Harvest Day was 8/12. I wound up over-drying over the next 4 days and had to get everything into jars when I got home on Fri., 8/16. Thank goodness for Boveda!
I had a Tasting Party on 9/7 comprised of myself, my wife, my 2 best friends and one of their wives, making a party of 5. All experienced tokers of 20 yrs plus each. Unfortunately the "other" wife couldn't attend...but I sent her home a sampling of each strain .
Of those that were at the party, unfortunately Critical Kush was the least favorite. But by no means bad. Reports of Earthy, Herbs and Woody tasting with more of an Indica, body high.
I think the thing that was disappointing for everyone was that they were maybe expecting more of a knock you on your ass high than what they got because of the smell. It had that, hit you in the face smell. Much different from the other 2, and I think that may have influenced expectations. Since my wife has smoked it again since, she has upped her grade, or feeling on this strain...but in a race of 3 this one still came in third.
For myself, I found the strain as advertised. If I had anything bad to say about Critical Kush,it was maybe the high could have been a little longer...but then I would compliment her on how beautiful her buds are. Really dense. I do think this plant could have possibly used another week before harvest, but it is what it is. You live and you learn.
While I was trimming I was becoming completely mesmerized taking off the sugar leaves...I was sober by the way...but becoming completely transfixed while trimming each bud. I had to keep catching myself because I still had another plant to cut down and trim.
Another thing to note, while I was able to cure the other 2 strains in 2 1qt wide-mouth mason jars, the Critical Kush had to be cured in 3 because of how dense and sticky the buds were. Even now, almost a month from harvest I have it stored in 2 jars with 1/2oz each while I've been able to put an entire Oz of the other 2 strains into 1 jar each.
I will be growing this again for my 2nd grow to try and improve potency and yield.
Growing with distilled water it's important to add everything your plant is going to need. I believe that the Botanicare Cal-Mag Plus came through for me during my grow.
Being completely honest, I have to say all of my plants during this first grow really grew themselves. I just tried not to give them too much or too too little of what they needed and try not to kill them . They really did all the work and I think they came out pretty well. I has very happy and pretty proud of the complements I received from the quality of this strain.
Hi @@Pseudo, Thanks for checking out my diary. No, the plan I was following from YouTube channel GrowPotCheaply had me using Bloom for the first (roughly) 3 weeks. I actually got the length of use wrong (along with a lot of other things) during my first grow. I should have only been using Bloom for the first 10 days during the seedling stage. The author of the plan states that the nutrients found in the Bloom formula do a better job of promoting root growth in the early stage of growth.
If you read through the rest of this diary and my next you'll see all the lovely mistakes I made. hahaha
Peu d'évolution sur les 4 premier semaine de Flo, tu a récolter trop tôt elle on prit du retard pour je ne sais quel raison mais c'est domage trop peu de rendement, les tête ont l'air très légère et aéré
@@Pseudo, yea I had a lot of environment issues during my first grow. If I am remembering correctly, I believe the week you are referencing I had to run out twice that particular week. Once to buy a portable air conditioner and again to buy a dehumidifier. It was a rough ride through the first grow but I managed not to kill them...which was just about my only goal (besides a little bud to smoke).
Now the 2nd grow which I just finished not too long ago...that was seriously disappointing. I had much higher hopes...but I am in week 3 now of Grow 3 (will start posting that diary soon) and I do believe that I have figured out what my biggest issue was...and I had absolutely no clue!
Stay tuned for diary 3 for the answer.
@BIGBUDZ450, I think I might have been a little over zealous this first grow and it may have hurt my bud size. With the current grow I'm trying a little more "less is more", or at the very least trying not to do too much. I'm still learning, or trying to learn. I've seen videos of plants in so many different states that it's hard to judge what's the right amount. I did do a big defol almost 2 weeks ago. My current diary is about to be 2 weeks behind. I've been stupid busy and update it when I can. I'm going to try and get it up to date this weekend.
@Puffer_Bill, Thanks for the comments & props Bill. 👊 I'm still back-filling the diary and I don't want to give away too much 😜 but I will say that the girls are doing OK. I haven't killed them yet. haha
