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Harvest update - 22oz
Since the balcony plants were given the chop 1 month ago there hasn't been a lot to write about. The plants were hang dried whole, and after 5 days around 120g was trimmed off each plant and made into cobs.
The cobs are still in a ferment phase which they have been in now for about 26 days and will be 'released' from ferment soon and then allowed to age at room temperature. I will carry that out and have a good inspection and try a sample, and once done I will do an update on the cobs.
Seed making
I have yet to go thru the 2 stems of each plant that I attempted to pollinate with some pollen from a male White Widow XTRM x Gorgonzola. It wasn't very promising as the pollen made available to me was just sparse dust stuck to the inside of a plastic bag, it had been very poorly stored with moisture. However, when I started squeezing the Godfather OG buds from the pollinated stems I found a couple of very dark seeds, so some of the pollen was viable, the stems will be at best are only very lightly seeded. I haven't yet gone thru the 2 Godfather OG stems fully to see how many more there are, I don't think there are many, but hey, even half a dozen would be a triumph. Hopefully I will also find some seeds amongst the pollinated stems of the Mango Sherbert and Strawberry Cough.
Yield figures
From each of this year's 3 photo plants I took about 120g (about 4oz) from each which were used to make 2 cobs of each strain. Their cob weights have now reduced to around 100g per plant.
The totals per plant of dried cobs and dried herb after 4 weeks since harvesting are:
Godfather OG 235g
Mango Sherbert 205g
Strawberry Cough 175g
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615g
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This is a better yield than I was expecting when I started this grow, because I did so almost 2 months later than last year and yet it seemed that the plants grew more virulently and almost made up for their later start. Last year I harvested 23oz. This year it is about 22oz.
Although I carried out regular spraying to prevent pests, I was still hit by caterpillars, they especially liked the Godfather OG, perhaps for it's fruitiness, I think I would have got 10oz off her but instead got about 8.4oz. But next grow I intend to double up on my pest prevention spraying!
Here is a pic of the harvest. The top shelf is mostly the White Widow, White Widow x Gorgonzola & Gorilla Glue from last year. The bottom shelf is the Godfather OG, Mango Sherbert & Strawberry Cough from this year. Last year's jars look almost as much as this year's jars, but the bottom shelf also has the 6 vac sealed cobs which weigh 11oz.
Anyway, the updates have dwindled off, but that is the best I can do today. All the best everyone and I hope your day is going well.
Since the balcony plants were given the chop 1 month ago there hasn't been a lot to write about. The plants were hang dried whole, and after 5 days around 120g was trimmed off each plant and made into cobs.
The cobs are still in a ferment phase which they have been in now for about 26 days and will be 'released' from ferment soon and then allowed to age at room temperature. I will carry that out and have a good inspection and try a sample, and once done I will do an update on the cobs.
Seed making
I have yet to go thru the 2 stems of each plant that I attempted to pollinate with some pollen from a male White Widow XTRM x Gorgonzola. It wasn't very promising as the pollen made available to me was just sparse dust stuck to the inside of a plastic bag, it had been very poorly stored with moisture. However, when I started squeezing the Godfather OG buds from the pollinated stems I found a couple of very dark seeds, so some of the pollen was viable, the stems will be at best are only very lightly seeded. I haven't yet gone thru the 2 Godfather OG stems fully to see how many more there are, I don't think there are many, but hey, even half a dozen would be a triumph. Hopefully I will also find some seeds amongst the pollinated stems of the Mango Sherbert and Strawberry Cough.
Yield figures
From each of this year's 3 photo plants I took about 120g (about 4oz) from each which were used to make 2 cobs of each strain. Their cob weights have now reduced to around 100g per plant.
The totals per plant of dried cobs and dried herb after 4 weeks since harvesting are:
Godfather OG 235g
Mango Sherbert 205g
Strawberry Cough 175g
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615g
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This is a better yield than I was expecting when I started this grow, because I did so almost 2 months later than last year and yet it seemed that the plants grew more virulently and almost made up for their later start. Last year I harvested 23oz. This year it is about 22oz.
Although I carried out regular spraying to prevent pests, I was still hit by caterpillars, they especially liked the Godfather OG, perhaps for it's fruitiness, I think I would have got 10oz off her but instead got about 8.4oz. But next grow I intend to double up on my pest prevention spraying!
Here is a pic of the harvest. The top shelf is mostly the White Widow, White Widow x Gorgonzola & Gorilla Glue from last year. The bottom shelf is the Godfather OG, Mango Sherbert & Strawberry Cough from this year. Last year's jars look almost as much as this year's jars, but the bottom shelf also has the 6 vac sealed cobs which weigh 11oz.
Anyway, the updates have dwindled off, but that is the best I can do today. All the best everyone and I hope your day is going well.
Nice work, Koro! You nailed it.
