6 for the 6th.

The Psicodelicia was harvested all in one go on day 75 after being on plain water for 21 days. By this time her colas were hanging down all over the place so I had to fit a frame around her just so I could take her out for Photo's. With the plant leaning over so much it was difficult to get full cola pics so most of the photo's are just of the tops. The top buds were quite firm and dense, just not as hard as some of the other plants, these being more sativa. The lowers are more airy as I expected for a 70% sativa. The calyx were large and swollen. I kept her growing for too long and this resulted in a few late flower nanas on some colas but she was a strong plant all through the grow. So that was my fault. I was waiting for all the clear trichs to turn milky but she just kept throwing more clear ones out. She should have been chopped a bit sooner. Keeping her going resulted in more amber trichs than I'd wanted, creating more body stone than I'd wanted. So I have put 40%/60% on the slider instead of the Indica/Sativa 30%/70% stated by Sweet Seeds. If I grow her again I'll take her earlier. I was a bit concerned about the high being too racy but this was far from the case at the stage I harvested. Fresh trimmed, her colas were hung to dry for only 8 days before going into the jars. With her buds being less dense she dried quicker than the others but not too quickly that chlorophyll would be left in the buds. In the jar photo the humidity shows 56% but I'd only just put the hygrometer in there. It rose to 57% after a couple of hours and settled at 60% after 24 hours so the dry worked out ok and no harsh tasting chlorophyll. She weighed in at a very respectable 158g under the circumstances of being crammed into 0.24m2 :) 1.44m2 / 6 = 0.24m2 per plant 630w / 6 = 105w per plant 158g / 105w = 1.5g/w 158g / 0.24m2 = 658g/m2 Scissor hash. Aroma. Smooth subtle orange, woody spices and a hint of coffee. Taste. Sweet tasting with an oily black hash aftertaste that turned more sour after a while. Effect. More or less instant hit to the head that progressively got stronger with a bit of confusion (amnesia). Takes a good 10 or so minutes for my head to get around the initial intense hit and then it clears into a happy uplifting high. Body relaxed but head says go. I don't think the initial 10 minute buzz would suit me for the daytime if out and about, as it's a bit intense. I think some bubble made from cured buds and then cured for a while longer would suit me better than the scissor hash. Either way this was still a top smoke :D Buds. Aroma. Subtle oranges, wood, spices and tiny hint of coffee while in the jars. When ground up it smelled just the same at first, no stronger. But after curing for a few weeks it did get stronger when ground up, as expected. Taste. Old school black oily hash taste and some sweetness. Not sure if the sweet taste is the orange I can smell in the jars though. It's just sweet. Effect. The high is clear and uplifting, motivational and very nice. Body relaxing too, mainly the upper body, heavy relaxed shoulders. This ganja suits me ok for the daytime but a little bit heavy on the body for the daytime smoke I thought it was going to be. It's motivational in the head but the heavy upper body just makes me want to relax. Better luck next time lol Final overall yield. Red Mandarine F1 Fast Version: One harvest............76g. Indigo Berry Kush: 1st 53g, 2nd 58g. Total...........111g. Killer Kush F1 Fast Version: 1st 99g, 2nd 27g. Total.126g. San Fernando Lemon Kush: 1st 114g, 2nd 31g. Total....145g. Do-Sweet-Dos: 1st 121g, 2nd 14g. Total...............135g. Psicodelicia: One harvest............................158g. Total.....751g / 630w = 1.19g/w. 6 strain Sweet oil. The trim from all 6 plants, some popcorn nugs and 5 or 6 buds that fell off the stalks while trimming, were weighed and came to 129g bone dry. The materials were split into 2 large Kilner jars and put in the freezer along with 2L of ISO for a couple of hours to freeze up before I started. I washed each jarful for 2 and 1/2 minutes in ISO, then squeezed and wrung the tincture through a muslin cloth and handkerchief. It was then filtered through doubled up unbleached coffee filters into two jars to speed things up. I poured the 2 jars into one and put it under an LED for an hour to get rid of the chlorophyll. I wasn't happy with the colour so it went back under the lamp for another hour. The ISO was boiled off in a rice cooker directly in front of a 6" RVK fan set to 50% on a DIY variac controller, to take the fumes straight away from the top of the cooker. This took 1 hour and 10 minutes for the alcohol to be removed. 10 minutes before it had totally boiled off I propped the cooker up on one edge so the oil ran down to one edge of the bowl to make syringing it easier. Then it was decarbed with the rice cooker set to warm for three 2 hour sessions, agitating the oil every now and then to help release the carbon. It was left overnight to settle between each session. I ended up with 12g from 129g so that works out at a 9.3% return which I'm very pleased with from a run of mostly trim. I've got to say peeps, this is the tastiest best smelling oil I've ever made and I'm over the moon with it :D The taste is sublime, leaves a thick coating of sweetness in my mouth for ages before the oily taste comes on. Instant up high with an electric buzz. Slight visuals like I could see electrical energy in the air the first time I tested it, but my head was also tired at 3:30am. Totally relaxes my neck and shoulders and makles me feel great. This is real medicine for me, thankyou very much indeed Sweet Seeds. You guys definitely know your stuff. Happy grower here :D