...And now we've promptly arrived at the final week of flower! It's been a beautiful journey with these ladies. Some scares and uncertainty in the beginning due to overwatering stress and staggered germination but both gals grew up moderately sized and stacked very densely. Jane needs basically nothing other than a final watering in the next day or so; her trichomes are turning amber all over the place (solid 15-20%) and I haven't seen much clear, almost every trichome is at least cloudy. Joan is getting a final defoliation today and possibly water. She is mostly ready but not quite (5% amber, 80% cloudy); to address this, Jane will be chopped and hung up in the tent while Joan sits in her pot under 48 hours of darkness. This will give Joan just a little more time while relieving Jane of her laborious but fruitful work. Will be updating after Joan is harvested roughly one week from today.
Performed a hefty feeding last night. Humidity in the tent has been higher than usual and seems to have a tendency to climb. Hoping itโs just been the rainy weather and that it wonโt be as bad come flower time.
I wanted to add from this morning's update that the smell is getting stronger, already quite pungent somewhat 'skunky' smell when entering tent. Stem rub smells are much more complex, each pheno taking on different properties. I'll speak more of the scent particularities later when we're hitting flower.
@Lemonhazelover, Thank you for commenting! I'm very proud of them and though I still have some learning to do, they have responded very well to my nurture ๐
Small update: both plants have been chopped, one has completed dry and was just trimmed last night. Jane was over-dry for sure, likely even started drying in the pot before harvest but this is the result of only having one tent to dry with; having to chop Jane late and Joan early. Will post harvest update once Joan is trimmed and weighed ๐
Wanted to add a couple notes: THE SMELLS omg they're amazing. When entering the tent, you get punched with the skunkiness of this lineage; getting closer and smelling Jane's flowers reveals gassy citrus candy, imagine orange Skittles with fumes ๐
Loupe arrived so I can do less invasive trichome checks. May not be any trichome pics next week but expect extra the following week as harvest will likely be very near.