23 Gorilla Sherbet Fast

One year later update: this was actually Gorilla Sherbet. I seem to recall making a last minute decision to not do Gorilla Cookies. Doh! Gorilla Cookies Fast Flowering is probably my all time favourite to grow. Manifolded to 16 colas which is totally worth it even outdoors as you get nice uniform buds that are easy to process. Grown in a smallish 5 gallon bag to move around the yard as needed which worked except she got blown over about five times during the season. This plant was phyto-forced using a 730 nm far red light for a few seconds at dusk each night starting in early August. This puts the plant into dark mode two hours faster and is like having a 26 h day. Easy trick if you have daily access and is especially good at high latitudes. See video in Week 14 showing how to use the red light. It sounds bogus but definitely works as a bloom booster. I’m at the most northerly major city in Canada (Edmonton at 53 N, for comparison Toronto is way further south at 43.7 N) and this photoperiod plant is done by the end of September. Ten tops are set aside for flower and about 1350 g is fresh frozen and will be made into piatella hash, likely next month. Sunlight is getting quite weak now and harsh weather is coming soon so we were at the point of diminishing returns with risk of storm damage to some nice trichomes. The resin on my gloves and trimmers (which I had to clean twice) showed she was ready. Zero bugs, zero mould or mildew, no problems at all. Highly recommended. Awesome plant for this climate and latitude. With more veg time and a bigger bag, or even better in ground, you could easily get over a pound (454 g) of dried buds. The compost teas were amazing and definitely how it should be done for an organic grow. Both Gorilla Glue and Girl Scout Cookies are personal faves partly because they’re good with overnight lows sometimes well below 10 C in the spring. Fast Buds is to be commended for releasing these photoperiods which are particularly great for short season outdoor growers. And I am really looking forward to making some piatella style hash. To be continued.

Most of it is now in the freezer to be made into piatella hash in a couple of weeks time. Dry weight based on 1600 g wet weight for high quality material. Will update further with hash making info. Thanks to Fast Buds for such awesome genetics. Harvested a bit on the early side and it has a nice balanced head high to go with the body stone. Good stuff. Grow outdoors if you can and avoid the big carbon footprint of indoor weed. Cheers.