Flower Day 67 - Flower Day 7
I went down to my grow tents today and decided it was time to harvest. I had the time all day after work and was in the mood. Knocked out the Jack Herer and then the White Castle was left. I had hit a wall and really didn't want to finish but I did and I'm sure my back will thank me tomorrow. I've been underwhelmed on the potency of the smoke of the autos so I wanted to get these cut and drying. They are so much frostier than the autos were and are a lot denser. Not sure what I will get in yield but I am going to guess I'm going to hit about my average for each one of these. Had some heat issues for a few weeks of them being in flower so I will take it. I'll let everyone know the numbers when they are ready.
I also tried to just defoliate in veg a little and then only once in flower and then leave these plants this time. I won't be doing that again. Too much leaf and popcorn and didn't help my yield. I stated it somewhere but I am going to be focused on clearing out everything halfway down the plant and lollipopping more with these new girls in flower. That's what I usually do and this was more of an experiment. It was really hard not touching them much so I'm glad I get to go back to that.
"Little" Jack Herer - If anything she was a fighter and did way better then I expected considering how small she was.
Amnesiac - Stayed strong the whole time. Round, dense nugs with fire red hairs all over.
White Castle - The yield on this might surprise me. I thought it would be way under the other two but all the nugs on this are the same size. All the lower stuff is large. In truth, I am not that happy with the way it grew and was really afraid of a ton of popcorn bud.
Since the lights are now off in my veg tent, I only have the real flower tent going. I will get some seeds going tonight and hopefully they will be ready to put into the coco in a couple days. These girls have about 2 weeks and then I will do a major defoliation. If the Lost Coast OG doesn't look like it's going to do anything worthwhile I might just can it. It better get it's stretch on. The other 3 look almost perfect to me. They are starting to stretch and the waiting game begins on how tall they will get.
It was either harvest or write out that schedule I've been promising for feeding. You have to take advantage of harvesting when you feel like doing it because it can be a real pain if you don't! It'll be done by this weekend. Also I discovered that my hydroton idea is working exactly how I wanted it to on the bottom of the pots. There were tons of healthy roots at the bottom that were nice and white because it drained well. I was really happy to see that.