The Grow Awards 2026 🏆
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~FastBuds Tropicana Cookies~ This was my first time running this FastBuds strain, along with my first attempt at 'hydroponic' growing using the AirCube Active Oxygen Ebb/Flow System from GrowAce. I cultivated three plants from seed to finish in just over 70 days growing in a 70/30 Coco/Perlite mix coupled with a layer of straight Perlite in the bottom of the fabric pots to ensure drainage and fed Plagron nutrients for the entire run with the exception of a 10 day flush at the end. Among those three cultivars, I had three distinctly different phenotypes. The #1 plant grew short and extremely bushy, with beautiful thick purple flowers, showing more Indica like traits. The #2 plant, which was the only one of the three that was topped, stretched her 'legs' and grew fairly tall in comparison to the #1. She also lacked the deep purple coloration of the #1, having just hints of light lavender in her flowers which were stacked tightly and completely frosted over with glistening trichomes! Lastly, the #3 phenotype grew the tallest of the bunch with wide, 'Sativa-like', node spacing. She was the one that experienced several issues during the grow, but finished out not looking too bad with a super dark purple coloration to her flowers that almost appears black. That dark purple color, coupled with her dark orange pistils give her flowers extra eye appeal! FastBuds Tropicana Cookies Auto was a very easy to cultivate strain and produced really spectacular results all things considered. I'll definitely be looking forward to running this one again in a 100% organic grow and can't wait to the results from that! 😎👍 Now let me move on the the AirCube Active Oxygen Ebb/Flow System from GrowAce. I was sponsored this system in return for my feedback on it shared through my Social Media accounts. On paper, this looks like a really great product, and I'm sure with enough time and experience you could get optimal results from using it, but for me that just was not the case. The initial setup went very smoothly, GrowAce's AirCube System looks to be extremely well made, comes with fairly clear instructions, and went together easily. I did add hose clamps to all the fittings attached to hoses for an extra measure of insurance against leaks (no one needs 20+gallons flooding the grow room!) and also placed the reservoir and 'brain bucket' outside of my 4x4 which allowed me to place all six AirCube pots in the tent, and yes it ended up being a bit too tight for me... it probably would work better with 3 plants or less in a 4x4. So lets get in to my pluses and minuses in my opinion for the GrowAce AirCube Active Oxygen Ebb/Flow System: Positives: • Well made • Easy to assemble • Easy to understand instructions and lots of 'how to' media available • Easily expandable Negatives: • Not for novices, previous hydroponic growing experience needed • No way to control solution temperature in reservoir • Roots growing out of the fabric pots end up dying and rotting which results in a ton of debris in the solution necessitating draining/cleaning/refilling the system every 4-5 days • No way to adjust nutrient levels for individual plants, they all get the same PPM like it or not. • Requires having all plants start together, and finish together as there is no way to flush individual plants. • Lastly, I like to turn my plants, which is impossible and also to photograph them which is difficult with this setup. All in all, I enjoyed the experience of 'hydro' growing, but am ready to get back to what I really LOVE to do which is 100% organic grows... Stay tuned fam!
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And she is alone in her house, her sisters left the place and wen do their stuff in different places living this one just for her hihi and i fell like she did like the idea since all the others are autos and moving to fast for her, true being said after they leave she woke up a beast inside her and start growing way faster hihii Man she is a beauty of the goods, so freaky from day one and i fell she will be a freak the all time , and a beautiful one hehe lets see, for now she is growing amazing and cute af, no changes on anything keeping it all the same as last week, did notice the RH was running low so increase that as you guys can see in the time lapse trailer i mede just for fun, this is a little project i have going on and the idea is a full video in the end with a complete from seed to harvest one , lets see how it all goes <3 <3 <3 For naw that is it, lets see how this week goes hehehe but have a felling she will evolve so much lets see , i am defiantly noticing an increase on her grown <3 <3 <3 And with the week coming to an end i look at her and fell the need to transplant her to a slightly bigger pot and by doing this i was able to had some mycorrhizae to help boost her roots and with that it all, she did great this week cant wait for the next one to go and to see how will this beauty of nature grow in her own freaky funky way, something i am just loving the world so far <3 <3 <3 She keeps growing and i think faster now but lets keep the eye out and we will find that out very soon hihihi <3 <3 <3 Just amazing , every day i see notorious changes on her , very exiting hihihihi As always thank you all for stoping by , for the love and for it all, i fell blessed to have you all with me for one more love journey, and a different one form the rest i did so far <3 <3 <3 #aptus #aptusplanttech #aptusgang #aptusfamily #aptustrueplantscience #inbalancewithnature #trueplantscience #dogdoctorofficial #growerslove
 With true love comes happiness , Always believe in your self and always do things expecting nothing and with an open heart , be a giver and the universe will give back to you in ways you could not even imagine so <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Growers love to you all <3 <3 <3
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Ho eseguito il topping al 4/5 internodo a seconda dell altezza delle piante per pareggiarle
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01/01/2022 Potting up and amending with 5-2-4 to give a little kick before mid flower #6 is first girl to show herself, also got two different males and only difference is that one is lighter green and other darker green (also dark green one seems to drink more than lighter green) 💚. Other than that structure is very similar I wonder which is a better breeding male? I guess I might pollinate and LABEL TWO BRANCHES ON each female one for each male. and find out.🙏🏻 01/06/2022 #3 showed today, reppoted and into flowering closet, along with#6,who showed earlier this week lights at 14-10 see how they respond to that schedule, which should help use up the 5-2-4 going into week 3 should help with her stretch. Which isn't really that much I believe maybe double her current height, which I will check at lights on.Week ,#3 if I think of it I'll give a good fungal dominant tea.
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Thank you for checking out this grow.
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The watermelons are around one and a half week in flowering an they stretched a lot more than the fat banana, this is obviously a personal experience, but let see, at the moment we have quite some bud sites around the plant and she's nice and green
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Hello everyone, We'll sorry I'm late, 😂😂 I've been sick for a few days but I'm back again, and good thing because my girls where thirsty as heck, lol I cant find my tape measure so I'll update you guys on the height next week, everything else is good See you guys next week ✌️✌️
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Still only gave them rain water. Time to let them go dry and start the feeding
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Amnesia HAZE: The effect and the taste: What do you think as an indica sativa effect, well as the name says Amnesia Haze you will forget everything, you will be as relaxed as ever, some of my friends have happened to completely forget everything : where I am who I am and where I liv, But right after that, happiness and relaxation, You have to take it well. (I also do the brownies from amnesia haze was so fucking stoned was good for first minutes but pay attention the amount you eat and the grams i make a cake of 7 gr of amnesia and eat so much, you have to take it a little at a time , because u get stoned after 30/60 minutes!!! don't exaggerate ) GOOD very very good the taste is so good the smell is like a perfume like a big bubble or something was a good smell that every time i I was breathing very hard because i love it, The plant: The cold and humidity was my enemy but i defeat him with lamp hps + dehumidifer + fans , probably i can do better if know that problems also my first time with feminized i think the plants need more and more water when switch to flowering stage and from vegetation i wasn't secure that that much water was good now i know that ! 💪😁
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So here we are Growmies, we arrived at the long-awaited flowering period. Basically this week wasn’t as busy as the previous ones. I stopped tucking branches at the end of the week so she can just focus on the stretch from now. At the beginning of the week we changed the solution as the DWC was almost empty, this means she drunk almost 10 litres last week.💦👨‍🌾🏻 It seems the leaf discolouration is totally gone so thanks to everyone for the tips. 👊🏻 That's why I love this community, I can always count on you growmies if I need help.🙏🌞 I could already see some pre flowering signs 7 days after the switch so that’s super fast imo. Running the TSW2000 at 45% around 30cm above the canopy. Wasn’t at home for a few days and only made a few shots this week. Hope everyone is having a great week. See you soon fellow gardeners.🌱🌞 Peace
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Sie wachsen brav… Bissl Probleme mit der neuen Lampe wegen Temperatur Lumatek 300 pro … für Tipps wegen Höhe und Einstellungen bin ich gern offen … schreibt mir gern
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Larry und ak wachsen gut, die Autos unterscheiden sich etwas in der Wuchsgeschwindigkeit, obwohl gleicher Boden, Wasser zu und genetik 🤷
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her buds getting bigger and bigger with every day leafs getting nice color. now we getting closer to harvest with big steps everyday hmmm. gave a nice day
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Привет друзья. Наше знакомства продолжается с новым сортом автоцветущих растений от Smail_Seeds сорт ORIGINAL AUTO CHEMZKITTLEZ F1 reg. Сегодня растению 47 дней. Растение очень хорошо развивается, ни каких сбоев в генетике не наблюдается. Шишки наливаются😀 Сорт выводим сами. Смотри мой профиль, у нас всегда есть что то интересное. Не забудь поставить лайк❤️, если понравилась как прошла неделя И читайте наш TELEGRAM: https://t.me/smail_seeds #Smail_Seeds 😀
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Hello everyone, This girls doing good, shes starting to flower small as she is, I got her out late, but theres still time to go, she'll get taller.. See you guys next week🤘🤘👊👊👊
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Hi all🧑‍🌾 Welcome to my final 🍌💜👊 week update. First of all. I would like to thank you all for such an amazing support on this bananas journey. I am amazed of the amount of love received from community here. Thank you Grow Diaries and Fastbuds for opportuniy to share and grow this amazing genetics. Love you all❤️💜💚 Was looking for strong indica dominant strain and after reading and hearing so much about this one. Just couldn't resist to not give a go. Was a bit worried before planting seeds that my final yield outcome may not be satisactionary as only have 0.26msq and Fastbuds advertising this strain as 450-550g msq but thankfuly my result was way above this scale. My 2 beautiful ladies Athena - right corner lady. She was slighlthly more dominant over entire grow cycle. She got more space on scrog earlier and that's why she developed the most. Xena - left corner lady, I belive that she could outgrew her sister if she just have more space and another week of time. Did not expect her to turn so well on the end. Both girls were put in darkness for 48h before chop. Wet trimmed and hang for a week. Daily jars burbing for 10 days and every 2-4 days now. Weights Wet trimmed Athena 870g Xena 632g Total 1502g Dry trimmed Athena 172g Xena 147g Total dry 319g Bubble hash 6g (37g of trims) I am very happy with this result. In my opinion Banana Purple Punch Auto its a masterpiece. Thank you so much for all the support, likes, follows and comments 🙏❤️💜❤️ Peace and love brother and sisters ✌️💚🧑‍🌾 Smoke review coming in shortly Links https://2fast4buds.com/seeds/banana-purple-punch-auto https://plagron.com https://www.biobizz.com/ https://fishheadfarms.com/
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Day 172 21/10/24 Monday I had 1.5 Litres of feed left, and she was top dry this morning so she finished that off today. Picture update 😎💚 I'll get one later with lights off 🙌 Day 174 23/10/24 Wednesday De-chlorinated tap water pH 6 only today. Finally update pictures and videos 📸 💚 She is developing awsome colours, and buds are now starting to stack weight 💪🙌 Day 177 26/10/24 Saturday De-chlorinated tap water pH 6 only today, noticed a few tips burning. She is stacking !! This week she has developed a really floral aroma is sweet and tantalising like a perfume almost. She is glistening with trichomes, and buds are taking the dark 🌑 colour with purple/pink calyx tips. Super duper sticky!!
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Final 10 days for this plant, got flushed yesterday now shes on ripen untill harvest