ShishkaBerry Medical Clones

2019.01.10 ShishkaBerry Clones Day 102/Flowering Day 50: Well, this is the beginning of the end, the 8th week of flowering. Barney's Farm lists flowering time for this strain between 49-56 days, so I'm just waiting for more of the pistils to turn amber and then it's harvest time! I've just given each of them 12 litres (~3 US gallons) of plain pH'd ice water and I'm keeping the room cooler now. The trichomes are small enough that taking a clear pic is difficult, as I am using the magnifier feature on my phone but my hands shake a bit (as does the plant!) I've also just realized that come harvest time, I'm not going to be able to cut down and work on all 5 plants in one day as part of my medical condition involves joint instability which causes a lot of pain. I suspect I'll do 2 plants one day, 2 the next and the fifth on the third day. I understand there might be differences in the smoke experience so I'm actually not concerned that I have to take more time than some might. Finally, my last grow (which was my first grow), I accidentally over-dried the harvest to the point that the buds mostly crumbled to powder at the touch, so this time I'm going to do a few things differently to avoid that mistake (my apartment's really dry). I'm going to water them right up until the last minute, I'm going to cut them at the base and hang the whole plant upside down and I'm not going to wet trim the sugar leaves. I'm hoping this allows them to dry slowly.