4/11 Welcome to week 14, never thought I would have been here with autos but here I am and hopefully worth the wait. TB is getting close and she is at the end of week 8 in flower and GSC is at week 7. GSC has started togain weight and hopefully finish out sooner than later. Lesson learned, autos are erratic.
4/12 TB leaves starting to fade and some are turning yellow purple-ish. Put her on flush today shooting for a 10 day flush followed by 7 to 10 day dry. GSC may be harvested without a flush. She still needs as much time as possible and going to keep feeding her.
4/17 They are very close to done. Final few days. TB has gone very purple past few days. Temps have stayed between 70 and 76 past couple weeks. Must be genetics or signaling her end is near. Cheapo apollo bulb that I've been flowering with just blew. Throwing in an older HPS for last couple days.
Look at those big dark nuggets! Ive heard of a water cure, but never a "quick wash"! Thats neat. Bet its like the water cure but much faster. I wonder how flavor retention will stack up to an air cure. Can't wait for the smoke report
@Agronomist, I was a bit skeptical at first, but I saw too many trusted grower testimonials in other forums that I had to try it. The trichs really stood out after washing. The washing is supposed to enhance flavor by rinsing away 3.5 months of dust, over spray, insects, etc and create a smoother smoke. I sprayed diluted milk during flowering as a pm preventative (nasty cold rain rollled through for 3 straight days) so I wanted to ensure any residue was washed away.
The bud wash turned out great. It was unreal the amount of dust and debris that floated out of the buds. Drip dried the buds on a "clothes line" with a fan blowing over for 24hrs and dried out the excess moisture from the wash and then placed into my drying racks. Smoke was very smooth. Was an interesting experiment but not quite sure it was worth the extra effort. Maybe if you have a pet hair situation or really dusty grow area then I could see incorporating this into your harvest routine but I think it was a one time thing for myself.
Being 2560 miles away from my stash is rough, but I have met quite a few kind people here on Maui and have sampled some nice home grown intense sun raised buds. HI needs to get with the times