TOO AIRY, TOO DRY & TOO STONED TO CARE TOO MUCH!
Here's where we are....
First...I just composed a nice long post and lost it all right before sending. Don't even ask me what happened...it's like the page refreshed just as I was about to send it the whole post was lost.
OK, so the buds definately dried out too quick with the fan running full time, and I did the only thing I could think of doing, which is to give them the final trim and put 'em in jars.
They still have a slight "homegrown" smell that I'm really hoping will dissipate over time and that the buds aren't too dry to cure. The smell is accompanied by a strong odor of hash.
Unfortunately, adding insult to injury, the buds are pretty airy. The larger cola tops aren't too bad but, although I haven't put 'em on a scale, I'm gonna have to adjust my weight estimate down to about 2 oz.
That, combined with harvesting the haze and what's left of the AK, should be just about enough to get me to another harvest - if it doesn't take 120 days!
Because of this, I've decided not to wait and to harvest what's left of the AK this weekend. No sense waiting three more weeks for airy buds. I'd rather get the space occupied by the PE Mom, who I'll transplant to a larger hempy this weekend (she's too tall for the cab in the waterfarm!) and move into flower ASAP. Then, when I harvest the haze, I'll put in the hempy haze to replace it. Hopefully, the PE will finish before my reserves do.
Speaking of reserves, here's the stash in 1 qt. jars:
On a somewhat brighter note, the tray I was trimming over and the buds were just covered in trichomes so I added a lot of high quality buds to the trim pile for hash & cooking. I probably added a lot of buds that should have wound up in the jars, but I just didn't want to manicure all that airy stuff! I can definately see a nice hash yield from this trim, though!
On a much brighter note, the sample I had today was incredible. The taste was still a little harsh, although not as harsh as previous samples.
About five minutes after taking 2-3 hits, you start forgetting what you were doing two minutes before, and doing things like running around the house looking for the car keys that are in your hand. Then, by the time you realize you had your keys the whole time, you figure you've already put in a full day just looking for them, you forgot why you wanted to go out anyways, and you just want to melt into the couch and veg in front of the TV!
Here are some sample buds:
I'll post weights and a final smoke report soon, along with some lessons learned and adjustments planned.
Thanks again to everyone for your help and happy harvests!
K
EDIT: I just tossed the buds on the scale and my 2oz. estimate was right on! It weighed out at 57.7 grams with more to harvest this weekend. Not as much as I had hoped, but will meet my goal for the first grow.