First Grow

Oct. 13 found a very small patch of bud rot on Henrietta, the final holdout. It was one of two of her biggest colas so excised the rot and the buds surrounding it but the very top of the cola. It's about half the size of my fist and I couldn't bear to throw it away so I'll dry it in another room and pray for some good luck. The loss of such a magnificent cola prompted me to harvest the tops off Henrietta a few days earlier than anticipated. Once trimmed and manicured, the are easily the biggest and best buds I have ever held in my hands. I explained to a non smoker that they are the equivalent of a bottle of Johhnie Walker Blue, something I could never afford to buy (I'm strictly in the AA-AAA price range) I never woulda guessed a novice could produce such huge dense buds. Hopefully they're potent and taste as good as they smell, if so I'm in for a treat Oct 16- been cutting branches and trimming as I go. LaFawnduh and Shaniqua are trimmed and about 3/4 dried and curing in jars. I've got about 3/4 of Gwyneth and Henrietta cut, trimmed and hanging. I've been cutting the branches with the biggest buds, trying to harvest the best before the bud rot can get them. I've found a few very small patches which would've grown very quickly in the damp weather had I left them to ripen any longer. I think I can officially say I now have more weed than I ever dreamed I would - woo hoo! It's gotten to the point where I just trimming and tossing any buds smaller than a gram or so, they just dont seem worth the effort compared to plum-sized buds - good problem to have :) So far no sign of mould in the drying colas, fingers crossed. I find the differences between two strains interesting, with almost identical growing conditions, I have to presume these differences are due to genetics. The Gorilla Bomb stretched out more, with more space between the bud sites along the branch. The buds themselves are looser and not nearly as dense as the weed I purchase. This made it more difficult to trim effectively, leaving more leaves on than I would like, resulting in a somewhat less appealing appearance. Ultimately, it required extensive support to keep the branches from breaking, something I was expecting from this strain going in. The Green Crack  is sativa dominant from my understanding but it grew much more like an indica, with the branches growing close together and the buds more tightly grouped than the GB. The buds themselves are humungous, they make the GB look like what it is, home grown weed by a novice. But the GC looks amazing, tight dense buds packed together on a branch so tightly they look like one 6 inch solid green nugget. If my dick was this big I would be a proud and boastful man.