Harvest:
Everything dried up to 347 grams + 96 grams of super high quality trim. Overall I am not too pleased with the smoke of the product. Although the bud size, bag appeal, smell and taste are pretty much all there, the shitty burn is a deal breaker for me and the majority of this weed is quite frankly useless. Another downside is while smoking I’ve found 4 seeds in an ounce from almost every strain. Light leaks? At least I learned a ton, including how to get super good burn for my next crop. I’m hoping that curing for a month or so will improve the burn but I wouldn’t really count on it. I have seen weed dried for 4 days with no cure and no flush smoke clean and not go out once. I have been told that the key to white ashes/clean burn is proper mineral content in the soil and there is tons of scientific studies on cigar ash going back 100 years. Plants grown in a medium with high levels of decomposing organic matter, phosphorus, magnesium, chlorine and heavy metal ratio tend to produce black/grey ash. Whereas plants grown in a medium with a higher ratio of trace minerals like calcium carbonate and potassium in the form of wood ash, rock dusts, oyster shell flour and lower levels of decomposing organic matter will produce a dense, uniform white ash that rarely goes out. But this is still all theory until I test it to confirm for myself a few times. My last few outdoor harvests did not improve with curing at all so I’m hoping this will be the missing link. Plain peat moss and coco clearly lack essential minerals that help burn. If said theory is correct I should find a synthetic nutrient line with more trace minerals. Makes me wonder if growing if rockwool/basalt rock could improve burn in a hydro setup.
I think I did a fairly decent job for my first grow. I went wrong in a million different places but I still stuck it out and got some decent herb. Things went wrong early when I got black spot mold, nitrogen/magnesium deficiencies and powdery mildew. I corrected most of it but things didn’t get really bad until mid veg when I intentionally skipped a few feedings and defoliated quite heavily stunting the plants. I also didn’t even top or start LST until the 6-9th node which was really stupid and hurt my yield. My temperatures were all over the place from the learning curve. I was severely overwatering without realizing it. 100% peat moss is a shitty medium. I also fed way too late in flower (not what caused shitty burn). I also used synthetic nutrients in soil.
Zkittlez bonsai
Yield: 1.9g
Smell: 7/10 - sweet, candy, berry, gassy, piney hints
Bag appeal: 7/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7.5/10 - very impressed
Ash: 6/10 - flaky, mostly white/grey
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 6/10 - taste is decent, needs curing
High: 6/10 - indica dom
Comment: looks nice, smells nice, tastes nice, burns like shit.
43.5/70 = 62% 👎🗑️
Black Garlic #1
Yield: 53.6
Smell: 8/10 - gassy, piney, earthy, skunky
Bag appeal: 7/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7.5/10 - very impressed
Ash: 8/10 - thick, uniform white ash
Fire holding: 7.510 - stays lit for 45+ sec
Smoke: 7.5/10 - taste is good until the end
High: 7/10 - sativa dom
Comment: looks nice, smells nice, tastes nice, burns great but quite leafy.
52.5/70 = 75% 👍🔥
Black Garlic #2
Yield: 42.3
Smell: 7/10 - woody, earthy, tea
Bag appeal: 6.5/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7/10 - impressed
Ash: 6/10 - flaky, mostly white/grey
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 6/10 - taste is decent, needs curing
High: 8/10 - sativa dom
Comment: looks nice, smells nice, tastes nice, burns like shit.
44.5/70 = 63% 👎🗑️
Zkittlez
Yield: 39.4
Smell: 7/10 - sweet, candy, berry, gassy, piney hints
Bag appeal: 6.5/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7.5/10 - very impressed
Ash: 8/10 - thick, uniform white ashes
Fire holding: 8/10 - stays lit for seconds
Smoke: 7.5/10 - taste is decent, needs curing
High: 7/10 - indica dom
Comment: looks nice, smells nice, tastes nice, burns great but smalls didn’t fill out.
51.5/70 = 73% 👍🔥
Blackberry Breath #1
Yield: 57.5
Smell: 9/10 - sweet, grape, berry, gassy, earthy, hashy
Bag appeal: 8.5/10 - dense, sparkly buds
Crystal coverage: 9/10 - super impressed
Ash: 5/10 - flaky, mostly grey/blackish
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 5/10 - tastes like chalky shit
High: 6/10 - indica dom
Comment: looks amazing, smells amazing, tastes like shit, burns like shit.
46.5/70 = 66% 👎🗑️
Blackberry Breath #2
Yield: 76.1g
Smell: 6/10 - musky, tea, berry, herbal
Bag appeal: 8/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7.5/10 - very impressed
Ash: 5/10 - flaky, mostly grey/black
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 5/10 - taste is shit
High: 6/10 - indica dom
Comment: looks nice, smells shitty, tastes shitty, burns like shit.
41.5/70 = 59% 👎🗑️
Slurricane #4
Yield: 34.5g
Smell: 8.5/10 - gassy, deep piney, fuel, earthy,
Bag appeal: 8.510 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 7.510 - impressed
Ash: 6/10 - flaky, mostly white/grey
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 6/10 - taste is decent
High: 6/10 - indica dom
Comment: looks amazing, smells amazing, tastes nice, burns like shit.
46.5/70 = 66% 👎🗑️
Badazz OG Cheese
Yield: 43.5g
Smell: 6.5/10 - musty, woody, cheesy, piney hints
Bag appeal: 6/10 - slightly leafy/stemy
Crystal coverage: 6/10 - very impressed
Ash: 5/10 - flaky, mostly white/grey
Fire holding: 4/10 - stays lit for 10-30 seconds
Smoke: 6/10 - taste is decent
High: 6/10 - sativa dom
Comment: looks like shit, smells decent, tastes decent, burns like shit.
39.5/70 = 56% 👎🗑️