Canadian legal

Haven’t smoked in 35 years (got married, had kids, illegal) it’s legal now and I’m allowed four plants. Question: does everyone trim the leaves when the buds come out?

Study up on curing the recently harvested bud. It makes a huge difference to the final quality. Fast Buds says it’s worth about 50% of the final quality and I agree. Takes away the harshness and tastes much better. Likely stronger too by converting THCa to THC. 🇨🇦

Hey again. Only one late photo but it looks like you made the same newbie mistake I did of harvesting too early. I took down my Polar Express too early and have been fighting the urge to harvest too early for my other plants. All four of my strains worked great...probably anything from Fast Buds will work great in Canada....green parrot seeds don’t ship to Canada but they have a list of cold climate strains. All plants take longer than advertised cuz of the cool nights but long days make up for it. 🤠

Flushing might help with the harsh taste and difficulty burning. Residual chemical salts build up in the plant and the soil. Flushing with pure water can unlock those salts and give the plant a chance to utilize their nutrients. During vegetative growth, a seven day watering cycle might be: feed feed flush, feed feed flush, rest. This will give periodic chances at releasing salts and also a drier period for roots to get them an extra dose of oxygen. In the last two weeks, stopping all fertilizing and flushing with pure water will clear out most of the residual salts. The leaves will yellow, indicating that free nitrogen has become scarce. The plant is then consuming its own nutrient reserves. Chlorophyll is part of what we break down through curing. It's easier to accomplish when the plant has begun cannibalizing her chlorophyll reserves rather than being at full production levels right up to harvest day. It's a bit like the way you cut the engine and coast into the docks rather than arriving full throttle. Miracle Grow is a 20-20-20 N-P-K fertilizer. It appears to me that it's completely comprised of chemical salts and likely to be extremely prone to salt buildup. Moreover, it delivers you a full dose of nitrogen with every use. This will promote chlorophyll growth until you stop using it. Instead, try to use organic fertilizers and switch products at the end of the vegetative stage/beginning of flowering. Move to a fertilizer that is relatively low in nitrogen (N) but high in phosphorous (P); potassium (K) is less critical at this stage. Bone meal is suitable. The range of bone meal nutrient descriptions includes 4-7-0 and 3-12-2. It is also rich in calcium. It's a good part of an organic nutrient mix for the flowering stage. This article includes a table of organic materials you can use to supplement your soil. The microbes will eat them and break them down into components usable bu your plants. https://www.weekendgardener.net/best-garden-fertilizers/ AnneW's plants are taller than AnneW on a ladder. Following where she leads looks like a wise bet. You just caught me at wake-n-bake, eh.

I get my plant nutrients from Amazon.ca :) I'm using Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect Sensi Grow for veg and Sensi Bloom for flower stages.

Nice plant