Best Reddit Post 2026 – Fast Buds Contest

How it works

Three steps, no forms to print

1

Post it on Reddit

Publish in any subreddit that fits your content. Write it like any other post.
2

Submit the link

Paste the post URL into the form below - that link is what ties your post to your entry. One entry per nomination, four in total.
3

Watch for the results

Winners are announced on October 10, 2026 right here and across our channels.

18+ only (21+ where required by local law)
No contest tags or brand hashtags in the post
Original content you made yourself
Reddit account older than 30 days
Post stays public until the results

Entries open September 1, 2026
Entries close September 30, 2026
Review October 1-9, 2026
Winners announced October 10, 2026

Nominations

Four ways to win

Pick the one that fits what you already do. Enter as many as you like - one post each.

01

Best Photo Post

One frame that stops the scroll - with the write-up behind it. The photo earns the click, the text is what wins the nomination.

1 winner + 42 Jacket See example

02

Best Video Post

Timelapse, grow tour, harvest day - with a write-up under it. Keep the clip short, keep the story in the text.

1 winner + 42 Jacket See example

03

Best Comment

A comment that actually helped someone - the advice, the fix, the call that turned a grow around.

3 winners See example

04

Best Meme

Make the sub laugh. Original edits only - reposts are out.

3 winners See example

Prizes

Eight winners, four nominations

One winner each in photo and video - both walk away with a 42 Jacket and a Mystery Box. Three winners each in comment and meme, every one of them picking their own Mystery Box.

Best Photo Post

1 winner

42 Jacket
Mystery Box of your choice

Best Video Post

1 winner

42 Jacket
Mystery Box of your choice

Best Comment

3 winners

Mystery Box of your choice - every winner

Best Meme

3 winners

Mystery Box of your choice - every winner

Everyone who enters gets something: a discount code for every valid entry, sent to the email on your entry after the deadline.

Examples

What a strong entry looks like

Mock-ups, not real posts. Use them as a shape to fill with your own grow.

r/subreddit_of_your_choice Posted by u/your_username · 7h ago Harvest

Day 68 chop: Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 in a 60×60, 112 g dry off one plant - and why I switched breeders after three bad runs

Setup. 60×60×160 tent, 150 W board at 35 cm, 11 L fabric pot, light-mix soil, 20/4 from day one. 24-26 °C, RH 60% in veg and 45% in flower. No CO2, no defoliation past two lower-leaf passes. Second run in this tent, so nothing about the room changed.

What the packet says. RF3 feminized auto, Sativa 60 / Indica 40, flowering 9-10 weeks, height 80-130 cm, 450-550 g/m² indoor, THC up to 30%, lemon-sour-sweet terps. I finished at 118 cm and 112 g dry off a single plant, 68 days from crack. Everything landed inside the printed range, and that is the actual point of this post.

Why I changed breeders. My last three runs were Coldharbour autos. Out of six seeds I got two runts, one that stretched to 150 cm in a tent that cannot take 150 cm, and three plants that finished a fortnight apart. The smoke was fine. I just could never plan a tent around them. I moved to Fast Buds for one reason: I wanted the plant to do what the label said it would do.

What the RF3 line actually did. Both plants from the pack were within 4 cm of each other at week 6 and got chopped two days apart. The purple came in on its own at week 7 when night temps dropped to 19 °C - no cold shocking, no tricks. Resin was heavy enough that trimming took me twice as long as I budgeted for.

What I got wrong. Overfed at week 5 chasing the yield number and clawed the top fans for ten days. Cut the feed to a third, one plain water at pH 6.2, left it alone for four days and it came back. Next run I stay at half strength the whole way and let the genetics do the work.

Smoke report. The lemon is real, but it is sweet lemon, not cleaner-fluid lemon. Relaxed and talkative for the first hour, then straight to the sofa. Jar appeal after a two-week cure is the best I have had out of this tent.

Feed schedule and week-by-week shots in the comments. Ask me anything about the timing.

Purple Lemonade Auto RF3, day 62, trichomes gone cloudy

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What makes this one land

Lead with the numbers: days, grams, tent size, wattage.
Put the specs on the packet next to what you actually got.
Say what you got wrong. Honest write-ups get the comments.
One strong frame beats a gallery of nine - and give it a caption.
No contest tags or brand hashtags - subs remove that on sight.
No copy-pasted grow guides and no wall of text.

Enter Best Photo Post

r/subreddit_of_your_choice Posted by u/your_username · 5h ago Video

90 days in one clip: full timelapse of a Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 run - numbers in the text

The clip. One frame every 15 minutes for 90 days, phone clamped to the tent pole so the angle never moved. No music, no cuts. The colour shift near the end is week 7, when night temps dropped to 19 °C and the purple came in on its own.

The room. 60×60×160 tent, 150 W board at 35 cm, 11 L fabric pot, light-mix soil, 20/4 the whole way. 24-26 °C, RH 60% in veg and 45% in flower.

The result. 118 cm finished height, 112 g dry off one plant, 68 days from crack. Packet says 80-130 cm, 9-10 weeks, 450-550 g/m² - so it landed where it was supposed to, which is the reason I bothered filming the whole thing.

What the clip does not show. A ten-day stall around week 5 after I overfed chasing yield. You can see the top fans clawing halfway through if you look for it. Feed to a third, one plain water at pH 6.2, and it walked it off.

Full frame-by-frame settings and the feed schedule in the comments.

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Nomination

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The fine print

Full rules

Anyone 18 or older, 21 or older where local law requires it. You need a Reddit account older than 30 days at the moment you enter. Fast Buds employees, their families and anyone involved in running the contest cannot take part.

The contest is void wherever local law does not allow it. It is on you to check that taking part is legal where you live.

FAQ

Best Reddit Post
of 2026

Three steps, no forms to print

Post it on Reddit

Submit the link

Watch for the results

Four ways to win

Best Photo Post

Best Video Post

Best Comment

Best Meme

Eight winners, four nominations

Best Photo Post

Best Video Post

Best Comment

Best Meme

What a strong entry looks like

Day 68 chop: Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 in a 60×60, 112 g dry off one plant - and why I switched breeders after three bad runs

90 days in one clip: full timelapse of a Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 run - numbers in the text

Replying to: "Leaves clawing on day 34, what am I looking at?"

Me telling myself I will only germinate two seeds this time

Submit your entry

Entry received

Full rules

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Your best post is already sitting in your camera roll

Best Reddit Postof 2026

Three steps, no forms to print

Post it on Reddit

Submit the link

Watch for the results

Four ways to win

Best Photo Post

Best Video Post

Best Comment

Best Meme

Eight winners, four nominations

Best Photo Post

Best Video Post

Best Comment

Best Meme

What a strong entry looks like

Day 68 chop: Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 in a 60×60, 112 g dry off one plant - and why I switched breeders after three bad runs

90 days in one clip: full timelapse of a Purple Lemonade Auto RF3 run - numbers in the text

Replying to: "Leaves clawing on day 34, what am I looking at?"

Me telling myself I will only germinate two seeds this time

Submit your entry

Entry received

Full rules

Quick answers

Your best post is already sitting in your camera roll

Best Reddit Post
of 2026