Candida CD-1

Buds are blooming decently. As this is a first grow, I didn’t appreciate how much defoliation I should have done late veg and early flower. Now I have a lot of popcorn throughout a very bushy base. Nonetheless, each of the eight stems on the two big plants are growing nicely with anywhere from like 6-10 grams a stem (owing to varying apical dominance). Yield wise, I have very little idea what to anticipate. I’ve been checking the trichomes and they seem pretty glassy still. I did see one amber trich and some cloudy trichs. But mostly very glassy. Still 50% white pistils that haven’t bent over that much. I’m thinking the 9 week recommendation might not apply here. Nonetheless, I’m moving to ripen this week and hope to flush the following week. I’ll extend the ripening another week if trichs don’t turn quick enough. The lemon on this one - when I accidentally contact a bud- is incredibly pungent. However, when I open the tent the smell is very subtle.