So Gorilla Cookies is doing okay. She got topped today. She is looking pretty healthy. I think the HPLVD I had been battling got to all my other plants again. This one should be clean due to its isolation. Plus I have always taken care of this one before anything else. So there should be no issue. I am running the G3000 light at 30 percent. Thank you Spider Farmer, and Pure Instinto Seeds. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🌱 Thank you grow diaries community for the 👇likes👇, follows, comments, and subscriptions on my YouTube channel👇. ❄️🌱🍻 Happy Growing 🌱🌱🌱 https://youtube.com/channel/UCAhN7yRzWLpcaRHhMIQ7X4g Spider Farmer G300w: https://amzn.to/3S2zvsd Spider Farmer 10X20 Heat Mat Kit - https://amz.fun/lsa0J Spider Farmer Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.com/spiderfarmer Spider Farmer Official Site: https://spider-farmer.com Discount code: saveurcash (stackable)

Things are really starting to look good. This plant has really stretched a lot for an Indica dominant plant. The frost is starting to come on now. The tent smells quite nice when I first open it now. Cooler internals are: 5.9 pH 600 ppm on the 500 scale 1.2 EC 66F solution temp Can’t wait to see how she fills out over the course of the next week.

Overall pretty happy with the grow, had a little mold issues but humidity was way to high for a while.

Topping & Strukturaufbau​Training: Das erste Topping wurde erfolgreich durchgeführt; die Pflanze zeigt keine Anzeichen von Stress und fokussiert sich nun auf die Ausbildung der neuen Haupttriebe. ​Vitalität: Extrem kräftiger Wuchs mit einer sehr robusten Blattstruktur, typisch für eine gut selektierte RS11. ​Nährstoffe: Die Versorgung läuft weiterhin stabil nach Plan, was sich in der tiefgrünen Farbe und der allgemeinen Agilität der Pflanze widerspiegelt.

🌱 GROW LOG: Gorilla Cookies Auto (x3) ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ MONDAY 18/08/25 - DAY 26 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → All stats in range, no attention needed → Picture data gone so only webcam pictures this week 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 24°C / 23°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 63% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.1 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.3 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 21% 💡 Light: 40% @ 25cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 490 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 580 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ TUESDAY 19/08/25 - 💧BATCH & WATERING - DAY 27 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → WC Dropped to 20% → Prepared batch 10L (3L Deminiralized + 7L tap feeding: 1.2 EC / 590PPM / 6.6 PH / 24C → Stats within range → Fed plant with fabric pot 3L: Runoff: 4.2 EC / 2140 PPM / 6.0 PH -- High Again → 2 plastic pot plants WC still in range, no watering → 2 plants in fabric pot seem a bit behind 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 27°C / 25°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 68% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.2 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.5 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 28% 💡 Light: 45% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 700 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ WEDNESDAY 20/08/25 - DAY 28 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → No Action Taken 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 23°C / 20°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 55% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.4 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.4 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 26% 💡 Light: 65% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 500 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ THURSDAY 21/08/25 - DAY 29 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → No Action Taken 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 23°C / 20°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 55% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.4 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.4 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 22% 💡 Light: 65% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 500 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ FRIDAY 22/08/25 - DAY 30 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → No Action Taken 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 23°C / 20°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 60% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.3 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.4 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 20% 💡 Light: 65% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 500 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ SATURDAY 23/08/25 - DAY 31 ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → No Action Taken → Got back after a few days, plants seem to halted growing due lack of attention. 🌡️Temp (Day/Night): 23°C / 20°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 60% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.3 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.4 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 16% 💡 Light: 65% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 500 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🗓️ SUNDAY 24/08/25 - DAY 32 💧WATERING ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ → Prepared batch 10L (3L Deminiralized + 7L tap feeding: 1.6 EC / 800PPM / 6.5 PH / 23C → Stats within range → Fed plants 3L: Runoff: 1.5 EC / 800 PPM / 6.5 PH -- Much better 🌡️ Temp (Day/Night): 27°C / 26°C 💦 Humidity (RH): 68% 🔁 VPD (Vapor Pressure Deficit):1.2 ⚡ Soil EC mS/cm: 0.5 💧 Soil Water Content (WC): 28% 💡 Light: 50% @ 30cm from canopy 🔆 PPFD (μmol/m²/s): 480 🌬️ CO₂ (ppm): 550 ╭────────────────────────────────────╮ 🌿 OVERVIEW ╰────────────────────────────────────╯ The Gorilla Cookies Auto trio hit a rough patch but pulled through! 🌿 Monday was smooth sailing, but Tuesday’s 3L feed to the fabric pot plant went overboard—runoff screamed 4.2 EC / 2140 PPM, way too spicy! 🔥 Plastic pot plants chilled, no water needed. Fabric pot plants still trailed their plastic pals. Midweek (Wed–Sat) was a ghost town, and by Saturday, growth stalled hard—soil water crashed to 16%. Sunday’s 3L feed (1.6 EC) saved the day, with runoff at a happy 1.5 EC / 800 PPM. Conditions stayed decent, but a high VPD (1.4) midweek and low CO₂ (500 ppm) didn’t help. Light bumped to 65% but dropped to 50% Sunday. 😅 Lessons: →Nutrient Alert: Overfeeding keeps haunting the fabric pot—use lighter feeds (1.0–1.2 EC) for autos. →Don’t Ghost: Midweek neglect killed momentum. Set reminders or automate watering to avoid stalling. ⏰ →VPD Matters: High VPD (1.4) stressed plants. Boost humidity to keep it 1.0–1.2. 💨 Fabric Pot Woes: Dries faster than plastic—check soil daily to keep it consistent. 👀 Takeaway: Overfeeding and a hands-off midweek slowed things down, but Sunday’s fix got ‘em back on track. Stay on top of feeds and water! 🚀😉

| WEEK FOUR UPDATE | Week four my friends, this came fast and furious and blew me away. I’m going to toss up a few more photos showing what I’m so surprised about. GROWTH! I was worried about a couple of the girls, and wasn't sure how to react to their progress until now. Autos have a completely different rhythm compared to what I’m used to handling (photo periods). I feel that autos can have an awkward stage appearance wise during week 3-5 (time may vary depending on seedbank) since a lot of hormonal changes are happening at an accelerated rate. Well done Fast Buds, these are truly living up to the name. Compared to other autos I grew from a different company (Growers Choice) which took over 100 days for flowering to kick in adding up to roughly 133 days till harvest. I could fit several grows of Fast Buds genetics in that time frame. If you’re someone who is looking to increase the amount of potential grows yearly, I’d recommend these genetics. These girls have just started flower so It’ll be a bit before I give my final thoughts on these genetics from Fast Buds, but I won’t deny that I’m impressed. I moved the plants around so the shortest are on one side so I can set individual light height for each side. I didn’t want to lose energy for smaller plants that could be utilized by lowering one of the lights. Now onto the details :) | ORANGE SHERBET | There are two phenotypes that are expressing themselves. One (#2) is medium height of 11 inches, stocky, and full of bud sites. The other (#1) is the smallest of all the plants, 8 ½ inches but honestly has a really good structure despite its size. I love the citrus dominant terpenes in both girls, 2# smell like mandarin orange zest which admittedly I have a weakness for. | WEDDING CHEESECAKE | This strain is also expressing two phenotypes. #1 is 9 ½ inches tall with a solid structure. #2 is 16 inches, a decent height and great limb proportions. She has the best structure of all the strains I’m growing from Fast Buds. Looks amazing, and is taking a bit more time to flower than some the others, which is fine considering how healthy and strong she looks. | PURPLE LEMONADE | When life gives you lemons, stretch! These two are the tallest of the strains resting at a height of 19 - 20 inches. #1 has limited limbs, if anything she’s all stem and bud sites making up one massive cola site that’s going to consume most of the energy and nutrients. So I expect this girl to have the largest buds of the others. She’s also the first to flower and currently ahead by almost a week. #2 has more limbs but less bud sites on the main cola than her sister. I’m curious how these two will develop in the next few weeks. | FINAL THOUGHTS | Another week has gone by my friends, time flies these days. This week was productive and informative. I’m learning a lot from growing these girls, and look forward to the coming weeks. I’m happy with what I’m seeing so far, especially WC #2, and OS #2, these two are the stars of this grow! On a side note I was contacted by Heather from Fast Buds, she offered to send another batch of Stardawg since they didn’t make it. I didn’t expect this, so I was surprised when I read the email. Thanks Heather, your approach to customer service is spot on! Having dealt with shady Customer service before this is a real treat. Thanks again Heather and Fast Buds, loving what I’m seeing! That’s the end, I’ll see you guys next week. Much love, Meus

So far it seems to be fine even if the high humidity worries me even if the temperatures are still high then they have stopped growing and will finally focus on the flowers and slowly we recover these small deficiencies

02/19 start of new week. 02/20 got 7 gallons of water

July 31: started using soluble wood ash as K source. See today’s Gorilla Gelato diary entry for details.

Moved light closer and added a resin boost tea I’ll do it two more times looks like they like it

I might switch the lights in the next days. Depending on her growth. Day44: Added some water and moved the camera a little further away. Day45: She felt lonely, so I got her a friend... Theobroma Cacao. New seedling that needs the warmth + humidity. Hopefully surviving winter. Day46: I decided to take some zoomed in stills of her. To show off her beauty. The purpling of the branches really make this lady something special. In some of the shots it might look like her leaves are yellowing, but it's just the angle of the light. You can see on the photo that I took from the top, that all leaves are a healthy dark green. At least I now have proof that she's a lady. She's short and stubby, but I'm not really growing for amount. I just neeed 50g, after all (hehe) Day47: She grew like a demon overnight. I'll check the height tomorrow.

Feb 6 They got last feed yesterday and for 7 days they will only get plain water, then chop chop Feb 6 Did some snipping of the dead leaves, just did second last water, one more in 48hrs, then 48 hrs darkness and she’s done… I’m thinking prolly 2 - 2.5 oz off these girls 🥦 PS: trying out 4 plants in 1.5 gal pots next instead of 2 plants in 3 gal. Got some signs of light stress via mid to late flower, so maybe 4 plants might help spread out the energy and increase yeild.

Week 11 day 78, you can see buds are really fattening up, some good trichome production as well, The smell is really awesome , sort of a sweet flowerish cannabis smell. All my other plants has grown big as well so there is not many room left. i did some defoliation but you hardly notice.😁 i gave a PK boost again this week also

Pre98 Bubba , oh how I’ve missed you for so many years! These ones came out absolutely gorgeous! Loving the the purple phenos 😍 ! These ladies liked to stretch quite a bit so you’re gonna want to use some LST on em but I also recommend topping at least 6 times to get a better bang on your yield ! Expect nice tight purple buds with a tremendous amount of frost covering, some of the frostiest Bubba I’ve ever had! Over all I give it 10 stars an would definitely over an over run this strain!

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This past week I pushed the nutrient EC value to 2.8 these plants need it! Tomorrow is the first 12/12 light cycle, will be adding Si to help with internodal spacing. Chitosal definitely sparked growth, one more foliar application before I add it to the reservoir. Am excited to see flower formation this scrog is large. Timing will be improved next time by popping more seeds to guarantee germination.

27.4. - Plants are looking nice and healthy, buds are getting bigger, smell is improving too. Still worried a bit about the yellowing, but I think it slowed down. Also, I'm fitting a bit with humidity. However, still better than last round 😎 28.4. - Watered 💧 30.4. - Buds are getting bigger and fatter each day. Even the smell is starting to get stronger. Watered 💧 2.5. - Watered 💧 3.5. Week wrap-up: Everything goes smoothly for now. I am still fighting with humidity level raising after watering, but it seems that airflow is good. Buds are getting fatter and smellier 😎 I am already excited for the final results, even though I still have some weeks left. 27.4. - 3.5.2024