Heavenly Hybrid’s Hideout: Jump In Anytime

[N420]

Great job on the on the uppots on the Kush girls and nice work on the quadline tutorial it is gonna be fun to see what those little ladies grow up to be!

Too bad about the seeds and the Afghani, I’ve got my fingers and toes crossed that they will both pull through for you!

 

[MrSauga]

but these girls have been in the 3 gal pots a month longer than I ever planned. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was off.

Sorry to hear the Afghani never responded to the extra watering. I'd get the slurry test done too at this point. Do you think the root ball has taken over the pot, pretty much eliminating any way to buffer the pH? If the pH is good with the slurry test then maybe pH the nutes and treat it like a passive hydro type grow.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Hello again grow buddies, I come bearing good updates today (as in, I’m not going to talk about the negative stuff today). We’re at 7 1/2 weeks right now. I figure candidas usually finish about the 8 1/2 week mark. Not always, but more often than not. Plus, they’ve been pushing out new pistils very regularly. Well, that has finally started to slow down, so I went in and took a few trich pics, just to see where we’re at.

I’m actually pretty surprised to see some ambers already. I’d love to hear thoughts and please keep in mind, these are CBD, so I’m shooting for cloudy and barely any ambers.

In the veg tent, the critical purple kush and blackberry kush were topped and had nodes 1 & 2 removed.

CPK

Blackberry kush

OG kush, centers filling in nicely after their topping.

And lil mango kush

That’s all the good stuff for today. Hoping to have more info for the next update for the baddies tomorrow.
Thanks for following along, it means a lot and I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe out there!

 

[InTheShed]

I'd say you have a week on the Candida from those pics, but this weekend would be okay too! Is there a bigger issue with amber on a Candida than on a THC plant?

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Is there a bigger issue with amber on a Candida than on a THC plant?

Lol, this feels like a set up...

Last I heard, we aren’t sure of what cbd becomes as it ages, as thc => cbn. Based on that, I’d rather chop on the earlier side; opposed to developing more ambers while waiting for the clears to get cloudy. Does that make sense?

 

[InTheShed]

LOL no!

Since we don't seem to know what CBD degrades to, I don't worry about it any more than I do with a THC plant. The way you phrased it made me think that there was an additional concern regarding CBD plants that I wasn't aware of.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

LOL no!

Since we don't seem to know what CBD degrades to, I don't worry about it any more than I do with a THC plant. The way you phrased it made me think that there was an additional concern regarding CBD plants that I wasn't aware of.

Oh Shed, the day that I know something you don’t... I do believe pigs will be flying and we will have achieved world peace.

 

[BooWho2]

Looking good HH! Aka Queen of Kush! I am also in love with that Blackberry...yum.

 

[N420]

Hey Hh! Don’t have an opinion on the readiness of the CBD girls never smoked or grown an CBD plant but damn you got some trichome photo skills!

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Looking good HH! Aka Queen of Kush! I am also in love with that Blackberry...yum.

you got some trichome photo skills!

Lol, thanks N, but I really don’t. I took about 30 pics to get those 4. A tripod with a clicker to snap the pics makes all the difference. I also got a clip on macro lense and that’s it! No skills.

 

[N420]

A tripod with a clicker to snap the pics makes all the difference.

I’ve got to get a tripod with a clicker, I try to hold my phone with the clip on macro lens and all my pics are a blurry mess lol

 

[Carcass]

Great pics, HH!
I'd chop soon if they were thc plants, so why not cbd?
Granted, we don't know what cbd degrades to, but it's not cbd, so my way of thinking is to chop at max cbd, because that's what we're growing for- why let it degrade at all?
just my 2 cents...

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

I’ve got to get a tripod with a clicker, I try to hold my phone with the clip on macro lens and all my pics are a blurry mess lol

I hear that! Gotta take the burst photos and keep the least blurry.

Great pics, HH!
I'd chop soon if they were thc plants, so why not cbd?
Granted, we don't know what cbd degrades to, but it's not cbd, so my way of thinking is to chop at max cbd, because that's what we're growing for- why let it degrade at all?
just my 2 cents...

I’m in agreement, I think I’ll probably chop this weekend. I’ve harvested pre amber in the past, so I do want to keep that consistent. Plus that are getting SO floppy. Lol, when I try (try) to straighten them up, my fingers feel like they have glue on them!

 

[StoneOtter]

Happy harvesting Heavenly! Looking lovely as usual, even the trouble child.

 

[DutchinAB]

I’d love to hear thoughts and please keep in mind, these are CBD, so I’m shooting for cloudy and barely any ambers.

I think I’ll probably chop this weekend.

She looks great, and about done, I’m in agreement with the chopping this weekend!!


And hoping the forthcoming “baddie update” isn’t as terrible as it sounds....

 

[Fredwak]

Beautiful gardens HH! Have a great day.
Smile and stay stoneder.

 

[Amy Gardner]

wonderful garden updates

had pop my head up to share... yes Candida ready when you are. My goodness what a beautiful sea of Candida! I have cola envy

I’d go so far as to say that earlier better anyway because you’ll be storing some at least for a longer time. Some degradation will happen during that time. I harvest CBD the same way - maximum cloudy is the max level of CBD or THC anyway, we know that much at least, and so beyond that we’re engaging our preferences, right?

also I am compelled to share re; Afghani that it’s possible the LOS elements in that pot started to function more efficiently and that has led to lockouts. Just speculating, but it’s very possible. I think somebody suggested doing a flush. May be wise. Bud development may also be fine through to harvest, if you can stop the progression.

kushy kurtsey to you, kween!

 

[Brett Blaze]

Jumping in.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Hello everyone, I’m betting you all know where I’ve been. In case you don’t, I’ll have an update for it all in a bit.

Welcome @Dano999! The water is fine, great time to jump in.

 

[Heavenly Hybrid]

Well how nice to have post 3K dedicated to the greatest Candida harvest I will have in my lifetime. Hello grow buddies, I’ve been a busy bee again. I decided to dry the candidas in the 4x4 tent, so that meant I needed to find a home for Afghani for the next few weeks while she finishes. I had to reconfigure lots of items lights/fans/hygrometers, all of which stresses me out. I don’t like messing with the environments once I have them dialed in. But I did it anyway and Afghani is now living in the 3x3.

Ugh, I know she’s painful to look at, but it’s the reality. Not all plants make it through to harvest pristine, and that’s ok.
I gave her a plain water and feed, I think the damage has stopped progressing, but it’s hard to say without waiting and comparing pics later. She’s got about 2-3 weeks left to go, I’m guessing.

And now....
~ Candida fields forever ~

One last look before they go!

Taking the candidas down was a bit of a cluster-f. I was able to take them out of the net one at a time, so that was good. But not one stem was able to hold itself upright, they all flopped so hard! So we had to hang them up to remove the fan leaves.

One down (up?)

And another (she broke in two cutting her down)

We did that again... and again... and then it was friggin bedtime. I was already beat just from removing the fans. We made it though 4/6 and I checked with VG about leaving fans on for the last two. After I got the thumbs up, I chopped and hung those babies!

To the left, to the left

To the right

Everybody!

The girls down low are the two plants I didn’t remove any fans from - those also broke apart a little during harvest.

And that’s a wrap on the Candida harvest! I was originally hoping to keep each plant whole and see who ended up heaviest, but it just wasn’t feasible. Now I’m just hoping they dry well and I’d be so, so happy if I end up with a lb. We’ll see!

I hope you’re all doing well and staying safe! Post 3K, out!