“Takes so damn long to grow I want it as close to mature as I can reasonably get when I harvest.”
Amen to that. I keeping hearing great things about the smoke, that it has a nice smoke when taken at least 3 weeks early. A 30 day cure makes it into something special.
I feel like I have picked some of my sativas too late. I prefer the real uppity Speedy type of energetic High. I let them go a little later than I would my own heirlooms and I think for me it’s a mistake . This latest Oaxaca that was picked earlier than the other ones has been my best one yet. I’m going to start picking sativas when they look done and I’m going to disregard any fresh flower formatiin when I think it looks ready.
@RoryBorealis good tips to keep the roots warm. I didn’t think about hermaphrodites and cold root temperature being related…
Could you please elaborate on your long flowering sativa harvest discernment method. I like to use a combination of trichome color ratio and the timing of the stigma browning and curling on the oldest buds on the upper portion of the plant. I do enjoy harvesting different parts of the plant for various reasons. Some long flowering sativas will simply keep on producing new stigmas.
I’ve been waiting until all resin is cloudy and I prefer Clear resin on hybrids. I guess i prefer it with the longflowers too. I’ve been picking them when the buds lose that sparkle…they’ve gone from Clear to cloudy resin. I think I’m going to start picking them while they are still sparkly (best way I can describe it right there.)
Let’s say there is a cluster of about 2 Grams of pot (when dry) Consisting of 4 foxtails. Each of them is still producing new flowers. If these new flowers are allowed to mature it would mean 25% more pot and is the Allure for me in waiting a bit longer. But I feel like at least 25% of the four original foxtails that were just right, goes downhill past Peak potency which negates the 25% I just waited for. And then the other 50% of the pot that was just where I like it before is now 2-4 weeks further along and now not to my taste…all for 25% more yield.
I know there are sativas that must go later for good effect, so I’ll always sample nugs from each one prior to harvest and will act on a case by case basis.
One thing is certain. My first Silversides was picked late to ensure good mature seed.
My second was flattened by a thunderstorm
The Third was the Goldilocks pic…caught it right at its best.
Here’s something you don’t see everyday
Idukki Gold …classic Indian strain long finger buds just trimming this up some of the seeds I got from my mate,these were brought back from India
I’m off the weed till January
What’re the main smells you’re getting right now?
Kinda a fruity smell,see how it does again the cure
I feel the same way as you as to the ripeness. I also waited for the new growth to finish like you and didn’t like the end results for the effects. I thought that a longer cure would correct the problems but didn’t. I usually cure for 3-6 months and take samples because I can’t resist the urge to try them out. I ran my Shadow Master which is a (LaosxThai) x Senegalese a little past 125 days when they really looked ready at 102 days.
How long flowering? Nice chunky buds. Looks more like Sheelawathi to me. @ShivamGrover what do you think?
Those look wonderful.
Nice! When did flowering start and when did flowering end?
I don’t write stuff like that down lol it was first to start and last to finish ,I just write down what I feed the plants never nothing else
Kinda wing my grows,well it seems to work,have a way of doing things
I don’t know anything about these strains I have I do know my mate brought them back from India ,I gave him some autos he gave me a shit load of
Different strains
Nice! How far along are you, what light cycle, container size etc…
Ok, cool. Thanks.
Looks good. Have you noticed any variations in appearance or smell?
Hi, they settled on 12/12 August 28 (they have been 14 weeks). Today I have them at 10.5 / 13.5 in 11L pots. I don’t use commercial fertilizers, I prepare my soil completely organic and I adhere to KNF / JADAM.
At the moment I have only perceived the aromas described above. Grapefruit, tropical and soft citrus backgrounds. There is a female, the wildest sativa, that stands out from the rest. It is open play and I hope to select outside next season, while I will stay at P2.
Got my packs from India in the mail today that was fast! Thank you @Shiv9545 ! I cant wait to get these moving!
These look beautiful. How long was the flowering period and what was the yield like ? Plus have you tried it yet. What are the affects like?
I hope I am not piling on with the questions?
Cheers,
