Dr Grinspoon - Long Flowering - when to harvest

[Bootsy]

Update. The only difference I see now is that more pistils have turned brown and she is really starting to lose larger leaves. With it so far along in an organic grow, I am not doing anything to mitigate - what happens now happens other than watering. i am hoping it is just the plant eating up its leaves. Photos for interest from this morning. My basement is now ready to unpack and when I get the tents ready this one is going into a closet to finish. Nowhere near as strong smelling as I am used to with other plants. Full 16 weeks so far and soooo tempting to get started with the trimming - for which I plan doing a branch at a time. I cant even guess how long trimming will take.

[Bootsy]

Hi. one day short of 17 weeks (118 days from 12:12) . She was at 60 F last few mornings so she really can take some cold. most of larger leaves are now turning yellow or dried up or picked, but lots of green left in the colas (photo looks a lot greener then I expected). almost no change in trichomes and only a hint of amber in a couple of places. but a lot more pistils have turned amber. she is going in the closet tomorrow to finish up since i really need the tent for next crop. I have noted she is Nowhere as smelly as most plants. she will be subjected to a new light to finish in the closet. either a coupole of SF 1000s or a 600 W Best VA. figure cant hurt her now even though penetration wont match the current Bloom Plus 2500. Jeez - maybe she will take 19 weeks - in for a penny, in for a pound! Cheers folks.

[Bootsy]

17.5 weeks - 124 days since 12 12 and I expect by 19 weeks she will be done. She's still the same except les green left. has been in a closet fort 2 nights and i gotta admit that not much attention. Let her get cold at night, she was really wilted from no water, big fan blowing on her, light hours down to 10 on14 off. nothing i can do but wait now. I am stressing her so much and she just looks the same. today trichome shot - no amber yet. Hope its worth it, but if not, live n learn.

[Bootsy]

125 days since 12 12 and hoping she is done next week. Have been stressing her more than ever for me. She still looks basically the same except less green leaves left. She has been in a closet with just a piece of styrofoam covering it for 3 days now- so there could be light leakage and there is not much air circulation as of now. Let her get cold at night, then i left her till she was really wilted before watering, light hours are at 10 on 14 off. nothing There are definitely more apparent trichomes so that's a positive thing. Just waiting now and get ready for trim jail. today trichome shot - no amber yet and to me they even look a lot clear. I have just been grabbing a little budlet from the easy to reach foxtails - and now wonder if i should try deeper - and will do so in a couple of days. Hope this thing is worth it, but if not, live n learn. 125 days and clear trichomes- F....King nuts!

[Blowdout2269]

Lol. Still hangin on, eh? Good luck man. Way to be patient!
I'm struggling with patience myself atm. The Chunkadellic auto is at 88 days and looking awsome. But not much amber and a few to many white pistols for my liking. Her flowers are swole up and hard as a rock though.

[SoOrbudgal]

Yep that's a crazy long time congrats for hanging in there. I'm just finishing up " trim jail " with my last outdoor plant. 7ft. GG#4 or so they called it that from seller. She was a drag to trim, but now she's getting jared an hung. It's taken me a week to dismember her LOL .

[Bootsy]

A photo of the poor Doctor in her closet. I have never treated a plant so poorly late in flower, but figure she's already formed and anything from now on is pushing her to finish. She definitely doesnt like the SF1000's as much as the Bloom Plus light. It's all a guess for me if i am doing wrong, as i have never before gone beyond 11 weeks, now over 18 weeks. I now see some amber trichomes in a few places, most all bigger leaves are dead or dying, almost all pistils are turned and to me she is looking sad. Sometime in next few days i am going to start progressive trimming and will be done. from on line journals, i have waited well beyond most of the harvests, which is really tough with my personality. Thanks for watching. At this point I do not expect the remaining Dr G seed will be used unless the product is beyond anything i have tried. I noticed May 5 on the pot, shit - almost 6 months total!!

[Bootsy]

So there really havent been any changes I can see except all the fan leaves are dead and a good number of the little single leaves in the buds. I believe she will mature no more and to avoid more dead leave right down in the calyxes, I am harvesting. Trichomes have a few amber but all seem cloudy to me. started harvest Monday night. each branch take a long time so it will likely be weekend before done one at a time. no more light for her since yesterday. really unique smell and very sticky, but not a huge number of trichomes. Taste of a fast dried bud was OK, but not super. Photos for interest. the drying branches are likely less than 1/4 total, and for perspective, the one with my arm is the bigger one on the right side. I made it 132 days, and never have ever been close to the trimming required - no wonder the stuff is expensive in dispensaries!. Every bit of my patience. Consumption report later. I found 4 seeds so far - wonder if they are self generated or from months ago when I found nanners on tent mate Panama Red (removed quickly but...)

[SoOrbudgal]

Well for what it's worth you did a great job caring for this old grow. I was watching a video of a guy who had one go over 8months from seed to harvest and still he said it could of gone longer ?? Maybe their ment to be a perinial LOL. Congrats again on your patience.

[Blowdout2269]

Wtf, 8 months?!?

[Bootsy]

Harvest follow up. I usually find trimming kinda fun. thi was different. several hours for the one plant. Now have 95g of Dr Grinspoon curing as of last week, and almost 2 g of nice kief. Smell is not vey intense, as is taste (uncured) . It is potent, but I dont notice anything really different or fantastic. Will wait now for awhile, in case it is one of the strains that really improves a lot by curing. Weirdest looking buds that take up w3ay more space that normal. see the photos of one bottle for interest. Not a bad product, but started in early May. The humidity was high (over 60 consistant) while they dried , so pretty much ideal for these litytle "things" as they till dried in 5 or 6 days. I intend to post an update after curing. I now have 1 original seed left and maybe a half dozen that came from the plant, and unlikely to do it again unless the product surprises me around Christmas. Cheers.

[Bootsy]

Hey. thought I'd finish this off. It's been curing for 7 weeks now. definitely improved smell and taste. overall out of 10 i would give her a 6. My evaluation pretty much mimics 2 of my friends as well. Not a lot of odour from the raw buds , although it is nice, and taste is smooth but not intense. A clear feeling high that for me (recreational) is kinda boring as i have to think to notice it much. It is fairly far down on my list. My firends harvest fromn same clone is more fragrant but still seems like an OK strain. Far from the wild effects most people rated this. Other friend just threw hi in his sativa oil making reserves. Oh well!. I do have one more seed left that maybe I can find a trade for since so many folks seem to love it, but I wont be trying again. I have a few more long sativas for spring grow but not the doctor. .

[SoOrbudgal]

yes my last outdoor grow with some old so so low THC indica hybred strain is MEH an smells like shit house door on a tuna boat truely. Low on my list of never gonna grow again. Produced well but cured bud smell is stinky opening the jar and takes 3x as much to get me to the zone. I too have 1 seed left of it which i'll start an give away this next summer. This strain i'll blend with other strains in my coffee bean grinder, spiff it up abit

[Franklin]

Well the thing is to really enjoy Dr grinspoon you've gotta wait until 80 percent of the trichomes are florescent rainbow, it's an 8 month flower, you harvested four months too soon.

[Franklin]

Sorry I was stoned and this was an attempt to be funny

[Bootsy]

Cheers. Me stoned too, and a little sensitive after waiting 19 weeks for mediocre OK weed. but - life goes on. I wonder about the reviews. 3 of us all got what looks correct but just not super impressed. I feel guilty for giving them the clones.

[Franklin]

Yeah, that's seriously sucks. I would have been really disappointed as well, spending all that time on mediocre weed. Sorry it didn't work out for you and thanks for warning the rest of us.