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This is a test of 3 ww max plants. 1 was fim, 1 was LST, and one was left alone. Fim is about 6.5 ft, lst is about 6.5 ft, the big girl is 9.5 ft.
This is my first journal.
For harvest shots Ill pull them out of the makeshift greenhouse and take proper pictures to compare them.
This is a test of 3 ww max plants. 1 was fim, 1 was LST, and one was left alone. Fim is about 6.5 ft, lst is about 6.5 ft, the big girl is 9.5 ft. Big one is about 1-2 weeks behind in flower development. Training happened around week 5 or 6. First week of flower was week 14 or 15.
Impressed with stability of genetics but the big one was always a bit taller.
This is my first journal and just want a place to record a bit of info, i didn’t photo track the whole grow.
For harvest shots Ill pull them out of the makeshift greenhouse and take proper pictures to compare the different trees.
Other notes: dehumidified the temp green house at night. All plants were lollipoped and heavily defoliated to limit powdery mildew. Location / climate is coastal bc. Same media of partially recycled promix hp50%, coco30%, perlite5%, and sea soil 10% for all plants. Can’t remember if this media had wollastonite.
Nutrients are daily at about 600ppm with a flush in early flower. No issues with deficiencies or disease or bugs so far. May add sugars to help microbes.
Mild powdery mildew before I enclosed the plants which was controlled with milk and defoliation.
These are pics of the three training techniques on ww max. Fim is the single plant(about 5.5 ft). Untrained (9ft) and lst (grown up a 45 degree pole, 5.5 ft) are in the same pot. For scale yoda is 6’3”.
I harvested fim and lst today(thanks jes and ky) and the untrained plant needs a little more time. Likely about a pound plus from the fim plant, 0.75 lbs from to lst plant. I’ll try to post accurate dry weight numbers. In my mind the fim plant os the clear outdoor winner as the plant is more manageable and the canopy is more even up top.
It was a fun experiment. The buds were so sticky and huge. We had a very long summer this year.
FIM plant yielded 432 g dry with the top cola still on the plant, I’m waiting for 10-15% amber trics. Top cola is likely about 150g.
LST plant yielded 264g dry, top/biggest cola still on plant. Top/biggest cola likely around 50g.
FIM and LST plants were harvested at 90 % milky, 10% clear. Nice smoke for just dried with a mostly cerebral high.
The untrained test plant is a little behind and still ripening, but weather has turned cold and wet so I may harvest soon regardless of tricombes.
Update: the untrained plant yielded just over a pound.
Also the smell is ridiculously strong and the whole neighborhood reeks. Hahaha.
Overall this was an interesting test, for outdoor I’ll go FIM or topping to keep the plants at a reasonable size.
I liked that I was able to go far into fall in a greenhouse using a dehumidifier in the Pacific Northwest and get to fully ripe plants, i am having some issues getting to overripe with lots of amber(where i like the plants). I wonder if this is due to growing under plastic which cuts some uv light and may help to keep trics from degrading and going amber, the days are getting really short here without too much light
I’ll chop the last untrained plant and try to remember to update for weight.
I noticed that it is taking forever for any trics to turn amber. I’m growing in a greenhouse under plastic and temperature and light are late fall low. Wondering if it is a lack of uv (filtered by plastic) and/or low light levels. Any greenhouse growers know?
Some strains never get amber trichomes and others can have 70%+ amber after only a few weeks of flowering and end up with 100% amber come harvest time - and this is why I believe basing harvest timing solely based on trichome colour can be misleading.
Once your plant has 95-99% brown pistils, she is in the harvest window, with peak THC levels and moderate CBD levels.
This also (generally) co-incides with the oft quoted "10-30% amber trichomes" zone, without having to look too closely and is far easier for newbies to understand.
Once a plant has 100% brown pistils, death is approaching, with a corresponding drop in cannabinoid (THC) quality.
If you prefer a THC influenced, clearer brain type of high, harvest when there are about 95-97% brown pistils.
If you prefer a CBD influenced, heavier body type stone, harvest when there are about 97-99% brown pistils.
Cold nights generally slow cannabinoid production and maturation and it is a fine line between leaving plants too long and harvesting good quality while you can.
These are my opinions based on close to 40 years of outdoor cultivation experience and not ideas based on internet bro science.
Hope this helps, Organoman.
@ClydeGrows,
Thanks I’ll try to post some pics to compare the training methods in a week or so. The greenhouse is too tight to get good shots of all three plants at once.
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