I dusted off a forgotten digital camera that has not seen much daylight due to the awesomeness of my phoneβs camera. But - It seems to be doing better on these bud shots, sorry if I got carried away but Iβm experimenting. Hopefully you can get a sense of where these things are at.
Update:
Candida: As floppy and gangly as ever of course, hanging all over the place with not so dense buds. But, they are gaining some mass and are forming a tons of crystals and the plant is very pungent and sticky. I think Iβm going to need some kind of support system.
Critical:
This thing smells like I opened box of Fruit Loops! Its developmentally ahead of the White Widow and smellier. RQS claims this is a 7 week flower plant, I am thinking about giving it one more feeding then flushing for a week or 2 - I am having a hell of a time determine harvest readiness from the size, percentage of white hairs and from the trichomes.
Auto Speed:
Its in about 6 days of flush - you can see what it looks like and I really cannot determine what the cause is but its getting worse. Perhaps just normal end of life traits? Its starting to spread in to the buds so I think Iβm gonna chop this thing down in the coming days. Hopefully its ready! As I mentioned, I am having a hard time judging these things. It has some cloudy trichomes but also has a ton of clear ones!! Hopefully the THC gods are forgiving! Ah yes, it also has a clone - its interesting that the clone is starting to flower now and I am guessing that its going to produce more bud than if I would have left it on the main plant! But of course, may weeks later.
White Widow:
Still keeps chugging along - a bit behind the rest but as healthy as ever. Not even thinking about harvesting this one for a while. So far, this one is the least picky of the bunch, taking about everything I can throw at it with no signs of unhappiness.
Yeah, I realize these are plants and not something manufactured in a factory so I understand there will be variances. I just think its interesting that like you said, they are still being stabilized and somewhat unpredictable. For example, I'm really interested to see how the Auto Speed clone comes along, so far its growing by its own timeline, not the Parent's. I thought it would follow the Parent's.
The 2 plants you have harvested look amazing mate I'm really impressed they look stunning and I expect no less from your last plants to harvest a 10/10 job I hope you were happy with your harvest happy growing dude
@Teamdirtbag2, More photogenic for sure - I wonder if its the Widow's extra bushiness that gets in the way of great bud porn. Also .. the Critical is much more pungent
John ... ??? You don't let your plant to breakdown her nutrients and her chlorophyll ???
Drying in the dark helps to breakdown the few amounts of chlorophyll left after the flush, that same chlorophyll who gives that awful taste and bad smell in the first days of drying. Drying process must be slow, 10-14 days, then comes the curing process in jars ...
@JUNGLE_B4RNS, I have it in that box with flaps just a wee bit open so its rather dark but I am sure an ever so slight bit of light can sneak in. I didn't want to seal the box entirely, but I do have a temp/humidity sensor in there so I could seal it and just try make sure it stays as certain levels -- just not sure what those levels need to be .... advice??
The box is the best idea I have at the moment as I don't have an option of doing anything outside of the grow room - so its going to have to deal with the 12 hours of light while the other plants finish.
@JohnCH, very interesting... I find this to be very interesting. I want to see more. I was always led to believe they'd be the same age as the parent. Please make a diary with it.ππππππππ
@Teamdirtbag2, I think you are right, it would be interesting so see what happens to an auto clone. Looks like I clipped it at week 8 so its 10 weeks old now - assuming you start its age from when it was cut. Stay tuned!
@tbiz99, Yep these are the freebies. Good choice to grow together as they are both rather easy and very similar in size, structure, growth rate (except at flowering), nutrient/light requirements and responses and such. That Candida on the other hand ....
Hey John you should probably check your roof because it looks like it snowed in your grow room there's got to be a hole in your roof. Man that critical is looking awesome. Nice job keep up the good work.π
I've just learned recently that Auto's are still on the way to be stabilized, you shall probably tell Auto Speed Bud that you needed twice the time than it's supposed to take to grow a plant with the seed they have send you. They would probably send you a more stable version.