Cig’s Mars Hydro TSL 2000 x2 With Several Different Strains In Soil

[CigNv]

I am starting to think the Drunken Gorilla will be the show stopper of this group though. It is supposed to be a 10 week strain with 5 more weeks to go, but its colas are now larger than The Hammer that will be done soon. You can see the cola of one of them poking up in the back next to my 4" duct in one of the bud pics.

 

[cr8grow]

The big bud looks great. The close up shows pistils turning a nice orange...good sign. Trichomes some cloudy...depends on your preference. Very nice.

 

[CigNv]

On The Hammer that is about to be 8 weeks flower this Thursday. It has a few amber, maybe just over 50% cloudy, the rest still clear. Not sure if I will harvest next weekend or let her go another week. I usually like them around mostly cloudy.

What are your thoughts?

 

[cr8grow]

Cig...my 2 cents...2 more weeks. If I I said one week then its the old saying when you think its ready wait another week. You will know when...and then wait another week.

 

[CigNv]

You are probably right. I will try not to check the trichs again until next Saturday and will decide then. She did slow down drinking quite a bit the last few days. At three days pretty regularly the top of the soil was dry and ready for some more, but today, two days after being watered, it is still pretty wet.

 

[cr8grow]

Do you go dark before chop? I read a LOT of opinions on this. First grow I watered four days before deciding time to chop so little residual moisture...then went dark 48 hours before cutting...very stressful I guess on the plants. Who knows on some of this stuff.

 

[CigNv]

No, i do not. And i feed right up to harvest.

 

[cr8grow]

I also feed right up to the last watering. Outside I dont flush my hot peppers, tomatoes, Flowers, etc. But, I do think letting the plants ease into dry gives me two days of a transition down with the right humidity level. Im not sure trichomes pop more in those dark 24 to 48 hours, which I have read is a thing. Flowers looking great.

 

[CigNv]

Yeah, I have heard that, but I have not seen enough evidence either way that putting them in the dark still in the pot, or right after chopping them makes much of a difference.

Yes, I chop after the last dry period. That can be anywhere from 3-5 days after their last water and feed, maybe more if I don't get to them right away. Then I chop them, trim them completely, then hang them in the dark. I trim wet simply because of looks.

 

[CigNv]

This is the Drunken Gorilla that still has 4 weeks left.

 

[cr8grow]

Cig...looks like a lot of hash potential from those frosty sugar leaves...nice.

 

[CigNv]

Thanks, yes they sure do, way more frosty than the autos were, but I dont have screens or anything for making it. What I will most likely do with the trim is just dry it and save it for making butter.

 

[CigNv]

I think I may finally be getting some boy parts on the Drunken Gorilla.

 

[cr8grow]

I think you are right but ive never seen the start of males flowers in a bud...does that mean you harvest right away?

 

[CigNv]

This is the bud I have been putting colloidal on daily. Hopefully they will develop enough to get some pollen out of and I can then pollinate itself giving me some potentially feminized seeds. The Drunken Gorilla still has 4 weeks left, so if I let the bud I pollinate (if I get pollen) go long I may still get lucky.

 

[CigNv]

Day 65 and 35

I chopped the male. He was starting to drop pollen everywhere and I didn't want to take the chance of the whole thing getting seeds all over it.

Trichs still look mostly clear so going to let her go to 10 weeks. Maybe more.

 

[CigNv]

oops, wrong thread ... never mind lol .....

 

[CigNv]

One is 7.5 weeks. One is 9 weeks. Both are The Hammer. Any guesses which is which?

#1

 

[CigNv]

#2

 

[cr8grow]

Cig...#1 is 9, unless its a trick question or phenos are just doing their thing.