Hi guys I need some help and I hope someone can help!I am having trouble getting any potency from my bud.I have harvested a Dutch Passion Blueberry which is meant to take 8-10 weeks but didn’t seem to be ready till 13 weeks.I have tried curing for a month with an improvement to smoke smoothness but still lacking that wave you feel with a nice bit of bud.I am in soil with Biobizz Bute’s so very little salts introduced.Trichomes not amber but buds fully rounded did I go in too early?I know it is hard to assess remotely but someone must know I don’t want to give up as it is a great past time but it is a lot of effort to no avail.What am I doing wrong?
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When I grew northern lights auto, the potency was lacking until about 3-4 months in to curing. Some strains just take longer to cure than others. I always harvest when all the trichomes are cloudy but the cure time depends on the strain
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Damien50 thank you for responding I will continue the cure and see how I end up.I must admit my trikes weren’t bordering on amber but at 13 weeks I was nervous about overdoing it but any tips you’ve got are highly appreciated Redeye brother!
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Yeah, for what its worth, I've grown out a couple dozen auto strains and they were all just as good if not better than the commercial photo strains in my area.
That being said, how u harvest and cure play a huge role.
Once, I had owed a friend four ounces and I paid him with a fresh Ripleys OG harvest that had cured for a month. I smoked what was left in like 4 weeks (it was real good).
3 months later he smoked with me and I was SUPER medicated, just stoned off my ass, shit tasted amazing n had me so ripped - so, I'm like "what the flok was that bro, I need all of it, whatever you hav I'll take it all".
Turns out it was my Ripleys! It looked, smelled, tasted, n felt like completely different bud. Amazing bud.
Curing is an art that requires patience and time. I always sucked at it because I smoked like a Rasta n blew through my gear before it was at its best.
That being said, I don't care for any Blueberry or Blackberry strains, they just don't do it for me.
Hope you figure it out ! Sounds like you know yur shit so if I had to guess I'd say it was the strain.
That being said, how u harvest and cure play a huge role.
Once, I had owed a friend four ounces and I paid him with a fresh Ripleys OG harvest that had cured for a month. I smoked what was left in like 4 weeks (it was real good).
3 months later he smoked with me and I was SUPER medicated, just stoned off my ass, shit tasted amazing n had me so ripped - so, I'm like "what the flok was that bro, I need all of it, whatever you hav I'll take it all".
Turns out it was my Ripleys! It looked, smelled, tasted, n felt like completely different bud. Amazing bud.
Curing is an art that requires patience and time. I always sucked at it because I smoked like a Rasta n blew through my gear before it was at its best.
That being said, I don't care for any Blueberry or Blackberry strains, they just don't do it for me.
Hope you figure it out ! Sounds like you know yur shit so if I had to guess I'd say it was the strain.
Hey Tetra9 thanks for responding I have started another strain now and see how I get on as there is no high developing with time looking back it is possible that pH fluctuations in flower might have contributed to the problem hence the long finish I assume!Going to keep trying thanks a lot bro
I thought all the plants I grew lacked potency. Photo and auto. I didn't have any commercially grown dispensary weed to compare it against since 2019, the same year I started growing.
People here said I may have been smoking too much and to take a break. My edibles were all kickass though, but I have never figured out how to correctly dose with edibles as I have no math comprehension skills and just wing it when making edibles.
I recently smoked some Fastbuds Mexican Airlines that had been curing for a year and got completely stoned. I live in a state in which weed is completely legal since November 2018, but recreational dispensaries have only opened in my area in the last couple of months. I have purchased two strains at one statewide dispensary and both failed to do much of anything for me. The THC content from laboratory testing is marked on the package as is harvest date and test day, though THC content listed is allowed to vary by 10%.
Basically, the commercial weed is not cured at all before it goes to market other than the time it was harvested, tested and sold maybe two weeks later. Commercial edibles don't even seem to affect me that I can notice until I ingest 20mg minimum.
I definitely lean towards a longer cure myself, but I really don't care to smoke and as far as edibles I make, I don't think the cure is as essential. I actually like the couch lock effect of 1970's weed from Mexico and Colombia or Hawaii. That was likely all sativas that probably didn't get the care in growing, harvest or any real cure before it began its trip North by smugglers but in my personal experience that was some of the best weed I ever had compared to the strains available these days.
I've heard that the old Mexican and Colombian weed, with seeds, had a THC content less than 5%, supposedly 1-4%. Yet today's commercial strains with THC tested at 18% and 23% don't do much of anything for me.
1970's weed supposedly had higher CBD levels than most weed today unless you seek out seeds with higher CBD levels. I'm curious if those high CBD levels were responsible for the effects I miss in current strains.
People here said I may have been smoking too much and to take a break. My edibles were all kickass though, but I have never figured out how to correctly dose with edibles as I have no math comprehension skills and just wing it when making edibles.
I recently smoked some Fastbuds Mexican Airlines that had been curing for a year and got completely stoned. I live in a state in which weed is completely legal since November 2018, but recreational dispensaries have only opened in my area in the last couple of months. I have purchased two strains at one statewide dispensary and both failed to do much of anything for me. The THC content from laboratory testing is marked on the package as is harvest date and test day, though THC content listed is allowed to vary by 10%.
Basically, the commercial weed is not cured at all before it goes to market other than the time it was harvested, tested and sold maybe two weeks later. Commercial edibles don't even seem to affect me that I can notice until I ingest 20mg minimum.
I definitely lean towards a longer cure myself, but I really don't care to smoke and as far as edibles I make, I don't think the cure is as essential. I actually like the couch lock effect of 1970's weed from Mexico and Colombia or Hawaii. That was likely all sativas that probably didn't get the care in growing, harvest or any real cure before it began its trip North by smugglers but in my personal experience that was some of the best weed I ever had compared to the strains available these days.
I've heard that the old Mexican and Colombian weed, with seeds, had a THC content less than 5%, supposedly 1-4%. Yet today's commercial strains with THC tested at 18% and 23% don't do much of anything for me.
1970's weed supposedly had higher CBD levels than most weed today unless you seek out seeds with higher CBD levels. I'm curious if those high CBD levels were responsible for the effects I miss in current strains.
