Growing it
Normal
Resistance
Neutral
Final buds a lot smaller than expected from what they were wet but I'm sure that's more rookie mistakes on my part.
First Smoke Review (Basically dry, uncured)
First trimmed buds are almost dry coming up on day 5. Pulled a sample branch. Very snowy, heavy floral/herbal smell and taste with the hint of mint/sweet diesel. Not as harsh as I thought, decently smooth in the simple beaker bong. Energetic head high with a slight bit of that premature cured head pressure. Starting to hit me with that real nice over-the-top "so high I feel it in my eyes" though, that "behind the face" high.. :japanese_ogre:
Second Smoke Review (Dried, cured for 1 week)
Fruity Gas smell is starting to ripen in the cure jars. Very "old school" style buds in the hands of a first timer, frosty with orange hairs and hints of purple. Nugs bust up into more than you'd think with VERY STRONG high, nice relaxing and mellow with a slight euphoria to start that settles into a slow/sleepy indica with all-day use. Easy to fight through for day time, easy to give into when choring is done.
Tastes like a minty sweet gas, slight kushy bitterness with sweet candy finish. Can see where it's going to be in a few weeks.
FINAL TASTE: Cured just over 2 weeks
Great sweet/fruity taste with the minty/flowery element morphed into a bitter gassy after-taste. Great stoney high that clouds up the head unless you fight through it.
Can be used for day smoking in small amounts and great for nighttime couch-surfing.
Positive effects
Negative effects
Did the job overall. Also first time so I have nothing to compare it to but I would say it was definitely an important part of my grow since I used a soilless ProMix HP.
Obviously never start at full recommended feeding. Even starting at 1/3rd of recommended feeding left me with some decent burn and the salt build up from the product required a few flushes here and there.
One thing is that the packaging/delivery left a lot to be desired. When the 3-pack was delivered the Bloom bottle had a cracked/broken seal and had leaked small amounts. No big volume loss but with the broken seal, it has leaked overtime and will leave a salt build up and mess around the lid/rim. More on the delivery company but the lid/seal design is pretty annoying when only taking mL out at a time.
THANK YOU FOR 3RD PLACE IN THE NEWBIE OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2019!
HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO LIKED, COMMENTED, HELPED, ANSWERED, AND LISTENED!
Very excited to apply all the knowledge and keep learning more! Big ups to @Humboldt_Seed_Organisation for the great genetics and hopefully I can get back to them again in the future:raised_hands:
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As a first grow goes, it was nothing but learning experiences! Got these two mismatched twins as clones so naturally I named the big one "Arnold" and the runt "Danny DeVito" in honour of the movie Twins (1988) which in hindsight deserves no actual honours.
I followed some helpful advice from people here on the site and snipped my two girls down on 10/22 at 6PM after keeping them in the dark for most of the last 2 days.
I would have liked to flush more but the Trichs snuck up on me and the first time checking them, I saw I already had more than enough amber for my liking and desired effect.
I am very excited to start trimming after a half day or so of drying and will update ASAP with weights (Don't want to weight the whole plants, more misleading than Wet Bud weight:joy:)
Very herbal/flower taste to the uncured bud but there are notes of potential bitter/gas
Updated my first smoke above in the Strain Rating! Very nice "behind the face" high.
Jars are filled and hanging in the dark, getting burped once a day/when I grab some to grind up :smiley:
Final numbers fall a bit short of my 2 OZ expectations. Learned a lot and can't wait until I get to improve on what I've done here!
Goals for next grow will be to be more patient with major decisions such as chopping 1/4th of my plant when I thought it could have hermied, but ended up fine. Learning to not overdo LST techniques the way I over scrog'd/rootbound one during flower stretch and keeping buds nice and fat through the drying process. I feel I let them dry a bit fast in a high 30's/low 40's RH tent. Takes up the space of two ounces but the very frosty buds are light and airy other than the top of the big colas that I backbuilt.
Overall great learning experience and enough supplies to start my next grow once my seeds generously supplied by fast buds arrive!
I will be changing from ProMix HP to a soil medium to allow for more natural feeding.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who looked, liked, and left their wisdom on this diary! Can't wait for the next GlazedGrow!
P.S. Made slow cooker cannabis vegetable oil with my trim and full batch of Chocolate Mint OG Chocolate Cupcakes! Experiment with hash making next time!
Big thanks to everyone who helped along the way!
@Lionsshare, @flowerboy, @LongJogn420, @randyjustice, @BarrieGrower, @Cbalderson60, @Stick, @souljasam, @Med_in_Tropic, @Jwjoh, @Athos, @MMTSavage, @Cannibal1988, @HarrysOG, @Fruitgrower, @Spaceman, and everyone else! :facepunch::raised_hands:
@GlazedGrow,
Cheers mate awesome grow :facepunch:
@GlazedGrow,:100:
Well done mate, sounds successful in the end. And thanks for the shoutout, always keen to help when I can! :seedling::pray::grin:
Congratulations with the comp win bro! You deserve it with this diary!
Congratulations on your first harvest, it's a great feeling!
Enjoy!!
I wanna grow this strain so badly!
“Behind the face high”,,, love it bro, and know exactly what you mean. I haven’t heard that phrase before but it is an excellent description. Congrats on the 3rd place, nice looking buds lad:wink:
Yo bro looking good with a lot of drip :muscle::skin-tone-4:
Congrats on your contest win. :clap::clap::clap:
@JP148, :raised_hands:
hi bro, nice grow :+1:
enjoy your harvest please
(in case you care to know, I do all my growing veg & flower in biobizz lightmix and it works very well)