Danishoes21
Well-Known Member
You research and effort are well appreciated.Hey Growmies,
Greetings from moldsville
Sunday morning, the Blueberry had hardly any detectable bud rot, and I looked very closely.
Monday afternoon I had to harvest the Blueberry and Sweet Critical CBD prior to trichomes being ready, due to onset of bud rot. Both were salvage harvests – a lot was lost to bud rot. For the Blueberry, the rot was all over the place – crazy rapid onset. For the Sweet Critical, her buds were much smaller and she was more resistant – it was the kind of bud rot that is just barely starting to develop on dead bracts inside the buds. This, too, was all over the place. Fortunately, I got a good sample of both and the buds are now drying.
Keep in mind... I'm doing research, not production. I'm looking for strains that have natural resistance to bud rot. In order to find that out, I am purposefully not pampering them too much. The two CBD strains that I'm trying out aren't really part of this Quest... they're on another track... I'm trying to find CBDs that will come in close to 20% CBD.
The Blueberry, however, was adopted into the Quest (as a freebie), and I will likely grow her again from one of the clones, and this time I'll pay a lot more attention to her, including inoculating the soil with some beneficial microbes including trichoderma, and use a 15 gal fabric pot. She was just an awesome plant – very vigorous, dark green leaves, and heavy producer.
Here's tonight's harvest report for the Blueberry...
Blueberry (80% indica)
category score Leaf mold resistance* (low, med, high): low 2.5 Bud rot resistance* (low, med, high): low 1 Bug resistance (low, med, high): low 1 Resin production (low, med, high): med+ 2.5 Fragrance: sweet, slightly spicy -- Harvest status (minus, neutral, plus): minus
harvested early due to bud rot1 Yield (low, med, high): med+
ignoring the rot2.5 Overall rating: 10.5/18 = 58%
* Low and med resistance implies peroxide or some other foliar spray was used on leaves and/or buds.
Blueberry colas would have been awesome... here's the best, with rotten buds clipped out.
This is all I was able to salvage.
Trichomes were premature... some are milky. Lots of resin and very sticky.
Sweet Critical CBD (50/50 hybrid).
No harvest report for this one. I'll be sending a bud sample to the lab soon to check CBD content.
Small buds with some bud rot resistance. If harvested a couple days ago, would have been OK.
Here's what I was able to salvage... could have got some more, but searching for infected dead bracts inside buds just 'aint worth it.
This stuff...
Buds were small but with good trichome production. Mild spicy/herbal fragrance. Not very sticky.
Sweet Critical CBD trichomes.