Outdoor The^Dudes High Tunnel Grow 2020

[The^Dude]

Well, these girls were supposed to be flipped by now, but the week long power outage set me back. Going to let them recover and soak up light till Saturday, then out come the scissors and away we go.

 

[snerval]

So beautiful and healthy plants !

 

[The^Dude]

Some serious defol! Growing this many in a small space had me planning on defoliating a lot, and I’m impressed with how well the girls bounced back. Not the first time I took off most of the fans, but I wasn’t sure how they’d react after the power outage.

Today

Sunday (defol day)

Before defol (the plants weren’t any darker in real life, just looked like it in this pic)

They’ll get one more round at day 21 of flower, then they’re on their own!

 

[DCLXVI]

Before defoliation : socks on

After defoliation : socks off


hahaha!

 

[The^Dude]

Before defoliation : socks on

After defoliation : socks off


hahaha!

Full defoliation, got carried away pulling stuff off

 

[The^Dude]

Chop day! She could have gone longer but so far I’m happy with the buzz from my testers. Smell is fruit, mint, burnt rubber, garlicy skunk. Looks like it will be very high quality bud, too bad my drying room is running too dry right now. View attachment 1439483View attachment 1439484View attachment 1439485View attachment 1439486View attachment 1439487View attachment 1439488

Remembering standout plants, this one was amazing. It was so good I disappeared from afn for months after harvest, was too stoned to work my phone.

 

[The^Dude]

Also this gmo. Was so resinous and dark, flowered for 100 days and gave me almost a pound of the densest nugs ever. I was hammering in nails with them. The concentrates were nutss

 

[The^Dude]

I’ve never experienced anything like this. I’ve battled depression for 25 years, and things have been easier the last 8 or so. Went to a convention last week, had an amazing experience with someone on Thursday night (a walk and a conversation, but it was amazing), got back home Friday, and suddenly I’m half a man. I can’t sleep. Not interested in food. Filled with despair and nothing. And darker. What the hell. It’s like I’m not here. It’s not going away. So empty I hope for a strong wind to blow me away into nothing. That’s so far from my normal state it’s absurd. But here I am.
Not looking for an answer, but not sure what to do either. Just wanted to say hey I guess.

 

[JP1]

 

[DCLXVI]

Everyone is just coming out of winter. Hold on a few more weeks and see if being able to get outside doesn't help. You've got that great tunnel that needs attention. Sounds like absolute boomer advice but yeah, get some sun on your face and see if you don't start feeling different with a change in the weather.

Some holes are very deep. Will take a while to climb out.