Jack 47 XL Outdoor

This plant was started very late (June 29) and was harvested Oct 2 or Day 92. It was smaller than expected and this might be due to inadequate watering. I was only inspecting it every few days and the helper was a bit forgetful about watering. With an earlier start to take advantage of the long sunlight hours around the solstice, and better tending, I’m sure this plant would get much bigger. The plant endured some quite low overnight temperatures and turned a really nice purple. The low overnight temps may also have limited the size of the plant. Furthermore, this was an early attempt at freeze drying and it got too dry. Need to shorten the drying cycle time I think. The dry weight is only 20% of the wet weight, but I think it should be be more like 30%. Volume wise it looks like close to a standard ounce, but the weight is low due to lack of moisture in the bud. The over dried buds are in mason jars with a small piece of wet paper towel to allow them to rehydrate and then Boveda packs. The freeze dryer works great but it’s tricky to optimize. Practice, practice practice. The buds rehydrate easily and it takes some getting used to the look of freeze dried bud, but they look, smoke, and taste great. Need to measure dry weights after curing not right out of dryer.