Fast Buds Gabe grows FastBuds - Blackberry, Girl Scout Cookies, and Green Crack

I had to do this for a question I asked, and figured I'd throw it in here to answer any ?? about how i'm set up:


1) Type and wattage of lights. (MH, HPS, CFL's, tube fluorescents, LED's)
Hortilux 1000 w hps

.2) Distance from tops?
Bulb set 34" from the soil level

.3) Reflector type? (cool tube set-up, bat wing, enclosed reflector, bare bulb...)
Bat Wing

.4) Is there a consistent fresh air supply?
Yes

.5) Do you have an exhaust fan and a circulation fan?
Yes

.6) What are the bulb wattages, kelvin ratings, and schedule?
1000w, 2100K (I think), 18/6

Your medium:
.7) Specific brand and type of soil, (coco, peat based soilless...) and anything you've added to it. (vermiculite, perlite, worm castings...)
I mix my own super soil, it contains: potting soil, pete, mushroom compost, pearlite, clay pellets, mico, and oatmeal. I put a layer of Clay Pellets on teh top and bottom of the soil also, to hold in moisture and help aerate teh roots on the bottom

.8) Size of container.
3 gallon, more like 2.5 with the pellets

Your nutrients and water:
.9) Source of water. (tap or filtered) What's it's ph?
Tapwater, I PH to 6.3-6.5 after adding nutes.

10) Method of checking water ph. (ph pen, test strips, aquarium test kit...)
PH Pen and occasionally drops just to verify teh readings

11) Method of adjusting water ph. (phosphoric acid, white vinegar, hydrated lime, PH Up...)
PH up/PH Down

12) Specific brand and N-P-K ratio for each bottle. List dosages (quantity per gallon) and current feeding schedule.
That's a lot of detail -
1st week is PH Water+Clonex (20ml)
2nd week is PH water+Pureblend Pro Veg+Clonex+Liquid Karma+CalMag+Silica
3-4 week is PH water+Pureblend Pro Transition+Liquid Karma+Calmag+Silica
5-Flush is Ph water+Cutting Edge Bloom+Liquid Karma+Calmag+Silica
Flush with PH Water


13) How often are you watering between feedings, and how much per watering?
Feed Every Watering 20ml per gallon

14) Any additives or tea's? (Superthrive, CalMag, molasses, Mother's Earth...)
see above

15) Are your ph levels stable, or do they fluctuate?
Runoff PH is stable at about 6.5

16) What is your ingoing water's ph? ...your runoff ph?
In - 6.3-6.5 out Around 6.5-6.7

17) Do you foliar feed? If so, with what, how often, and at what time do you spray?
My sprayer broke :(

Your growroom:
18) Indoors or outdoors?
In

19) What size of closet, room or hut?
12x12 room, i use about 1/4 of that

20) What are the temps and humidity levels while lights are on? ...With lights off?
I do not know

21) Have you seen signs of insects in the growroom?
No

Your strain:
22) What strain are you growing? (Indica dominate or Sativa dom?)
Fastbuds Girl Scout Cookie, Blackberry, and Green Crack, and Dynafem Critical+

23) Is this an photoperiod strain?
Auto

24) How old is the plant?
25 Days

25) In what life-cycle is it? Vegetative, pre-flowering, flowering, rippening?
Late Veg/Early bloom. Transitioning

26) From seeds or clones?
Seed
 
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Update: Blackberry day 44
I had my lights at 3", so it stretched, I have now lowered my lights to about 2'6", just high enough above the canopy to not do damage (I damaged them a bit, and raised it up about 2", that's how I know). Its not nearly done, but I'll likely at least lollipop it at week 8, I need the smoke:
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Update: Day 29 Green Crack

I only have pics of 2 of the 3 of these, the other was in the back. These are all coming along very nicely, already lots of buds on all three plants, this may prove to be a true 8 week strain. One has been shaped, to keep the canopy even. Strong citrus smell when I rub the stem. You can see I burt a leaf a little before I raised the light.

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UPDATE: Day 29 Girl Scout Cookies

I'm going to keep my lights at 2' and only do 9 per light from now on, this stretch is killing me. Stem smells great, just starting to bud. I should say today was the 29 day plants first dose of bloom nutrients. The last GSC I did finished in 8 weeks, so I'm holding out hope for this one, but it's looking like at least 9 for this one.

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UPDATE: Blackberry Day 29

I'm very proud of these, they had the best position under the lights, and have perfect node spacing and an even canopy, this is one of three, the other 2 are the same. LITTLE too much stretch on the top, due to the canopy cutting their light down, that's been fixed. For your BOM consideration...

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UPDATE: Critical+ Day 29/20

I wilted the top of the critical+, which I cut off. The smaller ones were planted late and they havent gotten the best light, I'll never try to do 12 plants inder a 1000w again.
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Sample bud I pulled from the Blackberry, day 47 I believe. When trichs are visible and more than 1/2 the hairs are red, that's the opening of the harvest window, and from the look of this, it's not, but I think it will be by day 56, it's scheduled pull date. Might get a little frostier if it goes to week 9, but it's not likely to make it that far :smoking:
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The Blackberry looks like its got a fair bit left mate, I will be shocked if its ready at day 56 buddy. I have never heard when trichs are visible and half the hairs are red its the opening of the harvest period, I am sure that is not right mate. When trichomes start to turn amber some like to harvest at around 10% amber, some slighty earlier when they are just cloudy or later when a bigger percentage is amber. The white immature pistols means there a lot more bud development to be done yet. Most of the hairs if not all of them turn orange or whatever colour the strain produces and recede back into the buds. Hopefully someone else will chime in. Shes a decent size aswell mate, the buds will really fill out :smoking:hope you dont think im being a dick mate, its not meant to come across like that.
 
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Yeah, I agree, I said it would be better if I let it go to week 9, but I haven't been doing this long enough to have extra jars laying about, and I need the smoke (I'm a bud picker... :smokeit:)Plus, I made some major miscalculations with the height of my lights, and the area they can cover, and ended up with actually too many plants (I have some stashed in teh overgrowth in my yard right now!) and a major stretch issue. So, I'm pulling this one early, next week to be exact, and that will give these otehr crowed in plants more room, plus give me smoke for a few weeks. Next, around the end of the month, I'll pull probably a Green Crack a week or so early too.

Lights were too high on this grow, I can do 9 3 gallon pots under a 1000w set at 22" high for ABSOLUTE IDEAL light coverage. Did 12 last time with teh light 36" off the pots, never make that mistake again :doh:, vastly increase my yield and decrease the space the plants need next time, I think I have it dialed in otherwise, hoping for more than a pound off this grow, fingers crossed
 
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