re: Brightlight's Strain Fest - Organics & LED
OUTDOOR UPDATE
Time flies & an update is overdue.
First a few quick hellos & replies....
I couldn't help but laugh when reading this. It reminded me of when I was in the hospital for a surgery a few years back.
I told the staff the same thing and checked myself out early so that I could go home and medicate the right way.
I'll take my herbal remedies over pharmaceuticals any day.
Hello Uncle. Hopefully my hospital stays will be few & far between, but maybe in my lifetime a nurse will ask, "Do you want cannabis or narcotic pain killers?"
Thanks Capt. Your outdoor girls are looking quite beautiful as well.
Always much to appreciate here, some fine looking ladies. Still eyeing your Chem, she's captivating - but I LOVE me some Chem and her hybrids. Peace and pot my friend.
Welcome back from vacation Chem Brother. I'm really looking forward to your next eye popping run so please let me know.
Wowsers! All those ladies are extremely beautiful! Must admit though that I am just a little jealous! *smiles* Good growing!
Will continue to follow...curious to see what kind of harvest you end up with!
Big welcome to you Big Sparks! Thanks very much. Glad to have you!
Mother Nature decided to torment the plants & me last week with a full week of 102º to 107º heat. Out of my control so I have to roll with it, but I don't like losing a week of flower development. I saw marginal bud development as plants were spending most of their time just surviving the heat. All part of outdoor growing.
A few pictures of plants that are ~5-6 wks. into bloom:
Chem 91
She's still slender, but her lineage & bud development have me thinking she might win my annual personal Grower's Choice award. She's producing trichs at a better pace than her indoor sisters did earlier this year. She smells pretty much like Chem should....a faint citrus changed to fruity & now a big dose of gassy, fuel scent is joining the ongoing fruitiness. I stopped the weekly tbs. of various high phosphorous guanos when she showed some slight burn. Sticky as heck since early bloom. Well, I better cool my jets so I don't get disappointed, but she's the one I have my eye on this year.
White Master Kush
She stayed quietly in the background to a couple of the louder gals, but she's starting to show some of that frost from her notable parent, The White. She leans toward the green pheno & not the purple one (other parent is SoCal Master, which can be quite purple) that was the clear winner indoors.
Lost Coast OG
She's planted in same hole as her Grower's Choice beast of a sister last year. But she's much leaner & shorter. Sadly, I can see sunlight loss in what has been one of the top garden spots. A great strain though so I'm hoping for a good finish.
EmDog
I had several males this year, so EmDog was a replacement that is a month younger than main group. I also floundered a bit trying to start older seeds, mostly suspect promos, as replacements. To test whether it was me or the seeds, I popped this fresh EmDog from my indoor plant this past winter. She flourished so I guess the old seeds were part of the problem & me the rest. This is her canopy at 3 wks. of bloom, which ended up darn nice with only 3 fims & no other training.
Girl Scout Cookies
Harvest day pics from last week. I think I caught a good combo of pistil coloration, trichomes at ~80% cloudy, & what to me is the hardest ripeness signal to attain outdoors....strong loud fragrance still present when the 1st two have been reached & plant is ready to harvest. Oftentimes, I'm losing the peak fragrance by the time the pistils & trichs. are ready. She was full bore MELONS scent from start to end. Hope you're not tiring of my late afternoon silhouette pics.
Purple Diesel
Also harvested last week. I hit on the pistils & the trichs. (~85%), but the nice citrus scent had waned considerably. She never did smell like the Cali Sour Diesel that I know pretty well nor her Bubba side.
Purple Diesel Bud
I hang dry the entire plant in my garage to start the drying. The garage has been partially insulated to keep temps. down. But it was "No mas" during the heat. I think garage temps got into low 80's during the heat. The hang stage is usually 4-6 days, but after 3 it was already getting too dried. The next step is cutting off buds & into a box. This year I had to put several Bovedas into the box to slow drying & equalize moisture. Crap luck but it's unusual for me to be harvesting so early in Sept. when temps. can still be very high. PD was a pretty plant with lighter green & orange pistils so the buds came out nicely....good trichomes & color. Won't take any more of your time & will save a mini smoke report for next time.
Good to see some old friends & also some new faces visiting. Thank you for dropping by.
Is your Chem 91 also smelling of lime?
