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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:
5/31- Week 4 from seed and the FastBuds Papaya Sherbet photoperiod is doing a lot better now that she's going through a growth spurt!
The leaf chewing has mostly subsided now since I have been spraying Neem Oil on her every 2-3 days. She's also beginning to increase in height about an inch per day now and has great color and vigor.
6/2- Yesterday I top dressed the Papaya Sherbet with 2 cups of Gaia Green 4-4-4, 1 cup of Down to Earth Bio Fish along with 1/2 gallon of worm castings. After top dressing and working the amendments into the soil by hand, I watered it in via garden hose with straight well water.
6/4- It rained hard yesterday, so I skipped watering the FastBuds Papaya Sherbet photo today as the ground was still pretty wet.
6/6- The last two days have been sunny and warm so I watered the Papaya Sherbet photo with straight well water from the garden hose today.
Another week gone by for the FastBuds Papaya Sherbet photoperiod and I'm looking forward to next week, as well as the weeks that will follow to see how this lady progresses!
Thank you for checking out my diary, your positive comments and support make it all worthwhile! 💚Growers Love!💚😎🙏
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@Basementganja
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New Aeroponics "root rain" mist cloner! Holds 2 gallons of water. I added 8 Tsp of CloneX clone/seedling nutrient. PH was 6.0-6.5ish, good enough!
These clones inside got zapped pretty hard one day, because I forgot to plug in the water pump one time after playing with it hehehe... Some didn't make it, but most survived!
every other plant was watered with just de-chlorinated tap water, for re-hydration.
#4 has been selected as the winning pheno! The mother plant had her home upgraded to a 2gal pot.
The root ball was not so bound, due to her receiving a root-prune not too long ago, she was re-potted back into a solo cup.
I pruned the bottom of the root mass off with a light pinch, and potted her into her new 2gallon home!
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@ButterfliesLittleFarm
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Hello Diary,
The Milky Way F1 is ready to harvest soon, although the Titan F1 ripened first and is already ready, the Milky Way F1 and Apollo F1 will have to wait another week in my estimation.
The Milky Way F1, as seen in the photos, is truly a sight for the eyes.
The flowers started to get more and more brown pistils, but looking under the microscope, the trichomes are not all milky yet.
So I'll leave her for another day.
Otherwise, the flowers are full of trichomes, from which a strong fragrance spreads.
Here and there a yellowish leaf appears, which I immediately remove.
Watering is a little more frequent due to the high temperatures, but I stopped adding any nutrients.
Here's a quick recap of the week.
26/06/2023 - Day 58.
Watering.
Only two days later, the plants drank all the water, so I watered them with two liters for each individual plant.
29/06/2023 - Day 61.
Watering. I repeated the procedure as I did three days earlier.
01/07/2023. - Day 63.
Photographing plants.
That's all for this week, see you soon.
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@Kirsten
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26.12.24:
I have noticed light stress on my plants. I had moved the lights further away and increased the light intensity to 70%. Unfortunately that created some issues. Namely severe palour of the leaves.
To try and rectify the situation, I've dimmed the lights to about 30%, staying at the same distance, about 30 inches away. I measured the par levels, after I did this. They should a reading of anywhere between 40 and 150, at the canopy of the plants. They are all different sizes. This seems to have improved the colouring on all plants.
After this evenings watering, I will monitor recovery and increase lighting intensity again slowly. I am also using the light cycle of 21/3, so the plants have many hours more light to absorb, than for example 12/12 or 18/6.
29.12.24:
So I finally gave LST a shot, it's probably a bit too late, however I really want to get the most of the triploid pheno, and I went a little crazy and LST'd all plants except 2, as they're too small.
I did that late last night, this afternoon I was amazed to see the plants turn their leaves back to the light source. I'm glad I overcame my fear of trying it. I'm very excited to see them adapt and progress! 😁 there are videos above with before and after of my LST process.
I am pleased with the progress, considering all of my mistakes!
Thanks for checking out my diary 🍃 ✌️
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@InnerCityGardens
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2nd week of Flush, then 4 days of darkness. All these shots and video is from the day before harvest and the resulting drying days. 🙌🏽💚🇬🇧
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@valiotoro
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Super easy trim✂️
The buds are super dense & sticky🤩
For the smell it’s cherry & blackcurrant with a gassy touch the Cherry Cola Diesel ⛽️🍒
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@ZeroKnown
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i noticed some good signs of flowering so i started feed her with bio bloom and top max
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@Zuppler
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**Grow Report by Zuppler - Week 1 Flowering Phase**
Ayo, what’s good fam? Zuppler back in this b**** with the week 1 flowering update, straight outta the capital. We just flipped the switch to that 12/12, and these girls already know what time it is – they starting to stretch out like they tryna reach for the stars. We runnin’ that Ape Formula from Advanced Nutrients, got the whole squad dialed in on some next-level s***. Feeding them queens like they royalty, nah mean?
We keepin' it real precise with that RO water – pure as it gets, no cap. I ain't lettin' no junk minerals mess up the game. We stayin’ locked on that pH balance like a sniper, so the nutes hit right, and them roots keep drinkin’ smooth. So far, no issues – the plants look strong, real healthy. Ain’t no signs of deficiencies, and the leaves stayin’ green like money.
The canopy lookin’ good too, spreadin’ out evenly. All them colas just gettin' ready to explode. You already know, we keepin’ everything low stress, tryin’ to maximize that yield without no drama. Temperature’s steady, humidity right where it need to be – we not takin’ no L’s, bro.
It’s early days, but the stretch is comin’ in strong. In a minute, these girls gon' be stackin’ up them buds real heavy. I can already tell we ‘bout to be sittin’ on some fire soon. Stay posted, this is just the beginning.
Zuppler signin' out.
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@SpaceGorilla_01
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This week has been amazing really see the love and effort put into these girls the whole garden is taking shape very fast daily could not have done it without Royal Qween Seeds big shout out to them 1st seed company I've ever used and will continue to have RQS in my garden somewhere for future grows and shout out to spider farmer - living soils - future garden-spacehydro - UK skunkworks -
could not be were I am now without these guys
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@dudjah
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This strain smells so sweet and mint like, I love it. It’s my first time so I have no parameters for comparison, but I sure learned a lot.
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@gr3g4l
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nada que resaltar. Una más entre el montón.
igual 70gr. en seco no más
como comenté antes, las auto no siempre gustan
pasados unos meses curando y cansado de tenerlo por ahí me decidí por hacer hash con hielo. 9,1gr de 100 gr. áprox de cogollitos
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@biggreens420
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These monsters are just piling on the weight majority of buds on the right side are tied up did minor defoliation just watching them stack and keeping an eye on the humidity as its begun to rise .left side front to back am haze 1, exotic thai ,am haze 2 .right side front to back lsd,fruit spirit,blue mystic. Thanks for reading happy growing guys
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@Chucky324
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Hello. This is the end of week 4 and the beginning of week 5 of flowering.
Things are going good this week. I see a few yellow leaves on the bottom which is normal.
It smells like sweet candied mango in here. Wonderful or should I say Delicious!!
I am seeing some small, Thrips signs, on a few leaves, but nothing to worry about.
They are over their trimming/pruning up stress now and are bulking up. I see the resin is in full production now.
They are getting small amounts of food each day from the hydroponic system. And I hand watered with rain water yesterday. Each plant got 2 gallons.
The reservoir lasts 6 days and 7 if I add the dehumidifier water to the reservoir daily. Easy Peasy.
I read this article on hypochlorous acid and wanted to make my own rather than buy stuff to kill pests and handle fungus. I now have something I can whip up in 1 hour that can handle most problems I deal with inside and outside. The article said to use it at 1/2 strength inside and I would put plastic over the pots to keep it off the roots. Sounds good. We'll see.
Be Great. Chuck.
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@KushReloaded
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Week 11 of flower and these lady’s packed on some weight the largest 2 of 4 will be going into 48 hours of darkness today for a chop Sunday the topped plant and one that had salt damage I’m going to let go for a couple more weeks
If ya like leave a 👍
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@field_nigga
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Im worried about it stretching too much
also I switched to 12/12 this week