Interesting week.
At the beginning of the week i was moving my ladies around to take some photos and I hurt the main stem again. It wouldn't stand up on its own and its runoff ppm was good so I chopped. The next day i chopped the rest of the top more mature top buds, sorry i forgot to take pictures. I wanted to see if I could get the lowers to swell up any more and mature before i chopped them b/c they were really pathetic. After the 48 dark I'll take some more close ups of the trichs.
The buds I selected to pick early are now dry enough and ready for jars. I've smoked a bit. The flavor is good and the high is good but its still a bit harsh on the throat from not having a proper cure.
The "lst" plants' runoff has now come down, the trichs are all milky with enough amber for me. I've put them in the closet for 48 hrs of dark this weekend. I've never done this before but thought it worth a shot.
I should have everything down and dried and accounted for by next week.
@Matagal, well I actually had kind of a tough time with it. I let em go too dry beforehand(to avoid rot) and got some wilt. This made trimming a pain of course everything was soft and sensitive. I also found some rot inside my biggest buds. I don't fully blame the dark( I tried to push my plant too far it was showing signs of decay, like dead dead leaves and dead preflower calyx,but I wanted to push the buds further) I do I think the dark enabled the problem to progress worse. It wasn't the right choice in my situation.
The result though aside from those circumstantial issues with smell and such is that I think it might have worked. I don't know if that much dark time was necessary maybe just a morning chop after the night dark cycle. Now on potency and stuff yet I'm not sure because it's still curing I've only sampled it. For me it was mostly stinkier and stuff when we trimmed while it was fresher, my girl was going off about how much stinkier it was. Both ways taste and smell good when broken up and smoked. when it's dry the flavors kind of locked in.
So I'll try it again because if it helps great but I won't do it unless I have a healthy plant to do it with.
Sorry I'm so all over the place with this comment but that was my experience. :)
@mrHazeCake, Thanks!! I appreciate it ππ I really like the "lst" one, it really has more purple in the well developed buds. I hope some of that purple survives trimming off all of the yellow, haha.
@DEVS_GENETICS, Thanks Bro! ππ I appreciate it. Everyone I've shared it with is loving it, myself included haha. I'm hoping my current round will turn out even better. I've got a whole closet going of the POTG auto. Thnx for the positive vibes. π
Nice, I'm growing some as we speak. I got a clones and honestly it was dank even in veg state.. I'm looking forward to this strain, glad to see one completed and with great review makes me more excited lol.
Happy growing