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This grow started out indoors under KIND K3 LED lighting and then was moved outdoors to finish up.
With the exception of having one girl that freaked and went into flowering mode when moved outdoors (my fault no doubt) and one that didn't... everything went fine. The early harvest on one means I'm now consuming the first part of this grow as she's been cured for more than 6 weeks now and she's yummy and potent. No problems with pests this summer.
I should note that the seeds for this grow were provided by Exotic Seed as part of my contest winnings from September of last year here at GD. Thanks for supporting the platform. I grew 2 plants as opposed to 1 because I wanted to more fully test the dry trimming action of the Trimbag (also part of that September winnings)... and because 25 seeds is like a lifetime supply at my age and one just wouldn't cut it.
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September 25 > Harvest at dawn for the big girl. The usual routine... except I shot a time-lapse video this time to play with the camera I won last year. Clipped the top buds first - then the base. Took me 2 hours to wash all that -rinse - repeat.
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Well this was an interesting summer with this pair of girls.
I learned that I don't really need a container larger than 10 gallons in order to grow very large plants (in my neck of the woods anyway). Now when I say large I mean how much space they take up on my patio. I'm allowed to grow 6 legally but 4 eats up pretty much the whole patio. And the reality is I don't need to grow plants that large. The outdoor yield will last well into next year for me and everybody I know. So next summer I plan to do much more serious pruning to limit the scope and shape of the girls I grow outdoors.
I also learned that I don't need an inverted tomato cage style support if my container is larger than 5 gallons. The Durban I grew last summer was in a 5 gallon container and there's not enough weight in there to keep her grounded. Once up to 10 gallons you won't want to lift the container much and there's enough weight in there to keep things stable.
At the moment I've listed 450g as a dry weight for both plants (updated to 458g final). I haven't actually weighed the 2nd plant yet and won't even trim her for about a week or so (I'll be back to update diary). The first girl came in at 235 grams. I got pretty ruthless throwing away small budlets and trim this morning as it took me 4 hours to take this big girl down and wash her up. That's only because I spent half a day yesterday trimming Cream & Cheese and moving Northern Lights around... and it's been over 95 degrees both days... so I'm ready for a rest. Cannabis harvesting is not easy labor.
Diary note > There was a software malfunction a week or so back and I was unable to add a new flowering week, whereupon it was determined there was a limit of 26 weeks at that time... so I didn't add any more weeks after that until the harvest week. When I added the harvest week, it appears the malfunction had been corrected because I COULD HAVE added a new flowering week at that time. I think there's only a week missing. Differences can be noted with dates on the photos.
If I had a problem this summer it's because I was too anxious to get going after a long winter nursing shoulder surgery and I didn't pay proper attention to the lighting ramifications when the instructions were there for me, and subsequently started too early. Next year I plan for an early crop of auto flowers to keep me occupied until the proper time for a regular crop.
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September 30 > Trimming and processing complete. I really manhandled the big girl with the Trimbag, largely because I knew I was gonna have a pound of herb on my hands (way more than I will personally consume) and I wanted to minimize my hand trimming. So when I say manhandled here, I mean I ran it through the process TWICE, using about 40 rotations/spins each time. It probably would have helped to be a tad drier, but we're entering a cool spell now and we've run out of time. Mother Nature has decided to turn off the heater... which has turned my Purple Berry Kush a nice shade of purple... but that's tomorrow mornings's harvest... <sigh>... anyway... where was I... oh yeah... AMNESIA... <hehe>
Trimbag generated trim on 1st pass = 217 g
Trimbag generated trim on 2nd pass = 90 g
Trim generated by hand after that = 186 g
Final bud weight for big girl = 223 g
Clearly, comparing weight of trim generated by hand vs by the Trimbag here you can see the result of my "manhandling".
Little girl was in a 10 gallon pot and generated 235 g buds and 360 g trim.
Big girl was in a 15 gallon pot and generated 223 g buds and 493 g trim.
Final total bud weight 458 grams for both plants.
Hope anybody following along learned something this summer. I did.
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The trick is to not make the same mistake twice. That's kinda why we're all here. Kinda. ✊
Got 2 plants that have grown up under identical conditions except pot size. Both were germinated - everything - on the same schedule. Started indoors under 18 hours of light; then moved outdoors. One is flowering - one is not. Will this plant keep flowering or revert to veg?
@dalemac Beautiful sativa looking leaves on those girls.
To answer your question I need to know what hours of light your plants are getting each day.
If the light cycle is diminishing (sun setting and rising 12 hrs or more apart) your plant will continue to flower But
if it's still the middle of summer where you are She will most definately try to reveg
Which is not a bad thing although such stress can turn plants hermophrodite in some cases.
If you want her to continue flowering outdoors you could consider a technique I have used with success called
forced flowering outdoors see my diary growdiaries.com/diaries/24328-peyote-critical-forced-flower-test-grow for more details Mate
@dalemac, awesome. Looks like you have the perfect location to grow. I'm up in the Pacific Northwest, and we can't even plant outside here until May. On the west side of the mountains some strains can't even go out until June. Finishing a long flowering sativa on the west side of the mountains is nearly impossible without some sort of shelter.
@Exotic_Seed, Hey Please check Chat!
Do you sponsor growers? I would love to grow your genetics! Wanted to start my first Growdiaries Diary, I'm interested in lots of genetics.
@Exotic_Seed, I know I will when the time comes... but until that time comes there is much joy to be had in the growing. I'm glad to get these babies going after a long dormant winter. ✊
color me confused ! hey man, those white carboard pieces are called "tips" in the netherlands, and they're used as "roaches" 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 i for one think this grow is going to be fun, gonna follow ! 🚀
@CRiSPrGrow,Vaping is all about the equipment. After playing around with some cheap stuff I settled on Pax products for both flower and oil vaping (www.paxvapor.com). I have both a Pax 3 and a couple ERA's. I've also developed a sweet tooth for concentrates and have a "flowerpot" from newvape (www.newvape.com) which is an order of magnitude up on the quality/cost scale. I love them all. 😎
@dalemac, yes mate just read your week 13 report and it seems the authors warning is coming true?
Revegging is not the end of the world if it happens it happens and there are several stories of people purposely doing it to "monstercrop" their plants. I have had one plant reveg 3 weeks into flower because of light leak and put it outside to grow thru the summer and it flowered again in autumn no worries at all.
@DILLIGAF, I think I pegged my own screwup back in week 13. I had the instructions in hand, I just didn't follow them. Now I'm getting to see what happens. Please see the text I scanned into this diary from book back then. My expectation was I blew it and lost a few weeks and this girl would revert to veg - but what if I'm wrong? How would I know... she doesn't talk much. I just wanna know what to feed her... not that she's looking all that hungry. 😬
@dalemac,sounds like you people have a lot to smoke ,best weed Growers of your city meeting testing there weed
Hopefully we will get more and more stuff like that at hole world
@Black_Magic, who won?.... everyone who showed up I believe.... oh you mean the Cup 😏 ... I haven't a clue but I'll endeavor to look it up - must be a link around here somewhere. I was only there Saturday and they don't get that far on the first day. I had big fun. NUG concentrates had some great deals going. My Pax 3 was malfunctioning so I actually bought some pre-rolls and set some cannabis on fire for the first time in a year (since last years Cup in this same spot in fact). Some nice Lambsbread, tasty. I'm not sure High Times can sustain the heavy schedule of Cannabis Cups they seem to be on....or maybe I'm just high. 😎 I say that because there's another one even closer to home in a couple weeks (Cow Palace South San Francisco)... and the one I was at in Santa Rosa was only half the size of the previous year. I suspect licensing is a culprit here somewhere - but the scope of what was for sale this year was substantially different - and probably just moves with the flow of the industry. There was WAY more genetics/seeds for sale this year than last. What does that say? 👍
@@Removed, yep the whole plant. About 18" at a time. It's a 3 stage bath. Stage 1 is Hydrogen Peroxide and water. Stage 2 is Lemon Juice and Baking soda (and water). Stage 3 is just a water rinse. It was damn windy this morning and hard to keep debris off my washed plants. There is a large tree in my yard shedding a lot of pollen this time of year. An amazing amount of stuff falls outa the sky onto outdoor herb. Indoors - not so much.
@DILLIGAF, Hey thanks for checking in. I saw those... and I haven't checked back into last years Durban diary to see when that girl started flowering - but the general expectation was I wouldn't see such prolific flowering until at least a month from now... like end of August. I'll follow on elsewhere.
@Black_Magic, hehe... your time will come. Sorry my generation couldn't have left a more livable planet for you when you reach my age. Humans are dumb that way. At least we got cannabis legalized in some places (mine fortunately). Unfortunately I think the cannabis will adapt to the heat better than us humans. Thanks for the thoughts. 😎
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