Photolog Update - Short Rider's last week (I guess)
Hello people,
I've noticed that the plants actually ask for water when they're drying out, all the leaves bend downwards. It's interesting, it's a good way to manage the upcoming waterings.
So, I woke up this morning with an Autumn sun filling my balcony with light and warmness, and then my eyes crossed with my sad looking baby girl. I decided to water her with clean water and so started the flushing procedure. I grabbed my sprayer and misted her with some water, and then watered (the usual amount is 1 liter, the pot isn't too big, as you may have noticed). She loved it, 10 minutes later when I came to her, she was radiating life through her leaves, still with those water drops all over her.
Anyway, I haven't been around much, and after seeing her I couldn't resist to chop off 2 little chunks from the bottom, I've been curious (and artificially naive) to see if my fruits would actually stone me (I see many people call it sampling, I call it a f*ckin reward eheh).
I read that the time of harvest has a big influence on the high. Well, I think I've never had a body buzz before, but it feels goooooood.

I guess not waiting for the complete maturation of the trichromes isn't such a bad thing to do, right?
I dried one of them in the oven and the other next to a small bed lamp. Both were wrapped in tracing paper, the one in the oven stayed for 25-30 minutes in the oven in the minimum power, and the other one overnight. The result was very satisfatory, but the one dried with the heat from the lamp was more flavored.
The lesson here is: it isn't really worth sampling, I think it runs out nearly all of its potential. I'm doing this for the experience and for the pleasure of smoking something that I produced, and by rushing things I'll only be losing that sensation.
Nonetheless, it was a good thing to do this because I started wondering on how I will be drying the buds. I have to deal with my resources and the best thing I thought about was an old fridge that I keep at home, It has no power.
My idea was to dry them there, i guess it's a good place. As it shuts, no humidity can possibly get in the fridge, right? One thing I'm not sure is air circulation, is it still important at this time? So this is my new challenge, if you could help me I'd be much appreciated.
I'll now leave some photos I took moments ago for photo and MJ lovers.













Peace
