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@Smoking_Joe_Frazier
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22.06.2026
Hi Growmies,
welcome back to week 3 of my Fast Buds Auto Grow!
Weather and Conditions
The weather gods have gone completely insane. Here in good old Germany, it feels like everything is melting down — including me! 😅
We've been hitting around 36°C for the last few days, and even nighttime temperatures have stayed well above 25°C. Perfect conditions for a serious growth spurt.
At this point, I already have to water the girls daily, which is quite unusual this early in the grow.
Growth
The ladies are absolutely thriving right now.
Ever since I started the first round of LST, all shoots seem determined to race upwards. Of course, I'm not allowing that and keep bending them back down whenever necessary.
Growth feels noticeably more explosive than in previous years. My guess is that the Plagron Bat Mix is playing a major role here. Combined with the weekly dose of Bokashi juice, the girls seem to be loving life.
Pests
Thanks to the hot weather, snails are no longer much of a concern.
So far, I haven't spotted any unwanted visitors such as thrips or aphids either. Hopefully it stays that way, although all the ants and aphids in the neighborhood seem to be having one massive party on my two giant sunflowers.
Looks like the distraction strategy is working pretty well. 😄
Continuing LST
The girls have responded very well to the training and are already developing a nice structure.
Unfortunately, I had a little accident while adjusting the LST on my Apricot girl. I managed to snap the main stem, which really pissed me off because she was growing exceptionally well.
I patched her up with a bit of duct tape and now it's a waiting game. I'm curious to see if the top recovers and keeps growing. Cannabis can be surprisingly resilient, so fingers crossed.
Let's see how well I can keep them under control if they continue growing at this pace. It's going to get interesting over the next couple of weeks.
Final Thoughts
That's it for this week.
The girls are healthy, growing fast, and enjoying the summer weather. Apart from my little Apricot mishap, I couldn't ask for much more at this stage.
Catch ya next week, guys!
Smoking_Joe_Frazier
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@BB_UK
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She was the first to pop up (and strawberry pie later that day) I won’t be topping any autos this run! I will be only low stress training until scrog and then I’ll high stress train if necessary! I’ve given the first feed today of biobizz (doing fastbuds organic the other 3 synthetic) my aim is to keep the veg period vigorous! As a great veg equals great bloom!
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@Felloffthegrid420
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lil be hide put in the work thought id share with you guys the 30 min ride 20 min walk boy im glad the hard works be hide me time to sit back and injoy the sunshine sound of water i love this beautiful
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@Miketama
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Black Opium - Week Update 🌿
Quick update on Black Opium! Reached unexpected heights with branches exceeding 50cm in length. Running a bit behind her tent mates but now bulking up nicely - the buds are doing excellent work despite inevitable light stress. For an 8L pot she’s absolutely massive! Takes up way more space than expected. Definitely keeping that in mind for the next Black Opium seed - this strain needs serious real estate!
Thanks to everyone for checking in! 🙏 Appreciate you taking a look!
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@Damonkey
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Flushing and all going well. It looks like the flush could push up to 2 weeks.
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@UrbanBoer
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Talk about a mission accomplished, dam you Lamby… you had me excited at one point when I thought you were an auto, but to my shock, you are a regular, you just have a long ass flowering window… at least unlike her sisters within the 4th cycle, she did not reveg she just focused on flower, the buds are bulky and firm, scent is amazing, you would mistake her for a cheese strain. I should not be disappointed by the plant’s size! Because I planted her during winter, and all outdoor or greenhouse(unless you have a GH that is climate controlled), do not grow as big as the would during spring or summer season, and due to this factor, I only got 59g of wet bud. But I have faith the other ladies will produce a higher yields.
Last I smoke this strain was earlier late summer or early Autumn, and from smoking to growing now harvest, I wish I am blown out the water with this strain, it’s time to conduct that questionnaire. Or even better go to an established cannabis club, and get them to samples bud, and ask for a review.
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@Elmobud
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So this week they have definitely stopped growing in height and now time to fill out they have definitely got heavier as I have had to tie a few more colas up good signs and they have started to smell really sweet 😋 Happy Times Happy Growing 😁 🌿
Keep Safe 😁
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@BudiPalaa420
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Sorry for not updating the diary in a while, I have been very busy with work, and also I had some issues with the grow so there wasn’t much to show honestly.
First, my plant was having nitrogen deficiency I believe and then I burned her a bit by giving her too many nutrients at once (I know what a beginner mistake huh🙈)
But after all this, I cut her yellow leaves off and she has been really well for the past week.
In these past few weeks, I have learned so much about growing after making so many mistakes so that has only been a good thing.
Even after all these troubles, looks like she will produce some really nice buds, some of the buds are already pretty big and are just growing and growing every day.
Please let me know what you think how far away we are from harvesting?
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@Homestickycannabis
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Wow 😲 I was thinking this was going to be a total runt. As if turns out I am starting to think of it as having a lowryder auto. I know I know 🤣 it's not a lowryder. She's actually a Northern light crossed with Big Bud Auto from Seedsman. This little lady was barley 3 weeks old when I noticed her transitioning to flower. I was about to pull the plug and decided otherwise. I mean what could it hurt to grow her out. Anyway she's more than doubled in size and her bud sites are well formed, stacked up and just looking good.
Question? Would it be better to turn my 250 true watt down and move the light closer?,or run it full power and set it higher ?
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@ButterfliesLittleFarm
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Hello Diary.
The third week of flowering is over, what I would comment on first this week is the scent. Fat Banana began to spread a wonderful fruity scent, like some fruity candy. 😋 So far on my small farm no strain has smelled like this at this stage of flowering.
The plant is full of flowers and as you can see in the photos, they fill up nicely. 👍
Brownish spots have started to appear on some leaves, I will monitor the development and try to detect what the cause is. 😯
Watering is standard, I water the plants about every three days. Preventively for now I add CalMg and every other time I add BioBizz. I am preparing about 7 lit. water with which I water all three plants evenly.
Here’s what he looked like all week.
02/11/2020 - Day 39.
Watering. I added BioBizz and preventive CalMg. p.H. I adjusted to 6.5 with Plagron’s Lemon Kick.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 26.7 degrees and 42% humidity.
05/11/2020 - Day 42.
Photographing and watering. This time I just regulated p.H. at 6.4 and I didn’t add anything else. Fat Banana really looks beautiful so I also took photos on a black background.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 25.6 degrees and 41% humidity.
That’s all for this week, see you soon.
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@pifflestikkz
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Day 29
29/07/24 Monday
Nice feeding today with De-chlorinated tap water pH 6.
Gave her 300 ml and she had a small run off.
Getting chunky in the stem now 💪💚
Day 31
31/07/24 Wednesday
De-chlorinated water pH 6 today with Plagron pk13-14 5ml to 5L
Plagron power buds 5ml to 5L
Used 300ml of the 5L solution.
I will be using these on water days from now on as they are advised to be used every irrigation.
We'll see how they perform 💪💚
Day 32
01/08/24 Thursday
Another feed today using de-chlorinated tap water pH 6, there now taking 300ml every evening.
Day 35
04/08/24 Sunday
END OF WEEK 😁
De-chlorinated tap water pH 6 today with Plagron products. 300ml each.
Had a issue with leaf invaders this week, I have treated and am checking every 48 hrs so far seems ok and not progressive.
All plants look great, very healthy, one of the Overdose is way behind and due to space maybe culled at flower I'll see how she gets on.
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@MG2009
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Sorry having issues uploading these pic went to week 4 somehow? But is actually week4 flowering, also brewing tea give my plants a little love.
05/09/2018
The boy's have been shaken twice a day last two days,dispersing copious amounts of pollen i mean clouds! It's forming layers in my tent, wish I could capture on video but its not picking it up😕 hoping it relates to strong offspring.
05/12/2018
Fourth week of flowering males are in overdrive! Making clouds of pollen
I am gonna harvest some for later use (it can last 6months or more of stored correctly.
I try and get video. Wish me luck👍🙏
05/14/2018
Harvesting pollen from the the boys. Video not greatest but you get the idea., Picture of #1 pollen and flower,will keep harvesting for a couple days, then cut off flowers and back to veg tent for more test.
06/18/2018
Coming up on sixth weeks after pollination, found two seeds popping out of the buds LAST week and I r germinated today!
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@TheHighentist
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23/5* Water day 275ML with Biobizz Grow and Fish-Mix
-Temps 24-25 Day / 21-23 Night
-Humidity 70-75% RH
Correction to LST / Letting the bigger restraints go
24/5 Freed them of LST as i want to let them grow higher
-Temps 24-25 Day / 21-23 Night
-Humidity 70-75%RH
25/5 Showing good growth
-Temps 25-27 / night 22-24
-Humidity 70-75%RH
26/5* Water day 275ML with Biobizz Grow and Fish-Mix as usual
-Temps 23-25 / night 22-24
-Humidity 70-75&RH
27/5 - Got my humidity controller
-Temps 23-25 / night 22-24
-Humidity 72% (+-5)
28/5 - Did some super super cropping and a bit of light "Chiropractic" (Kyle Kushman method) and a bit of lst on the branches i wanted to get more light
-Temps 24-26day /22-24 night
-Humidity 72% (+-5)
29/5 Water day*
As a first time, i watered them before they went to bed, as i wanted to give some nutrients to get over the supercropping stress
275ML (+ 2ml/L Fish mix + 2 ml/L grow)
-Temps 24-26day/22-24night
-Humidity 72% (+-5)
***********I will put them into flowering in about a week***************
Light to plant distance:
d.28/4 53 CM to light (kept the same distance rest of the week 1)
d.2/5 50 CM to light
d.3/5 42 CM to light
d.7/5 40 CM to light
d.19/5 38 CM to light
d.22// 34 CM to light
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My lights distance and PAR value:
24" / 60 CM = 237 PAR (umol m2s1)
18" / 45.72 CM 412 PAR
12" / 30 cm 811 PAR
6" / 15.24 CM 1816 PAR
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📆 Semana 12
La Permanent Jealousy XL Auto entra en su recta final mostrando todo su potencial. Los pistilos se apagan y los tricomas comienzan a enturbiarse, indicando que la madurez está cerca. El aroma se intensifica con notas dulces y terrosas, y los cogollos engordan visiblemente cada día. Se ha iniciado el lavado de raíces con agua osmotizada y enzimas para asegurar un sabor limpio. Las hojas grandes comienzan a perder color, señal de que la planta ha dado todo lo que tenía.
¡ Seguimos creciendo fuerte! 💪