Harvest Photo-drop: Panama! 
I would have given it another week...
Even so I’m pretty happy
I’ve waited on dropping this seed for 2 years, so - it’s a holy grail in terms of my ‘desire to sample’. I do think it’s highlarious that my first pure sativa has come down a little early,
c’est la vie right
. I estimate it is about a 60/30/10 split between cloudy, clear and amber. I can live with that!
The top cola was (is) soooo heavy it was doing the most fantastic swaying from side to side - practically a 3’ swing!
I think it qualifies as quite a stupendous
@DonkeyDick if ever there was one - whadd’ya say Donk? Do I make the cut?
It was damn windy again so there’s a little motion blur I think...
It was a gorgeous day for harvesting. Warm and windy and dry (down to 37%), so that big phhhaaat central cola got plenty of warm dry air through it after washing.
I managed some post-wash pics this time (smaller harvest) while the buds were catching their last ever rays of sun. They went into the shade after about 2-3 hours of sun and stayed there the rest of the day.
The smells were amazing during harvest. The lovely other (was helping again
) took a sniff and got a glint in the eye like I don’t see very often and said, “wow, that’s taking me right back to about 1982
”. Very promising!
Today I noticed that, from up really close, the ‘burnt rubber’ terpene is making an appearance. Still some pine, lavender and sweetness like before (something a bit floral that I just can’t place) but the burnt rubber tyres smell is definitely in there. It’s fairly muted (and mixed with the anise kind of tone, actually) which I’m happy about because I grew something else that had the burnt rubber thing going
full-on and it didn’t suit me at all (headaches etc.) so I hope this version stays a bit softer the way it is now. Time will tell.
I will probably snip the top cola buds off the stem sooner rather than later because it’s so fat and heavy! I don’t want to lose it to mould. (Wow, my arm got so tired washing it!)
And while I still don’t have any nice hi-res pics of my critters, I captured our new resident wallaby on my iPhone the other day - munching out on the banana peel they love so much. Honestly, they bliss out while eating it, they must get something from it. It comes to the ‘usual’ spot looking for it now...
*So this is
not a kangaroo... it’s a
swamp wallaby (with very damaged ears - stoopid humans and their fences
).
That’s one big difference between swamp wallabies and kangaroos (and some other wallabies actually), that they use their paws to eat - like a possum or a squirrel does. Kangaroos don’t do that!
I’m feeling better about
maybe not having root aphids - really couldn’t see anything other than gnat larvae in the soil so maybe it’s just my BTi running out in the res and those li’l fookers getting a hold. I’ve still tossed the soil, just in case and because I dont know for sure yet. But I’m carrying on as if I
don’t have that problem and will deal differently if it turns out that I
do.
I’ll make the post about the it in my predators of Eden thread - seeing as I made that for the dual purpose of posting nice beneficial insect photos and identifying and distinguishing them from pests! I’ll link here when I get that together.
Slightly nervous about the potential raciness of this Panama with the clear trichs and white pistil hairs still in there, but it is what it is and I will simply have to approach with some caution. I chose it because it is
not known for being a heart-rate elevating sativa and also because of it’s CBG content (which
could be part of why it is gentle). Well and, actually, because I saw it in Graytail’s and neikodog’s gardens and fell in love with it! So while slightly apprehensive, I’m pretty excited to try it.
And I have CBD on hand for any ‘oops! too much!’ moments.
I’ll be off now - that was a bit chatty for a photo-drop
Hope everyone is safe and well adjusted with whatever adjustments you fancy. I’ve been experimenting with THCa recently... more on that down the track, still ‘reading’ it.
But this afternoon... it’s THC for me!
. I am fairly sure. I’ve seen it once before - the leaves doing the super-fast turn to nasty and the plant suddenly seeming to stop progressing - but didn’t want to say anything until I’d checked, trying not to be an alarmist 
(I’ll root inspect tonight when lights come on, I couldn’t see anything at the soil surface On any remaking pot.
I’m certainly enjoying the harvests!
then you have to do something about it! I come up against my physical limits here very quickly.
on the harvests. Nice swamp wallaby too!
