Mexican Haze

Growin_it Tent looks empty after the last harvest. Here we go again.

Growin_it Haircut to open up the lateral stretch.

Growin_it It is amazing how quickly the foliage recovers after a good defoliation.

Growin_it Added some 4-4-4 and worm castings as the leaves were a lime green, likely short on Nitrogen as I have been careful not to overwater.

Growin_it Might have been underwatering this green lady. Leaves are a bit droopy, but not flimsy. Lots of good bud sites coming through.

Growin_it Heavy defoliation was needed to get some airflow going. Took off 30-40% of the lower leaves. Will give her a week or so to recover, then think about switching the lights over for bloom. Removed all the tent hooks. Will add more as or if needed.

Growin_it Defoliation on lower branches to improve air flow and future larf. Going into 12/12 for flowering, next week.

Growin_it First week of flowering on a 12/12 cycle with explosive growth. Defoliated lower 7-14 inches of plants and nipped future larf buds. Top dressed with 2tsp of kelp meal this week. Next week will be worm castings (top dressed) and the following week with bloom nutrients. Gave it a good soaking with calmagged water and Mammoth microbials. California Light work's Solar Extreme 250 around 10" above the canopy. All is well! 💚

Growin_it Probably a great week to scrog, but I am going to let her just bloom. Added some kelp meal and microbials to the al-magged and ph'd water. If you are wondering that is an old school fly trap which has been a sticky end for the fruit flies.

Growin_it Caught the start of what looks like a nutrient deficiency. Gave the plant a good soaking with a cal-mag and microbial solution. Will start adding molasses to the mix this week.

Growin_it Got some phosphates to add to the nutrient mix. Starting with a light touch, just a teaspoonful per gallon in the cal-magd water.

Growin_it Got some nice fluorescence popping in the upper half of the plant. Top dressing a little (2tsp) 4-4-4 NPK, just for safety as some of the leaves are lightening in color. Probably too much water, but I will let her dry out too. Got a lot of great spears/cones developing.

Growin_it Very light defoliation. Might have overfed and over watered a little last week. So just giving the ladies cal-magd water with microbials and see how that goes. Starting to notice the buds ripening up as soon as I get into the house. So, time for the carbon filter to do it's work. Enjoying this amended coco coir grow as it really is not a lot of work in the same way as hydro was, but enjoying the discipline needed for hydro grows.

Growin_it Fattening the ladies with molasses. Probably another three weeks to go.

Growin_it Still got a couple of weeks to go. In the home straights. Keeping a close eye on the trichomes with the digital microscope.

Growin_it Buds are fattening up. What more can I say!? The clock is ticking faster toward harvest.

Growin_it Chewing lots of hash off my fingers. Lavender soapy taste. Nice and sticky. Took down 4/5 of the plant. Leaving the remaining 1/5 to ripen under a led and supplemental UV light. Probably, another good dry ounce on the chopped down. Onto the drying. Had a lot of success with drying using brown paper bags hung up in a well ventilated room (52-53RH). Will use this same method again, but I now can measure the moisture levels in each spear with a new tool.

Growin_it Some hefty colas drying slowly.

Growin_it Chopped the remaining lower fifth of the plant as it has not ripened by the 'first' harvest. Picked off all the leaves and lower, sugarless, tiny leaves while they were still in the plant. Then, stripped the buds off with a cupped hand from bottom to top. It was fast! Finding the terpenes on the first harvest coming back strong early into the cure (one week) which is the first time that has happened. The only thing I did differently is use a humidity probe on the bud stems to monitor the drying process very carefully. There must still be a load of chlorophyll in these buds, but no wet hay or grassy smell after the first week. I am astounded and happy!