GG7's Indoor/Outdoor Grows!

[Goldengoose7]

Looking awesome, as usual, Bro!

Thanks Mr. K!

I think I bit off more than I can chew this season! I was just out looking at all the bud I am going to have to harvest soon, and in a word, it is overwhelming! The hotter than usual weather has resulted in explosive growth, so I am looking at a lot of WORK to bring all this in!

Going to take me several weeks to hang dry everything, since I have a limited amount of drying space here. The Harlequin alone is going to easily fill every inch of our drying closets, so I need to try and harvest all this in stages.

 

[Goldengoose7]

Harlequin Test Bud Results!

I just now sampled the Harlequin test bud that has been curing for the last two weeks, and based on the effects of this stuff... I am feeling a very unique buzz from this stuff. Very mellow and relaxing. None of the "edge" you normally feel from the majority of my various Indica strains. Antidotally I am pretty sure that the CBD percentage of this stuff is definitely higher than anything I have ever grown before.

Based on this...I am seriously considering harvesting the Harlequin as soon as I complete the sugar flush which I just started working on today.

I just got done feeding all the plants 1 Table Spoon per gallon of Plantation Brand Molasses as my usual start of my flushing process. Next week I start watering them with my home made Clearex for the last 10 days before the big chop.

However...Based on the effects of this test bud that got knocked off the plant two weeks ago, I would say that the Harlequin is READY NOW!.

Going to let the Molasses sink in today and then water them with water tonight. Then I need to let them go dry without water tomorrow and I think I am going to go ahead and chop the two plants of the guest patio deck on Sunday.

 

[gittergreen]

So glad to hear, your going to have another big harvest. Things look great!

 

[donpaul.p]

hi GG7, hows it going mate, plants look amazing mate, loving the colour change,

ive got 2 autos growing now, 1 is auto blueberry and the other is bluematic, when i ordered them it showed purple buds, on the breeders pack they came in it shows purple buds, but im just not getting any purple, we are getting close to winter here now and the temps are low, so when the hps goes off for the 12-12 i take the autos out and place them on a window sill with the window open, this should lower the temps to the range needed to get them to grow purple, yet im not getting any purple, but the one auto has clearly bulked up loads since giving the cooler temps, the buds are solid on it as well, i know i wont be getting much off either auto but i wont to try and get the purple colour, ive asked a few times whats best for this and tried everything, the cooler night time temps ive been trying for over 7 days now and still no change in colour,

as your plants are changing colour and the leaves changing colour i thought id ask how the change started to happen, would you say its due to the lower night time temps and if it is how much difference is your day and night time temps, i have been told i need around 10deg drop during the night, im easily getting this drop in temp, i could drop the cooler by placing the pots outdoors when im giving them the night time temps, but we are having frost soon so dont want to risk long term damage to the plants,

also when they turn purple do they do this at a certain stage of growth, i know each strain is different but does the colour change only happen in late flower or does it start sooner, sorry if i asked this question before matee but im just struggling to get any colour from these autos, both should have purple buds under correct conditions,

 

[Goldengoose7]

Hey DP,

Since I am growing Ken's Cut Genuine GDP, it DEFINITELY needs the low overnight temps at the end of the flower cycle to turn purple. They won't react to these low temps until they are in the last 3 or so weeks of the flower cycle. They will do the full purple conversion between weeks 7-9. I uusually harvest my GDP at week 8 to 9. All depends on the amber trichome ratio at the time.

Ideal overnight temp range for the original GDP is 45-58 degrees F for at least 6 hours a night. The longer they are exposed to these temps the faster they will turn purple.

 

[donpaul.p]

thanks for the info mate, ill leave a temp gauge by the plants and see what night time temps their getting, it should easily be 10deg cooler where they are at night, ill double check everything, i think the one auto has less than 3 weeks, id say it has around 10 days, so ill see if anything changes over the next few days, i did notice on the other auto thats not as far in flower that the pistils did change colour over night, but the pistils where not purple but a sort of orange colour as if they was coming to the end of flower but it still has a few weeks left,

thanks for the info mate ill check the temps and see what im getting, cooler temps is the key i think, well i hope

 

[Mr. Krip]

Thanks Mr. K!

I think I bit off more than I can chew this season! I was just out looking at all the bud I am going to have to harvest soon, and in a word, it is overwhelming! The hotter than usual weather has resulted in explosive growth, so I am looking at a lot of WORK to bring all this in!

Going to take me several weeks to hang dry everything, since I have a limited amount of drying space here. The Harlequin alone is going to easily fill every inch of our drying closets, so I need to try and harvest all this in stages.

If you're trying to make me feel sorry for you, Brother, it's NOT working!

 

[jandre2k3]

Harlequin Test Bud Results!

I just now sampled the Harlequin test bud that has been curing for the last two weeks, and based on the effects of this stuff... I am feeling a very unique buzz from this stuff. Very mellow and relaxing. None of the "edge" you normally feel from the majority of my various Indica strains. Antidotally I am pretty sure that the CBD percentage of this stuff is definitely higher than anything I have ever grown before.

Based on this...I am seriously considering harvesting the Harlequin as soon as I complete the sugar flush which I just started working on today.

I just got done feeding all the plants 1 Table Spoon per gallon of Plantation Brand Molasses as my usual start of my flushing process. Next week I start watering them with my home made Clearex for the last 10 days before the big chop.

However...Based on the effects of this test bud that got knocked off the plant two weeks ago, I would say that the Harlequin is READY NOW!.

Going to let the Molasses sink in today and then water them with water tonight. Then I need to let them go dry without water tomorrow and I think I am going to go ahead and chop the two plants of the guest patio deck on Sunday.

That.... Made me smile. I'm glad you finally got a high CBD strain, and that it's a good thing for you.

 

[Goldengoose7]

That.... Made me smile. I'm glad you finally got a high CBD strain, and that it's a good thing for you.

Thanks Man!

I couldn't be more pleased to discover that Medicinal Organic Nursery has once again come through with a creation that "ROCKS" and produces exactly the kind of results they promised on their packaging! This great buzz I have been getting must be from the high CBD percentage. I've frankly never had an effect from Cannabis quite like this before, and I have been around this stuff for well over 30 years now.





Over the course of the day today, I have had several "helpings" of this test bud and the overall effects are fantastic! I think I have "finally" found the ultimate MMJ strain for the treatment of anxiety, pain and inflammation! It does make you feel a bit sedated, but not overly so. The head remains relatively clear and alert and you can do things without feeling stoned or otherwise "out of it".

The best way to describe the "buzz" would be to compare it to a benzodiazepine like Alprazolam... aka Xanax. I have an ongoing prescription for that drug that I take as needed.

However... I am rather dubious about growing too dependent on them because they can be habit forming, you WILL develop a tolerance if you take them daily, and they are VERY difficult to cease taking once you start. This has nothing to do with will power or anything like that! It is an actual chemical dependence that can quickly develop.

Withdrawals can be serious and the actual withdrawal side-effects can include seizures and many other "nasty" reactions especially from a cold turkey cessation. I've had friends who have had bad withdrawal symptoms while trying to get off those, even during a doctor supervised tapering from a previously moderate daily dosage of Alprazolam! Needless to say... I only take those when I REALLY NEED IT!

Having something that works the same way in Cannabis form is just simply AWESOME! If the rest of this four plant Harlequin crop turns out as good as this test bud, I am going to be one happy camper!

My early advice to anyone looking for a high CBD strain would be this... Based on this test bud I would seriously consider getting your hands on some "Medicinal Organic Nursery" brand Harlequin GBD seeds and trying it for yourself on your next grow!

Last but not least... Based on a late afternoon trichome check of the two Harlequins on the patio deck that showed the beginnings of amber, I have decided to harvest one of them tomorrow (Saturday) and the second plant down there on either Sunday or Monday. All depends on how much drying space the first plant takes up. I am expecting a pretty massive harvest based on how huge these four "H" plants are now!

Stay tuned for a photo update of the first chop tomorrow afternoon or early evening!

 

[SurfBuddy]

Hey, GG7, I know you must be so busy and sticky fingered right now, but what is your method for extracting the seeds from the sticky resinous buds once they're dry?

I've got my first cross of NL x G13Hashplant seeded up and have found mature seeds on the lower "popcorn" that I was just going to cut up for juicing with the fans, so I think the buds may have some too

 

[Goldengoose7]

Hey, GG7, I know you must be so busy and sticky fingered right now, but what is your method for extracting the seeds from the sticky resinous buds once they're dry?

I've got my first cross of NL x G13Hashplant seeded up and have found mature seeds on the lower "popcorn" that I was just going to cut up for juicing with the fans, so I think the buds may have some too

Hey SurfBuddy!

Nice to hear from ya!

If you want to consume the bud too, then you will just have to wait to find the seeds as you use the bud. In this case, just dry normally for the usual amount of time before curing.

In the case of a fertilized plant that you want as many seeds from as possible...

Its actually quite easy provided that you are willing to write off the bud for consumption.

Why?

Basically, you need to.... DRY THE CRAP OUT OF IT!

Just hang them to dry like you normally would, but be sure to use a fan and let them go for MUCH longer than you would with consumable bud. I would suggest putting a large baking pan or something similar under each hanging cola to catch any seeds that may fall out naturally during the drying process. IT WILL HAPPEN!!

You want them to be "crumble" dry. Then all you do is crush the bud in your hand by making a fist, or rubbing the bud back and forth between your hands until all the seeds have dropped out. Do this over a white surface large enough to contain all the seeds that are going to be dropping all over the place.

Pick out the seeds from all the sift and store in a airtight container, in the dark, at room temp.

Thats about all there is to it!

 

[SurfBuddy]

Hey SurfBuddy!

Nice to hear from ya!

If you want to consume the bud too, then you will just have to wait to find the seeds as you use the bud. In this case, just dry normally for the usual amount of time before curing.

In the case of a fertilized plant that you want as many seeds from as possible...

Its actually quite easy provided that you are willing to write off the bud for consumption.

Why?

Basically, you need to.... DRY THE CRAP OUT OF IT!

Just hang them to dry like you normally would, but be sure to use a fan and let them go for MUCH longer than you would with consumable bud. I would suggest putting a large baking pan or something similar under each hanging cola to catch any seeds that may fall out naturally during the drying process. IT WILL HAPPEN!!

You want them to be "crumble" dry. Then all you do is crush the bud by making a fist around them, or rubbing them together between your two hands. Do this over a white surface large enough to contain all the seeds that are going to be dropping all over the place.

Thats about all there is to it!

Hmmm, my problem is that my male was just a cutting sitting in a yoplait cup that I sexed, then stuck next to the NL outside so there wasn't gobs of goo like there was on yours... so I'm not sure there's that many seeds in the buds... I think I'll try your method with a few colas and suffer through the rest.

I like the baking pan idea... I would have just let them fall onto insulation foil stuff, but they could bounce anywhere. I didn't even think about them falling out as it was drying.. +reps sir.

What do you think about using dry ice on the buds? Would it damage the seed? That way I can get hash off the buds and get the seeds

 

[Goldengoose7]

Hmmm, my problem is that my male was just a cutting sitting in a yoplait cup that I sexed, then stuck next to the NL outside so there wasn't gobs of goo like there was on yours... so I'm not sure there's that many seeds in the buds... I think I'll try your method with a few colas and suffer through the rest.

I like the baking pan idea... I would have just let them fall onto insulation foil stuff, but they could bounce anywhere. I didn't even think about them falling out as it was drying.. +reps sir.

What do you think about using dry ice on the buds? Would it damage the seed? That way I can get hash off the buds and get the seeds

I wouldn't recommend using anything COLD. You will likely kill the plant material and then you will end up with that gooey/pulpy bud material that is basically rotting away. That happened to a few of my GDP buds last year if you recall and I ended up having to toss out that bud. Just air dry them until the seeds start to fall out on their own.

 

[Goldengoose7]

I'm reposting my harvest post at the end of the thread to make sure everyone sees it!

Sorry Mr. K. I know you have had to LIKE this twice already! LOL!

 

[donpaul.p]

it only takes a tiny amount of unseen pollen to pollenate the whole plant, if someone had a male in the same street as you then chances are any outdoor plants would turn to seed production, the particles of pollen you can see are huge, but the particles you cant see are microscopic, its these that cause growers problems, even when you think you have not got pollen anywhere other than where you wanted it, chances are the pollen is in the air, on your hands, on your clothes, etc etc, a good spraying of water will prevent any pollen from been viable, so after i pollenated one of my plants i gave the pollenated plant a good spray before it went back in with the other females, as long as you leave it long enough to pollenate which is a matter of minutes and not hours then your ok to spray water to remove any pollen from leaves and anywhere else pollen could get, if you got some on the soil then had a fly land in the soil it only takes this fly to touch a pistil on any plant for it to start making seeds, so mistakes are easy to make, but so far ive managed to only get pollen on the parts i wanted to.

how ever ive got another male growing and just waiting for the sacs to open so i can collect the pollen, this will be used to keep a strain going that i cant get seeds for, and it will also be used to pollenate and auto so i can see the type of results id get by crossing an auto fem with a male non auto, ill be doing this in the next day or 2, just waiting for the sacs to open and one pollen sack will be more than enough to do most of the plant, if not all of the plant

 

[donpaul.p]

nice harvest mate, ive read a few places that most cannabis strains will turn purple given the right conditions, im not sure how true this is but ive read it a few places now, so for the last week ive been giving my autos some cool night time temps but im not getting any change, so im wondering if the day time temps need to be lowered as well, i know it would not be a lot lower but the day time temp must drop if the night time temp drops, so would lowering the day time temps help the colour come out, im only trying this with 2 autos and both are a blueberry cross, so i could grow these out on the window sill and still get buds from them as their autos, so im wondering if it would work,

 

[Goldengoose7]

it only takes a tiny amount of unseen pollen to pollenate the whole plant, if someone had a male in the same street as you then chances are any outdoor plants would turn to seed production, the particles of pollen you can see are huge, but the particles you cant see are microscopic, its these that cause growers problems, even when you think you have not got pollen anywhere other than where you wanted it, chances are the pollen is in the air, on your hands, on your clothes, etc etc, a good spraying of water will prevent any pollen from been viable, so after i pollenated one of my plants i gave the pollenated plant a good spray before it went back in with the other females, as long as you leave it long enough to pollenate which is a matter of minutes and not hours then your ok to spray water to remove any pollen from leaves and anywhere else pollen could get, if you got some on the soil then had a fly land in the soil it only takes this fly to touch a pistil on any plant for it to start making seeds, so mistakes are easy to make, but so far ive managed to only get pollen on the parts i wanted to.

how ever ive got another male growing and just waiting for the sacs to open so i can collect the pollen, this will be used to keep a strain going that i cant get seeds for, and it will also be used to pollenate and auto so i can see the type of results id get by crossing an auto fem with a male non auto, ill be doing this in the next day or 2, just waiting for the sacs to open and one pollen sack will be more than enough to do most of the plant, if not all of the plant

You're right about that! It doesn't take much pollen to impregnate a plant, but the more pollen you can throw at it the better. During my recent seed projects, I have put a VERY well developed male plant right next to the female that I wanted to pollenate. In my case, these male plants were producing CLOUDS and CLOUDS of pollen before I chopped them down. So far, I have had very good success with getting every single flower bud pollenated and FULL of seeds!

nice harvest mate, ive read a few places that most cannabis strains will turn purple given the right conditions, im not sure how true this is but ive read it a few places now, so for the last week ive been giving my autos some cool night time temps but im not getting any change, so im wondering if the day time temps need to be lowered as well, i know it would not be a lot lower but the day time temp must drop if the night time temp drops, so would lowering the day time temps help the colour come out, im only trying this with 2 autos and both are a blueberry cross, so i could grow these out on the window sill and still get buds from them as their autos, so im wondering if it would work,

No doubt that the cold overnights that we are seeing up here at this point in the season is bringing out the purple in everything that has the slightest tendency to show that trait. Even my Blue Cheese is showing some purple leaves this year which is a first.

 

[Goldengoose7]

Harlequin GDB #1 Harvest!
It begins!

I decided to wait until early this morning to harvest my first plant of the season. Based on the results of my test bud sample that came from H #1, I decided that the Harlequin crop was basically ready for the chop, so after several flushes yesterday with Clearex and then plain water, I went ahead and chopped Harlequin #1. The yield was quite impressive as you shall see in the following photos.

Here again is a photo of this plant as it appeared a few days ago...

After the chop...

Because I have SO MUCH yet to harvest this season, I only kept the primo bud and tossed the smaller lower branch bud into the compost heap along with the rest of the harvested plant. I know that this will probably upset some of you guys out there, but I have no choice! I only have so much space for this stuff, and with such a spectacular crop this year, I can afford to be somewhat picky about what I keep and what I throw away.

After a rough trim job for hanging...

Interestingly... As I was trimming off all the fan leaves and most of the bud leaf tips, I was finding a good amount of "PURPLE" pigment in them! I wasn't aware that Harlequin was a purple strain, but there you are! Must be the Grand Daddy Blueberry that this MON Harlequin strain was crossed with.

What you see in the above photos is about 2/3rds of the final yield from this single plant. I didn't weigh the lot, but there was enough bud to fill two of my drying closets! I figure that I have enough drying space left for Harlequin #2, which I am planning to chop either tomorrow or Monday.

Once this stuff has dried out enough, I will trim it up a bit more and them transfer the bud into my large quart size canning jars for the start of the curing process.

Harlequin 3 and 4 will get my attention during the coming week. I am hoping to have all four Harlequin harvested by Thursday or Friday. After that, it will likely be time to bring in the Blue Cheese!

Stay tuned!

 

[Mr. Krip]

I'm reposting my harvest post at the end of the thread to make sure everyone sees it!

Sorry Mr. K. I know you have had to LIKE this twice already! LOL!

That's OK, Bro - the third time's a charm! I gave you +REPS on this one!

 

[Goldengoose7]

That's OK, Bro - the third time's a charm! I gave you +REPS on this one!

Cool! Thanks Man!

Here is one more photo from this morning's harvest and trim that somehow failed to get uploaded with the rest of the images...