Nice haul. Is that all kief from breaking up those nugs?
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That’s the kief from breaking up everything but the best tops, actually. Then I carded that stuff across the screen a few times to purposefully gather some kief. Then I smoked some of the kief. Then I put the remaining tops in a half gallon mason jar and told myself I would get around to it later, lol.
I think later means “some other day”, now. I already got a ton of seeds sorted, plus enough kief to last me quite a while (low tolerance smoker), so I’m not feeling any particular hurry anymore. 
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Excellent job on both those flowers and seeds! 
I bet a good rip of that kief is like a nice shot of espresso lol! go time!
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I did suddenly find some motivation to get a bunch of important stuff done, then spend a few hours working on a personal project, lol.
It’s good stuff, I’m really digging it. Looking forward to the clones in the micro cab finishing up so I can try some properly cured flower in my favorite bong, or twist up a pinner for a walkabout in the local woods.
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Been doing the same thing for about a week now. I find it relaxing and nostalgic.
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The two clones in my thread Wicked Widow were taken after the branches started alternating. No need to go 3 weeks into flower. As soon as they alternate the plant is sexually mature. I like to take them slowly from 18/6 to 12/12 over a period of 2 weeks and catch them when mature and alternating but not flowered yet.
If you scroll down that thread you will notice there is at least one picture of the bottom branches and they are alternating and not double.
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Those are some good looking seeds and I need to learn to make the kief. Well done.
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I do too, at times. If I’m not in too much pain and can do it mindfully, it can even be almost like active meditative. Like kinhin for growers.
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Clones taken during full flower, even if taken from a clone of a clone of a clone (ie a plant that has been sexually mature for quite some time) will often have a very different growth pattern from one that was taken during veg. I’ve personally seen it happen several times, and even documented it at one point about six years ago in another forum with a strain that I’ve been growing for years. I’m obviously not a botanist, so I don’t know the actual underlying biological processes behind it, but I it seems fairly clear that the hormonal state of the donor is the key difference.
I believe that is what he was referring to.
In my case, I haven’t done it explicitly for that reason or to achieve any specific result beyond having a clone of a plant I want to preserve, it’s always been more of a “dang, I really want to take a cutting of this plant now and didn’t or couldn’t do so before, so I guess I’ll have to take one in flower” kind of thing. I personally prefer to take cuttings of mature plants in a vegetative state.
Right now I have clones of three plants that were taken from mature plants in veg, and a clone of each of those that were taken after the first set were three weeks into flower, so I guess I’ll have an opportunity to see if that holds true, eh?
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If you are like me and not concerned with getting the cleanest, purest dry sift possible, then it’s pretty easy. I just card the dry (enough to be frangible) plant material over a stainless steel screen a few times (I’m using a Trim Bin in this case) and that’s it. I try not to overdo it so it doesn’t end up too green, which means that I always still have a lot of plant material left over for making butter or extracts.
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Even the clean dry sift is very easy to make. All you need is 2 screens of specific sizes, an eye for detail and a whole lot of patience. 
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Round Two Clones - Day 16 after transplant - Revegging
Group shot of the second round of clones 16 days after transplant into 8" diameter cloth pots (2 gallon). You can see that they’re starting to complete the transition from flower back to veg. There’s a lot of twisted very weird growth, but they’re starting to grow out of that and put out normal leaves again.
Before and After - A11 x (F13xA11)
Before and After - FDM C99 Mix #3
Before and After - FDM C99 #4
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Round One FDM C99 Mix Clones, Chopped Early
Chopped these probably about a week to ten days early, because I want to renovate the area that the cabinet is in. I chopped a few branches about a week ago because the plants kept falling over in such narrow cups, and even that stuff smokes pretty well so I’m not sad about chopping a bit early. Besides, I got the next round of clones already vegging in the larger tent (see previous post)
These were all grown “extreme LITFA style” in 20oz. plastic Solo cups. Basically, bottom fed only by pouring feed solution into the trays in the morning and coming back a while later to suck out the extra with a shop vac, and almost totally ignored otherwise.
When the renovation is done, I’ll be raising the cabinet on a 2x4 frame so that I can put a rez underneath the cabinet and put in an automated flood and drain system. There’s not enough vertical space inside the cabinet for that IMO, so I’m just going to raise the cabinet and make it work somehow.
The pics below are all of the FDM C99 Mix plants. Battery died, so will have to grab pics of the others tomorrow.
Looks like they started throwing new pistils when I got lazy and fed them Megacrop instead of mixing up more Jacks 3-2-1 stock solution. Will have to keep that in mind in the future.
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Howard.Crane, right on man. extreme lifta all the way lol.
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What was the total time start to finish then?
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Do you mean for flower? I think it’s at about eight weeks, give or take a few days? I’ll check my records when I’m back at my primary computer. I don’t remember how long I vegged them for, for that matter. I can tell you that they are what I would consider very quick for a sativa dominant strain. And the flavor and potency are excellent, imo.
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I gotta say that I am freaking stoked about the clones in the main tent right now. They are super healthy and growing absurdly fast. So fast that I’m going to take way more cuttings than I need tomorrow just to keep from over vegging them. I have a good feeling about this cycle, lol.
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cool man thanks for the info.
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I didn’t get any shots of the whole plant, but I’m pretty impressed with how the Patch Adams F2 by @Sebring came out. Especially given the fact that I literally haven’t touched it in like five weeks. It was in the back corner, and I just couldn’t get to it conveniently.
For a plant that was grown in a Solo cup in a small cabinet, and almost completely ignored, I think it came out pretty nice. I’m looking forward to the two I have in the main flower tent, where they should have a lot more room.
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My mouth is watering just looking at that bud! 
When I did mine it was super easy to trim up. Would you say the same?
Any observations or comments concerning smells or growth profile that you think might help me with further inbreeding of it?
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