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Welcome to my journey with one of my all time favorite cultivars from Seedsman Seeds, formerly only available in limited quantities as a 'freebie!... now available to everyone, I give you Seedsman's Strawberry Cheesecake Auto!
Thank you for taking the time to stop in, I hope you enjoy it half as much as I will! 😎🙏
~Strawberry Cheesecake Feminized Autoflower~
-Seedsman's Strawberry Cheesecake Auto results from a cross of Strawberry Banana Auto and Cheese Auto. This Indica-dominant wonder grows into medium-sized, robust plants producing very good harvests of dense and resinous buds with good levels of THC.
-The flavor produced by the dried buds is quite heavy on the Skunk with some pronounced sweet, fruity/lemon notes.
-THC production is around 15% while CBD is rated at below 1%.
-Its effect is initially quite physically relaxing although providing mental stimulation at the same time. In fact Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is perfect for daytime smoking/vaping, whether you are relaxing at home or working, it will allow you to complete daily tasks with no impediment while giving a very nice feeling of relaxed contentment.
-For medical users Strawberry Cheesecake Auto will help to relieve stress/anxiety and also to increase the appetite.
~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.
3/3- Day One! When I checked her last evening, you could see the shell of the seed just breaking the surface of the coco/perlite medium. This morning when I checked, LIFE!
She was up above ground with her seed shell on her looking like a cute helmet!
The cotyledon leaves are a unique purple shade that I've not seen before. I'm very curious to see how this phenotype's coloration expresses through the run!
All I'll be doing for the next week is babysitting her to make sure she encounters ZERO stress either physically or environmentally to give her the best shot to be ALL she can be!
All water given for the first week will be straight, de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 74-76 degrees F, with a EC of 0.2.
3/5- Day 3 - Today is a good day! 😎👌
Yesterday she had grown to about 1 1/2" tall but her cotyledon leaves were essentially glued together by the inner membrane of her shell preventing them from opening!
I first VERY gently, with a sterilized toothpick, tried to pry off the membrane without success. Then, I tried misting her, and the inside of her clear Solo cup, with some straight water. I placed the cup over her and waited about an hour then tried to remove the membrane again.
The second attempt at removing the membrane causing issues was successful and you could almost feel the tension release in her as her cotyledon's spread open revealing the start of her first real set of leaves...Ahhhh! I replaced the Solo cup over her to make sure she is adequately hydrated.
3/7- Day 5 and my little girl is looking marvelous!
She no longer needs the Solo cup over her and has her second set of leaves slowly preparing to emerge.
She is continuing to get watered daily with straight water de-chlorinated and ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 74-76 degrees F, with a EC of 0.2.
I have started to add a foliar feeding in the evenings just before lights out which she is loving!
The HLG 650R is still @ 42" above her and is set to 300w at the wall with temperatures in the Gorilla 4x8 running a steady 68-78 degrees with a 55% RH.
As the next week progresses I will begin incorporating a reduced amount of CalMag+ and Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel into her schedule which still will include the nightly foliar spray.
3/9- Week One of Germination is in the rear view mirror! Now it time to see what this girl's made of. Up until now she has only been receiving straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5. Today while I was feeding some other plants I went ahead and gave her pot a shot of some fresh Compost Tea that I had just brewed up.
I only poured the tea around the outer edge of her 10g pot and only used roughly 0.25g, just to feed the microbial colony. Next week she'll be starting Foliar feeding and in two weeks she should be ready to start LST on!
😎🙏 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 One of Veg! 👏😎With a week of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and sprouting her 2nd set of leaves which is such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
3/10- I'm watering her twice daily with de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 74-76deg. 200ppm. Today I added 2.5ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+ to her 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 her pot as her roots haven't developed and penetrated to that point yet. As she matures and her root system develops into the monster I'm hoping for, I'll increase the amount of water she receives 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 460-530ppm. I've got the HLG 650R hung all the way up @ 42" now and have it set to 300w at the wall. I'll be slowly dropping the light as she gets bigger and can tolerate the additional intensity without getting stressed. Later, in pre-flower, I'll switch the supplemental UVA Bar on to really boost trichome production and terpenes during flowering!
3/12- Well she is 19 Days old today! My girl is really on a growth spurt, approaching 3' tall, and sprouting her third set of leaves which are almost fully out . Her next set of leaves are visible and should be out in a day or two the way she's growing!
She continues 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.
The HLG 650R is 42" above her and set to 300w at the wall. Tent temperatures are a steady 80.1 degrees thanks to my AC Infinity Cloudline T6 w/ Controller which is set to maintain the 80 degree temp. automatically by varying the fan speed....Works like a charm! 😎👍 RH in the 4x8 is 45-55% and all fans are running now as well as the IdealAir 14k BTU A/C unit.
3/14- My girl continues to sprout new growth and remains super healthy. She obviously loves her medium and environment and her growth rate shows it! I'm continuing to water her daily with .25g of de-chlorinated water which today had 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel added, then was ph'd to 6.6 @ 72 degrees 0.4 EC using Alchemist PH Down which was diluted before being added to the solution. Her nightly foliar feedings using Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 5ml/g just before the 5 hour dark cycle continues as well and she looks to be thoroughly enjoying it! 😍
3/16- Well there goes another week behind us on this journey to dank, sticky buds!
My girl continues to sprout new growth and continues her healthy growth!. She apparently has settled into her medium as her growth has really improved and she is really starting to noticeably take off!.
I've upped her daily watering to .50g of de-chlorinated water which has 5ml/g of Fox Farms Wholly Mackerel added, then was ph'd to 6.6 @ 72 degrees 0.4 EC using Alchemist PH Down which was diluted before being added to the solution. Her nightly foliar feedings continue using Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 5ml/g just before the 5 hour dark cycle continues as well and she looks to be thoroughly enjoying it! 😍 Onward to Week Two of veg and BIG things to come!
~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! 😎🙏~
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Week 2. Vegetation
4 years ago
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16.51 cm
19 hrs
27 °C
6.5
No Smell
400 PPM
50 %
22 °C
23 °C
23 °C
38 L
2 L
101.6 cm
900 PPM
Nutrients 3
Microbe Brew 1.321 mll
Flower Girl Bud & Bloom Booster 3-9-4 5.208 mll
Premium Gold All Purpose Fertilizer 4-4-4 3.906 mll
Well here we go into Week Two of Veg! 👏😎With two weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and sprouting her 4th and 5th sets of leaves which is such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
3/16- Week Two of veg....now things will get interesting fast with the phenomenal growth that this girl is exhibiting!
I must say this Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto continues to really impress me with her rate of growth, vigor and overall ease of growing. She takes everything you can throw at her and asks politely for more whether it be LST, water or nutrients, she takes it all in stride without complaint. Just a few of the reasons I love this strain!
She continues to receive nightly foliar feedings 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.
The temp's are running a constant 74-80 degrees @ 50% RH with 900 ppm's of co2 during the 19 hour light cycle. I have the HLG 650R hung 40 above her and it's currently pulling 350w at the wall hitting her with around 900 umol's.
When I water I soak the her pot thoroughly, but not to the point of runoff. Twice a week when I water I add water to the tray under her pot to let the medium draw up the liquid into the pot to ensure that it's moist throughout for those roots to grow into! 😎👍
3/18- She's continuing her phenomenal growth rate and has such a perfect structure... Picture perfect!
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.
Her nightly foliar feedings with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g continue and are applied just before the 5 hour dark period.
3/20- I decided to go ahead and top dress 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 the pot 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 the plant when she gets ready to go into pre-flower.
3/22- Well here we go with Week Two of veg behind us now there's nothing but excitement from here on. She's a freak at this point with her growth making her look like she's a week older than what she is! I'm pretty confident that this pheno is going to be something very special! Onward to Week Three...Let's get this thing going! 😎🙏
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 her starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏
Well here we go into Week Two of Veg! 👏😎With two weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and sprouting her 4th and 5th sets of leaves which is such a beautiful sight to see! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
3/23- Oh boy...Week 3 of veg and my girl is way ahead of her game! This Strawberry Cheesecake is as big at 3 weeks as most 4-5 week old's I've cultivated... UFB!
Daily watering's continue now with straight de-chlorinated water to which I'm now just adding Botanicare CalMag+ @ 5ml/g twice a week which is ph'd to 6.4-6.6 @ 72deg. with a 0.4 EC 250-300ppm.
Straight water now is all that's needed as I top dressed her which should keep her happy for the next 2-3 weeks.
I do plan on supplementing with Compost Tea's and I'll occasionally top dress with a 1 cup scoop of Wiggle Worm castings which is LOADED with ALL kinds of goodies for my girl and the best part is that they're all able to be taken in by the plant immediately unlike the slow release organic dry amendments. This is why worm castings are my 'go to' for any issues the plant exhibits and believe me the plants LOVE them!
Her nightly foliar feedings with Fox Farms Flower Kiss mixed @ 5ml/g continue and are applied just before the 5 hour dark period.
3/25- Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night with Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 3ml/g.
She has phenomenal color and her growth rate is off the hook...This pheno has all the makings of a centerfold! We'll have to wait and see if she continues to amaze!
She is absolutely gorgeous looking with her developing flowers and I anxiously await to see her development over the next few weeks!
3/27- 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.
3/29- So long Week 4! OMG...This girl's an absolutely phenomenal specimen with gorgeous color, structure and growth rate...I'm telling ya this strain is 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 her in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night.
Her water intake has increased slightly and I've been dividing her watering to twice daily to keep up with her needs.
I spend the majority of my time 'tucking & plucking' her leaves and making sure her environment stays as close to on point as possible.
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 her starting pre-flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏
Well here we go into Week One of flower! 👏😎With four weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and is showing signs of pre-flower. Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
3/30- This girl is on FIRE! She's tall as hell and has growth popping out everywhere! I decided to do some LST on her to open her up and get the light down into the canopy.
While doing the LST I inadvertently broke the branch about 1/3 of the way through. It happened when I was trying to LST one of the two branches growing up from where she was topped and, because it was young it hadn't toughened up yet, it literally snapped when I started to bend it.... Oh well, shit happens! I propped it up against another branch and will see how it goes.
Next 'oops' came when I decided to just go ahead and 'super crop' a couple of her branches and when I went to do the 'Ol' Pinch n Twist' that branch snapped almost 3/4 of the way through...F*CK!!!😱 So...I quickly fashioned a splint from a pack of rolling papers, placed it around the break and secured it with tape which I've done for years with great success. Eight hours later both branches look healthy, without signs of wilt or drooping...SUCCESS!!! 😎👌
Daily watering continues with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC given to her in the morning. Foliar feeding before lights out continues every other night with Fox Farms Flower Kiss @ 3ml/g. The HLG 650R is now pulling 450w at the wall and my girl LOVES the extra wattage!
4/1- I'm letting the Strawberry Cheesecake Auto tell me what she needs now. I'm closely monitoring her (but NOT micro-managing), watering when she show signs of needing it (leaves JUST starting to droop) and nutrients (when her color JUST starts to be not as vibrant).
Right now she is doing phenomenally and is STILL putting out new growth at a crazy pace and her vertical growth...WOW!
She's recovered fully from the two branch breaks I caused, then repaired...thank goodness! I also did a little LST on four of her main branches using Engineering Essentials Training Clips which has helped enormously with light penetration through her canopy!
When I'm watering her it is with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC and I'm watering her pot through the top, allowing time for the medium to slowly absorb it, avoiding any runoff.
I also placed the pot riser back under her to avoid the possibility of an anaerobic condition to develop from the bottom of the pot staying wet, which could cause all kinds of issues including Root Rot.
This weekend I will top dress each with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm Castings and then water it in with 0.75g straight de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 degrees 200ppm 0.4 EC.
I'll run an air pump with air stones in it to oxygenate the water which REALLY helps keep the environment in the medium aerobic, which both the roots and microbes LOVE!
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!
4/3- I top dressed her with 2 cups of Wiggle Worm castings and watered it in with 0.50g 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 to really give the medium/microbes a huge boost which will result in one happy Strawberry Cheesecake Auto!
4/5- This morning my girl looked absolutely VIBRANT with beautiful color and leaves all praying! She must have really enjoyed the PK boost from yesterday huh?! When I checked her medium was still fairly moist so I held off with the AM watering and will take a look at her this afternoon and see whether she wants a drink or not...she'll tell me!
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 go by with the Strawberry Cheesecake Auto into flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏
Well here we go into Week Five! 👏😎With six weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and is just starting to show signs of pre-flower. Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
4/6- Week 2 of flower is here and this is one HAPPY girl! She's healthy and her shade leaves are pointing straight up 'praying all the time! She's currently @ 17" tall and has that great node spacing, along with a ton of flower sites all over them.
4/8- This girl's on FIRE! She's really taking off now, in flower and still stretching. She has flowers all over her and is up to 18" now! I check her daily and either tuck shade leaves to allow better light penetration, or remove the stubborn ones. I also Keep up on her lower 1/3, keeping it clear of and growth.
Her feeding continues with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz and Open Sesame which are given alternately three days a week. In addition, I'm also continuing to supplement her water once a week with Unsulfured Molasses and Honey alternately @ 2 tbsp/g and 2 tsp/g respectively.
4/10- Watered her today with 0.75g dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame added @ 0.5 tsp/g then ph'd to 6.4 @ 71 deg.
She's doing great, forming flowers and bulking up. Her color is a beautiful dark green without any signs of diseases or deficiency's and boy oh boy does she have an appetite...this girl likes her nutrients!
4/12- Well there's another great week in the books and the best is yet to come!
I lightly defoliated her this morning as she had a bunch of growth that was really blocking the light penetration down into the canopy...now she's gtg!
I watered her with 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz added @ 0.5 tsp/g and then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg.
Well, there goes this week...next week promises to have some noticeable bud development happening with my girl going into her third 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 go by with the Strawberry Cheesecake Auto into flower... Grow Strong! 😎🙏
Well here we go into Week Six and the 3rd Week of flower! 👏😎With seven weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and is in flower now and stacking her flowers! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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- We're starting the week off with a 'no water' day as when I checked her pot this morning it was fairly heavy. Today was just turn her pot 1/4 turn, 'tuck-n-pluck' a couple of shade leaves and monitor temp's in the tent.
We're in-between seasons now and on warm days the grow room A/C unit has a difficult time keeping the tent below 80 degrees with the HLG 650R now cranked up to full power pulling 660w at the wall. On the warmest days I have been cranking the light back to 400w later in the afternoon, which is the warmest part of the day, which seems to help a lot. Once I turn on the main A/C, the grow room A/C will have no problem keeping tent temp's at 77-78 degrees max., which I'll be doing sooner than later with summer fast approaching!
4/14- I solved the temperature issue in the tent! I determined that my 4x4 did not really require any supplemental cooling and I wasn't happy with the amount of airflow coming from the IdealAir 14k btu portable A/C unit I use to cool the tents.
So I disconnected all of the ducting hoses from the A/C and removed them from the tent. Then, I cut a 5 7/8" circular hole in the right side door of the 4x8 and placed the A/C unit facing the tent. I fabricated an air collector from sheet metal that grabs all the cool air coming out of the front of the unit and puts it through a circular 6" short extension tube which I inserted into the hole I made in the tent door.
This puts ALL of the cool air directly into the 4x8 where it's circulated by the two 18" Hurricane fans and two 6" clip-on fans which now has temperatures running 78-79 deg. max with the HLG 650R's at max power pulling 660w at the wall each...I'm so relieved to get this issue under control with flowering occurring so that I can keep temp's in the ideal range to aide in trichome production and getting that beautiful fade and coloration as they finish!
My girl recieved her usual watering of 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC which she is doing well on, showing no signs of any issues.
Her color, vigor and overall health remain consistently on point and she is going crazy stacking her beautiful flowers!
4/16- Yesterday was a 'dry' day as her 10g fabric pot was still pretty heavy so I continued with the daily routine of checking the moisture level of the medium, feeding when needed and turning her pot 1/4 turn twice daily to expose as much of her to as much light as possible!
Today she recieved 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Open Sesame added @ 0.5 tsp/g and Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC.
4/18- Week Three of flower is behind us now and may the coming weeks be FILLED with beautiful buds! 😍
Watering continued today with 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. and gave her pot a 1/4 turn.
The HLG 650R is now at max, pulling 660w at the wall, and I'm adding UVA for 4 hours in the middle of the 19 hour light cycle via a HLG UVA30 supplemental light bar which is attached to the 650R's underside.
It's been a great week for this lady and I foresee an epic fourth week coming up! Be sure to check in on the progress as things heat up!
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 go by with the Strawberry Cheesecake Auto busting out flowers... Grow Strong! 😎🙏
Well here we go into Week Seven and the Fourth Week of flower! 👏😎With eight weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and is in flower now and stacking her flowers and, being a 12 week strain, still has a good four weeks to go! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
4/19- Week FOUR of flower's here and man-o-man is this girl looking SWEET!
I watered her with 0.75g of dechlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz added @ 0.75 tsp/g and raw honey @ 1 tbsp/g, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC.
With roughly four weeks to go on this 84 day cultivar I've been giving her 4hrs/day of supplemental UVA during the middle of her 19/5 cycle and I'll be switching her nutrient to Fox Farms Cha Ching in the near future.
Now, this girl's on autopilot and all I'm doing is making sure she's watered, fed and has her pot turned daily...that's it, easy peasy lemon squeezy!
~💚HAPPY 420 EVERYONE!!!💚~ Have a happy and lifted day!...and don't forget to 'pay it forward' 😎🙏
4/21- This girl is a beast! She continues to stack her flowers forming some beautiful cola's and she has an intoxicating aroma coming off her already!
I watered/fed her with her usual 0.75g of dechlorinated water to which I've added, Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g, and 0.5 tsp/g of raw honey, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC, I also gave her pot a 1/4 turn, did a dab with her and read her some poetry by Kinkaid 😁
4/23- Today she recieved .75g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g, Fox Farms Microbe Brew @ 0.5 tsp/g and Fox Farms Kelp Me Kelp You @ 0.5 tsp/g which with my starting ph of 7.4, brings the ph to a perfect 6.5! Gotta love it when you don't have to adjust the final ph...awesome! I also rotated her 10g fabric pot 1/4 turn.
I will tell you for a 50+/- day auto this girl's got it going on and then some! She's already forming some decent cola's and she has that unmistakable Strawberry Cheesecake aroma I so love!
I'm absolutely hooked on this strain and am so happy that Seedsman now has it as a regular offering! 😎🙏
4-25- With 54 days of growth and four weeks of flowering behind her, this 12-13 week cultivar still has a way to go my friends... and she's already impressive!
Environmentally, the tent temperatures are maxing out during the light cycle at 79 deg. and I'm running them down to the mid 50's during the 5 hour dark period, which really helps with bringing out the gorgeous colors in some strains! The HLG 650R is running at max, pulling 660w at the wall and remains @ 34" above the canopy.
Today I watered her with 0.75g of de-chlorinated water to which I've added, Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g, and 0.5 tsp/g of raw honey, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 72 deg. 1.2 EC, I also gave her pot a 1/4 turn...patted her on the butt and told her to keep up the good work! 🤣
Well, onward to Week Five of flower things are gonna be heating up in the tent! Be sure to check in on her progress❣️❤️
~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 go by with the Strawberry Cheesecake Auto busting out flowers... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~
Well here we go into Week Eight and the Fifth Week of flower! 👏😎With nine weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic and is in flower now and stacking her flowers and, being a 12 week strain, still has a good three more weeks to go! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
4/26- Today she recieved .75g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g and 1 tsp/g of raw honey which was then ph'd to 6.4 @ 71 deg.
My golly this girl's really stacking up some huge cola's and her trichome production is going at full tilt!
The temp's are a constant 78 deg. during the light cycle and I'm running them down into the upper 50's during the 5 hour dark period. The RH is at 44% which is perfect right now as I have abundant air circulation in the Gorilla 4x8 with two 18" Hurricane fans, two 6" clip-on fans and one 10" floor mounted fan constantly moving the air. The HLG 650R is at max pulling 660w at the wall and it's currently at 32" above her canopy. Lastly, the co2 level in the tent, via a 50# tank and AutoPilot co2 controller, is running a constant 900ppm's during the light cycle.
4-28- I checked her pot this morning and she's still pretty heavy so we'll let her ride on water for now. I'll check her later, so for now I'll just take a few pic's and give her pot a spin.
4/30- Today I fed her heavy with .75g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Beastie Bloomz @ 0.75 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g. Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 1 tbsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 1 tbsp/g added, then ph'd to 6.5 @ 71℉. I also gave her pot a 1/4 turn.
5/2- She was heavy to the lift today so I let her ride on her watering for a day. Onward to next week where she'll be getting that much closer to finishing up!
~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 in the next couple of weeks leading up to the finish of Seedsman's Strawberry Cheesecake Auto... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~
Well here we go into Week Nine and the Sixth Week of flower! 👏😎With Ten weeks of initial growth behind her now, the Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto is doing fantastic stacking her flowers and, being a 12 week strain, still has a week or two left in her! Thank you for following along this journey with me! Growing this beautiful cultivar 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.
5/3- Here we go Week Nine...This girl's is packed, stacked and ready to attack!...almost. She has some huge cola's that are so sticky with a thick coating of trichomes! She smells very earthy with a cheesy funk that I'm stoked about! I'm checking her trichomes daily and she does not have far to go!
Today she was watered and fed with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC
5/5- Yesterday was a dry out day after her heavy water/feed the previous day. Today I watered/fed her with 1g of de-chlorinated water with Fox Farms Cha Ching @ 0.5 tsp/g, Fox Farms Big Bloom @ 3 tsp/g, Fox Farms Tiger Bloom @ 2 tsp/g and Fox Farms Bembe @ 3 tsp/g. I then ph'd to 6.5 @ 1.4 EC. I'll be transitioning her to straight water with Fox Farms Sledgehammer added to flush her in the next few days.
I'm turning her pot 1/4 turn daily and she's getting 4 hours a day of supplemental UVA via the HLG 650R's additional UV Bar I added to it which is currently at 32" above canopy.
'Daytime tent temp's in the Gorilla 4x8 are running 77℉ and down to 58℉ while the light is off. RH is steady @ 50-55% and the co2 levels at canopy height are running 700-1000ppm's.
5/7- Yesterday I let her dry out. Today I watered her with 1g de-chlorinated water ph'd to 6.5 @ 72℉ with Fox Farms Sledgehammer added @ 2 tsp/g to ensure that there are no pockets of nutrient salts built up in the medium. I also checked her trichomes and gave her pot a 1/4 turn.
5/9- Well this Strawberry Cheesecake Autoflower from Seedsman is, for the most part, done! She's listed by Seedsman as a 12-13 week strain, that's a suggested harvest time, but each cultivar differs. The heads of her trichomes are 90% milky now, with the other 10% either translucent or amber, her fade is looking good and all the pistils on her flowers have withered and are now a dark orange or red so tonight she'll be taken out of the 4x8 to enjoy 2-3 days in the dark to get that last burst of trichome production in gear, then she' be hung to dry! I can't wait to see what this girl yields...Can you?! 😛💗
5/10- I checked her trichomes today and decided it was time for her to go dark for a couple of days! It was really obvious that she was ready when I opened the tent this morning and she had a pronounced white appearance to her form all of the milky trichomes covering her!
5/14- I had her in the dark for four whole days as I got busy with multiple harvest going on all at once. Today she came out of the dark, gat a few pic's shot of her, than was chopped at her base and hung whole in my 4x4 to dry for 12-14 days.
My next entry will be for the harvest, she'll be getting hung to dry and then we'll see how much of her stickiness I end up with so stay tuned!
~Thank you so much for following along! I hope you'll continue to follow my journey through harvest, final results and my review of this Seedsman's Strawberry Cheesecake Auto run... Grow Strong! 😎🙏~
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~ SEEDSMAN STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE AUTOFLOWER ~
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BREEDER/BRAND- Seedsman
GENETICS- Strawberry Banana Auto x Cheese Auto
VARIETY- Mostly Indica
FLOWERING TYPE- Autoflowering
SEX-
Feminised
THC CONTENT- c. 15%
CBD CONTENT- <1%
YIELD- Indoors: 500 gr/m2; Outdoors: 500 - 600 gr/plant
PLANT HEIGHT- Indoors: 140 cm; Outdoors: 175 cm.
GROWS- Indoors, Outdoors
FLOWERING TIME- 12 weeks from seed
MEDICAL CONDITIONS- Lack of Appetite, Stress
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES- Yes.
TASTE / FLAVOUR- Fruity, Lemon, Skunk, Sweet
EFFECT- Body, Physical, Powerful, Relaxing, Stimulating
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~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.
All in all this is one of my all time favorite auto strains to cultivate! Strawberry Cheesecake is exceptionally easy to grow and likes her nutrients. However, keep in mind, because of her tight node spacing and monster flowers this strain can be susceptible to mold so RH levels on point and plenty of air circulation for this girl! Keep her fed and watered (keeping ph in the 6.2-6.8 range for coco/soil) and she'll be putting a huge 'Cheshire Cat' smile on your face! 😁💚💗
This phenotype grew to 24" tall after being topped once at Week 3, receiving only LST for the remainder of the grow cycle which ran a full 73 days from seed of which she was 47 days in flower. Seedsman lists her as a 12-13 week strain but every one I've cultivated has gone a max of 77 days until the trichomes were fully mature.
I kept her canopy fairly even, and she developed roughly a dozen large cola's that stacked up beautifully and became extremely frosty during her final weeks.
When her trichomes were close to where I like them, I placed her in the dark for 3 days to further stress her into producing more trichomes. After the third day, I removed her from the dark, cut her off at her base and hung her whole.
I kept the temperatures in the 68-74℉ and the RH between 50-60%. After nine days she was dry enough to trim up and place into jars for a 2-3 month cure that really lets this strain shine as the terpene profile matures and changes....ABSOLUTLEY DELISCIOUS! 😋💗
The buds are super sticky and I did notice some sap droplets on several of them due to guttation (they look cool!). They were super easy trimming and have some awesome 'bag appeal'! I did break my rule and fired up a 'test bud' to give you my prelim on it, and as you probably guessed.... it's 🔥
As I mentioned above, 🍰🍓Strawberry Cheesecake Auto🍓🍰 is hands down a 'must have' in every growers seed stock and once you cultivate this gem I'm sure you'll agree! ✌️😎
TheCannaProphet
