Hello. This is the end of week 9 and the beginning of week 10 of veg.
I got in here this week and while I was watering I tested all the plants with the rub the stock and smell my fingers test.
If you rub the stock fairly hard, not hard enough to hurt the plant and smell your fingers you can get a good indication what the plant will smell and taste like.
Also if you put your fingers together you can feel how sticky or slippery they are and it's a good indication of how much the resin the plant will produce.
What I found was that there isn't a best one. They all tested similar in smell and resin.
So I can't just pick out the 4 best ones with that test.
So this is a test. I want to see how the seeds I made with the male I picked out, turned out.
Being a garbage man in my earlier life saves me money. I went out behind the shed where I store all the plant pots that I saved over the years while being a G man.
I picked out 10 good sized pots and washed them yesterday. I will go to the garden center store tomorrow and get some soil. I like to use SunShine Mix #4.
I picked out 10 short bamboo poles for support, that I'll put in the middle of the pot to tie the buds to.
I'll put them all in this tent until the main grow room is finished (about 2 more weeks) and then I'll put 6 plants in there to flower and leave 4 in this tent.
This is really a test to see how my plants will preform. So I want to see all of them preform.
Ok. Be Great.
Chuck.
@Chucky324, At least it's the throat and not the backside...the joys. Good to hear your on the mend.
The world will be a better place when it's recognised as medicine globally. I am interested to see in the next few years if it is indeed the cure of cancer in some form.
@Beadle420, Hi Friend. Thank You for that. Very nice of you. Yes the RSO is doing the job. Feel fine.
The doc can't find anything wrong with each check up. They push that camera up my nose and down my throat to see inside and out.
I'm here for a few more years as long as I take my ... medicine. 😎
Hi Buddy. I've been growing for about 29 years now and have been learning the whole time. I've tried my hand at making seed in the last few years. I didn't make any last year because I didn't find a male that I liked. Through this site, I've sent some seeds around the world to people who have asked. The Pink Kush holds a big place in my heart. I found it at a grow op bust about 29 years ago. It turned out to be a world class strain. I'm so glad I saved it. Chuck.
One of the best diaries around that I saw my friend, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Happy smoking for you!
Also got one question, are you 65 years really?? I honestly hope to get there and for sure get there as a grower like you!! I'm 25 btw
@Camarao_Desperto, Hi Buddy.
Yes I'm from the time of landraces, when all we could get was what someone else smuggled in.
We had Mexican sativa's and Afghani hash and Thai sticks and all sorts of good smokables, but it would dry up at times too, where all you could get was overpriced crap.
I wish I had all the seeds back that I have thrown away during those times.
I've been growing indoors for about the last 30 years or so.
I try to keep the best of the best that I've grown in clones.
But I like seeing if I can find some more of those super cannabis plants that happen in just a few seed per plant.
And showing how I can grow and hoping others can learn from my experience.
Thanks for the kind words.
Chuck.
@Dennis_Bong, Hi, Got that done this afternoon. The total dry weight is for 10 plants - 1148 g - The calculator said 4.1 oz. per plant.
Some plants had just 3 oz. and some had more than 4 oz. There are a couple of strong one too. I'll get the harvest posted in a couple of days.
Chuck
@Dennis_Bong, Hello. I'm just going to weight it up and put it in jars today. So I'll let you now.
I didn't let the plants get too big but they had good sized buds. I'm pleased with it.
Chuck.