Re: CannabisMeds' CBD Grow - Pennywise - Dawgfather - Rawdawg - Soil - LED + CFL 2013
Final update for this journal!
All of the plants that were harvested have been dried now, and trimmed up, and 'de-stemmed' so to speak. The fate of all of this bud will be turned into oil. I plan on trying a couple of different methods to create two grades of oil. All will be stripped with 190 proof grain alcohol. Also, everything will be decarboxylated by baking in the oven for 1 hour at 245 degrees. Then everything will be frozen. Finally, I will use a special filter before reduction to remove all impurities. I wish I could keep some for smoke, but that will have to wait until the next round.
Meanwhile, I have two males that are now releasing pollen. I've been capturing some each day and freezing it. The Pennywise male has already dumped quite a bit, certainly enough to make lots of seeds! I'm still waiting on some nice pollen dumps from the dawgfather male, but he's very close now.
Finally, I have the clones. They have been on GLR, and for some reason, the Dawgfather girls decided to start flowering while in GLR. I'm trying to slow it down or revert it, but I'm not sure yet what will happen with them.
The plan is to transplant them to 7 gallon pots very soon, veg them for a little while longer and try to flower them again. Plus, I'm going to try to make some seeds with the pollen I'm collecting. I look forward to doing some crosses!
So, I have some final pictures for this journal. I may continue with a new journal, we shall see.
Thanks 420 for all of your help and support during this last grow. It was a fun, challenging & wild ride. A little disappointing in the end, but I was still able to get the much needed medicine. Hopefully this next batch of oil will really do the trick.