Sep 28: close to done. Planning to harvest in two days. Removed some big upper fan leaves to get a bit more sun on the buds.
So 30: harvested 665 g of wet buds that was fresh frozen, and 80 g wet being hung dry. Total first round harvest of 745 g. Unlike the Gorilla Cookies from two days ago, Cheese here had several caterpillars for some reason. The plants were sprayed with BT once but it seems Cheese needed another one. Nothing too bad and no evidence of mould. Also the lower buds were not as ripe on this Cheese so I decided to leave it going on the plant rather than harvest all at once. Next two week forecast is much improved so I’ll try for a bit longer.
@musashi_miyamoto, it’s easy once you’ve tried it a few times. Proper stretchy florist tape is a very good way to secure it after supercropping. Somewhere on the blog at Lucky13 seeds there is a very good guide to it.
@Northern_Ent,
Im gonna have to super crop my Durbans - still need practice because I def broke a branch’s outside stem my last attempt (although she perked back up an hour later)
@musashi_miyamoto, I was thinking that too when I checked it this morning I always end up defoliating as it progresses, but she’s growing so fast I’ll likely supercrop and tape to separate the colas. Stems are too stout for LST now. Should have tied it back some a few days ago. Seems like a particularly robust plant even more so than the one I grew last year. Cheers.
Looks great 👀!!
Your cheese looks exactly like my Marathon OG. It has distinctly different looking buds and is the most cheesy smelling plant that I have had.
My marathon OG reeks like cheese, maybe my clone guy mislabeled. 🤷♂️🏼
Hope you’re finishing strong 💪
@Northern_Ent, man I understand what you’re going through. We had the wildfires here a few years back. Ash all over the plants. Ash everywhere. I was worried but I decided to wash my outdoor buds. I really liked the end product, so I always do it now. A lot of contaminants floating around here in LA. Luckily no wildfires around here so far this year.
I just wash and hang (or put on the drying rack) with a dehumidifier @55 + fan and I haven’t ever had any mold in the drying room. The buds dry right out after the wash.
@Todzilla, thanks. I grew this strain last year and it was a fave. This year’s plant produced nice big buds and I’m looking forward to trying it. Most of my harvest will be made into hash to avoid what is likely a bad smoke taint. I didn’t think the smoke would have been much of a problem but then I wiped off the patio table and saw how much black crap there was on it. It’s been a super bad fire year so to be expected I guess.
Nice wash, I seen you have the same machine as I do, its worth it to replace the stock hose with a smooth flexible one. Shit gets caught up in that stock corrugated plastic hose. I opened up the bottom, cut and took the hose off, cleaned off the glue they used, used some JB weld (for plastics) slid the new hose on and hose clamped it. Better than brand new. I also put a screw on cap on the end of the hose. Definitely worth doing. Happy growing!
@greenAF, thanks. Yeah, I’ve been meaning to do that since day one but haven’t got around to it yet. I’ve got about six months before I need it again so maybe it’ll get done this time. Cheers.
@yan402, thanks. I love making hash and this is the first try using fresh frozen. Recovery was good for Cheese and I’m excited to see how the cold curing will work out. Cheers.