Sweet Cheese

Day 85: Well, today starts day 1 of 7 for the breeder's expected harvest date, however, that is under optimal conditions, maybe even with CO2, and boy, let me tell you -- I made enough mistakes that make me not even close to optimal, or even decent. The good thing is, she is still flowering, and seemingly healthy without botrytis or any noticeable concerns. Infact, I am not even seeing the slightest bit of senescence yet. Upon inspecting her trichomes under magnification, nearly all of them are still clear, even in the top-most colas. This tells me she has a bit to go yet. Not exactly a fast-flower phenotype here, due to my environment tweaking for this first indoor grow of mine (consistency is a horticulturist's best friend). I'm sorry I haven't been updating this diary as much lately. The reason why is because I have been very busy building another grow setup. I will upload plenty of new pictures in the next update. Thanks for stopping by! Later that day... I just uploaded a bunch of pictures. For the first time, I removed her from the tent and inspected her under ambient light. Wow. I guess I have been pretty busy lately, because she fattened up and got a lot more sugary in the last few days, thanks to the new Mars Hydro FC-3000. I had a look under magnification, and I see very few milky trichomes, but they are starting to appear. It won't be long now. I must say, for a first grow that I screwed up so badly countless times, I am thoroughly impressed with what I see 😍 Day 87: I spent a long time today REALLY looking at the trichomes good. My loupe is not the greatest and it was hard to see if they were cloudy or not before. Well during this inspection, I broke the branch that was healing from last week's accident...clean off this time. I am forced to early harvest that branch, but...the good news is after looking at the trichomes good, I actually did see that what I thought was clear is cloudy, and there are about 2-4% amber even! She will be fully ready in a day or two. The branch that I removed surprised me when I flipped it over. The underside is bright blood red. You couldn't see this as it was growing at all. It looks like every individual calyx is red on the bottom, and green on the top. And these pictures don't show how bright red it is...it's like blood red in real life, and completely hidden from the side profile or top view. Very pretty, and unlike other Sweet Cheese F1 samples I've seen. The calyxes are swollen and the frost is there. And the smell is of fresh berries mixed with a hint of lemon. Very pleased with the result of my first indoor grow.