Wedding Cheesecake Auto Grow Diary and Strain Review

I started this Wedding Cheesecake Auto run with Fast Buds after a few earlier grows from the breeder didn’t really hit the mark for me. The cheese side of the strain is what pulled me back in. I like that kind of aroma, so I wanted to see whether this auto could actually deliver it in my room.

24% THC

Wedding Cheesecake Auto (Fast Buds)

• Autoflowering
• 450 - 600 g/m² indoors
  60 - 300 g/plant outdoors
• A nice and creative daytime-smoke

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Starting the Run

Grow Notes

I germinated 2 seeds by soaking them in water for 8h, then moved them into a paper towel inside a small sealed container. After 3 days, the taproots were already around 3-4mm (0.1-0.2in). Before planting, I dipped them into Organic Seed Starting Mix from PRO-MIX to give the young roots a better start.

Week 1

The seeds went into 0.5l (0.1gal) plastic cups filled with a 60/40 mix of coco and perlite. I covered the cups with plastic wrap to keep humidity up and put them into the tent alongside other plants.

The first light schedule was 19h on. For lighting, I used a 400W Vivosun metal halide lamp hung 75cm (29.5in) above the cups. Sprouts showed up on day 3, and by day 7 they were about 2.5cm (1in) tall.

Week 2

After a week on plain water, I started feeding lightly with Cal Mag and Maxi Gro. The solution was kept at TDS 300 ppm and pH 6.3. Most of the climate looked fine, although the metal halide lamp pushed the temperature higher than I wanted.

I also changed the plant count at this point. One Wedding Cheesecake went to a friend, so the report continues with a single plant. By the end of the week, the remaining girl was starting her fourth node and had reached 7.5cm (3in).

Veg Progress and Training

Week 3

The heat from the metal halide setup was bothering me, so I swapped it for a Mars Hydro Mars TS 1000 LED. That made the room easier to handle without losing much in the way of usable light.

Feeding stayed the same, with Cal Mag and Maxi Gro at TDS 300 ppm. Growth looked steady enough, and on day 20 I moved the plant into its final 15l (4gal) Air Pot. By then she was 13cm (5.1in) tall and building new leaf pairs without any drama.

Week 4

I set up the pump to water twice a day with 1l (0.3gal) of nutrient solution each time. The mix still stayed at TDS 300 ppm.

On day 24, curiosity got the better of me and I topped the main stem plus 2 primary shoots. I also pulled those shoots outward a little. The recovery was faster than I expected, and by day 28 the plant had reached 20cm (7.9in) with a neat low canopy.

Week 5

The plant looked healthy after the first round of stress, so I topped the remaining shoots a week later and started spreading the branches harder across the horizontal plane. That was the last topping session. From here on, I planned to keep working with LST only.

The same feed schedule still seemed to suit her. I didn’t see deficiency signs or overfeeding, so I left the nutrient mix alone and only planned to raise watering volume as the plant got bigger.

Week 6

After all that training, the plant suddenly moved fast. During week 6, she nearly doubled in size and reached 50cm (19.7in). The structure looked good to me, with enough branches spread out to make the experiment worth continuing.

I did some defoliation too. The canopy was getting thick, and I didn’t want shaded growth sitting uselessly under the main tops.

Week 7

Stretch kept going, and by the end of week 7 the plant was up to 66cm (26in). I kept the microclimate in a comfortable range and moved watering to every other day.

The feed was still based on the same general mix, but I raised TDS to 400 ppm. At this stage, she was behaving like she had no real problem with the earlier topping.

The Flip and Early Flower

Week 8

Flowering became obvious, but vertical growth didn’t slow down. The plant reached 92cm (36.2in) and looked very full.

The future buds looked like they might turn out long rather than fat, which worried me a little. I kept removing leaves because the canopy was dense, and with humidity stuck around 60-65%, I didn’t want to invite mold near the finish. Since flowering was now in full swing, I changed the feed to CALiMAGic and MaxiBloom at TDS 600 ppm and pH 6.3.

Week 9

Only in week 9 did the plant finally stop climbing. The final height at that point was 95cm (37.4in), so I expected the flowers to start putting on more weight.

This was also when I started second-guessing the training. I waited for recovery after topping and began the serious stretching too late. Most of the plant never opened as wide as I wanted, and some potential bud sites didn’t get the light they needed. A light sweet smell had already started in the room, somewhere close to pastry and fruit.

Week 10

Week 10 proved I had spoken too soon about stretch being finished. The plant measured 101cm (39.8in), and the buds were slowly thickening under a layer of pale trichomes.

The aroma was much clearer now. Opening the box gave me a sweet bakery smell, with something that really did remind me of cheesecake. I removed a few larger leaves and added an extra fan pointed at the plant.

Late Flower and Finish

Week 11

The week went well, although the plant was starting to take over the tent. I did a light defoliation and had to tie up several branches because the flowers had gained enough resin and weight to pull them down hard.

The box was 120x120cm (47.2x47.2in), but Wedding Cheesecake Auto was acting like it wanted all of it. The more I fed her, the more aggressively she filled the space. I was already thinking about harvest timing because the other plants were losing room.

Week 12

The buds gained more weight this week, though they still weren’t exactly the shape I’d hoped for. There were many of them, but quite a few stayed smaller and more stretched than ideal.

I added Liquid KoolBloom to the solution, hoping to push the flowers a little closer to harvest and make them bulk up. Under magnification, the trichomes still showed plenty of clear heads, with amber only just beginning to appear. I wanted around 25% amber if time allowed.

Week 13

I gave the plant a quick flush and harvested in week 13. The other plants had already spent their last week on the balcony, so waiting longer wasn’t realistic anymore.

The flowers had put on enough weight, and the trichomes were cloudy. In a better setup, I probably would have waited another week or two, but this run had run out of space and patience.

Wedding Cheesecake Auto Yield and Final Thoughts

After the first trim, the scale showed 2275.5g (80.3oz), including branches. I dried the plant upside down in the same box because I didn’t have another space for it. Drying took 6 days, and then came a long 7h trim session. With all those branches and all that resin, it wasn’t exactly relaxing.

The final dry weight was 474g (16.7oz). The buds weren’t huge, but they came out dense enough, and the resin level was good.

I still think this plant could have yielded more with a different training plan. Next time, I’d skip topping and focus on LST, carrying that stretching into flower instead of waiting too long. Wedding Cheesecake Auto has real yield potential, but in my room it clearly wanted time and a lot of canopy work.

The quality side was easy to like. Even dry, the buds smelled pleasant, but the full profile came out better during the smoke: a spicy cheese note, sweet pastry, cream and fruit. The effect lasted around 2.5-3h for me. The smoke felt thick but soft, lifted my mood, and helped me switch off from daily worries without turning into heavy couch-lock.

For me, this auto left a good impression. It handled LST and topping better than I expected, kept growing through stress, and gave me no feeding or disease problems. I liked the flavor enough that I’d give Fast Buds another try.

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