Weekly Update: 01/31/17
This weeks update is one of waiting. It is at this time that it is easy to get impatient and want to harvest your fat buds. I may be full of shit, but I have learned to look at many things on my plants to determine ripeness. I can't tell anything under the LEDs so I pull the plant to a more naturally lit room. I look at it's over color and I look for a change from a pale, light green to a grey/green hue to her due to massive amounts of trichomes becoming cloudy (I presume). I will take a flashlight and look underneath and around bud sites to look for new growth and swelling of calyx. This combined with some good overall scoping of trichs gives me the information I need to determine harvest time.
In the past, as soon as I saw a few amber trichomes I would harvest. Often, I wondered if I should wait because the plant didn't seem ready. After becoming more patient and looking at the overall presence of the plant I have had better meds and yields. I still take into account if I want something more racy and is leaning more towards clear/cloudy trichomes or something with more sedation and get more amber trichomes. I just don't pull the trigger at the first ambers I see. I say all this as it comes into play with the Super Lemon Haze update to follow. *Remember....I am in no way a professional and all of this is just my own delusions so take it for what it is worth.*
Let's get to the flower room. Damn, is it stinky in there! Here is a photo with a straight edge to see the overall height.
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​​Incredible Bulk
Day in flower: 47
Beautiful plant. Just starting to really bulk up and is going to live up to it's name. Has a pleasant smell that I am having the hardest time defining.
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​​Jack Herer
Day in flower: 52
This plant is soooo stressed. The yield will suffer but I have to say the stress has made it thick with resin. The smell is very citrus and pleasing.
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Super Lemon Haze
Day in flower: 61
Here is were my comment above comes into play. At the last update I first scoped the trichomes and noticed a bunch of clouded and a few amber. I knew it was way too soon for this plant to be ready as the last one was taken at 67 days. I employed my "look at the overall plant" method and realized it wasn't ready. As stated in the previous update that I felt the roots had hit the Kind Soil and affected the plant. I am now fairly certain as the plant has recovered and has hit a second growth spurt! I am now seeing more clear trichs, as you will see in the new close up. Very few amber are present. She is very close and she probably won't make it to the next update. I want my Super Lemon Haze to be some kick ass, daytime get shit done, meds so as soon as those clear start heading cloudy I will probably take her. We shall see. What a nice plant with a smell that has turned to a yummy bubblegum scent.
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Until next Tuesday-TB​
