Getting a little carried away honing my bud porn skills - better than too few pics I suppose.
The buds are getting fatter on all of them and they have been getting nothing but water.
The White Widow is starting to catch up to the critical on bud fatness and smell but still a bit behind. Although the Critical buds are in fact fatter than the WW's at this point, they are closer in size than the pics lead you to believe - the WW grew more leaves back after the last defoliation and is much bushier so the buds are not as prominent. The trichomes look to be about 70% cloudy on both the Critical and White Widow - I say 70% but thats a very very rough guess - but at this point a rough guess is all I have! Maybe another week or 2 on both of them? I'll keep my eyes out for the amber trichomes.
As for the Candida ... she's a special beast. Floppy as hell and the buds are nowhere near as thick as the other 2. I am not sure if this is the is the nature of the strain or its because it spent the majority of its life under the weaker light? Hmmm... But, she's as pungent as ever and crazy sticky. I am not looking forward to trimming this thing at harvest time!
Speaking of smelly ... i HAD to do something about it ... the carbon filter in the pic works freaking miracles, I am shocked at how good of a job it does.
Also ... got a few seed going for the next grow .. already looking forward
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.๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
@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.๐
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.