Nirvana #36

After harvest report: Nirvana Blue Dream was pretty much a cruise control grow. The only real problem was my heavy hand when I snapped one of the main two branches completely off. I reattached it with masking tape and splinted it with a small piece of wood and sure enough it healed and produced a nice bud. It was far behind its twin but it did grow and it did flower. Might have cost me a half ounce or more. After the break I was very apprehensive to train and sculpt this plant the way I envisioned mostly because it was the only plant I had going at the time so I figured not to mess with it too much more.

I was also somewhat skeptical of the single 315w light. Although operating cost was very low and heat was never an issue I'd still love to know what kind of bud weight I lost compared to a 1000w HPS. My next grow Im going to do 4-5 weeks veg + 1 week of bloom under the 315w then finish blooming with a 1000w HPS. If I get bud weight close to a 315w or a 630w then I'll be done with HPS, I just couldn't believe how I could keep a small space in the 70s with just a 6" exhaust fan.

Its super skunky and fruity like mangos definetly an anytime sativa so far. I havent tried a cured bud but i dried some testers and its definetly a good medicine. Ill definetly do another run with this strain after i get my new light and new line of nutrients to try, i think i wanna try the remo nutrients line, i think thatll be good to test out.

Smell is very tropical, with hints of earth and spice. Buds are not super dense but fairly dense, at least a 7/10. They are very sticky though and coated in trichs. I over dried this a bit as you can see from the 53% in the jars, but I have some 62% Boveda packs. Smoke is a little harsh but definitely not the worst I've had and far better than the crap I've bought. It takes about 10 min after a bowl and then suddenly you're grinning from ear to ear. It slips up on you and is a little giddy, not at all anxious and good for goofing around the house or daily tasks, and despite being quite cerebral, I feel like an experienced smoker would enjoy this for a anytime smoke. Even new user's could enjoy this in moderation, as the head hit is enjoyable but a little spacey. Too much though and you'll wanna pull up a seat for a bit. UPDATE 9/19 Boveda 62's are doing thier job well. Holding steady now in 60-61% range.

Even though Blue Dream is by far my personal favorite, genetics does not appear to be consistent (I'm guessing that's somewhat normal with hybrids). One is clearly sativa with long skinny leaves, and two others are more indica. The sativa stretched 100% with long nodes and a f#$k ton of thick bud with few leaves in between, the other two were more tightly packed with lots of sugar leaves between buds (stretch was about 75%). The sativa had a hard time with spider mites.
Nirvana suggests a flower time of 7-9 weeks. To me this looks more like the opening window - as to when it would first be ready. An indica was milk ripe at Flower 65, but no signs of amber domes. I'm letting the other two go longer than this.

Finally everything will be painted a little later :point_up_2::pray: