Keffkas Coast Of Maine Line, TLO/LOS Style, Bagseed, Indoor Grow

[Gee64]

You should actually do yourself a favor and harvest a bud or 2 a bit early (mostly clear with some cloudy and a few amber) harvest some mainly cloudy and a bit amber, and some at least 35% amber. Cure those samples for at least 3 months. Harvest the rest whenever you like. Then in 3 months when you are nearing your next harvest try all 3 samples and see which you like. After doing that on a few strains you will find your preference. Don't be greedy and go for yield if you like the early stuff better. After a couple harvests your stash will never run out so if you like early trichs with lower weight take that, if you like amber then you get more yield, but pretty soon you will have too much either way.

 

[Keffka]

So I finally figured out the macro lens.. I still prefer the jewelers loupe since it’s even more magnification. I’m gonna hunt down some more lenses and see if I can get one close to the loupe magnification because while the loupe is nice it’s very small and hard to see well without touching the buds

 

[Azimuth]

What magnification do you have on your jeweler's loop?

 

[Keffka]

What magnification do you have on your jeweler's loop?

30x/60x

I like the 60x because it makes it really easy to see the trichomes but I’ve gotta get up on the buds and it’s difficult to really hone in on specific areas

 

[Azimuth]

Ok, thanks. Mine is 40 I think, and sometimes i wish it were more.

 

[Keffka]

Should’ve just spent more time reading before I bought my jeweler loupe lol.. here’s a 60x attachment for my phone and a pretty sweet looking handheld wireless microscope smh

 

[Keffka]

Ok, thanks. Mine is 40 I think, and sometimes i wish it were more.

The phone loupe I posted is 10$ and the microscope is 30$.. Looks like I’m wish listing and spending 10 bucks lol

 

[StoneOtter]

Lol they’re so stinky my oldest asked “why does it smell like that?” I responded with
“because that’s what weed smells like”

I hated being lied to as a kid.. I hated it even more when I knew I was being lied to. One thing that made stuff more interesting than it actually was, was adults constantly lying about everything. From Santa all the way to “one marijuana and you’ll be a drug addict street pusher”, there was no telling whether adults were full of shit or being truthful.

So instead I just tell my kids the truth about everything. It’s tough because I often find myself having to explain why other kids are being lied to or believe in make believe stuff, but it’s made for some great conversations and teaching moments. It may take a little more time on the front end but my kids will be far better prepared for reality and adulthood than most.

If we try to do better than what we were given, the world is a better place brother! Our folks made mistakes and so do we. With any luck our kids will be better at figuring things out like you said! I think so! We have to stop lying as a way of life! Denying the truth leads us to the hells on earth like, (your pet lie here) too many to list . Bad juju!

Nice close pics!

 

[Keffka]

+53 dump Lots of swelling

 

[Gee64]

Bring on The Chunkies

 

[Keffka]

Couple of chunk shots, trich shots, and some hand relatives

 

[Sparkey224]

Great job K! Big fatties for sure.
Looks sativa lean and have another 3 weeks at least.
They look great, well done buddy.

 

[StoneOtter]

Honkin fatties !

 

[RedskinnedRhino]

Some of those group pics look like giant buds floating in mid air, had to keep rubbing my eyes and making the picture bigger to see the stems. Garden looks phenomenal, gonna be a hell of a crop.

 

[Keffka]

Some of those group pics look like giant buds floating in mid air, had to keep rubbing my eyes and making the picture bigger to see the stems. Garden looks phenomenal, gonna be a hell of a crop.

The spacing and length on the stems was already excessive before stretch and just got wild during it. It made it difficult to decide where to prune at. I left 3 nodes per cola as a guideline and it measured out to a foot minimum for each cola just with 3. Foot long colas with buds 3-4 inches wide from bagseed under the LED in a 3 gallon impressed me.

Super cropping the main stem on 2 of the plants also made the spacing strange and makes everything look real floaty. It’s given me a lot of wasted space, but the buds are speaking for themselves.

I haven’t grown without topping before and it has been a wild ride. The plants, the leaves, the stems, and the buds are all way bigger and healthier than I’ve ever seen come out of a 3 gallon pot, especially being completely organic with no liquid or chelated nutrients.

I’m conflicted now though. Not topping my plants made this a really easy grow with great results, healthy plants, and almost no issues (the only issues I had were ones I created on purpose). Whereas when I top them, it takes extra resources, extra effort, the plants aren’t as predictable, and they tend to be more sensitive. However when I do top, I can fill the whole space, access all of the buds with ease, and everything looks much nicer and organized and is much easier to harvest.

It’ll likely take me at least 2-3 more seed grows and 5-10 clone grows before I can really decide which I prefer. However I strongly suspect in the end, my yields won’t have much difference so it’ll come down to quality and QOL of the grow.

I do know though, if I grow outdoors I won’t be topping any more. If I keep up on the pruning like I did with these, then they’ll produce very well outside with fewer issues.

All in all this journal has been just as informative as my first one, just for very different reasons. Im looking forward to harvest, the weight of these branches is pretty decent.

 

[StoneOtter]

My BIL grow em tall and open. Not like me with my lst and hoping for a flat canopy. His buds are always bigger and his plants are open and cool to look at! Everybody has a picture in their mind of what they want to see.

 

[Keffka]

Flip +57 Swelling and chunking all over.. Apparently one of the plants has purple in its genetics and has started showing it’s colors.. I’m ambivalent when it comes to purple. It has no meaning to me in terms of quality, and it looks ugly to my eyes when it’s growing, all I can see is Phosphorus and dying foliage. Oh well, I didn’t choose the strain so it is what it is.

Everything stinks pretty strongly and the plants are sucking up water quickly. Trichomes have a good appearance and we’re just waiting on final resin production right now. All of the buds feel thick and dense already with that nice stiffness and a stickiness that comes off on your fingers.

 

[Keffka]

Trichome shots

 

[Keffka]

Currently testing out the @VIVOSUN AeroWave E6 fan I won from a sponsor contest here on the forum. I’ll be writing up a full review on it but as it stands now it’s a pretty good fan with quite a few standout features that are designed with cannabis growing in mind. No Always on LED is probably my favorite aspect, but it’s oscillation and natural wind mode mean I can aim it right at my plants without worrying about wind burn

 

[StoneOtter]

Flip +57 Swelling and chunking all over.. Apparently one of the plants has purple in its genetics and has started showing it’s colors.. I’m ambivalent when it comes to purple. It has no meaning to me in terms of quality, and it looks ugly to my eyes when it’s growing, all I can see is Phosphorus and dying foliage. Oh well, I didn’t choose the strain so it is what it is.

Everything stinks pretty strongly and the plants are sucking up water quickly. Trichomes have a good appearance and we’re just waiting on final resin production right now. All of the buds feel thick and dense already with that nice stiffness and a stickiness that comes off on your fingers.

This last cola's a club! Getting some nice color!

Fan's a beauty too!