Okay happy Saturday...here comes another
HYENA'S GROW HOUSE update!
Oh boy, we're pulling into the station soon!
Rolled up to the GH very early yesterday because I wanted to get back to Ohio in time to play some golf. As usual, fun stuff to see and do!
Things are very exciting with one tent 7 weeks into flower...another 7 weeks into veg...brand new clones...OMG!
Let's start with the maturing ladies in Tent #1...
This is the super-exciting last few weeks, where everything you ever did seems SO worth it just to stand for a few precious minutes before a massive hedge of perfect colas and breathe in the perfume...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
The buds are swelling and turning an amazing shade of orange, and from stem to stern I can't find a single leaf tip I don't love. Clones are so homogenous, even though there was a slightly taller and shorter plant involved so there's some varience in height, they are all magnificent and all looking awesome. I can't believe how much better these colas look than last time, all because of an earlier flip that allowed the canopy to be low enough for effective cross-lighting which packs a freakin' PUNCH!
I feed them my new best friend, proved for 3 runs now...TERPINATOR!
It seems to be having an effect. Check out the fullness I'm getting down lower on the colas, in addition to the great frost:
I saw a rogue banana in that last bud and plucked it, but only could find 2 in this entire mass. Not too worried, unless there was a much earlier emergence somewhere that spewed pollen there's simply not time for anything that could result in meaningful compromise. Seeds take a little while.
And these girls are either coming down May 4th or May 11th. Still deciding...as of yesterday's visit I'm liking how ripe the room looks and it seems like 9 more days and it should be ready to harvest. Then I can do it in the 3 days before my vacation, then come right back the next Monday and take it down and bag it.
But I'm wondering, how much could this be if I let it bloom for another week past that? I mean, it will certainly give me more, and though I haven't used a microscope yet I'm pretty sure the trichs are still clear and that these could get bigger. No doubt. So if at all possible I'm going to leave them up 2 more weeks. I'll make that decision next Thursday when I visit for the last time before vacay week. Since it takes 3 days to chop and hang this thing (this one for sure!) I'd love to not have to sweat it right before the trip, just hit it the day after I return all rested and ready for 30 hours of slashing.
Another thing...I just took clones. I checked in on them and sure enough...
They are lookin' good! Man somehow I am nailing this clone thing, it has turned out to be WAY easier than I thought. No roots or anything yet but I know it's coming. It didn't really happen until week 3 last time around but OMG that clone room that's blooming is insane, no problems...I might get seriously hooked on this! How handy to know exactly what's coming!
So they are fine. And now we look in on their mothers "THE INDICA GIRLS"
What a hedge, only 9 weeks since the seeds hit water! And 7 weeks of veg in here...I'm totally impressed. Delhi Friend and Incredible Bulk are some worthy and hardy plants. I ripped another 150 leaves and hardly made a dent but the biomass is spread out pretty well. I debated flipping them; never would I have imagined it would happen so soon but I did it. Even with a modest stretch I figure this will rise another foot and that would be ideal...lots of delicious cross lighting and huge fat Indy colas. Can you believe it, this room already has a more powerful aroma than the almost-finished other one...let's get stinky!
So all is well and reluctantly I left it all, for the three-hour drive back home. Sigh. I know it's wrong but I wish I could spend every day with them...but I can't.
So here I sit at home. At least I have fresh flowers on my desk...
Now you don't see that every day.
Peace, Hyena