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@TheCannaProphet
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~ FastBuds PAPAYA SHERBET Photoperiod~
Well here we go on another journey together through 'Canna-land' and this one's kinda special... forget that, it's VERY special because this is FastBuds newest surprise for the community, a FEMINIZED PHOTOPERIOD STRAIN!🤯
I was fortunate enough to score these seeds, of which only 1000 were available and can't wait to see what this strain can do! This Papaya Sherbet, according to FastBuds, is a hybrid with a 9-10 weeks flowering period. For a more detailed and accurate description of this strain the following from FastBuds says it best:
"Combining the massive stature of Papaya (Oni Selection) with the strength and resilience of one of our best keeper cuts (Sunset Sherbet), this strain develops into a big, expansive bush adorned with numerous bud sites that later transform into a generous harvest of medium-sized buds. Papaya Sherbet flowers deliver a signature flavor of premium cannabis with subtle citrus undertones that emerge upon inhaling. During growth, her aroma makes for a sweet yet pleasantly bitter fragrance, giving you an idea of what the smoke will taste like. Notably stress-resistant, Papaya Sherbet is a great choice for growers working in challenging environments. She is very forgiving and rebounds quickly from any adversity, allowing growers the freedom to experiment with confidence that she will take everything like a champion she is. This strain embodies resilience, flavor, and abundant yields in every grow cycle."
Sounds like an epic strain and I personally cannot wait for this lady to strut her stuff!😍
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The Setup:
This is going to be an outdoor grow, but I have started the Papaya Sherbet photoperiod indoors as our weather is still a bit too chilly to put a newly sprouted seedling outside (nighttime temp's dipping regularly into the 40's℉).
The plan is simple... let her grow inside under a 19/5 light schedule until the nighttime temperatures are in the mid 50's℉, which shouldn't be long. After which, she'll be moved outside and transplanted into the soil which I have already setup and inoculated with beneficial microbes from BioTabs and slow release dry amendments from Gaia Green. Once she's established herself outside she'll be given periodic top dressings of Gaia Green 4-4-4 and 2-8-4 along with worm castings and Compost Tea's. Her grow area is approx. 5'x5' and I have posts and a trellis net set up already for when she gets bigger to aid in training her. Let the fun begin!🤪💚
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Weekly Updates:
5/23- Week three from seed and the second week of veg for the FastBuds Papaya Sherbet photoperiod and she's doing surprisingly well considering the crappy weather, and being eaten like a salad by slugs and a rabbit!
5/25- The diatomaceous earth that I spread around her seems to have lessened the attacks on her leaves. I've also been spraying her down every other day with Neem Oil, and every three days with an organic insecticidal soap that I'm sure has helped as well.
I watered the Papaya Sherbet today via garden hose and began to train her branches a bit as well.
5/27- The FastBuds Papaya Sherbet continues to do exceptionally well with great color and vigor, putting out new growth it seems daily.
5/29- There's three weeks on the books for this little lady and I'm looking forward to see what she'll look like in the coming weeks! I will have to top dress her soon, probably in the next few days. I haven't added any dry amendments to her since I initially amended her soil and she's a hungry girl... Hope to see you next week, stay Blessed!
Thank you for checking out my diary, your positive comments and support make it all worthwhile! 💚Growers Love!💚😎🙏
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@Bread_n_Buds
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The situation is getting interesting, flowering is coming in the final part for our Green Crack F1 Hybrid Auto.
First of all, we have another plant that is growing straight, you can see it in the photos in the Zamnesia pot that is doing very very well. It is behind in flowering compared to this one because it was planted later but it drinks two liters a day, it has huge sunbathing leaves, and it is starting to flower.
The plant worked with the main lining shows a typical characteristic according to my experience of the F1 Hybrid: these plants have a very fast flowering so they start to mature a little earlier in the sense that they put out flowers the red pistils while the flower is still swelling, it happened to me with all of them, I think even with the RQS ones in the past. From the observation of all the F1s I can notice that you can see some red and the flowers do not seem very big but after a while they reach a nice size. This one is in the swelling phase and in these days it is starting to change color from the top. Very beautiful, I hope they swell the buds properly and it will be perfect.
The shape is very very beautiful as is the structure of this plant indeed.
We are still using soil, fertilizers and all the additives recommended by Plagron 100% organic.
With her We have switched to the late flowering program that wants the additives Sugar Royal, Pure Zym for another week and adds the flowering stimulant Power Buds and the myth Green Sensation. Obviously the basic fertilizer is now Alga Bloom.
---- Decide on the right soil and calculate your fertilization program based on the soil on the official website. -- www.plagron.com
Try a seed of this strain that drives us crazy..
---- https://www.zamnesia.io/en/10677-zamnesia-seeds-green-crack-f1-automatic.html
Zamnesia Description // Forget what you think you know about cannabis. Green Crack F1 Automatic by Zamnesia Seeds is here to shake up the entire industry. Using F1 genetics, growing cannabis has never been easier. These plants offer uniform and abundant yields. Get ready to harvest high-quality buds, full of flavor and amazing effects.
All the best that mother nature has to offer is at ---- www.zamnesia.com
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@Kirsten
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Black Opium has continued flower development and is looking very promising. The buds are fattening up very nicely. Good things to come for this one! 😁
I'm trying to add in some PK boosters at this stage, she's looking beautiful. I'm adding Bud explosion, Seaweed extract, Ecothrive Flourish, and Sea K. To increase the Phosphorus and Potassium, to aid in flower development. Let's see how fat these buds can get!
Here is what I did this week.
4.9.25:
I watered with 3L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.4 with;
💜 2ml Trace
PH: 6.4
PPM: 361
9.9.25:
I watered with 3.25L of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.3 with;
💜 6ml Flourish
💜 1 TSP Sea K(elp)
💜 .5 TSP Bud Explosion
PH: 6.3
PPM: 970
Thanks for checking in this week and hanging out in the comments, Best of luck to everyone in the contest, Happy Growing 😊💚✌️🍃🙏
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@Grnhead
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The smell is really starting to come in. Bought 2 sets of 80 mm internal fans to increase the airflow through the plant and in the box. Many of the lower leaves are curling down and I think it was a mixture of the high morning humidity and the lack of air flow. Now there are 5 internal fans and a large external fan, and it should be more than enough air flow. Growth is starting to slow finally, the height is perfect right now but I have a feeling it’s going to keep getting taller. I keep tying her down as best as I can.
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@MaltaHerbman
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Day 15 so start of 2nd week veg.
The Strawberry Gorilla auto looks is growing every day.
So far any problem waiting for her to grow a bit more before start training.
Day 18 FIM time.
Thanks for following my diary if you like i have instagram page too that trying to post photos and video every day.
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@Andres
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she should have been cut 2 weeks ago ... but I want to leave her 80% amber something KO ... will be cut the first week of February .......
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@deFharo
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Hola y bienvenidos cultivadores de marihuana, la cosecha está aquí después de 15 semanas desde semilla y 10 de floración, esta es una cepa auto floreciente con dominancia sativa que no ha defraudado.💁♂️🌲
He cultivado esta planta con atención y esmero, ataduras LST en las ramas y el tallo, en una maceta air-pot de 6l, con una mezcla de sustratos ligeros y minerales, sustrato activado con microbiología autóctona recogida en los bosques vírgenes de mi región y la he regado siempre con agua estructurada de manantial de montaña.
La he alimentado con macro y micro nutrientes solubles, creados con fermentados anaeróbicos e hidrolizados propios, creados con Microbiología, elementos orgánicos y minerales, mantengo mucha y buena luz en las carpas de cultivo, cultivo esta planta con 10h de luz interior, más otras 10 horas de luz exterior y cuatro de sueño, esta planta siempre ha usado sombrero (mulch), con mucha materia seca para dar de comer a la microbiología y mantener niveles de humedad óptimos en superficie, para facilitar la creación de raíces adventicias desde el primer centímetro de tierra.... 💧🌞👨🌾 todo para conseguir un pastel de bodas, digno de reyes! 🤴👸
Planta muy compacta con grandes y gruesas colas, bañadas de tricomas, el cultivo fue fácil, la planta recibió todos los nutrientes con ganas, sus gruesas hojas impidieron la entrada de araña roja, el tiempo de cultivo ha sido razonable y la producción decente.
No así la potencia, es una hierba de humo delicado y suaves efectos sativa, que te mantienen despierto y creativo durante todo el día... hierba para el día a día, y mientras me la fumo, otras hierbas más potentes mejoran su calidad en los botes de curado.
👨🌾 DATOS EXTRA SOBRE EL CULTIVO (Estadísticas sacadas de mi seguimiento diario.)
Peso en seco: 82g.
Altura: 45cm.
Maceta air-pot de 6l
Días de cultivo: 105
Semanas de crecimiento: 5
Semanas de floración: 10
Espacio en la carpa de cultivo: 35x35cm (0,12m2)
💦 Estadísticas de riegos:
Número de riegos: 37
Total de litros de agua: 35,3L
Media de EC: 0.96
Media de PH: 6.62
🌾 DATOS DE PRODUCCIÓN:
El cálculo por gramo/vatio de GD, para mi modo de cultivo no es exacto, porque cultivo cepas diferentes en un mismo espacio y en diarios individuales, esta planta la he cultivado junto a otras tres en una carpa con 296w de luces y ventiladores, si divido esta potencia por el número de plantas me da un valor de 74w por planta, siendo entonces que el porcentaje gramo/vatio aumenta.
🏛️ CONFIGURACIÓN DE LA CARPA DE CULTIVO:
- Carpa de cultivo: Mars Hydro GT 70
🕐 Horario de luz: 10/10/4h
La planta ha recibido 1050h de luz artificial y 1155h de luz solar.
🌞 DOSEL:
Mars Hydro TS1000 (150w)
Panel Samsung LB301B 2700/660nm (47w)
💡 LATERAL:
Panel led 3000K/660nm (36w)
Panel Led 2000K/2800K (30w)
UVA-B - 280-315-400nm (12w)
🔄 Extractor ventiladores x2 (21w).
📈 TOTAL W: 296W /4 = 74W POR PLANTA.
Consumo total aproximado: 72,52 kWh
Por vatios reales (74w): 1,10g/w 💡
Por Kilovátio hora (72,52): 1,13g/kWh
Por altura (45cm): 1,82g por cada centímetro de altura.
Por capacidad de maceta (6l): 13,66g por cada litro de tierra.
Por metro cuadrado: 683g/m2.
Por tiempo de cultivo (15 semanas): 5,46g por semana.📆
Por semanas de floración (10 semanas): 8,2g por semana.🌺
Por volumen de riego (35,3l): 2,32g por cada litro de riego.
Por riegos (37): 2,21g por cada riego realizado.🚿
Por manos: 41g con cada mano ✋🤚
Hasta un próximo cultivo....
SALUDOS Y GRACIAS POR SEGUIR ESTE DIARIO... ✋👨🌾
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@Only4passion
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Crazy smells i already smoke 💨 this strains so I know what to expect from those buds and they are getting bigger👌😋
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@Urunascar
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Mostraron las primeras señales de flora entonces arme una estructura afuera para los Led con los que había empezado el cultivo y poder darles 18hs de luz fijas todos los días además de la luz solar qué reciben
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@mgmrmd
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After 10 days I Change Them to flowering 12/23 🤞🙂 und IT will be 8.5 weeks vegi and 8weeks flowering
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@DudeGrowsWeed
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Seedsman White Widow is starting to get huge! I overdosed her with Recharge this week, (1 tbs instead of .5 tsp). She liked it! I'll be OD'ing the Recharge more in the future. 👍
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3/25/2023
Week 6- Day 1 of Veg (Day 52 overall)
Added my first between changes SILICA Top offs. Was worried that when you add it to pre mixed Nutes that it can make the whole thing turn into a gummy looking substance. I was ready to drain the system and start it over for the week if needed, but no issues adding it to the tank. the Silica going into the Res didn't gummy the system up, it did drop my PH by quit a bit causing me to have to bring it back in balance.
36 Gallons in the Tank
Silica
Add .5mil/Gal = 18Mil
I topped some that needed to be topped, I defoliated some that needs to be defoliated. Since I have moved into Week 6 I have increased the light intensity up to just over 500 maxing it out for Veg Cycle. Next increase will be Week 1 of Flower.
3/26/2023
Week 6- Day 2 of Veg (Day 53 overall)
All conditions looked great. Other than me not putting one of the humidifiers back right which means it didn't work last night so Humidity was lower than I like. But got the Humidifier back on it's stand correctly and it is now pumping away. With that I decided to give the plants a day off from any stresses, no topping, no FIMing, no Defoliation for today. Just some good old soaking up the light rays and the ability to get all the Nutes they would like..
3/27/2023
Week 6- Day 3 of Veg (Day 54 overall)
Looking kind of Bushy today, so I defoliated some, and topped some.
3/28/2023
Week 6- Day 4 of Veg (Day 55 overall)
PH was a little lower than I like 5.74 so I added a few Mil of PH UP and brought it back up to 5.94.
Not much else at this stage, just I topped a little and I defoliated a little.
3/29/2023
Week 6- Day 5 of Veg (Day 56 overall)
Topped a little, Defoliated a little Watched them grow!!
3/30/2023
Week 6- Day 6 of Veg (Day 57 Overall)
Main action today was breaking down my old tent and setting up a new tent and getting my second RDWC system setup and ready for clones. I Topped a little, I Defoliated some and started taking a good look at what I would like to take for clones in the coming days. I have a few bottom branches that look every promising for my clone material on each.
3/31/2023
Week 6- Day 7 of Veg (Day 58 overall)
#3 is at 16" Tall
#2 is at 13" Tall
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@Njaak
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pH was important as expected and a bit of light burn later on in the grow but ultimately it was pretty smooth sailing. I used a very common nutrient (GHE) and not overly strong.
Buds were thick, dense, and moderately pine smelling. The plant did not grow excessively tall thanks to LST, and the LST did not seem to have any ill effects at all. Foliage was thick, and I let it go for a very long time before doing any sort of defoliation. Even then it was modest and just to get light to the lower colas.
Still in trimming mode and will continue to update :)
Also, other plants in the house got spider mites. Not this one. Could have been that it was in hydro and others weren't but hard to say.
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@NanoLeaf
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End of Week 15 (8th week of flower)
Still cruising, everything has been running very smoothly and the smell is just undoubtedly off the charts.
The ladies are showing off some colour and are fading naturally bringing out hues of orange and purple. I also noticed that the leaves and buds closest to the lights are showing significantly more colour that the ones that are further away.
The colas are also getting heavy and there are some side colas that are hanging and needed to be reinforced to keep them upright. (This is a good thing obviously)
I know I said I would start the flush (not giving any more nutrients/top-ups) but I decided to give them a small dose of Boom Bloom just to give the ladies that final boost. I boosted them in the middle of the week and the flush has begun after that. Only water from now until harvest.
Pest Report: None
Smell Report: HEAVEN
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@Ezzjaybruh
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Doggo update
Couple vids sprinkled in here.
Love doing slo-mo with frisbee throws and treats catching in their mouth.
Slo Mo vids didn’t upload slo mo so I had to go thru and edit them and screen record it just to get them in slow mo on the site but they’re worth it
Dukes ear has been bugging him and so he pins it down sometimes with the other ear straight up and he looks goofy as hell.
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@Oyziphar
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GROW 😁
As you may already know, I have 2 varieties in my growroom. 👍
I have 4 pots of each species with 4 plants in each pot. So 16 plants Mother Gorilla and 16 plants Triple G. 👽
In the first weeks, the Triple G plants were the fastest growers. But since flowering, most Mother Gorillas are now higher in length than the Triple Gs.
The 16 Triple G vary in length.
On DAY 26 these are the various lengths (in cm) : 47, 51, 66, 71, 74, 76, 78, 81, 83, 83, 83, 85, 91, 95, 96, 102
The drastic pruning in week 2 has stimulated the plants enormously. The plants have been multiplied by 2 to 2.5 times in height since flowering
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BLOOM 😍
The plants are now busy making new flowers. The plants with the most Sativa genes do not yet have that many flowers. But the plants with more Indica genes are already working hard to string the flowers together to thick buds. The scent of the flowers is fantastic.
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WATER / HUMIDITY 😰
I have lowered the desired humidity again this week by 5% 👇 and the temperature is increased by 1 degree. 👆👇
The plants have made many new leaves. Every day (24 hours) the 4 pots (16 plants) get about 7 liters of water to drink. 😂
Most of the water evaporates through the leaves and therefore the humidifiers evaporate less and less water. At the beginning of the week, I had to fill the two humidifiers with 7 liters of water every 24 hours, now every 40 hours. 👌
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@JBsTastyBudz
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Doing good... Can't wait till they La Diva Auto flowers are done.. After that I'll be switching the lights the 12/12 to watch them all flower ☺️💚 going to be beautiful... Wish I could smell 🙄(not getting in to the height and everything just yet... I don't have my room setup right at the moment, in the middle of upgrading wiring so I can run all 3 lights at the same time other wish.. Get to that later)
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@Salokin
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These ladies continue to develop very nicely and lucky stopped stretching pretty much in the beginning of this week and the buds are forming super nicely. Since I also don’t observe a stretch in flower anymore, I decided to feed pk13/14 for the next week. It continues to surprise me how hungry these autos are, much hungrier than my glookies fro example. Unfortunately I realized that the plant on the very right of the box produces much smaller buds than the other two. I am pinning that on the fan right above her, so have pointed it slightly higher, but I guess the damage is done:(.
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@chapadux420r
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What’s up guys? So.. entering week 8!!
What was a dream is now entering in the final stage, from now on only plain water. I reckon I still have about 2 weeks to harvest so I’ve started to feed only water since last friday
The lady’s are all going great, still fatting up and they’re looking good and healthy
The smell is kinda strong in all of them but the critical + 2.0 is definitely the winner. Smells really citric, and it’s pretty intense
The development of trichomes is more evident every day too
I’ve also added a new light that I won in a giveaway (lucky bastard) so let’s hope that will help in this final stretch 😎
I’m thinking I could get around 50/60g per plant, what do you guys think?
Cheers everyone!!
