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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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@BLAZED
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Week 7 (13-3 to 19-3)
13-3
Temperature: 24.2 degrees (lights on) 18.5 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 65% (highest) 52% (lowest)
14-3
Temperature: 28.2 degrees (lights on) 19.5 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 57% (highest) 44% (lowest)
Today i refilled the reservoir with 15L feed (1L + 0.2 ml Silica + 1 gr Calcium + 0.7 gr Grow) EC: 1.3 PH: 6
One wavemaker already broke on me, luckily i bought 2 so i replaced it with a working one.
15-3
Temperature: 28.5 degrees (lights on) 21.1 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 60% (highest) 46% (lowest)
16-3
Temperature: 28.2 degrees (lights on) 19.7 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 59% (highest) 45% (lowest)
No pictures.
Adjusted the distance of the light to 40/50 cm (depending on hight of some tops)
17-3
Temperature: 27.8 degrees (lights on) 19.7 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 62% (highest) 44% (lowest)
18-3
Temperature: 28.1 degrees (lights on) 20.4 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 62% (highest) 44% (lowest)
Today i cleaned the reservoir and added 15L. (1L + 0.2 ml Silica + 0.5 ml CalMag + 0.46 gr Grow) EC: 0.9 PH: 6
19-3
Temperature: 28.2 degrees (lights on) 19.9 degrees (lights off)
Humidity: 69% (highest) 43% (lowest)
No pictures.
Today i installed a new SCROG net, this one is much better then the one i used before.
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@AsNoriu
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Day 50. Girls are running fine. Found some strange black curled leaves, had to apply Leaf Coat just in case. Was stupid enough to spray already flowering auto tent, all pistils went dark and girls look like shit. I know it doesn't influence final result but its a shock and all photos will look like shit from now on .... So here i did it purely for not doing later ... ;))
Blue dreams are biggest plants, Kalini Asias and Runtz end up somewhere the same, but smaller than BD.
Silica, water, feed. Thats the plan for this week.
Day 53. Girls got Silica Acid yesterday and it was too early ;))) i have to move lights, but i don't want to induce more run, inner spacing is enormous on couple last nods ... Better to use in early veg and after stretch ;)))
Video shows it all ...
Day 53. Evening. They just run to the sky, some girls are rubing LED's ;))) If i raise lights today - ill have to repeat it tomorrow, still almost 2 weeks of stretch left ... will go "slow burn" way ;))))
Happy Growing !
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@ConspiracyFly
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Gorilla Glue #4 Week 12
Changing the lighting schedule to 12 12
Some leaves and branches were damaged due to the limited space
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@TheFoxFarmer
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Thank you to RQS for creating and sending me this girl. She's fat, full of flavour and a pleasure to grow! Highly recommended even for a beginner. Thanks to all that follow, like and comment. Without you guys it'd be pretty boring so I appreciate all of your input!
She was harvested on Day 58 and left to dry for at least a week. I then gave her a dry trim and thrown the buds in a jar for curing. I put a couple of boveda 62% humidity packs in there too, to keep the moisture level correct. I'll soon be switching to Integra boost packs as they seem to get a better review and are purposely made for cannabis.
Because I have 4 seperate plants/strains in one tent, under one light, I've had to calculate these by dividing the conditions by 4 (4 plants in total sharing same conditions). This is the fairest and only way to work it out on average as a full tent.
Happy growing! 🐺
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@Just_Weed
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Day 155 - Watering 7l solution rain water with 4 mL Top-Max and 4 mL Bio-Bloom, 1mL of calmag
Solution ph 6.3, ppm 550, runoff ppm 1060, ph 6.3
looking at the trichs I think around 2 weeks until harvest.
Day 158 - Watering 7l solution rain water with 3 mL Top-Max and 2 mL Bio-Bloom, 0.5mL of calmag
Solution ph 6.6, ppm 350 runoff ppm 1100, ph 6.4
Looking at runoff it's good I reduced nutrients. I will start flushing from next watering. Thinking of maybe giving blackstrap molasses
for last few waterings. Will she how is ppm after next straight rainwater watering and decide.
Smells very strong right now and trich are still mostly clear with around 25% cloudy going towards 50%.
Day 161 - Watering 7l solution rain water 7.5 ph, 30 ppm
Water ph 7.5, ppm 30 runoff ppm 1040, ph 6.5
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@CanarianGrow92
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The 24th of July a heatwave started reaching 40c°, i needed to move the plant together with the cherry cola (other diary) to my balcony as if not it would have killed the plant
25 of July we gave some bio enhancer and synergy mycorrhizae
26 of july nothing
27 of July water
28 of july nothing
29 y 30 of july i will add some more pictures and lets hope we can put back again the plant to its original location 😃
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@LockDownGrow
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Ok so this week I did a defoliation and a tigh down too the netting , I really was not planning on doing such a big defoliation but the leafs became thick and dense and there was almost no light penitration down too the lower branches of the plant , so she is opened right up now and the humidity and temperature has dropped loads and the air is moving alot better around the leaves and branches , I will not take anything more off her now , I have also added Cal mag too the nutrients for this week only ,
I am very happy with them so far and being new too all this it's all very exciting ,
Thanks for looking :)
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@Silverback_Guerilla
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9/10:
New week...good progress.
I'll probably transplant them into pots in a couple of days.
They are looking a little deficient, so I'll give them full strength nutes soon.
9/11:
I waited to long to transplant them and they have root problems to some degree or another...too wet for too long.
I transplanted both of them into 3 gallon pots and observed about 50% brownish roots on the bigger one. 😕
I powdered the planting holes with myco, tricho, and other goodness.
I added two Mars Hydro 150w lights, and a 60w 6500k LED panel light since they are all spread out now. The average CCT is still a little over 4800k, even though the Mars are a little warmer color temp than the Viparspectras.
9/12:
Between the root problems and the transplant, they looked horrible, so I sprayed them with BoomBoom Spray today and will do a good root drench tomorrow with BushDoctor Boomerang.
They looked better by the end of day, but still have a ways to go to get back on track...
9/17:
I fed them boomerang only twice this week, and gave also them kangaroots yesterday. They are both still a little droopy looking, but they are growing..
I'll prolly flip to 13/11 with emerson effect in the next couple of days.
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@CanadianFillmore
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Harvest time for Divine storm. Not much to say about this strain, except this is my last time growing it.
July 11 update, 84 grams dry weight. Same taste and smell as before, a wine taste with a bit of fruit.
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@Lushgaia
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Plain water as usual, did top some of them with bat guano only the ones I think need it the rest looks ok
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@cezario
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Most plants are looking good. One plant has some discolorartion tho. Tops are looking nice and thick.
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@CannaIGrow
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Plant is growing good. Still really pretty to me. Hoping to flip around day 60