feeding with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g continues and is applied just before the 5 hour dark period. They both are extremely vigorous and have a rich green color. The node spacing on both is looking great as is their overall development. They've both just about covered up their 5g pots with their abundant foliage. I decided to wait a few more days before top dressing them, as they are looking really healthy and I don't want to overload the medium with unnecessary nutrients. When I do top dress, I'll use a total of 2 tbsp. per gallon of medium of a 60/40 mix of Dr. Earth Premium 4-4-4 and Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4, spread into the pots and worked in by hand. Afterwards, I water it in with straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5. 3/21- I decided to go ahead and top dress both girls with organic dry amendments today. I used Dr. Earth Premium 4-4-4 and Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 @ 2 tbsp. per gallon of medium, with a ratio of 43%/57% respectively, which I spread around in their pots and then worked it into the top layer of medium by hand. After working it in, I watered it in thoroughly with .75g of de-chlorinated water with 5ml/g of Fox Farms Microbe Brew added to further inoculate the medium with beneficial bacteria and mycorrhiza which should really give a boost to my ladies as they get ready to go into pre-flower. Well here we go with Week Three of veg behind us and now there's nothing but excitement from here on out!. Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏 Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏

Well here we go into Week Four of Veg! 👏😎 With four weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and sprouting new growth everyday, especially the #2 pheno who's wide, stocky and getting taller by the day! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 3/22- Well Week Four of veg is here and the girls are going though some changes now with both girl's going into Pre-Flower. I'm thankful that I decided to top dress them yesterday as the dry amendments are slow release which will start providing nutrients right at the time when they'll need it the most! I used some training clips by Engineering Essentials on both girls to train their branches down and out with LST to spread them out as much as possible to create as many bud sites as possible and by late in the day they had already recovered and had all their branches curving up to the light! After their heavy watering in of their top dress yesterday their pots were still HEAVY so I'm not watering today to give the pots an opportunity to dry out some. The 'FastBuds 4x4's temp's are running in the upper 70's during the light cycle and drop to the upper 60's when the HLG 225 is off. RH is currently at 50-55% to try and keep the VPD numbers in a decent range. 3/24- Both girl's are in flower now with the #2 being the prettier of the two. All they are getting now is 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC once a day. I occasionally will give them a small drink in the afternoon as well depending on how they look. I'm continuing with tucking leaves and gently manipulating branches multiple times a day to maintain light penetration down into the center of both plants. They both have an abundance of bud sites forming and are looking to be some beauties! Their color and vigor remain good, however I did have a minor issue with tent temp's. I run a 14k BTU A/C unit ducted directly into two tents and adjust the temp setting according to whether the lights are on or off. I was late lowering the A/C temp by about 10 min. this morning and as a result the temperature in the tent rose to 85.7 degrees F which caused some minor 'taco-ing' on their leaves. I quickly lowered the temperature down into the mid to upper 70's F and both girls recovered rapidly...thank goodness! I'm hoping the heat stress won't affect their development too much, if at all. 3/26- Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to each in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night. They're both looking gorgeous with their developing flowers and I anxiously await to see their development over the next few weeks! 3/28- So long Week 4! OMG...both girls are absolutely phenomenal specimens with gorgeous color, structure and growth rate they're hard to beat! Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to each in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night. Their water intake has increased slightly and I've been dividing their watering to twice daily to keep up with their needs. I spend the majority of my time 'tucking & plucking' leaves and making sure the environment stays as close to on point as possible. I am having issues with keeping the 4x4 in the mid 70's during the light cycle as our weather has really warmed up. This 4x4 is a new setup that I'm trying a new A/C ducting design with to cool it, and with the outside ambient temp's rising the A/C unit isn't able to push enough cool air into it to keep temp's in the sweet spot. To adapt, I've been keeping the tent flaps and door open to get more cool air in which is currently working, but I'm going to have to figure out this cooling issue before next month as it will only be getting warmer from here on out. I WILL get this figured out... I love a challenge! 😎👍 Onward to Week 5 where the buds will be getting bigger and these girls really start to show their stuff! Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach with the girls starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏

Well here we go into Week Five the start of flowering! 👏😎 With five weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and sprouting new growth everyday, especially the #2 pheno who's wide, stocky and getting taller by the day! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 3/29- The girls are in flower and doing fantastic! I was fortunate enough to be offered a UFS3000 LED Grow Light by UnitFarm and installed it in place of the 315LEC which, as luck would have it, has also solved my cooling issues in the 4x4! With the UnitFarm 200w UFS3000 LED AND the HLG 225 both running the temp's are now maxing out at 78 degrees during the light cycle...Sweet! I'm really curious to see how the girls respond to this new light as it has a decent spectrum including UV, is about as low profile as you can get due to its remotely mounted driver, runs extremely cool (94 degrees on the board), and is priced under 0.00! Hard to beat! Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to each in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night. They're health, color and vigor remain off the chart as they progress into flower! I'm still spending the majority of my time 'tucking & plucking' leaves and making sure the environment stays as close to on point as possible and will be doing some leaf tucking on both to assist the light penetration into the center of the plants. 3/31- Watered both girls this morning with 0.50g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC I have to say that these girl's are really impressive with their structure and growth...just spectacular! The HLG 225 and UnitFarm UFS3000are both running in the 4x4, and are hung 18" above canopy. Temperatures, RH and VPD all are gtg and on point with 'daytime' temps at a constant 76 degrees @ 50% RH, dropping to 65 degrees during the dark period. 4/2- Both girls are in flower and their thirst has increased with the flowering taking place. Their need for phosphorus should also be increasing now and I may hit them with some Fox Farms Beastie Bloom to smack em in the ass with a big shot of phosphorus...I'm still debating. I'm letting the plants tell me what they need now. I'm closely monitoring them (without micro-managing), watering when they show signs of needing it (leaves JUST starting to droop) and nutrients (when their color Just starts to be not as vibrant). Right now they're both doing phenomenally! When I water them it is with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC and I'm watering through the top, taking time to allow the medium to slowly absorb it to avoid runoff. This weekend I will top dress each with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm Castings and then water it in. When I water in the castings I'll add 2 tbsp. per gallon of Grandma's Unsulfured Molasses to the water which will supercharge the microbes! 4/4- I top dressed both Gorilla Cookies with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm castings and water it in with 0.25g straight de-chlorinated water to which I added 1/4 tsp/g of Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 400ppm 0.8 EC This morning the girls looked absolutely VIBRANT! They must have really enjoyed the PK boost from yesterday huh?! Both girls mediums were still fairly moist so I held off with the AM watering and will take a look at them this afternoon and see what they tell me! Well it's really been a great week, the girl's are both healthy and doing fantastic, stacking flower! Next week promises to be just as, if not more, exciting so stay tuned for all the action! 😍 ~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach with the girls into flower now... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Six the start of Week 2 of flower! 👏😎 With six weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and putting all their energy into flower production now. The #2 pheno has expressed a beautiful purple coloration in her flowers that is getting more pronounced daily! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 4/5- Week 2 of flower and both girl's are happy, healthy and stacking flowers! Both PP's are fairly tall at 17" for the #1 and 18" on the #2 PP, both having great node spacing on them and their flowers are frosting up beautifully!😍 I've switched up their feeding slightly with the addition of Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz and Open Sesame which are given alternately three days a week. In addition, I'm now supplementing their water once a week each with Unsulfured Molasses and Honey @ 2 tbsp/g and 2 tsp/g respectively. The Molasses gives a boost to the microbial colony as well as being loaded with essential minerals and micro-nutrients that the plants love. The Honey really promotes healthy root systems and is a natural anti-bacterial which I've used for decades with tremendous success! I now have the HLG 225 and UnitFarm UFS3000 hung 18" above canopy which the ladies are digging as am I because the tent temperatures are now perfect and are remaining constant! Environmentally, the 'daytime' temp's are a steady 77.4 degrees F and drop to 65 degrees F during the 'nighttime'. The RH is staying around 42-46% which I'd like to be higher to lower the VPD but as the girls both appear healthy and happy I'll let it ride! I also put the risers back under both of their pots to ensure that the bottom of the fabric pot gets adequate airflow preventing a possible anaerobic condition from the roots not getting any oxygen, therefore killing them (it only takes 20 minutes of oxygen deprivation to kill cannabis roots! Keep this in mind when watering...don't drown your roots!). 😎👍 4/7- I checked their pots this morning and they were still fairly heavy and the bottoms were still wet so I skipped watering today. They're both looking MARVELOUS and present a stark contrast of phenotypes with the #1 expressing that beautiful purple coloration in her flowers, the #2 with her snow white stamens contrasting the green of her frosty flowers...pretty cool! I really don't have to do anything to either of these ladies at this point, other than water/feed and I turn both girl's pots 1/4 turn each day to give the entire plants plenty of light as they're on autopilot! 4/9- Well this weeks almost in the books and both Purple Punch ladies are looking absolutely FABULOUS!!! 😍 All I'm doing at this point is making sure they're watered, fed and turning their pots 1/4 turn twice daily. They are running out their final weeks strong, stacking their flowers and ramping up their trichome production with the #2 pheno expressing the most vibrant purple coloration in her flowers...breathtaking!. Both of these ladies are so east to cultivate with their wide node spacing, light penetration isn't an issue and they have tolerated everything thrown at them with a smile...I really LOVE this strain from FastBuds!😍 4/11- Week three of flower has come and gone! The GC girl's are 50 +/- days old now and only have a week or two left in them. I'll be switching them over to straight water for their last week to help them use up any nutrients in them and hopefully bring out some beautiful colors! Both were watered with 0.50g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms ChaChing added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC Well, there goes this week...next week will usher in their final flower development with both girl's going into their fourth week of flower!😍 ~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the next weeks approach and the flowering gets more intense and the end of this journey draws closer... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Seven and Week 3 of flower! 👏😎 With seven weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are doing great and stacking their flowers which are so dense!. The #2 pheno's beautiful purple coloration in her flowers is getting more pronounced along with the trichomes which glisten and contrast beautifully against the dark purple of her flowers! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 ~Grown 100% organic in a 10g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. 4/12- Well the fourth week of flower is here and these girls don't have far to go! Both have densely stacked flowers that are SOLID to the squeeze and the trichomes on both of these ladies will be making for some killer extractions after they're harvested! Both were watered with 0.50g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms ChaChing added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC. I'm continuing with the daily routine of making sure they're watered, fed and turning their pots 1/4 turn twice daily to expose as much of them to as much light as possible! 4/14- My girl's recieved their usual watering of 0.50g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms ChaChing added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC which they're both doing fantastic on, showing no signs of any issues and putting out some gorgeous ass flowers! Their color, vigor and overall health remain consistently on point and they both have a deliciously sweet aroma coming from their flowers!...It'll make your mouth water!😍 4/16- Yesterday was a 'dry' day as their 10g fabric pots were still pretty heavy, so I continued with the daily routine of checking the moisture level of their medium, feeding when needed and turning their pots 1/4 turn twice daily to expose as much of them to as much light as possible! Today they recieved 0.5g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms ChaChing added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC which they're both doing extremely well on, showing no signs of any issues whatsoever! 4/18- Week Four of flower is behind us now and the finish line is in my sights! 😍 Watering continued today with 0.5g of dechlorinated water ph'd to 6.8 @ 72 deg. to continue with their flush. They both are getting real close to going dark for 72hrs. The #1 pheno, which is the one expressing the beautiful purple coloration, has started her fade and is looking gorgeous! The #2 phenotype, aka 'Frosty', is also in her fade and has the most densely stacked, resinous buds! I'm checking her trichomes daily along with her sister and they are CLOSE!🧐 Their trichomes are about 80% milky, with some clear one's still visible and here and there an amber one. They'll be ready for their 72hr dark period before they're hung to dry any day now and needless to say I'm anxiously awaiting that time... The drying room is ready and waiting! ~Thank you so much for following along so far! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey as things will be getting more exciting as the final weeks approach and the end of this journey draws closer... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

Well here we go into Week Eight and the Fourth and final week of flower! 👏😎 With eight weeks of initial growth behind them now, the FastBuds Purple Punch Auto's are finishing up, fading and have some of the juiciest buds you'll ever get!. The #2 pheno's beautiful purple coloration in her flowers is just breathtaking with a frosting of trichomes which glisten and contrast beautifully against the dark purple of her flowers! Thank you for following along this journey with me, especially with FastBud's announcement of this 'Tester Strain #2103's name being revealed as 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with....come along and enjoy! 😎🙏 4/19- Week FOUR of flower's here and man-o-man is these girls are looking SWEET! I watered them with 0.50g of dechlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. to flush any nutrients left in the medium. Now, these girl's are basically finished and all I'm doing is making sure they're watered, turn their pots daily and check trichomes!...that's it, easy peasy lemon squeezy! ~💚HAPPY 420 EVERYONE!!!💚~ Have a happy and lifted day!...and don't forget to 'pay it forward' 😎🙏 4/20- The Purple Punch ladies are rolling and continue to stack their flowers forming some beautiful cola's and they have an intoxicating aroma of berries coming off them! I checked their trichomes today and made the decision to put them in the dark for 72hrs, starting tonight when the lights go out. I gave them their last drink of straight dechlorinated water with 1 tbsp/g of Fox Farms Sledgehammer added to finish off their flush. They will be ready to hang on the 24th so stay tuned for some 'pre-hanging' pictures which will show what 3 days in the dark can do for your trichome production! 4-25- Well, both Purple Punch's were hung yesterday and when I got them out of the dark they'd been in for 3 days they were GLISTENING with trichomes! The Dry Room is on point with temperature at 63 deg. and RH @ 58%. Stay tuned for the final weigh in results and strain review that will be upcoming! 💚 ~Thank you so much for following along with me! This has been one of the most enjoyable runs I've had in awhile and I'm blown away by the results produced by the genetics from my friends at FastBuds and from the UnitFarm UFS3000 200w LED, which I can't say enough good things about... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~

FastBuds Purple Punch... Formerly 'Tester #2103' ~Grown 100% organic in a 5g fabric pot with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium amended with 2tbs/g Down To Earth 4-4-4 / 2 cups/g Earthworm Castings / 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Flower Girl 2-8-4 and 1tbs/g Dr. Earth Bat Guano. ~24hr light cycle during germination / 19/5 light cycle for Veg & Flower ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed, top dressed every 3-4 weeks and weekly Compost Tea's. Both phenotypes were grown under a UnitFarm UFS3000 205w Full Spectrum LED with a 19/5 light cycle from seed to harvest and were a blast to cultivate. They grew 64-67 days respectively and both produced some super frosty buds absolutely covered in trichomes which should make this an epic strain for extractions! Neither of these Purple Punch auto's ever experienced any issues whatsoever and took everything I threw at them with aplomb and remained extremely healthy throughout the entire run, having great color and vigor. They both started flowering in typical FastBuds fashion at right about 21 days, and with their wide node spacing, produced some lovely compact round buds absolutely covered in trichomes that have a fruity/sweet aroma that hits you before you set eyes on them! After they finished, I gave them 72 hours in the dark @ 67℉ before being hung in my 'drying room' where they stayed for 8 days @ 66℉ and a RH of 57-63%. After the eight days hanging they were ready to be trimmed up and placed into jars to cure which I like to be 4-5 weeks at a minimum which will greatly improve the taste and terpene profile! FastBuds has hit yet another homerun with this strain. I'll be looking forward to running it again (maybe with some more wattage next time! 😎) and gladly give it my Official Canna Prophet Seal of Approval! Don't think twice, go get some Purple Punch and experience the 'knock out'! 🤪💚 Thank you for following along this journey with me and the FastBuds 'Purple Punch'! Growing these beautiful cultivars is always better with someone to share the experience with and I hope you enjoyed this diary half as much as I did creating it! 💚😎🙏