๐The plant looks ready when looking at it from normal distance. The leaves and the pistols all say time to harvest. However when looking up close, there were still too many clear trichomes. I harvested its tent-mate, Tangerine Dream, on the 105th total day (both plants same germination date). This seemed to trigger something in the Crystal Candy. The next day, day 106, sprouts of white calixes popped up on lots of the colas. I dont think the two are related, thats why I stated "seemed to trigger". One the main cola tips that this occurred on, there were also some male flower pods developing inside that calix. I pinched off all the new calixs with these new hermied bits. Oddly enough, none of the secondary branches, that also had freshly sprouted calixs, had any male pods. I'm sure the appearance of the hermied bits are a result of the plant being ready even if the trichomes were not quite ripe enough. Fortunately, there are far fewer clears evident in the plant as of yesterday (day 110). I will hopefully be harvesting this plant tonight.
@@FirstCough, I appreciate your kind words. It's really hard to see the full size of the colas because of all the leaves. The buds are getting plump. The Queen cola is going to be a beauty...as long as luck is on my side.
Plant looks great. I like her shape it looks happy. I was gonna ask about the tennis balls too but gussed you would have been asked already๐. Just had to scroll down a bit.. Good luck for the rest of your grow.๐
Wow! Your plants are huge ๐ I already chopped mine yesterday, these plants just wanna flower forever it seems. I was finding new herms every day so I decided to end it, even though there was still a lot of new growth. Interested in seeing your results ๐
@FrogLord, Thanks! I think the stress that was causing the hermed calixes was the reluctance of the trichomes to mature to mostly cloudy. What's also odd about this plant is that it didn't start the new calix growth until it's tent mate was harvested...as if it was devastated that it's lifelong partner was killed. ๐ฟ ๐ท
Looking good mate. I love that raised up grill tray tennis balls. Iโve thought about doing the same sort of thing ages ago itโs so simple, I should think it would be quite tricky to remove when itโs bigger for maintenance but well worth a try good luck mate.
@nelly31, Thanks! The tennis balls are to keep the rack from poking holes in the floor of the tent. They also make it easier to slide the plant around. I don't have to remove my plant from the tent, but if I did the rack also would make it easier to pick up.
Thank you very much for trusting our strains, and sharing your experience.
And thank you very much again for the score of 8 out of 10!! ๐๐โค๏ธ
We hope you enjoy the harvest ๐
Sweet smokes!
-Apolo
@Smokwiri, wow such a hollow gesture. Am I supposed to be excited that you've spammed mine and hundreds of other diaries with the same crap? I'm not honored or impressed. ๐