Renaissance Man's First Official Grow: Blueberry OG, Gorilla Zkittles & Cream Caramel In Soil

IKilledIt said:
Kinda weird tho. We grow these ladies from seed. Be as gentle and caring as we can. Feed them water them Love them. Then at the last couple weeks of their life the rough stuff starts. Drought, cutting stalks, total darkness you name it lol. But I’m down.
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I know.. at the end, we're like, "protect yourselves with your little trichomes, you silly little plant." *insert evil laugh
HappyHazmat88 said:
Hell yeah BB looks dank.. well they all do but that's a pretty little girl ya got.
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Thanks man, yeah she does and they do. I'm so excited to do a comparison smoke and report. Honestly, my marijuana palate is so limited and am looking forward to expanding that a little.
 
Renaissance Man said:
Flower day 49 (last day of week 7)
Water/feed (only bloom nutes)

So here is my description of what I have going on in my own words. GZ has not exactly stacked the colas how I had imagined, however, the buds are dense and hard. Also sticky and smells nice. Very little amber and still few clear trichomes. She's starting to lean in a few places but nothing concerning. Also see a lot of purple coming in on top leaves indicating fall colors? I don't think it is a deficiency but again, nothing I should be concerned of I don't think.
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BB has stacked up a little nicer but still not what I was expecting. Also very dense buds and seems to be more trichomes than GZ. The two look to be at about the same stage before harvest.
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CC is the least dense, but also sticky and smells really piney. She also has many yellowing of leaves indicating fall colors? I have been feeding them only bloom nutes for about a week. Maybe I should have not ceased the MC so soon.
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Lastly is the GZ3, she has completely turned into a single cola. Not sure what I'm going to do now because I'm not about to keep the flower tent on a few more weeks just for her. She's going to run right into my next grow, so it's probably going to turn into a reveg monstercrop. Will this result in a hermie? Hope not.
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I have a harvesting dilemma coming up that I'll discuss in another post.
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Ammy Jr isn't a hermie
 
Lookin killer Ren man! Sometimes I feel the same way, I always want my colas to be 3feet long and stacked top to bottom lol. most times it’s just not the way it works out. As long as the ones you have are sticky,firm and smell good that’s all we can hope for as farmers. But by the looks of it you got some awesome smoked coming your way! You’re getting closer to a fine harvest.
 
Flower day 51
Water/feed day (bloom nutes and Calmag)

So I filled up my bucket and added 5ml of CaliMagic and 2 grams of Bloom nutes. Gave them each 1.5L each.

Here is my harvest dilemma:

I will be out of town from 2/3-2/7. That's 7 days from today and would put me at day 58 which is smack dab in the middle of harvest window. If I harvest on Sunday, I can let hang dry and then jar before I leave.

Or

I can chop 6 days from now and let them dry hang for 4 days unattended. That makes me a little nervous in the event it starts to dry out too fast. It would be in my tent with a low fan and no lights.

Or

Let them grow through my trip and harvest on 2/8 which puts them all at day 64. It would probably just mean that my Cream Caramel might go through the optimal time to harvest. I'm not too concerned about that though as I still would maintain a good level of THC, I presume.

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GZ
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CC
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BB
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GZ3
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Flower Day 56
Harvest day eve

Well the time has come and due to a weekend trip, I figured it is going to be better to harvest before I leave (tomorrow) then to wait until I return and have someone else tend to my plants over the weekend. There isn't quite enough amber trichomes as I would like to see but there is enough. I did a taster to all and am satisfied with the high and look forward to a properly dried and cured crop. I will chop the plants tomorrow and hang dry in the tent until I return 4 days later. I need to adjust my fans to keep the appropriate humidity levels, but they should be ready to jar shortly after I return home.

So here are the last pictures before the harvest which will be tomorrow, day 57.

GZ
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BB
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CC
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Krissi1982 said:
RM, they look fantastic! Huge congrats from start to finish. Loved following this journey with you friend!
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Thanks @Krissi1982, because of you and many others, I feel confident and ready to take on the next grow. That will be starting in a couple of weeks after I can clear the tent. I'll start a new journal for that one also.

In the meantime, I have to dry and cure these properly before I can take a deep breath lol.
 
Congratulations on your harvest RM! They look beautiful :drool: :bravo:

Safe travels!
 
Rexer said:
Congratulations on your harvest RM! They look beautiful :drool: :bravo:

Safe travels!
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Thanks @Rexer! I'm so looking forward to the next grow with the new light addition!
 
Renaissance Man said:
Thanks @Krissi1982, because of you and many others, I feel confident and ready to take on the next grow. That will be starting in a couple of weeks after I can clear the tent. I'll start a new journal for that one also.

In the meantime, I have to dry and cure these properly before I can take a deep breath lol.
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Loved being a part of it RM, 100%. Can't wait to see the harvest, the cured buds, get your smoke report and in the meantime, be anxious for your next grow round :high-five:
 
Hey Y'all.. so I'm back from out of town and it appears that my buds dried a little too quickly. Not the worst, but quicker than I was hoping.

I trimmed GZ last night and it was a little smaller yield than I hoped, however, it is super sticky. I got my wife to help me trim. I actually enjoyed trimming with her. It was kind of therapeutic. Anyways, I have two more plants to go, one tonight and then one tomorrow.

Here is the what I have so far:
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Renaissance Man said:
Hey Y'all.. so I'm back from out of town and it appears that my buds dried a little too quickly. Not the worst, but quicker than I was hoping.

I trimmed GZ last night and it was a little smaller yield than I hoped, however, it is super sticky. I got my wife to help me trim. I actually enjoyed trimming with her. It was kind of therapeutic. Anyways, I have two more plants to go, one tonight and then one tomorrow.

Here is the what I have so far:
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Nice jar! Enjoy!

NTH
 
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