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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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@LittleBigTrees
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This week I've been pulling the top fan leaves to stop the plant growing taller and to allow the side branches to catch up. I also started feeding them.
I will probably repot and switch to flower next week now they've all outgrown their mutations.
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@Beancultiv8r
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So far these girls are beginning their push towards early stages of flowering! Each node is slowly developing pistils, new growth & reaching for the light! They've widened quite a bit seeing as both plants are slowly making their way outside the edge of their 6.6 gallon autopots. I'm noticing the increase in water consumption with no signs of new deficiencies at the 1.7EC 5.8ph. I will be increasing the the EC to 2.0 after flowering begins to progress.
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@Kirsten
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12.5.25:
I watered with some more Trace again. She's feeding well and needs watering more often again.
I upped the dose of Trace as I've noticed that there are some purple hues coming back on the stems.
13.5.25:
I have removed all fabric ties on the plant. I think we have stopped stretching, so the sooner, the better.
I keep getting my watering can caught in them all, and it was only a matter of time before I ended up snapping more branches off 😅 The fewer things in my way, the better 🤫
15.5.25:
I watered today as the pot had dried out almost.
The plant was watered with dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.5 with the following nutrients per 6.5 litres;
♡ 7ml Trace by Ecothrive
♡ 1/2 Tsp Sea K(elp) by Greenleaf nutrients
The plants received the amounts below.
HULKBERRY: 1l
FASTBUDS: 2l
NORTHERN LIGHTS: 3.5l
I am not giving any further nitrogen at this stage. They had a couple of doses in the past week or so. I'm sure they don't need any more.
So, I'm just using the kelp as it's packed full of goodness and high in potassium.
I also suspect an excess of phosphorus. So I'm also leaving that out for the time being.
There are still some red stems on the plants. added the Ecothrive trace for the last few waterings. I'm hoping it will resolve without any further intervention.
16.5.25:
I watered Hulkberry with 1.5ltrs of dechlorinated water PH'd to 6.4 with:
♡ 1/2 Tsp Sea K(elp) by Greenleaf nutrients
♡ 7ml Trace by Ecothrive
Measurements per 6.5ltrs.
PPM: 670
PH: 6.4
17.5.25:
I watered again today with 2ltrs of the above PH'D to 6.2.
Parameters remaining the same.
The plant is increasingly thirsty, so the waterings have again needed to be increased.
As we're reaching deep into flowering, this is par for the course.
I'm mostly using coco, perlite worm castings. Etc. So it's very easy for my pots to dry out. I need to keep on top of it.
As the pots dry out, the microbes are lost, and so keeping everything moist and healthy is imperative.
That's why I add Ecothrive Biosys regularly to ensure I keep up with the microbial life in the soil biology. To avoid PH lockout.
18.5.25:
I watered again, with the same parameters as yesterday.
Instead of Sea K,
I used Ecothrive Biosys:
1/2 Tsp/6.5l
PPM: 550
PH: 6.4
Thanks for checking out my diary and hanging out 💚✌️ 🍃 😊 🌱
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@EUPHORIC
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Seeds all successfully sprouted, The first 2 seeds already emerged through the surface within a night. I used zero nutrient supplements or any additives in this germination phase. You'll notice in the beginning i had 5 seeds and end up with 3 plants, Basically one i gave away; but the other i fucked up somewhere planting them (never gonna do that high again).
EDIT: I forgot i received some Auto Lemon Haze in my package order, that will make up to 4 plants that completes the R-DWC.
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@Roberts
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Quebec Blast is doing well. Been following the same routine as previous weeks. I upped nutrition, and was too ambitious I believe. She seems pretty happy. Looks like the Spider Farmer SE5000 light is at a good spot for her. She is in a New Level Hydro bucket. Another week closer. Thank you Spider Farmer, New Level Hydro, and Quebec Seeds. 🌱🌱🌱
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@Bread_n_Buds
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We have reached the first harvest, I do not mark it as harvested because the other one is still going and will be harvested in 7 - 10 days.
Here we are with our Blue Cheese F1 Hybrid by Zamnesia, it was the first to be harvested in just 59 days, born in fact on September 1st, all of it was harvested on October 30th, not bad at all.
The flowers are really beautiful, excellent resin, skunky scent as we like it a little gray, as soon as we smell skunk we fly into the past, far from indie and commercial music and with generic nostalgic references. Here with a smell of skunk we teleport to the coffee shops of Amsterdam in the late 90s. It often happens to me when I smell the flavors and smells of the first super herbs I smoked. With Skunk and derivatives more than anything. And then with Cheese which is precisely a derivative and with Bubblegum I go straight back to that coffee shop.
The amount of grass is average, the plant is not very tall, about 90 cm and has been cleaned underneath, the largest is 100 cm, it will give us a lot of grass, the phenotypes are slightly different despite being f1 but at least two phenotypes seem obvious to me, we must grant them, mom and dad.
I did a big flush but the plant arrived a bit green anyway, I had exaggerated in pumping a bit and I anticipated the harvest by about a week when I saw my jars almost empty. Let's be clear, we are still at an excellent amount of mature pistils, about 75%, and as for trichomes we are a bit amber, mostly cloudy and also some transparent still. But whatever, we are ready anyway.
We really liked the easy to clean harvest with those flowers that come out well without leaves that are too difficult to remove.
// Strain Description // If you were looking for a reliable, versatile and accessible strain, here it is. Blue Cheese F1 Automatic by Zamnesia Seeds uses F1 genetics to produce uniform, rewarding and easy-to-grow plants. This strain stays small, so you will have no problem finding a place to grow it. After just 10 weeks from seed, you can enjoy tasty buds with relaxing effects.
- Strain — Get a seed of this fantastic strain - https://www.zamnesia.io/it/10673-zamnesia-seeds-blue-cheese-f1-automatic.html -l
- Fully organic soil and fertilizers
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buy at www.zamnesia.io
- Growbox and ventilation system --- https://www.secretjardin.com/
- Light — P2000 - https://www.viparspectra.com
- Music and sound --- I made my girls listen to 432hz frequencies and black music from www.radionula.com
- Z --- You can find these seeds, much more from the world of cannabis, mushrooms and an incredible series of accessories and gadgets on the reference site not only mine but of many growers
---- https://www.zamnesia.com
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@Reyden
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LSD-25 mostra già qualche peletto è questo è un ottimo segno, la ragazza sembra crescere veramente alla grande con rami che cercano la luce, ora vedrò se tagliare le foglie a ventaglio che coprono i rami che non riescono ad emergere, penso che dalla prossima settimana andranno già in fioritura le due auto anche la CBD avrà bisogno di più tempo per svilupparsi…ho delle belle aspettative per queste bellezze 👌💯🔥
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Comenzamos esta aventura el dia 1 Agosto 2024.
Hidratare por 24 hrs en vaso de agua con agua oxigenada, posteriormente pasaremos a servilleta y dejaremos se 24 a 48 hrs para pasar a maceta.
Lunes 5 de Agosto hacemos trasplante a maceta definitiva.
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@Flora
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04/09/2018 switched to 660 watt light. Gave the girls a last feeding. Planning to flush them and shorten their light time.
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@HighOhioAn
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Rainbow melon has stolen my heart From day one the plant was bigger as nice strong stock handles low stress training well some of the biggest buds I’ve ever had. I am truly in love with this plant fade is absolutely one of the Most beautiful like an Indian summer Cannot wait to see what they come up with next💪🔥💯
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UNOS 14 DIÁS DE FLORACION, EMPEZAMOS CON EL BIG BUD, Y NUESTRAS PLANTAS ESTÁN RADIANTES DE ENERGIA
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I came back after vacation, the girl is ready for cutting, the rainy weather has started, so there is a threat of rot, you can say I managed to find just a few small pits in time and removed them and threw them away, the big and stiff flowers look fantastic:) but after a long trip I was tired, so I didn't take quality photos :( no everything else, I am very satisfied with the result I got:) its smell already lets me know that it will be good:) a lot of sugar leaves from which I will make bubble hash:) I will update the weight when it dries.
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@Ganja_Zombie
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5/31/25 Sprout popped out of Coco in 400ml Menards Mini Pail.
-10:00pm fed with 100-150ml~ 1050EC 5.6pH Mix.
-25-75ml~ runoff
-QB96x2 at 320 watts
-Light is like 46-54 inches away.
Using the Photon App with a printer paper diffuser it says the top of the sprout is 320 ppfd.
Trying to decide which system to use for watering. Printed a bunch of stuff including a AutoPot Tray that holds the Mini Pail and AquaValve5. Lightproof Lid. Pot Elevator if needed.
Made a Irrigation ring and a bunch of things to hold it to the Mini Pail nicely. Connected to a LetPot WiFi Auto Watering System that allows me to set how many times it waters a day. It also provides a feature that when its watering schedule starts it can be done in intervals instead of continuously watering.
I am leaning toward using the Auto Watering System over the AutoPot to avoid salt buildup.
If I use the AutoPot I wonder if I would be fine if I topfed like 1000ml~ every Saturday Afternoon?
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@tokesly
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The Apple Cup hermied this week along with the Baker's Dozen. Fortunately Tropicanna Poison is flowering so fast that it seems to be unbothered by the hermies next to it. The hermied plants will be stunted as more energy will be focused on developing pollen/seeds. Also I'll have to chop them down early before any seeds begin to solidify within the buds. It's ideal to immediately remove any hermies as soon as pollen sacs are spotted. Unfortunately I only have my small closet space so I decided to leave them and observe the growth of hermies.
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I use all 3 General hydroponic nutrients and they are two different pot sizes the Moby Dick is in 30 liter and the blue amnesia is in 18 liters has a very strong odor and blue amnesia is maturing at a faster rate then the Moby Dick.
a scrog net is being used in order to give support to the upcoming buds.
I am also actually on week 4 I just made a mistake calculating the week.
this is my first grow ever.
also I'm not sure if using the scroll net it's a good idea for support rather than tying those branches up .
I am watering every two days feeding nutes every single time at 900 to 1000 PPM ph at 6.2 the plans have not show any signs of stress but I am worried if it is too much nutrients the plant seems to grow very fast after every watering and seems to be loving it.
the blue Amnesia XXL Auto it's growing in soil with 30% Coco and the Moby Dick XXL auto it's growing in hydroponic soil.
the seeds were germinated on jiffy's and 100% germination rate plus the genetics seems to me very resilient to heat and everything else including lots of nutrients.
the moby Dick XXL auto are the two in the front closest to the camera the two farthest to the back of the tent are the two blue amnesiaXXL auto.
today day 31 i did some pruning actually lots of pruning hopefully don't cause stress to the plants or even worse cause them not to bud that nicely regardless the scrog net seems to be working just fine helping them access more light and making it easy for cutting leaves that are no longer needed.
32 yesterday after watering and sleeping today they have show no signs of stress in fact they starting to stretch in the buds that we're not getting sufficient light have start to grow also yesterday from the 16 liters I prepare instead of 3 ml of grow formula I add 6 1/2 to compensate for stress and the need of healing and having new grow stretch. also temperature has dropped dramatically outside making my house cold down from 24 degrees C to 19° at night internal temperature is remaining the same from 30 to 26 C.
Day 33 I have been raising the scrog net every day and the light everyday this plant is growing very fast I also notice that where the fan is hitting all the time that plant is bigger I have been moving the fan to other sections of the grow tent to see if any reaction happens and it looks like it makes the plant grow faster . I will not be moving the Scrog net any higher Rather I will introduce another one once they require more support .
Day34 notice some of the top leaves are showing a curving down like over-watering without actually over water I think they're showing signs of too much nitrogen .for the next water session I will hold back on nitrogen until I see signs of a fully recovering meaning leafs pointing up.
thank you for reading have a happy grow.