This strain must be a real ass-kicker to have lasted as long as it did. I carried this thing around with me for at least 7 years (closer to 8). I am terribly impressed with genetics that can still pop after so long. I do a lot of vegetable growing, and speaking from that experience, vegetable seeds under the same conditions I carried that LH seed around with would not have propagated period. I do wonder if due to the age of the seed it affected my total outcome at harvest. Otherwise, the problems experienced during the grow were self induced.
6/1/2021 - Hash report - Uplifting mix of head/body high. I feel very positive about life, calm, retrospective, not particularly talkative, enjoying the small things like a spring breeze, the way the trees dance in the breeze. I don't feel incapacitated physically or mentally, which is a big plus for me as I am a high activity person. I will say the 73 micron hash put me to sleep after two big hits, a coughing fit, and a shit load of cookies. That might just be circumstantial due to the smoked ribs and baked potato I polished off before the cookies...
6/8/2021 - Bud report - I am not smoking it till it's fully cured. Smells mostly of herbs right now. In fact, one jar smelled almost like rosemary I swear.
8/13/2021 - This bud is very pungent!!! I would have to say this is the most fragrant bud I've ever grown! It's a mix of spices, lime, and a "somewhat" diesel after-taste. The bud is racy at first, but quickly calms down to an uplifting daytime high that lasts for at least 2 hours. The flavor and smell is excellent, but definitely not discreet. I would definitely grow this plant again!
House & Garden is a solid line of nutrients. After my deep dive into fertilizers, I've decided I'll be using something else moving forward. My reasoning is due to price per gallon of reservoir solution, and knowing exactly the chemical makeup of the fertilizer ingredients, which H&G only provides the basic NPK ratio's.
Hydroguard is a total lifesaver and I will be using it forever more. Liquid Karma is also a very solid product which I've used in multiple grows with great success. I will not be using the Liquid Karma in futures grows, and instead will be opting for a dry fulvic acid.
I think the yield's I got with this light speak for themselves. This light exceeded my expectations, and the price is right. This would be a great starter light for new growers, or those on a budget (like myself). I will eventually graduate from this light, but I'll be using it for full grows for the foreseeable future right now.
I harvested on the morning of Sunday, 5/30/2021, right after the lights shut off from their 12/12 cycle. It took a solid 5 hours to wet trim between two trimmers. We hung it up and I froze all the trimmings in a ziplock bag in the freezer overnight.
The morning of Monday, 5/31/2021, Memorial Day, I made the dry ice hash. Here are the stats:
73 micron - 10.5g = 0.37oz
160 micron - 52.86g = 1.86oz
220 micron - 50.81g = 1.79oz
total = 114.17g = 4.03oz
The evening of Friday, June 4th, I trimmed the dry bud and put in jars. Here are the stats:
184g = 6.49oz
Please NOTE: I am adding the hash weight to my total dry weight of bud. Also, my square footage for my ScROG is 43" x 23" = 6.87 ft squared.
That puts me slightly over 450 grams per meter squared, which if I'm not mistaken is close (or right on) Barney Farms advertised average harvest weight.
I'm VERY HAPPY with those numbers!!!! Especially considering my budget light, and cramped space. I did not get a wet weight, because I don't really care about that number, and after trimming for 5 hours it seemed like too much trouble.
6/8/2021 - I jarred my bud when the small buds broke off clean. The larger buds were still completely bendy. However, since I've jarred the bud the humidity in the jars has not gone over 50% humidity. Therefore, I've ordered 62% Boveda packs and should have those in my jars in the next few days. Once they are in, I will do at least a 3 week cure from that point before I try any. I will probably just wait for at least 4 weeks though. I will update this diary again when I smoke the bud in about a month.
8/13/2021 - This is a lessons learned warning that I should have had enough common sense to figure this out before I made this mistake: Making hash with fresh cuttings. This would have worked if I had made Rosin, but I do not have a Rosin press. My hash started to mold after about a week or two. I was able to somewhat salavage it by making butter mints out of the 220 and 160 micron hash. I'd never made butter hash before and started with the 220, which I overcooked and it tasted like a bag of assholes (I ended up tossing the majority of it). However, my second round of butter mints with the 160 micron hash turned out excellent. I feel like it was a giant waste of the hash regardless, but I will definitely be making butter mints in the future. Each butter mint was like taking a solid bong hit, and they tasted very good. Soooooo....In the future I will either dry harvest or at least dry the cuttings next time around before I make hash (unless I get a Rosin press).
Is this root rot? I have fixed my temps in the last 4 days. I am already using H&G Roots Excelurator. Is Hydroguard better or should I use both? I also tried fixing light leaks. Any other suggestions?
You should be using both. As the last person said root accelerate nutrient helping grow roots faster, while hydrogaurd is a beneficial bacteria that will keep your roots healthy during harsher environment. Things like slightly higher res temps.
@PigBearMan, I'm sorry to hear that man. Most of my family is from the southern states so I understand exactly what your saying. Luckily I'm in a fairly temperate area, although the winters can be harsh. However, I'm growing indoors so it's much easier to deal with than high humidity and temps.
@Bertoxxulous, where i live the temperatures and the RH are pretty shitty. Summer, 28°C and 65% RH. Good for veg but not for flowering and smoking. It's like a fucking sponge. Like wet camp fire. I putting my 7 weeks old weed still in the microwave for 15 sec. Ridicolous. Will not grow next summer for sure.
@Bertoxxulous, yeah I am the same I couldn’t take to vaping and I bought the mighty vaporiser (just not the same) so I smoke blunts much nicer! Well the terpene most at this stage I thought limonene and that’s where the real lime/citrus taste. But also a spicy background which could be the caryophyllene. I am curing for a few weeks and I just know this will get better!
@TheGreenQueen420, Thank you so much! I cannot freaking wait! I saw your harvest pics, and you did an excellent job!!! All I have right now is shitty vape pen cartridges and I'm almost out of those too. I will never buy a vape pen cartridge ever again after this. I thought it would be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but boy was I wrong. Maybe others feel differently, but I do not like them. Are there any distinct terpene you are picking up?