Hi fellow 420ers!
Life has thrown some challenges into the mix offer the past few weeks, so this past weekend, after a close inspection of trichomes the decision was made to chop. (I heeded your words as long as possible, Bluedog!
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Harvest Morning...
Low-Right has really begun to smell. Not just in the mornings, but reeking all day and night too. Her trichs were a mix of milky, dotted with amber & clears.
Top-Left's trichs were strangely clear till the last two days or so, then bam! I would liked to have let her go a little bit longer as I wanted an amber heavy effect, but decisions had to be made and testing shows she couch-locks very well as is.
A down & dirty cut (almost whole stocks & branches), rough manicure of all non sugar-leaf, then hung to dry at 75ºF, 58% RH.
I apologize for not photo-documenting the harvest or manicuring, but life was crazy, and my hands were really, really sticky. Too sticky to touch the camera, then a fellow friend and care-giver gave me her tip of using non-latex gloves. When done, put the gloves in the freezer and in a few hours the accumulated resins flake off the glove material.
Between Monday & Tuesday the buds were removed from the hangers, trimmed proper (well, the way I like it anyway), and packed into jars to equalize moisture content.
Top-Left: 70+ grams prime in cure, with an additional 10g of small (fingertip size), fluffier buds that are so resiny, they were saved from the shake bag and currently line the bottom of the med box.
Low-Right: 34 grams of amazing stuff curing. She has a lower calyx to leaf ratio than any of her siblings, but is so sticky I didn't mind. Loses bag appeal to some as it is a bit leafy, but the powdery residue or trichomes collecting at the bottom of the jar is testimony to her true essence. Between the scissors, fingertips, pans, screens & jar bottoms we managed to scrape, rub & press just over .5g of wicked-awesome hash off her alone.
I lost track of which buds of Low-Right had seeds. I did stumble across two gorgeous little buggers, that weren't the ones I'd been tracking, so "Bonus Prizes!"
My fave blanket seemed the perfect backdrop...
I love my stainless jar because it makes for cool pics! (and I can drop it with out shattering)
In terms of a better dry/cure than the bubblelicious grow, these finished flowers are leaps ahead in quality. I took a page or two from others on the subject of curing and adapted my process to it.
If you haven't seen Irish Boy's tips for curing, I suggest it!
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Article Two
Well, I'll offer up early smoke reports and the official weights in coming days.
I really would like to thank you all! Without the tips, knowledge and support offered up from you all, I'd still be in the stone-age regarding growing technology. If anyone wants to know more about stuff I used in the grow(s), feel free to give me shout! Cameras, nutrients, any questions about the LED grow lights that I can't answer it Ben at Hydroponics Hut can! Same for the Bubble/DWC hydro set-up , If I don't know the answer, I'm sure I know someone who does!
Over the next week, my GF and I are adding a new, slightly larger tent and getting ready for the next grow: 2 - Sativa Dominant Blackberry from seed, a tent & some LEDs (260watts worth maybe?)...
your own!
Come check out my new grow if you havnt got a chance.Anomoly's Big Bud 800 Watt LED/CFL Grow
