Dutch Passion Same Same But Different Or A How Not To Guide To DWC/LED w/ TD ;)

[yona]

If you are at 10% amber at day 68 I would probably harvest around day 80-82 especially if you are looking for couchlock. Meaning flushing should probably start day 74-75.

Or, I would start flushing whenever you see about 50% amber and harvest 5-7 days after flushing has started/leaves are dried up and yellow.

 

[big_buddha]

thanks for the advice mate, any second opinions? does this sound about right?

 

[big_buddha]

looking at more buds around the plant i cant see amber trichs anywhere besides the top colas of the biggest girl. the rest are cloudy/clear prob 40/60 as an average across most buds

 

[big_buddha]

ambers showing up in a few places now but not in any great numbers. today is day 72. Have just smoked two joints of a sample bud with a friend, clear/cloudy trichs, feel mashed. looking forward to final cured product!

 

[DutchPassionTony]

sounds nice Buddha, what are the yields like so far

 

[big_buddha]

Im loathe to guess as I dont want to jinx myself but im looking at each plant and thinking there must be 2-3 oz per plant on them. If id dropped to two plants and not had such issues with stretch and light coverage i think I could have pulled 4-5 oz per plant. Would love to do a second run of TD in DWC to refine things but im gonna try coco on my next run and go for more smaller plants rather than a few that want to be giants but dont have the space The sample buds ive taken have all been so sticky and dripping in resin. Scissor hash from this is gonna be the bomb

 

[big_buddha]

so far I have cut and dried about 3.5 ounces and think there is at least 2.5-3 ounces left in smaller less mature buds that im leaving to finish off for another week~ will update when i have total accurate dry weights for each plant

 

[big_buddha]

Up to just over 5 ounces harvested now with at least 2 still to come from the girls, everyone who has smoked this is loving the high. I personally find it starts off very cerebral making people giggly and more animated, then after a few joints set in you settle into a nice patch of couchlock tho it never gets to the point where u feel so lethargic u literally cant do anything. You have the choice whether to remain seated or not hehe very crystally bud and lovely smells coming from the jars. Not the standard smell of funk by any means but a blend of diff fragrances, some a little fruity too. I also encountered some purpling of leaves that might be worth a mention. 2 of my plants produced very similar looking darker green buds that were much denser. The largest plant produced the airiest buds but they finish off to a lovely pale green and orange haired colour scheme that really show off the trichs well. All in all, its some great smoke and im pleasantly suprised as part of me still worried that the high from an auto wouldnt be what i was hoping for great work on this strain DP I will def grow it again.

 

[big_buddha]

just over six ounces harvested now. ive chopped back the 2nd largest plant so im down to the largest and what was the smallest. The "largest" plant only really has popcorn left on her which i will finish plucking probably today or tomorrow. Hoping for another ounce from her. Looking at my smallest girl she is swelling up and developing some lovely nugs all over now that the 4 large heads have been removed and she has been moved central under the led and cooltube combo. I dont want to jinx myself but there could be as much as 2 ounces left on her, she is still a very lush green with miniimal yellowing. trichs on these lower buds are about 50/50 clear/cloudy so she still potentially could go another 2 weeks although I doubt I will push it that long as I have some auto critical mass seedilings started in 3l airpots that i want to improve the light to before they end up stretching. If I do end up pulling 9+ ounces i will be very impressed. My original target was 10 then i feared that 6 might be the best i could get as stretching was getting out of control etc. If i had kept these girls better trained with decent light coverage for all of them then I think I could have got 12-15 ounces total. Next time i try DWC I will definitely be limiting myself to 2 plants. 3 were too many for my small space.

 

[big_buddha]

Smallest lady just gave up her last and it looks like another 41.5 grams dry off her so that pushes me up towards 8 ounces total with perhaps another 30-40grams to come from the last of the buds on the tallest girl when i chop her probably later today That would I think put me definitely just over 9 ounces of bud from this TD DWC w/Flouro/HPS/LED Grow lol. My original target was 10 so I am very pleased with this given the setbacks I encountered along the way!