Hello Diary,
White Widow has completed its last week, the journey has come to an end.
Two days after the photo shoot, I harvested White Widow along with her roommates.
73 days since I put the seeds in the ground.
65 days since the start of the vegetation.
Really very fast, although it has somehow become the standard on my small farm.
But I am still fascinated by how quickly the plant goes through its cycle when it has the most ideal conditions.
I don't necessarily mean myself, I try to give the plants the best I can and know how.
As you can see in the photos, the result is impressive, White Widow turned out to be a real beauty.
This phenotype painted White Widow in purple.
The flowers are hard and dense, the branches bend under their weight.
One branch even broke when I was setting it up for the photo shoot.
That purple color gives it a special look.
Some of the leaves have taken on autumn colors, which is also one of the signs that it has matured.
This week I continued to observe the samples under the microscope, waiting for the trichomes to turn milky.
On the day of the photo shoot, which was day 63, most of the trichomes were milky, some even brown.
The smell is very intense, the whole room smells like plants when I open the grow box.
I barely wash my fingers after examining the plants.
Watering was standard, every three days.
This week I stopped adding nutrients, I just lowered the p.H. to 6.0 and water the plants with clean water.
After the photo shoot, she was in the grow box for two more days to drink all the water from the soil so that the drying would be more efficient.
Before cutting, I removed all the leaves from the plant to also make drying easier and have less work to trim the dried flowers.
But also to prevent the formation of potential mold.
After cutting, I left her upside down in the grow box to dry.
Now I'm waiting for the flowers to dry well and to see how much White Widow has really rewarded me.
See you when that happens.
Here's what the last week looked like.
19/09/2024 - Day 57.
Watering.
I prepared 9 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.0 and used that amount to water all three plants on the farm.
22/09/2024 - Day 60.
Watering.
I repeated the same procedure as three days earlier.
24/09/2024 - Day 62.
I watered them all with 1.5 liters of water each plant so they would be fresh for the photos.
25/09/2024 - Day 63.
End of the last, 9th week since Purple Lemonade began its journey. Photos.
27/09/2024 - Day 65.
White Widow has been harvested.
That's almost all from me for this diary, the final report that follows after drying and testing remains. Thank you all again for your support and comments.