4 * Sticky Beast auto, LED (first grow)

Due to a busy personal schedule, a later update than usual. First: the date is set. Next Sunday I’ll chop them: it will be day 70 of the grow. It is way too early for Anna and for Benthe and Ceylin, a couple of extra days would be beneficial for them too. However, I’m running out of time and I’d like to have enough time left, before I’ll go on my holiday, to properly dry and cure the harvested buds. It’s been said to me that it’s better to harvest slightly early than to rush through drying and curing and that seems to make sense to me. So, I fed the girls twice in the last 1,5 week and today I gave Benthe and Ceylin both 10 liters of plain, pH’ed water, resulting in about 5 liter runoff; this will be my only flushing activity. Since Anna’s buds are still gaining size, I gave her light mix with 0.5 ml/l bloom and 0.1 ml/l micro. Basically, as you might see from the pictures, Anna gets harvested about 2 weeks too early, Benthe and Ceylin are a lot riper, but a few extra days would be beneficial. RH is ideal for flowering the last 10 days or so: somewhere between 40-45%. It’s unfortunate I have to chop early, but I knew this could happen: when I started preparations in November, some suppliers delivered way too late (over 2 weeks waiting), so I started the grow later than planned. The limited time was the reason I chose this strain. The most important goals were to learn in practice and get to harvest with some plants that produced some nice nuggets. Both goals are achieved (unless some disastrous mold takes hold of my crops), hence I’m satisfied. The next grow, I’ll have plenty of time to finish them , I have almost 20 weeks available for that grow. With the experience I’ve gotten from this grow, I’m sure the results will get better. However, the focus is still on the current grow, as another important phase is about to commence. I’ll post another update on Sunday or Monday with some pictures of the harvest. Than, the drying and curing, which will be another, very interesting learning opportunity.