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Checkout my Instagram @smallbudz to see the Small budget grow setup for indoor use, low watt, low heat, low noise, step by step. 21/12/2019 - Fed her 1.5l of 6.4PH water with 0,5ml of each: Grow, Bloom and Max, and 1ml of each: Heaven, Alga-mic and Vera, noticed almost no run off, I use about 1/3 of the nutrient dosage on the chart, to achieve about 200/300PPM (500 scale). Did some light pruning also.
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Hello everyone 😎 Week 4 of flower for the Cherry Cola auto from Fast Buds 💥 She grew fast with a beautiful green color,for the nutrient 4ml/L terra bloom & 1ml/L power buds from Plagron Next week Green sensation at very low doses ✔️ Spider Farmer SE-7000 70% Have a nice day 😋
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As of day 43 (November 13), the NYC Diesel has stopped stretching and is putting on weight throughout the buds. It is an important time for the plant, as the flowering is going to be critical for quality and yield, but it is also a little boring not having anything to do besides watch, water, and wait. It's doing well with the nutrients so I am upping the phosphorus/potassium it is getting, and I am going to try to slightly lower the cal/mag to help reduce the nitrogen. I am continuing with the Armor Si as an extra potassium boost as well. I try my best not to overfeed, as I find the auto flowers with my lighting setup are sensitive to more agressive feeding schedules. Day 46: did a small defoliation, will probably be the last. Thanks for reading!
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TH 1Q2025 - Week 8 - Flower 5 
(ON Haze X Original Haze) X Northern Lights #2 “Todd’s Haze” Objective - 8 Female Plants, Topped ONCE @ Flip, 12” when topped - Modified Sea of Green Seeds Wet: 1139PM, 28.2.2025 Germinated: 2.3.2025 Flip: 21.3.2025 Harvest: 77 Days, DATE: 6.6.2025 _________________________________________ __ Fri Apr 25, 2025 TH 1Q25 36:F:5:1 Cleaned Emitters - Replaced Pump Cleaned Manifold Filter = TWICE Replaced IRRIGATION Pump with mini-sump Photosynthesis plus produces enough biofilm to disqualify from running in the reservoir. - Remediate: Apply half diluted to watering zone, every other day. Include PCAL 1660 for Add’l Calcium and Phosphorous - [x] CEASED PHOTOSYNTHESIS PLUS IN RESERVOIR - The BIO film is ‘orange/pink,’ PSP is the SUSPECT. - [x] Harvest Dehu - [x] Refresh Reservoir - 2 Gallons - [x] EC: 2.3, 2.4 - [x] Primer A & B: [ 31, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 16, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] - [x] 1900: Measure Runoff - [x] Amount: [ 1250 , ml] - [x] EC: [ 2.3, mS/cm] __ Sat Apr 26, 2025 TH 1Q25 37:F:5:2 - [x] Replace Main Feed (1/2 Silcone tubing) with 3/8” Black Chemical Resistant - [x] Refresh Reservoir - 2 Gallons - [x] EC: 2.3, 2.4 - [x] Primer A & B: [ 31, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 16, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] - [x] 1900: Measure Runoff - [x] Amount: [ 950, ml] - [x] EC: [ 2.4, mS/cm] __ Sun Apr 27, 2025 TH 1Q25 38:F:5:3 - [x] Lower Defoliation in Preparation for Intra-Canopy Lighting Install - [x] Harvest Dehu: 3.5 Gallons (None Yesterday) - [x] Refresh Reservoir - 3 Gallons - [x] EC: 2.4 - [x] Primer A & B: [ 48.8, ml] - [x] Silica Skin GEN 3: [ 24.4, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 15, ml] RUNOFF: [ 950, ml, 2.4/5, mS/cm]  __ Mon Apr 28, 2025 TH 1Q25 39:F:5:4 Observations - @ 2.4 EC is making for DENSE GREEN in the leaves. We DON’T lack nitrogen. ;-} - Some Nitrogen Curling on NL2 Dominant (Pheno #2) - Will REDUCE EC if doesn’t abate today . . . - We have some White filmy scum forming on top surface of res water. Suspect Silica. Will clean out res TUESDAY and restart w/Out Silica Skin. If we’re clear FRIDAY - Start Re-adding until and unless white scum forms … Reducing EC: 2.3 # Will reduce Day by Day to 2.1 - [x] Harvest Dehu: 2.5 Gallons Runoff - [x] EC: [ TBD, mS/cm] - [x] Amt: [ 950, ml] __ Tue Apr 29, 2025 TH 1Q25 40:F:5:5 - [x] Install Intra-canopy Light 50% Dimmer Note: After H2O2 yesterday, and 1 cup (in about 2 gals) today - the amount of scum is REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. I filtered with hand strainer until there was no more film or particularate (there wasn’t a lot) - The overall appearance is better. Have refreshed with 3 Gallons and Primer A&B Only (and SLF-100). We’ll monitor. If it stays clean, we’ll test again with Silica Skin Gen 3. __ Wed Apr 30, 2025 TH 1Q25 41:F:5:6  Refresh Reservoir - [x] Amount: [ 2, Gal] - [x] Primer A&B: [ 32, ml] - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] Runoff Amount: [ 2, gal] EC: [ 2.9, mS/cm] R&R Reservoir (Rinse components w/ 45% H2O2) - [x] Disconnect MAIN FEED Line - [x] Disconnect, Remove, and Clean PUMPS - [x] Flush Chiller - [x] Clean Reservoir Reassembly - [x] Reinstall components NOTE: We have a SMALL amt of white slate like precipitate - Most Likely Silica … __ Thu May 1, 2025 TH 1Q25 42:F:5:7 Mix 1 Liter of CalPhos for HAND APPLICATION Tonight CAL50K, 1 ml yields .5 EC (250 ppm)/Liter, or .125 EC per Gal ~16 ml’s/gal - ~2.1 EC - [ ] Mix and ApplyPCAL 1660 & CAL50K - [ ] Photosynthesis Plus - [ ] Quillaja 60 - [ ] Apply ~ 120 ml/plant - [x] CAL50K to EC: 2.1 (4 ml/qt) - [x] For 2.1 EC: [ 16, g] Cal50K *** RESERVOIR EMPTY!!! *** After REDUCING Per Event flow in Half - we STILL Emptied the reservoir … SINCE we ONLY HAD 2 GALLONS, We’re good (Catchment is 2 Gal) Last night I cleaned the manifold filter ~ 7PM (Start Time) and reduced to 18 minutes TOTAL time (9 Events, 2 minutes/event) Runoff Amount: [ 7600, ml] # We Emptied the Res Overnight, at 3 min/event - dropped to TWO ~2300 EC: 2.9 Refresh Reservoir: 2 Gal (Reclaimed DEHU) - [x] SLF-100: [ 10, ml] - [x] Primer A&B: [ 32, ml]
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October 1, 2021: Looks like I overwatered a bit last weekend. Still trying to get used to these SIP Pots. I'll probably switch to a SIP system using 5 gallon buckets in the near future. I like the concept of SIP systems so I purchased these pots. But I don't like that these pots still require top dress watering instead of filling the reservoir at the bottom directly. On to the ladies... Fast Buds Blackberry- She jumped in height and started pushing out bud sites this week. She's up to 13" tall, which is kinda short, but she has very tightly packed node spacing and is very bushy. Or she was very bushy before I did some defoliation. I did a light defoliation on her this week mainly so I could see what I was doing when giving her a LST bend. I like to bend plants over at a 45 degree angle I find this allows the lower branches to have better access to the lighting and produce better buds all around. Dinafem Critical+- She grew about an inch this week and is up to 20" now. I did some heavy defoliation on her, I got a little carried away once I got started. She is still showing signs of nutrient burn and is also telling me she was overwatered (see above). However the bud sites look great! So I'm not too worried at this point. I also posted a few pics of the plant I grew outdoors this summer. I just cut her down yesterday. I had to harvest a week or two early because we get very damp and cool falls here in New England. I've been going out every morning to shake the moisture off her and look her over closely. Yesterday I found 2 small patches of bud rot on 2 of the larger colas. I cut the bud rot out first, then chopped her down and brought her in for hang drying. I'll be doing another close inspection once she's dried out to make sure there is no bud rot on the remaining buds. Cya next week!
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~ FASTBUDS TESTER #2205 ~ Well friends, here we go on another 'canna-venture' together! The grow room has had a complete remodel and some upgrades done to it including brand spanking new 4x8 and 4x4 tents and a Trolmaster Hydro X controller along with a new Control Panel. This tester strain is one of six tester strains that FastBuds has graciously provided me with and I'm looking forward to seeing what this girl has to offer when she's grown to her full potential! One drawback of 'testers' is I have little to no information on it other than its number and that it's an autoflower... 🤪 But, it's ALWAYS a blast growing them for me because not knowing a lot allows me to just concentrate on the essentials: Light, Environment, Water, Nutrients and possibly a bit of LST... not complicated, just basics like keeping a constant temperature and RH in the tent at a level that gives a good VPD, watering when almost dry and maintaining proper light levels according to their stage of growth. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~THE SETUP~ ~Initially seeds were lightly scuffed, then soaked for 3 hours in 78℉ distilled water after which they were transferred to moist paper towels laid out in a Jiffy Pellet plastic starter tray with lid. Underneath the tray was placed a Mars Hydro Heat Mat with Controller that was set to 78℉ where they stayed until their tap roots emerged. ~Planted into Jiffy Peat Pellets that were hydrated with distilled water warmed to 78℉ with a 7.0 ph. ~Once roots emerge from the Jiffy Pellet they're transferred to their fabric pots. ~Grown 100% organic in a 4g Gronest fabric pot and a 3g fabric pot by Wraxly filled with Mother Earth 70/30 Coco/Perlite medium and initially amended with Dr. Earth 4-4-4 / Earthworm Castings / Dr. Earth Flower Girl 3-9-4 and Coast of Maine Stonington Blend Organic Plant Food 5-2-4. ~19/5 light cycle for the entire run with supplemental UVA added during flower. Lights are controlled by a Trolmaster Hydro X controller set for a 15min Sunrise/Sunset simulation. ~Top dressing every 3-4 weeks with slow release dry amendments and Earthworm castings. ~Straight water ph'd @ 6.2-6.8 when needed and bi-weekly Compost Tea's. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Updates: 12/29- Here we go into Week One of Flower! It's been a month since these pretty ladies popped out of the ground and they're both looking perfect and have pistils popping out everywhere! Their fabric pots were still heavy when lifted, and they looked happy, so I skipped watering today and will check them tomorrow morning after the lights come on. Since being topped roughly a week ago, they have two new shoots that are emerging and looking extremely healthy with excellent vigor and have a beautiful healthy green color! The #1 is now at 7" tall and the #2 a bit taller at 9". 12/31- Today was a 'dry day and all I did was refill the humidifier and some canopy maintenance, tucking shade leaves and gently bending branches. It's been a little over four weeks since they were planted in their amended medium and it's time to give their microbes a good feed so they can continue to provide them with all the macro and micro nutrients they need so, yesterday they got a good watering with 0.5g of de-chlorinated water with GreenGro's Veg, Flower, Green Aminos, Natures Brix and Granular Myco added to it @ 1.5 tsp/g and then ph'd to 6.4 @ 73℉. 01/02- Today I watered them from the bottom with 0.5g of de-chlorinated water to which I added 3ml/g of Earth Juice OilyCann cal-mag to prevent any Cal-Mag issues they may encounter before they arrive. I also have the HLG 650R set 36" above canopy and it's set at 60% power which is being controlled by a Trolmaster HydroX controller. The tent environment is on point with temp's running 70 when the light's off and 74℉ with the light on. I'm keeping the RH at 55-60% right now but will drop it as flowering progresses. Finally, I've been keeping the VPD in the tent running 0.85 - 1.05 which I'm happy with! 01/04- They have both been doing really well getting watered every other day and yesterday they received 0.5g each of de-chlorinated water with 3ml/g of Fish Head Farms Fish Sh!t Soil Conditioner which was then ph'd to 6.3 @ 72℉. They're both doing fantastic but were really beginning to get choked up with growth so I went in and selectively removed a few shade leaves from both to get some light penetration down into their canopies to give that lower growth some much needed light. While I was doing that I also did a little more LST on both to also increase light penetration. Well, there goes another week in our journey and I'm looking forward to the coming weeks as flowering gets cranked up! 😍👍 😎💚 Thank you for checking out my passion in life! Please visit as often as you wish and I hope you enjoy this journey as much as I know I will! Grow Strong! 💪😎🤙
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Day 55 from seedling!. After working out my times ect , it seems I have miscalculated by a little which explains a lot of the development and where I thought I was at with these ladies. The Los girl has just got on with it and didnt need any changes to anything at all during the grow so is right on time and development. Not having to hit the right time to change feeds has been an easy grow for the Los plants. The size of them is in general, slightly smaller with less thick branches. They have developed nicely but not as many actual budsites as their coco/mc counterparts in smaller pots. It will all be down to taste and potency it seems as so far MC is out front on this race. I have now switched them to the shogun for a week to encourage oils and final burst of growth if I can . In photoperiods, I have had a little success this way but withbautos it's all a new experience. Rhis strainnis a beauty to behold and grows amazingly well . Perfect for a first growers confidence as they are also very forgiving. The colours as they grow are so unique too. they look artificial compared to the strains I have grown before. She smells amazing too. so fruit sweet it makes me dribble. Frosting is everywhere too, so this next week should have them oozing some oils. well done on this super fast strain Fast Buds.
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This was the untopped gorilla cookies not positive that topping made much difference this time but then again who knows still 480g wet weight is good for me has a very pine and cookies smell very sticky can’t wait to try all these fat bud strains will update dry weights I due time thanks for viewing and onto the next
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Lots of bud sites lots of training through the netting and leaf tuning.
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Plant 1 is ready the other two get another 12h and 24h in dark tent Taste fruity and berrys White Ash
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day 7 first time and first time using set up so had a few problems getting environment right,seems to be okay now they are coming on,eager to see how the take in the next few weeks gonna start terra vega by end of next week possibly.terrapro+ soil
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4/1/25 She has super long, almost spider web type pistils that are super beautiful. I can see the calyxs packing on under neath the pistils and forming the buds. She has a nice stacking to her. Maybe 6+ nodal cola. Shining, fuzzy, glistening trichomes stretching out across the fan leaves. Top Dressed with 2Tsp of Bloom, 1tsp of Microbe Charge, and 1Tsp Bloom Booster. Ive also been trying a new method for the top dressing efficacy. I got the idea while watching build a soil using the earth box. I have started covering the soil with some aluminum foil to kind of act as a cover so the feeder roots will come up to where the top dressing is. which seems to be working fairly well and simply. 4/6/25 She is producing super nicely so far. Seems to be thinner, longer buds. But i can visibly see the buds forming calyxes underneath the pistils. Very bulbous and full calyx stacking 4/7/25 the buds are starting to pack on some weight. everything looks happy and
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Pineapple express is really going along nicely into week 8 for her got the white widow at the back left week 7 and grape ape back right week 8 you can see the difference In the colours of the leaves and how they have grown the pineapple is just a monster nice wide and fat would be good for a scrog net white widow and grape ape are really lanky but all 3 have many bud sites and I have had no problems at all with these girls so much fun and really easy to grow I surprised myself but I think alot need ti go down to the genetics and who you get seeds off use code ZAMMIGROW2024 for 20% off best thing I ever
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I am waiting to start some more seeds I already have them but another tent is needed and a couple of leds, good ones. It will take a few weeks to sort and as usual I have some inspections on the house I need to try and time carefully around 🤔 I did have 2 during this grow the first was in veg luckily they grew in a closet the second was week 3 flower (don't ask) The smell didn't stink out the room like the wedding cake did so I will try and cure this as long as possible to last this as close to next harvest as possible 😅 my cats didn't eat my plants this time so thats another bonus. Need to look into getting a proper air circulation for the new tent I used a fan the whole time my tent was wide open I want to have it sealed next time so I can fully zip it closed ffs lol defo would recommend this strain but I don't think they stock these anymore 😕 I got a coupe seeds from the first plant I was right the pic of the top bud a few weeks ago you can see the seed just about forming after the branch got broken off we will live and learn 😉
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Dans l'ordre: 1) Afghan Peach x Blue Monkey 2) Gelato Cake 3) Fast Critical Poison 4) Tropical Fuel 5) Hindu Kush 6) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra) 7) Blueberry 8) Herz OG 9) (Blueberry x Black Domina) X (Kosher Kush x Mk-Ultra)
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Since the second week I started doing LST on this strain. The plant grew very well, it was easy to train and had a very small amount of leaves, so I didn't defoliate it. Today I have done some lollipopping, taking off the branches that were too small. The buds start to grow in dimension and also start to smell. Also the resin production it's very good, if you try to touch the buds, your fingers will stick together.
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Lamp Brightness: 100% @ 12" - estimated 1000 PAR (GMO 2 tallest plant so top of this is used for 12" light distancing) Feeding schedule once-a-week, other waterings strictly water-only Day after feeding, soil is given a sst + fresh organic kefir whey 4oz+ per gallon (kefir grains grown in local organic grass-fed milk) IPM now once-a-week visual inspection - no foliar applications note: stretching appears to be finished. lights switched to 11 hrs on - crop steering kept in mind more fans installed for increased airflow beneath canopy GMO 3 and GMO 1 received a watering of 10% by volume (1.5gal) once this week w/o runoff GMO 1 sticky to the touch like sap/pure gas + maybe burnt rubber GMO 2 mild/middle of the road/faint gas/sweet GMO 3 citrus-sweet floral/gas + oily/greasy touch