New Grower First Grow - ILGM Blueberry - Indoor

[Bruce Campbell]

- Here's what Briscoe looked like this morning.



- Reasonably amber-enough for me. I'll compare against Ashley and Bubba to figure out what I prefer for next grows.



- And...here's how he looks now.



Still need to finish trimming the smaller popcorn buds. Colas will air dry 70F / 55%-60% RH. Popcorns will bag dry in same room. Larf and sugars will fridge dry. Other trim will air dry in tray. Grove bags for final cure/storage.

Edit:

Final wet weights:

Colas & Stalks - Hanging / Air - 16.9 oz = 479 g
Popcorn - Bagged / Air - 1.12 oz = 31.7 g
Larf - Bagged / Fridge - 3.03 oz = 86.0 g
Sugar Leaves - Tray / Air - 1.33 oz = 37.7 g
Other Leaves - Tray / Fridge - 0.44 oz = 12.6 g

 

[Bruce Campbell]

- Ashley (#1)



- Bubba (#4)

- Just starting to find ambers on leaves, so maybe 1-3 more weeks on these guys. Looks like they're enjoying the extra space, though.

- Dry for Briscoe is going well. Will probably jar check the hanging colas and bagged nugs on Friday.

 

[Bruce Campbell]

- Bubba (#4) is starting to fall over mid-cola. Trichs not quite ready yet, so need to decide between chopping him on Sunday, trying to find time during the week, or trying to let him go until next weekend.



- Ashley's not too far behind. Briscoe's chop took up almost all the space I had for drying, so either need to re-jigger my dry space or stagger the chops.

- Briscoe's hang still needs a few more days to dry before grove bags, but I should have final weights by Sunday.

 

[Bruce Campbell]

I'm gonna call it for the Briscoe dry.

Technically, larf and other leaves are still fridge drying. I've been microwaving the larf to smoke as needed, and the leaves will eventually get ground up for shake joints. So, I'll just estimate their dry weight based on the air dry results. Final dry weight for the air dry sugar leaves was 33% of the initial weight weight, so I'll use that for the larf and other leaves.

The buds are in their final grove bags. Moisture / bag RH looks good enough and within range of what the bags can handle without needing burping. Total dry time was about 5 1/2 days at 70F / 55-60% RH, although I could maybe have bagged a bit sooner.

Overall, buds seem a bit light and airy compared to the commercial bud I'm used to - but it has been quite some time. Could also be partly due to me being a lazy trimmer and the fact that I'm used to less hairs remaining after commercial processing. But, it certainly does the job. Plus, I find myself licking my fingers after every time I handle a bud...

Final dry weights:

Buds - 95.75 g (dry)
Larf - 86.01 (wet) x (33%) = 28.3 g (dry)
Sugar Leaves & Other Trim = 12.42 (dry) + 12.56 (wet) x 33% = 16.5 g (dry)
Total = 140.6 g (dry)

@420Forever

 

[Bruce Campbell]

- Decided to chop Bubba (#4). A bit more amber than Briscoe, but not by much. But, the medium-sized colas on the sides were completely falling over, so didn't look like they could go until next weekend.

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- Overall, chop took a bit less time than Briscoe. Maybe I'm getting into a rhythm...or just taking less scissor hash breaks...

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- Same as before - biggest colas will hang dry. Tops of other colas will bag dry. Sugar leaves will tray dry. Larf / other leaves will fridge dry.

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- Will be interesting to see how final dry weights compare, since this was the plant I didn't train at all.

 

[Bruce Campbell]

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- I got lazy over the Thanksgiving break since #1 and #2 were the only plants left. I went a couple days of no feed / water-only for Ashley (#1), then a half-water day, then a no-water day. Needless to say, just about every fan leaf shriveled up and died off. Maybe that saved me some trim time?

That meant a bit less sugar leaves and other trim for Ashley, and it may mean the final dry bud weight is a bit higher than it should be - but, he was chock full of big buds anyways and managed to give me the King Cola of the grow:

Still need to chop and dry Sam this weekend, but here's how the final numbers are stacking up:

Time to Harvest​

Plant	Day	Date
#3	81	11/14/2021
#4	88	11/21/2021
#1	95	11/28/2021
#2	TBD	TBD

Dry Weight (g)​

	#1	#2	#3	#4	Total
Buds	169.23	TBD	95.75	117.55	382.53
Larf	22.81	TBD	28.30	32.02	83.13
Trim	10.67	TBD	16.50	37.11	64.28
Total:	202.71	TBD	140.55	186.68	529.94

 

[Bruce Campbell]

- Finally chopped runty Sam (#2) on Day 114.

I had moved him from the tent to the closet, so I could move my next grow into the tent. As a result, I started ignoring him towards the end and he got a bit sad looking.

Since he was just all tiny buds, I treated it all as larf - just bagged it in the fridge and will probably just use for edibles. Got about 232 g wet, which should be ~60-75g dry.

Trich-wise, he had some amber, but not as much as I'd expect. Either due to his early-life stunting, late-life neglect, or just the strain - never really seemed to get past ~10-20% amber on any of these plants. But, in general, between "sugar vs. calyx", "top of cola vs. bottom of cola" and "top colas vs. bottom buds" - I find it difficult to get a decent measure across a plant (at least, to the level of precision/accuracy that I would prefer).