Hello, OverGrow! I can’t believe it has been 2 weeks since I posted an update. I’m going to do this one in several pieces.
First up is a finished harvest report on the ST4 and the 2 gorgeous LR x LD.
Sweet Tooth 4, 82 & 83 (@baudelaire):
82: 48.0 grams smoking weed; 4.6 grams of bits to hash; 35.7 grams wood
83: 43.5 grams smoking weed; grams of bits to hash; 43.5 grams wood
Notice 83 is 4.5 grams less than 82. 83 is the plant I defoliated 3 weeks before harvest. It was as close to identical to 82 as it could be and finished smaller than 82.
The ST4 clones are 94 & 95. I had defoliated 95 at 3 weeks Flowering. These too, were nearly identical before I did. Now look at it.
The YouTube poster I followed on this claimed to get MUCH larger buds by eliminating the excessive long stem leaves at “3 weeks in Flowering, just after the stretch slows”. This may work on some plants, my last LR x LDs responded very positively to defoliating, but it seems to be detrimental to the ST4, so I won’t be defoliating them again. I’ll just wait until the plant is trying to shed leaves and only remove those leaves.
The high hits quickly, great body high with enough clarity to prevent getting stuck when you sit down. Shorter lasting high than some. This weed plants doesn’t seem to leave a recognizable fragrance when cured. It just smells like pot.
LowRyder LainDiva, 90 & 91 (@ReikoX):
90: 63.0 grams smoking stuff; 3.0 grams hash bits; 17.9 grams wood
91: 58.7 grams smoking stuff; 1.2 grams hash bits; 14.2 grams wood
High takes a few hits to become noticeable. Not like creeper weed, just a little slow hitting me. Excellent body high. It is an easy high to work on, just don’t sit down to take a break, you may not be able to get back up. Good weed for smoking just before bed.
This weed maintains its fragrance it had in Flowering. It reminds me of Lemon Pledge furniture polish. Be careful about leaving it uncovered as the aroma is strong enough to permeate the room in minutes.
What is very interesting is I an ounce got more weed from the 2 little LR x LD plants (121.7 grams) than the big Sweet Tooth #4 plants (91.5). It was an unexpected surprise. It is a tough call, but I think I like the LR x LD just a bit better than the ST4.
Check out what I got from these 2 LowRydinDivas:
The images showing the entire pan are everything that was the plant. The loose bits on the bottom of the pan was the bits earmarked for hash. At this rate, if I want to try concentrate from these ladies, I’m going to need to use smoking weed to get there.
One last picture of the harvest. In this photo, both harvested quantities have been added together in a 1 gallon container for visual effect.
I am growing out more of the LR x LD now. They are my F1 plants.
At this point, these are mine. They are from the 1st one I had that I pollinated fully. As soon as they get flowers with more than a few pistils, I will pollinate a couple branches each using the pollen from the Dad.
My veg area is prepped to have 2 autos in there at all times . I did acquire more autos from both @Gaz29 and @ReikoX. I tried to hold off starting new autos before they came, hoping for a quick trip through Snail Mail (Yeah, I know, STUPID). I waited as long as I could before going ahead and starting a F2 run of the LR x LD. I started 4 and got 2 females from them.
When I started these seedlings, I had no room for large containers, so I started them in 4" pots and moved them to 8" pots. They continued growing immediately so probably no extra stress on them. There are 2 phenotypes. 110 is a short, bushy seedling (so far). 111 is a tall seedling with greater distance between nodes. Because of both the re-potting and the different phenos, It will interesting to see how close they match my last ones.
Keep reading, the next post contains updates on the rest of the plants (grown from seed) in my grows.
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