The single plant yielded 17 loosely packed mason jars of buds. Not bad for one plant.
However I think I harvested too early... yet again... sigh. I check trichomes on sugar leaves that I can snip off and put under my magnifier. I didn't realize the bud trichomes ripen and change color later...
All but the last two branches have been hung up to dry, and several have been debudded and are curing.
I did find some bud rot. About 6 different locations. Each one was minor and I was able to spot it and nip it in the bud. It's quite easy to spot, you just have to keep your eyes peeled for...
I've been watching for signs that it's time to harvest. The fan leaves were yellowing, but not as many as I'd expect. There were still white pistils at the top of the colas but most down lower were dried up. Even the top ones though were showing some wear but it didn't quite seem like it was...
Fan leaves are lately turning yellow as I would expect from a ripening plant. Still early in that process but some tangible progress is nice to see.
Some pistils are also dried up, but I'd estimate only 10%.
The colas are quite thick and very dense. I've never had such lush, dense colas except...
No... I'm nowhere near harvest. No fan leaves have yellowed. Almost no dried up pistils. Trichomes are cloudy but not milky. I'd say at least two weeks to go. Very boring actually.
On the other hand the colas are thickening and becoming denser. Here's a few pics just because I got nothing much...
She's at 46 inches tall now, which is the top of the range stated by FastBuds on there website. She is also stocky and bushy as promised. The smoke report will have to wait for another month or so. I'll use FastBuds again next year and am thinking 'Blackberry' would be a nice choice. This year's...
She is still at 45" tall and I expect no more vertical growth at all.
However, those branches are young and lean and only beginning to fatten up.
I think those colas are going to be quite fat and productive. The trichomes are only now becoming visible to my eye. The sugar leaves are just...
Tuesday morning she reached the height of 44 inches. Since then she's added another inch but she appears to be coming to a stop. That's way cool and now I feel silly for worrying so much about not growing fast enough. This is plenty big for an auto and just about the right size for my own...
I measured her a week ago at 22 inches. Today she is 34 inches tall. That's 12 inches in a week which I think is pretty good. I may yet have that 40" auto that I've dreamed of. Just another 6 inches to go. That wire cage is now permanent and is useful for some minor branch spreading.
With 12...
The sign I look for that blooming is well under way is what I call zig-zagging. I've never read about it before and I'm not sure it's a real thing but I have observed it in both my auto and photo plants. It's where the leaf pairs on the branches are offset from one another, causing the branch to...
She's 22 inches tall now and growing a bit faster with the recent sunnier skies and warmer temperatures. I still don't see any clusters of white hairy pistils. Hopefully there's alot more growth to come.
Today I scattered some fresh lawn clippings around her which should be quickly consumed by...
From first week of June to first week of July. Quite cloudy but sun-breaky weather continues to prevail. She doesn't look so bad for her first month... I guess. A bit over 12 inches tall and quite stocky. The longest internode is 2.5 inches long and the color is good and no etiolation. This is...
At last the weather has changed from cold/wet to unusually hot/sunny/dry. That's how the cool spring weather usually breaks. It has spurred some growth.
I've been worried she wasn't growing but I think I'm just being impatient. It doesn't help that I go out 10 times a day and stare at her...
Among the risks in outdoor grows is the chance of ugly weather. This has been the case for all of week 2 in the PNW. I had wondered if any growth at all had taken place. Comparing the picture from a week ago shows indeed there has been some growth, but maybe not as much as I would like. Here she...
