Mad Science

Fickes Trying to absorb as much summer light as possible before the temps drop too much and I have to bring inside.

Fickes Growing nicely. Had to pull them inside. I will transplant them into pots this week.

Fickes Had to bring them inside. Got me a Vivosun tent so I am expecting great things. I've never mainlined before, but these will be my experiments after a few more nodes.

Fickes I cropped the tops down to the third node. I want to try mainlining so here goes nothin'.

Fickes Never did Mainlining before so hopefully my pipe cleaner technique works. They seem to be happy. I am happy to report that they are all females, as the seeds were unsexed. I'm going to start flowering this week

Fickes Flowers off to the races! I wish I had the resources to do this in college. My rudimentary plant shaping methods are proving effective. I know it isn't as impressive as some of the grows I see here, but it is a far cry from when I was a kid and tried growing leggy seedlings by incandescent bulb! I find the whole process really fascinating.

Fickes They are coming along nicely. Though they were thought to be from the same seed stock, the middle one seems different than the other 2. slower growing, different shade and size of colas to the other 2. Not that I'm complaining mind you. Variety is the spice of life.

Fickes Grow grow grow, bud bud bud. I've been defoliating pretty serious. I used to think the plants had to be big and bushy, but a friend showed me his plants that looked like a poodle after a haircut. We are going with the pros.

Fickes They are doing their thing. The waiting is the hardest part.

Fickes Things are coming along nicely, but I never am quite sure when to harvest. I am going to start flushing them this next two weeks. The left plant seems more "done" than the other two. I never expected such variation in plants that share the same light/water sources. Science!

Fickes Reading Jorge Cervantes' cannabis growing book, and the harvest section has me spooked. Though it seems early, I think one of my plants is ready based on the browning of the pistils and terpene production so I put her into 48 hours of darkness and will start drying after. The other two plants seem to have a few more weeks to go. This whole growing process brought me to the conclusion that it would be a better use of young lives to have them learn skills like botany through cannabis propagation rather than have people have to get it off the street from some shady middleman. I'm not expecting a HIGH school class anytime soon but it would make more sense, unless the system is rigged against them on purpose.

Fickes Coming into the home stretch. Been reading the Jorge Cervantes book. It sure feels like it is time to harvest. Whada y'all think? I know I can use the tent space for the up and comers.

Fickes These are the top buds. Any input from the peanut gallery as to how they look. I want them to be done, but don't want my impatience to get in the way. Thanks for the input. Cheers

Fickes Too bad the batch got impregnated by some hermi action. Still with a little sifting the bud is a tasty high. Very resinous buds. Smell tarry. Great success however seeing the light of indoor gardening.