During this week I had to harvest P1 and P3 as both were showing signs of budrot. I chose to harvest early to minimize the amount of bud lost.
I would say I was pretty successfull in that, see the final post for harvest.
I was a bit foolish and left these girls out in the damp, with no protection from the humid weather, rain, and fog. All the plants within about a week started showing signs of budrot due to those conditions. Something I should have been more cautious about growing outdoors in the winter right near harvest time.
Trichomes were all cloudy but hardly amber at the time of harvest. Probably would have been best if I could have waited a full extra week.
P2 got some extremely beautiful coloring and smell. All 3 have very different scents. P1 is piney, P2 is dark and berry like, and P3 is a bit citrus like.
These are final pics prior to harvest, see the next page for harvest details.
@KratkyGrow, good observation. I'll keep this in mind next time that I'll pop seeds. Was actually thinking about starting the new lot in one set and pick survivors for individual nursing.
Again, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
@Med_in_Tropic,
I know! That was pretty disappointing.
In that batch I don't think I had any stressor conditions that would have made them more likely to be males. (I've read that red light, high heat, fluxing heat, or nutrient overload can all lead to higher rates of males)
I did plant them all out of one tote bin, so the roots got all tangled, not sure if that would do anything or not. But that did help me learn when 7 of the 8 get pulled, and the roots are too tangled to seperate, they just rotted in the bin and created extra worry on my end for the one female. I also think the female developed slowest, and was the smallest plant, maybe because her roots were getting choked out by the males. I wouldn't try planting more than one in a single tote again unless I knew they were all females.
Low vpd - humid low temp - There will be less transpiration. I agree with you that more leaves are better for the plants . Then the can pump more water and nutrients to grow.