(DAY 57)
Wow. Such different individuals here.
#1 has been freakish from the start. She's 7" taller than the high estimate of 20-28" for this strain. Shes a single stem with little to no branching. Her budsites are where the leaves attach to the stem. Buds are very hard and have the sweet but pungently sour grape smell. She has multiple deficiencies and has been let to live with zero expectations.
#3 has buds on her 10 colas that are weighing so heavy that the branches cannot support them. These had to be re-tied to keep them upright. These are VERY dense and greasy looking with a very delicious grape smell. Bud to leaf ratio is incredible on her.
#2 is healthy and green with the xmas tree single dominant cola structure. She should fill in nicely and yield on the high end of the estimate for this strain.
DAY 58
Laying on a thick coating of trichromes.
DAY 61
Chopped #3 (and #1).
The big girl had such heavy and dense buds on her many branches that they were falling over. For fear of damage, and to preserve those sweet grape terpenes, harvested #3 @D61.
Buds are so sticky and dense. Gave her a good wet trim and loaded these into the HerbsNow dryer for its maiden voyage. These look and smell so good, hoping this is not a mistake.
Harvested #1 as well. Despite being the tallest gal in the tent, she will likely not produce more than 15g. The others in the tent will appreciate the extra space that this harvest provides.
#2 (control) is healthy and will go another couple of weeks.
UPDATE ON HerbsNow dryer:
Despite adding a shotglass of water to slow the dry, after 24 hrs in the dryer I thought things were progressing too fast so turned the dryer off and allowed buds to sit and redistribute moisture for 12 hrs.
Next day, turned it back on for 8hrs and when i checked, my buds were severely over dry.
WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
The Big gal yielded 121g of terpless bud. Her freaky sister 10g.
Total dry bud WASTED =131g
The good news is that #2 was not chopped. She still smells good, but will yield only 50g or so.
@raptor65, Thanks man! I started using Recharge this run and my garden is thriving. Topped the 2 in the middle and it didn't slow them down a bit... they're the biggest in the tent.
You're plants look like thier doing really well, I'm also doing a Mephisto genetics strain - Auto S.O.D.K . I've defoliated it and it's doing pretty well tbf. Its pre flowering/ pre flower stretching. Happy growing