My 1st grow

So after few weeks I think I can provide a bit better review of the smoke. After a good month of curing in the jars I can describe the smoke only as awesome!!! This thing gets me higher than I've ever been before, and it does it all without any headaches, any paranoia, even the dry mouth is not really that bad. It's definitely indica and it does have some of the sativa in it, but none of the racy thoughts, just a bit of that "up" that allows you to still do stuff while being high. The only potential downside would be the smell, as it is quite persistent. It doesn't smell bad, but it could give you away very easily if you were going for extreme stealth. I love this plant and I'm so happy to have another one growing right now. Also I'm now a firm believer in jar curing of weed. I honestly don't care if the effects are subjective, all I can say is that _subjectively_, this shit gets stronger each week and I have started to reduce the amount I vape in a session, since it can get me so high that I become useless (which is excellent if you lifestyle allows you this kind of stuff).

There you go. Last three photos show what she was capable of under my wing. I did a lot more checking of the triches under microscope both at 50x and 250x magnification, and I must say those look not-clear to me. I would describe them as milky. These shots were all from middle of the flowers, so not the earliest buds and definitely not the latest. The ones on top are still a bit more glittery, although none of them shine as much as they did a week ago. The bottom ones are quite similar to middle ones, no amber color spotted so far. As for pistils I'd say about 50% of them have turned brown and curled, with another 25% looking like they are about to follow. The top ones are brand new, just few days old and are still bright white and pointing upwards. I really want to start the finish (bit of flush and bit of darkness) and then chop, but internets are full of warning that first-timers do have tendency to chop too early. Please advise.

OK, I entered this one into the newbie diary competition thingy. How are winners picked? Is there a voting system? I felt reluctant to give my address details because growing these plants is very much illegal in my area.

Again, thanks to everyone for all the advise, it's juts priceless since I don't know any grower where I live who could help me. Only stoners buying anything they can get their hands on. Good folks :) I was really hoping the plant would be harvested, dried and cured by new year. This would have been super cool and a great introduction into new year. Alas, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. But fear not, there is always silver lining. To be honest I'm not in that big of a hurry anymore. I really wanted to have some quality smoke for new year, but just seeing how my plant grows each day, how buds fatten and grow bigger, how little white trichomes form all over the plant is just amazing. She also started to smell really nice, and I just love how the scent punches me in the face when I unzip my tent. On one occasion I accidentally brushed over some sugar leaves with my hand while adjusting SCROG net. The smell increased 100-fold and my hand got supper sticky. This really small thing made my entire day! Since I have around two weeks of flowering to go I'm already gathering supplies for harvest, drying and curing. Got my Chikamasa scissors (really light scissors, very sharp and very nice to use for extended periods of time), got my Calibre IV hygrometer, still looking for mason jars with a lid that actually seal well when closed. It's funny how it's the thing I think will be easiest to buy end up being the most challenging to find. Just as an estimate, how much bud should one expect from a Bubba's gift grown under 150W of LED strips? Plant was vegged for what I consider long period (SCROG net almost filled to the max) and will be flowered for the time prescribed by HSO (or until triches reach desired state). HSO website says 400-600g/m^2 for indoor, but that really doesn't mean a lot to me. I just need an average yield for 1 plant. Any ideas?

I'm not too keen on defoliation, since it's the big green leaves that absorb most light, transform it into food for the plant and then transport it around the plant to keep it growing. I'd much prefer to have a lush green canopy fighting for every ray of light. But given a choice between having to pick of few leaves because they seem unhealthy and loosing a plant, those suckers came right off. So now I have a plant that's more airy, and still grows quite well. It's my first grown so I have no reference, but since the stretch stopped (if one can call that a stretch, it just grew a bit more and then started to form flowers) flowers have been developing quite nicely. I'm just glad that my plant is still alive, still doing well, still making bigger flowers which are surely to make awesome buds. There must be 30+ flower sites on the canopy with god knows how many under the main canopy. Also the white "snow" on leaves around flowers is a site to behold. To me it's mesmerizing and I can only wander how strong this will be compared to what is available on (black) market in my country.

Your buds look wild bro! I grew this strain and mine looked very flat on top not so pointy and fox tailed. Just a random little food for thought: the people who grow for extraction purposes usually harvest early unless a high CBD/CBD - typically these are THC degradation byproducts - is the end product goal. If a more "couch-locked" high is wanted harvest on the later / more "ambered" side. 👍😁👍 Happy NYE

Here's a question for you folks: I'm in 11th week now or 6-ish week of flowering. The plant doesn't look "ripe enough" to me, even though I have no idea hot a ripe cannabis plant should look like. Will there be anything wrong with letting the plant grow a bit longer? I wan't to be able to see what over-ripe cannabis looks like so that next time I will know when the time is right. According to what I read on internet I should only get more CBD in the plant with more couch-lock effect, but otherwise I should be fine. Is this true? Should I be more careful about harvest time and get me a USB microscope to spot that milky white color the internet seems to love so much?

Great grow diary! You have quite the data display going? Did you use an app? Man, your girl looks so much different than mine! Too bad we can't twist two up for comparison!

Congrats @h0m3b0y, nice review! great diary!

Gratz on the harvest! What's up next?

Congratulations!!! and very nice reflection of your handling.... And a question to the scissors, chikamasa scissors you wrote but wich one=? the bonsai scissors=?

Bud canopy looks great! Buds look a lot different than my grow. Mine were more rounded...and smaller 😪 I'm surprised that your buds aren't turning purple considering your temps. My Bubba's Gift grow turned all purple towards the end of the grow. My girl smelled a lot like Fruity Pebbles. It stinks up the room when I break a bud apart to smoke.

Hi, the trichomes will change to amber soon, your plant looks ripe. Sometimes it happens overnight. keep er warm and buds will ripe faster.

Great trichome shots! They look pretty milky. Give it at least another week before you start sharpening your shears. I've heard some growers use a 70 day rule. 70 days after first flowers appear. I used the breeders recommended flowering time last grow, but I started my count AFTER flowers appeared. That kept me from cutting down the girls too early, but it only gave me a window of harvest. After that it was trichomes, and willpower.

i agree with your assessment my friend, probably got another 10 days minimum let's see, they can turn over night so just got to keep on checking... again bulbi with the bad news - hey at least its the truth!

I have problems with getting the light right with a microscope. I think your right it shows more white with your eyes.

Beautiful looking flower @h0m3b0y! That frost looks thick 😎

@h0m3b0y Man its hard to believe this is your first grow! Not to mention this is your first diary?! (Welcome to GrowDiaries btw) Its well done and filled up nicely. Be sure to enter it into the Diary of the month when you have finished. I hope I could help resolve some of your issues you mentioned above. Feel free to ask me anything you need 😎

Looking good for a first grow 😎

So I won a noob diary with this one and got me a so many free seeds I don't know what to do with them. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR ME!!! I can only grow 1 plant at a time, and can maybe do 3 grows per year. I prolly have enough seeds to get me to retirement :) On the downside I should have won a prize from mars hydro as well. They send me email saying I won their stuff, but when I replied they didn't write back or send anything. They don't reply to any of my emails now. Not cool mars hydro... not cool at all.