Outdoor R Wayne's First Outdoor Grow in SoCal

[R Wayne]

Harvest Day: Day 96 for the Northern Lights and Top gun. I would have preferred to leave them to possibly bulk up more, especially the NL. But we are going to be getting a week of rain with an average humidity of 85% starting in 2 days. So I decided to chop down both plants. Dang are they colorful, my wife asked to press and keep a couple of leaves from both cause they turned so pretty.

I will have to do a separate post for each plant, I have too many pictures

Top Gun & Bud washing:
This plant was a breeze, easy growing with very little problems, I would love to give this another go when we have more sunlight. But I still feel blessed to even be able to produce any bud outside during the fall and winter months. I also decided to give bud washing a try. 3 bucket system each bucket with about 2 gallons of water. The first bucket was tap water with 1/4 cup lemon juice and 1/4 cup baking soda. The second and third buckets were cold R/O water. Trimmed off branches and fan leaves, then agitated them in each bucket for 30 seconds starting with the lemon/soda bucket. Then shook them out as best I could and hung them in the shade on a fence. I will leave them there for the next 3 hours, outside is sunny, mid 70s, and humidity is in the 20s. After they hang dry for a few hours I will trim them like I usually do and brown bag them to dry as normal.

My 3 buckets, the white one is the Lemon/Soda, last bucket is in the back to the left of the door

Love the looks of this plant, wish she got more sun throughout her life

Let the washing begin

Just hanging out now

Bucket after washing the whole plant

Stem was so small compared to the NL

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Christmas AFN!!!
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[R Wayne]

Northern Lights:
This one was an interesting cultivar. I will definitely be giving this one another try. She was over/under watered from the start, she took off and grew quite a bit. She was moved into the hoop house for half her life which was only getting about 4-5 hours of sunlight. I wish I would have been able to give this plant more time for the buds to fatten up. The buds are quite airy, so I only kept half to smoke and the rest will be turned into edibles and rosin/vape. They both smell wonderful, the Top Gun smells like bubble gum and the NL smells gassy fruit on the front end and peppery on the back end. They are in paper bags now in the closet and my whole room smells great, they are quite pungent.

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[R Wayne]

Sorry about the pictures, I have a hard time getting close ups with this phone.

Top Gun (Atlas Seeds)
Very airy but frosty. Ive been sick for the last 10 days so i havent been able to sample, but Ill report back after trying this one.
Pulled about 6g off the plant, my wife has smoked about a .5

Northern Lights (Seed Stockers)
This one is also really airy, they just didnt get enough sun. But she still gives off a nice scent when breaking apart. My wife said it was very relaxing and smooth
Pulled about 15g of smokable buds, wife has also smoked about a .5

Got a lot of trim and smaller buds from the Northern Lights. The Top Gun provided maybe 1-2g, the rest is from the NL

I will be cutting down the 2 that are left very soon, ZaMango and Black Strap. Like the others I wish they got more sun, but the ZaMango is still putting out that wonderful smell. Will update soon. Thanks for stopping by AFN!