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This week the alpha plant needed some training but boy did she stretch! I had to defoliate them both but a lot less on the omega plant she's been such a pleasure to watch grow because, up until now I haven't done anything but give her water sunlight and nutrients.
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Welcome to Veg Week 4 of Fast Buds Papaya Sherbet I'm excited to share my grow journey with you from my FastBuds Project . It's going to be an incredible ride, full of learning, growing, and connecting with fellow growers from all around the world! For this Project , I’ve chosen the Feminized Photo strain Papaya Sherbet : Here’s what I’m working with: • 🌱 Tent: 120x60x80 • 🧑‍🌾 Breeder Company: Fast buds • 💧 Humidity Range: 60 • ⏳ Flowering Time: 58 Days • Strain Info: 30%THC • 🌡️ Temperature: 26 • 🍵 Pot Size: 0.5l • Nutrient Brand: Narcos • ⚡ Lights : 600W x 2 A huge thank you to Fast Buds for allowing me to try my Best with this amazing collection from Automatic and Photo Strains they managed to Sponsore . Big thanks for supporting the grower community worldwide! Your genetics and passion speak for themselves! I would truly appreciate every bit of feedback, help, questions, or discussions – and of course, your likes and interactions mean the world to me as I try to stand out in this exciting competition! Let’s grow together – and don’t forget to stop by again to see the latest updates! Happy growing! Stay lifted and stay curious! Peace & Buds!
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LJ4Q23 Bolt II SOP LJ4Q23 - 8-Plant SOG from Cuts Objective: - 8 Plants - Single Colas - No Branches - Harvest Lemon Jeffery (Narrow Leaf Phenos): 70±5 days - Light Intensity - Ramp up from 200 - > 40 DLI, at 13 hour ScotoPeriod, will need MAX Light to Achieve - Ramp Light Intensity to MAX ASAP (3 Weeks?) Notes: - Lemon Jeffery handles HIGH LIGHT Well, even within 6” of Light @ ~1800 µMol/m2/ - The challenge will be achieving minimum 40 Mol/day, which in this setup requires 1000 µMol/m2/s @ 13 hour Scotoperiod ______________________________________ Start of Week: [ 2023-12-06, LJ4Q 8:B:1:1] End of Week: [ 2023-12-12, LJ4Q 14:B:1:7] Flower Week 2 _______________________________ Environment Targets (Bolt II): - Scotoperiod: [ 13, h] # Contiguous dark hours daily - DayPeriod: [ 1900, 0600 +24h] - TemperatureMax: [ 82, °F] - RH: [ 70, %] - VPD: [ 0.91, mS] - LightIntensity: [ 850, µMol/m2/s] - LightDistance: [ 16.5, “] Bolt II Fertigation - RLA Medium Chart, Week 2, EC: [ 1.7, mS] - Primer A: [ 6.2, ml, gal] - Primer B: [ 6.2, ml, gal] - CalMag Fuel: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Silica Skin: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Lush Green: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Root Anchor: [ 2.5, ml, gal] - Peak Bloom: [ 2.5, ml, gal] Bolt II Fertigation - RLA HYDRO Chart, Week 4, EC: [ 1.7, mS] - Primer A: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Primer B: [ 8.5, ml, gal] - Silica Skin: [ 4.25, ml, gal] All Fertigation Add - Plant Success: - Microbelife Photosynthesis Plus: [ 0.5, ml/gal] - Build-a-Soil: - Quillaja20 Powder: [ 0.5, tsp/gal] - South Cascade Organics: - SLF-100 _______________________________________________ Wed Dec 6, 2023 LJ4Q 8:B:1:1 __ Thu Dec 7, 2023 LJ4Q 9:B:1:2 FOLIAR Application: Bolt - CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml/gal] - Lush Green: [ 5, ml/gal] Install Drain Tray - [x] Install Irrigation Manifold - [ ] Install Drain pump Irrigation Install (When Drip Rings Obtained) - [x] Connect manifold lines to each of 8 drip lines - [ ] Calibrate Drip Ring delivery __ Fri Dec 8, 2023 LJ4Q 10:B:1:3 - We had 500 ml Runoff from 360 X 8: 2880 total: 17% Runoff, which is a good number. - Therefore - if we want to duplicate Initial watering: - Let’s start at nominal 110 ml/ event - 4x a day. 1.8 ml/sec, 110 ml: 61 Seconds, + 5 Sec -> Make it an EVEN MINUTE of irrigation. - [x] Bring Reservoir Operational - [x] Power Chiller - [x] Install irrigation pump - [x] Install circulation pump Irrigation Approach - We’ll use 1.7 ml/sec/line as the Baseline feed. - If we water no more than the Saturation Volume daily . . . - 440 ml/day, Max/Plant Estimates - AirPot Size: [ 4400, ml] - AirPot Saturation: [ 440, ml] - @ 3.2 ml/sec: [ 137, sec] # Max Per Day - Assume 10 Sec ‘Fill’ overhead Per Irrigation HF Fertigation - 4 Events/day - 11 hour Irrigation 4x/day Frequency: 2.75 hrs - First Irrigation 15 Minutes BEFORE Lights On - @ 1.7 ml/sec, 60 sec/event, 100 ml/plant, 4 times a day - 60 Seconds/event, 4X/day EC 3.2 1.7 6.0 ml ml ml Primer A 16.00 8.50 EC 3.2 1.7 6.0 gal total Primer B 16.00 8.50 Primer A 16.00 8.50 51.00 Silica Skin 8.00 4.25 Primer B 16.00 8.50 51.00 Quillaja20 0.5 tsp/gal Silica Skin 8.00 4.25 25.50 King Crab 0.5 ml/gal 0.5 - Loaded ~ 6 Gallons, added another 1 to 1-1/2 to EC: 1.7 Program Irrigation Timer ( Start 15 minutes before Lights On - Time based on ~3ml/sec per line ADJUST When we have ACTUALS). Delivery Max per Plant/day: [ 440, ml] Delivery Frequency/Day: 4 Delivery Period: 2h, 45min Delivery/Plant: [ 102, ml] DeliveryDuration: 60s Usage Expectations - 800 ml/day W 6 Gallons in the res, we’ve enough feed for 28 Days - probably need to mix less. ;-} Fertigation Schedule Initiate Irrigation Irrigation Complete Event 0 18:45:00 18:46:00 Event 1 21:30:00 21:31:00 Event 2 00:15:00 00:16:00 Event 3 03:00:00 03:01:00  Foliar - [x] Resin Bloom: [ 20, ml, gal], [ 1.25, ml, 240, ml] - [x] CalMag Fuel: [ 20, ml, gal], [ 1.25, ml, 240, ml] - [x] Connect manifold feed line to Little Giant Irrigation Pump FOLIAR Application: Bolt - Solar Rain: [ 20, ml/gal] Per Line Delivery, 2 Data Points: 1.87 ± 0.125 ml/sec Let’s go with 1.8 and see . . . Following the rules of Halves - the Pre-Drip ring flow rate was 3.2 per line. With the rings - it’s about HALF, maybe a little more. SO - Ferti9gat __ Sat Dec 9, 2023 LJ4Q 11:B:1:4 GROWER ERROR - Left Irrigation pump connected to POWER instead of TIMER and drained 6 Gal of feed across 8 plants. - I think they’re sufficiently watered . . . ;-} - Gorilla Grow Tent HELD all the water until I could shop vac it out this morning during the grows scotoperiod. - Will report on results after lights on @1900 Lessons Learned (SOP) - ALWAYS ENABLE DRAIN PUMPS BEFORE INITIATING AUTOMATED IRRIGATION - Some might call this common sense, not an SOP… _______________ Saturday Tasks - [x] Refill Res, RLA Hydro Chart @ EC: 1.7 mS, 3 Gal (11.4 Litres) - [x] Primer A: [ 25.5, ml] - [x] Primer B: [ 25.5, ml] - [x] Silica Skin: [ 12.8, ml] - [x] Quillaja20 Powder: [ 1.5, tsp] - [x] SLF-100: [ 15, ml] - [x] Photosynthesis Plus: [ 18, ml]  - [x] Tidy Grow Room Install Irrigation Drain system - [x] Obtain 10’ of 1/4” - 3/8” red tubing for runoff drain - [x] Install sump and catch bucket - [x] Externalize power cord - power up - verify operation - [x] Externalize waste hose output in 2-1/2 Gal Dark plastic reservoir _______________ __ Sun Dec 10, 2023 LJ4Q 12:B:1:5 LightIntensity: [ TBD, µMol/m2/s] DLI13: [ TBD, Mol/m2/d] Need to get to 40 DLI baseline, which at 11 hours of light is 1037 µMol/m2/s @ 11 hours/day __ Mon Dec 11, 2023 LJ4Q 13:B:1:6   Lighting Plan - Increase PPFD 10% until we’ve achieved [ 1000+, µMol/m2/s] - Increasing light intensity will increase nutrient needs and runoff. - STAY ON POINT. FOLIAR Application: Bolt - Solar Rain: [ 20, ml/gal] - Silica Skin: [ 20, ml/gal] Still looking for vigor. The girls still look like they’re enjoying a slumber party. ;-| Evaluate Runoff - After doubling irrigation time ( 1 min -> 2 min), we should have some runoff to evaluate. - IFF NOT: Double Irrigation Time to 4 min - ELSE: evaluate - estimate 10%/min, ~320 ml LightIntensity: [ 850, µMol/m2/s] # The sooner we get to full light, the better. ;-} - 440 ml/day - 44 ml, runoff/day - [x] Actual: [ 500 , ml] We also had an extra 5 or so minutes of feed verifying pump yesterday. Will measure again Tuesday. height range: [ 10, 6, 9.5 avg] - [x] Increased Irrigation Interval to 3 minutes. __ Tue Dec 12, 2023 LJ4Q 14:B:1:7 Irrigation Interval: [ 3, min] Irrigation Delivery per Event: [ 100, ml] Events per Day: 4 Total per day per plant: [ 400, ml] Total per day delivered: [ 3200, ml] # < 1 Gal - We target 10-15% runoff, so we’re looking for 380 - 440 ml runoff per day. - IFF we have MORE than 380 - 440 ml’s - [x] Reduce Irrigation Time to 2:30 (from 3:00) - IFF we have LESS than 380 ml runoff - [ ] Increase Irrigation Time time to 3:30, Re-evaluaute WEDNESDAY - [x] Measure Runoff - [x] Amt: 600, ml - Total Run was 14 minutes. We’re using 100ml/min as the guideline, but believe it’s closer to 30-50 ml/min. ***TUESDAY NIGHT - LAST PICTURE FOR WEEK (Hopefully DRY and Praying)!*** Changed Irrigation from 3 min to 2:30.
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2/14: Decreased distance between the lights and canopy. Let the maximum swell commence! 2/16: Fed today..increased sugars/carbs. This was probably the last feeding with Beastie Bloomz..switching to Cha Ching at next feed and cutting back on the One.
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I Topped 3 days ago, she got a little bit stress, she could be stressfull if i top earlyer, so i hadnot other way. I think she will give me 50-60 g dry buds... but i am scaryed with this. she is still not flowering. explain me why. almos every GSC auto starts flowering at 5 week
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Still only just watering 200mls every second day, she's got a got nice purple stem, looks like it picked up some of the black dominas colours.
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New weekly video uploads and more! See what’s happening in the Cabbage Patch! Day 14 Flower! Plants looking very h@ppy. Can’t wait to get in there and give it’s last defoliation. Day 16 - She’s stacking up nice! Just need to water when dry. She’s on cruise control! Day 20 - Defoliation video for ya! Cheers 🍻
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Vamos familia que ya actualizamos la cosecha de estas Candy Rain de Zamnesia, para el concurso POWER BUDS Plagron x Zamnesia CONTEST. Ya era hora de cosechar, estoy bastante contento con los resultados. Vaya flores que se han marcado repletas de tricomas, y las flores se marcan aromas dulces y afrutados. Es una variedad bastante fácil de cultivar y muy resistente, crecieron desde el principio bien vigorosas, sin problemas y al final de todo recompensó. Las condiciones ambiéntales han sido máximas en 25 y mínimas en 20 y una humedad estable en torno al 36% al final de floración y en el secado. Os comento que tengo un descuento y para que compréis en la web de Zamnesia de un 20%, el código es ZAMMIGD2023 The discount 20% and the code is ZAMMIGD2023 https://www.zamnesia.com/ Espero que disfruteis este diario, buenos humos 💨💨
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Did the final defoliation to reveal all the buds to the light, flowers are getting super dense and a lot bigger, trichomes are starting to appear. Not an intensive smell but still deeply fruity, she is really good looking and calyxes are turning red and purple.
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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!😍 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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!🤪💚 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Updates: 8/11- Here we go into the FIRST WEEK of flower for the FastBuds Papaya Sherbet photoperiod! She finally finished her preflower stretch, ending up at a nosebleed height of 90" tall! It was such a great sight to look at her yesterday and see little flowers beginning to form. She's going to be a beautiful plant! 8/13- Our weather has cooled off after last weeks tropical system passed and it's nice to have a much needed break from the heat and humidity! I am continuing to water daily with 5-8 gallons of well water from the garden hose. I also went ahead and removed two small branches that were at the very bottom of the Papaya Sherbet that would only take away nutrients from more beneficial areas of the plant. 8/15- Today, I top dressed the Papaya Sherbet with 3 cups of Gaia Green 2-8-4 Power Bloom which I watered in with well water from the hose. I then applied 1/2 gallon of a nutrient mix I made up in 2 1/2g of well water consisting of: 1/4 cup Neptune's Harvest Seaweed(kelp) plant food and 2 1/2 tsp. of Plantonics Amino Bliss. 8/17- There goes the first full week of flower for this incredibly stunning Papaya Sherbet photoperiod from FastBuds and I can not wait to see her transformation as this lady progresses through flowering! Thank you for checking out my diary, your positive comments and support make it all worthwhile! 💚Growers Love!💚😎🙏
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WEEK 16 - (06/13/2021 - 06/19/2021) Week 8, Day 50 - FLOWER: 06/13/2021 After inspecting the trichome development for the last 7-10 days or so, I’ve decided that today would be the ideal time to begin flushing. The American Pie #1 does not look like it’s ready to begin flushing quite yet, as she appears to be about a week behind in maturity. Despite that, I’ll still begin flushing her today too. Recycled water: 70ppm, 69℉ + pH Up: 7ml Mixture: 95ppm, 6.4 pH, 69℉ ppm/ppm = runoff/soil JB#1 - 895/800, 6.1 pH AP#1 - 529/434, 6.5 pH AP#2 - 365/270, 6.7 pH GC#1 - 624/529, 6.3 pH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 8, Day 51 - FLOWER: 06/14/2021 Did a trichome check on the plants today. Spent more time with the Jelly Banana to better determine her maturity level. She actually looks like she is ready to harvest today. I’d say trichomes are 75-80% milky, with an amber trichome here and there. I’m going to try and push her through at least one more low-ppm watering and test the runoff. If I start seeing more amber trichome development, I will cut her down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 8, Day 54 - FLOWER: 06/17/2021 Recycled water (8 gallons): 69ppm, 5.8 pH, 70℉ + HydroGuard: 8ml + pH Up: 3ml Mixture: 82ppm, 6.0 pH, 70℉ ppm/ppm = runoff/soil JB#1 - 688/606, 6.5 pH GC#1 - 602/520, 6.5 pH AP#2 - 633/551, 6.9 pH AP#1 - 685/603, 6.5 pH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SUMMARY] I expect this to be my last full week of flower. All the girls are looking ripe for the chopping. The aroma that bursts out of the tent when I unzip it every time is heavenly. American Pie #1 is still about a week behind in maturity, but she will get cut down with the other plants regardless. Jelly Bananen started to turn a lime green color so she'll probably get chopped and hung up in the next few days when my second tent arrives (4x2 AC Infinity). That wraps up this week! See you ladies and gentleman in the next entry. 🙏
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Hi growers. It's end of week 5 of flowering. So far, all girls looks quite well, only OG is showing that he is missing some zink.. Hope to heal her... Red mandarine is showing her true color as well.. Live that purple!! Stay stoned and keep growing! One love!
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Incredibly sticky... fingers still sticking to keys as I type :) One more Linda Seeds left to harvest....
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This week BCN start flowering stage. Pineapple found little bit white hair on node that sign of female on a little plant size. I decision to feed Flower Fuel and Myco+ to both BCN plant. For Pineapple still feed same last week Fish hormone and Myco+ At this point i turn on 2x 100W LM301B again. So, Totally wattage increased to 440W
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Veg week 2 Day 36 from seed Topped 11/17/23 LST coming up Microbial tea end of week
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2022-10-31 The Plant is now under 12/12 and iam courious how she stretches She gets watered every day with a weak feedingsolution like 900ppm so iam sure she stays happy. Beneficals are mixed into the solution growing easy and steady website for for my Fertilisers: https://greenbuzzliquids.com/en/shop/ Code: mrs_larimar Breeder Info: 👉Black Sugar is an indica dominant hybrid of Black Domina, L. A. OG and Critical. It has kept the medicinal properties of L. A OG, a good flowering rate on the Black Domina lineage, and the compact size of the classic Critical strain. With its small growth, the strain produces large yields of up to 600gr/m2 on bushy branches. The buds are very dense and stinky. Black Sugar has a high THC level. The variety has a fruity citrus aroma. Dense smoke gives the effect of relaxation and body buzz. Good for Smoking before going to bed. It can become one of your favorite Seedsman strain Genetics Black Domina x L.A OG x Critical Harvest 450 - 500 g/m² Flowering 50 - 55 days THC 20.0% CBD 1.0%
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It's really hard for a first time grower to grow without the input of others, particularly if you aren't a science type person. Grow diaries and the users who've commented have really helped me make decisions about how to handle the girls. What I've learnt is there's never a right or wrong way of doing something and a lot of your success is based on intuition! This my very first grow. I can't normally keep herbs alive and I had my fair share of disasters with this plant, from stem breakages (fixed with a tape and a ruler) and calculating nutes incorrectly. I LSTd and topped (accidentally initially) and left 2 alone. The ones left alone had the biggest yeild. I harvested at different stages, but within days. The trics were probably at 1% amber, 80% cloudy and the rest clear. A test smoke of a dry bud in a pipe which had been cured for a few days gave me a fun, giggly high that lasted a long time with rolling body effects that left me feeling reallllly good. I made butter out of the fresh wet trim of one plant (2oz of trim) and made 113g of knock out butter. Just a teaspoon had my flying for 24 hours. I was growing these 4 ladies, along with 4 non-auto skunk 1# which have been in veg mode for the whole time. They are beasts right now and I will start a diary for them to document the progress.