Update: Candida CD-1 Day 149 (+55)
I’ll be keeping a close eye on the trichomes over the coming week. It’s scheduled to come down next weekend, at 9weeks, on 4/20
But i also know that optimum CBD harvest is cloudy cloudy cloudy and I’m seeing a lot of cloudy already.
There is also some colour coming in to the tips from the cold nights were having this week.
Yesterday I had to stake things up a bit more as the branches are getting droopy with the buds. That’s partly becasue they’re a bit weak - which is partly genetics (the breeder mentions requiring support in flower) and probably also partly because the soil health is still a ‘work in progress’. I’m not sure this strain is robust enough for the outdoors here tho’. It can get harsh in all directions (hot, cold, dry, humid - it’s moody!). That said, I’m pretty releived that we got through to the end of the season and am very, very happy with the trichome production, as you will see
This is middle of the day after i staked things up a bit.
And now, from early morning, some 16-20:1 CBD eye candy for ya’ll
Lots of beautiful oil there. I’ll be checking it every day and will take it early if it starts to degrade.
Interesting phenomena happened to me. Once or twice this summer I’ve had itchiness on my hands and forearms after doing stuff wiht the plants. Not the White WIdow, but a little with the Critical Mass and now this. I plucked a few leaves off CD-1 yesterday and some of the sap at the ends of the leaf stalks got on my inner forearm while I was holding them, which I barely registered at the time. And then this happened...
It was quite itchy and then faded pretty quickly. Both CM and Candida have had a nice lemony aspect to their aroma. Usually we attribute this to limonene but I learnt this week that citral is also present in a lot of cannabis as well as lemon balm and lemongrass. It is also known to cause allergy in some people - so I’m wondering if that’s what it was. It could have been any number of other things of course, i’m Just wondering. I have mast cell ‘issues’ (internal histamine levels too high) so I react to random triggers sometimes (different to regular allergies like hay fever, i never get those). I hope i don’t become allergic to cannabis!
I’m not so worried about that really - the lovey other has allergic skin reaction to the leaves of cucurbits but can still eat the fruits. Still - I know i’m not imagining those milder responses that have happened after pruning.
We are very blessed here to live amongst a type of casuarina tree (which is a kind of horsetail actually) favoured by a rare type of cockatoo, the Glossy Black. They’re very quiet compared to most other cockatoo species - you only hear the gentle clicking and popping sound of them munching out on the casuarina nuts. Then you have to look for falling debris to find them - they’re stealthy. Yesterday there was a female and 2 males together in one tree. They stayed pretty much all day
This is the female. The males don’t have the mottled yellow in their head feathers. They all have spectacular red tail feathers though, that are hidden most of the time - you can see a peek of them here.
And as a bonus, shake those tail-feathers!
Its a rare and special sight!
Enjoy your days and nights, canna-comrades
I’ll be resting up today after a big outing yesterday (yay!) and an impending harvest tomorrow. I have hired help coming in for it and the plant goes in the shed (!) overnight at the moment so it will just stay there until we’re ready to chop it. Oooh! Reminds me its nearly 7 am and I gotta go and get it out for a last day of sunshine - bugger, have to get up!
that helps...
Blue Dream this morning... like a hit?
No brainer to me now really that the substrate would be an integral part of what Doc was working with - but it certainly didn’t occur to me at the time.
also, the closer to flour consistency the better...which is why I will make the switch to Agrowwin rock dusts as soon as I run out of everything else. You can still add in some limestone if you wish (wont hurt), but it wont be nearly as mineral rich as the above mentioned.
. Your critters are National Geographic-worthy. I saw a dove and a squirrel this morning and now I'm damn glad I did not take pics and post them!
