I am ready to harvest red dragon, looks like the 1/3 branch trim might have made some difference, the remain bud has considerably developed this week. We are fortunate to have good weather the past month, might be cool nights but about 1-2 hours above 30c and 20c most of the time. My temperature meter does not account moisture in the air. My temperature meter was very helpful, it is a wireless sensor and i can have the base on me in the office and see how how the grow room is, highly recomend a temp meter and fan. it was too late when I got the pH drops but just on time. I used the Doktor Doom pesticide about 3-4 times in the 2nd month over 2 week period for nats, about all i needed and very good to have the pesticide, no body wants nats. Not 100% about the effectiveness of the food, but the plants are looking nice and healthy and on schedule besides the recent yellow leaves and many burnt tips throughout. I have some good fan leaf from week 19 and made tea. It was 4 large fan 7 leaf, 2 from each plant. the tea was half a cup and i can not deny the effect was very tantric in that I had deep calming lower belly breathing for about 4 hours. the other leaf have no effect. I am assuming one plants can make about one cup of fan leaf tea, but of course i think the bud itself can be made for tea.
*notes
- hand trim, hang dried
- nice mello effect
- some banana hints, with berry
- floral
- pine nut
- goes better dried ? hours after removed from stem and trim
- nice bong experience
some of the names I have; - banana free - banana fart - rasberry bouquet - pantalons chez nous deux bouef - par fait - super bowl - trail blazer 2k delite -
all assumption from personal impression - possibility 7-13 % THC 0.5-1% CBD, high terp value
week 15 - fall equinox already passed, i cant recall over 5 days straight sun, too many coulds, not enough days 30c or above, but hot enough in grow space. For sure my personal study on urban growing specialty plants in "available" light will be a challenge, following any photosynthesis chart the plant without constant light energy will not feed on schedule and cycles will overlap so to say. most interesting observation is how Headband (auto grow) and Red Dragon (not quite auto grow) both produced smell and the stringy buds the exact same time. side by side might be pretty special. i estimate a harvest in 17 days, testing a heater below 9c.
She still looks young.. Those white hairs should change color. To.. like an orangish reddish color .. The # of weeks isn't a guarantee just a general time.. Harvest you watch the crystals when they go from milky white to. Amber color then its ready.. 20% amber 80%milky is what i like..