I’m not going to go back and chronicle this grow from the start too tedious but it’s going to be a from here on our sort of thing.
Background
Started growing when I was 18 I think…in 2000 got really into it from 2002-2005. Hiatus from 2005 till 2023 when my state legalized. Have had 1 outdoor and 1 indoor run complete since then. On my third grow now recently.
A lot has changed since 2005. More bro science it seems🤷 maybe not.
Varieties that I have grown over the years In order as best as I can remember:
1.Brick weed bag seeds
Hawaiian Sativa x Jack herer (?) Homemade cross I was
gifted
Sensi Maple Leaf Indica circa 2002
Gypsy Nirvana skunk #1 circa 2002
Sensi Shiva Skunk circa 2002 this was my #2 loved it…taste and ease of growth top notch
Ice x unknown Sativa mailed as beans from the east coast by a member of the old Cannabis Culture forums circa 2001. I remember this was during the anthrax scare was scared to open the envelope. My all time #1…would love to play guess that variety with someone to try to figure out WTF this shit was. Sativa style buds that were a bitch to trim and not have it look wild. Insane skunk smell…sooo stinky and very up trippy vibe. Unique smell and taste unmistakable but hard to describe. Good yielder…you could beat this thing like it owed you money and it still would produce quality and quality. 11-13 week plant but always worth the wait.
FFWD 18 years
Next Generation Seeds Grapefruit Haze Auto
Next Generation Seeds BC Blueberry Auto
Gorilla Glue unknown breeder freebie from Herbies
Amnesia Lemon unknown breeder freebie from Herbies…loved this wish I had tried harder with my clones or revenged it. Old-school vibe with a taste and smell I never have encountered… incense Herby but with they old-school dank weed taste but different somehow. Opposite of the Citrus Pheono that it’s usually described as having.
Green House Seeds Super Silver Haze via Herbies
GDP gifted as whole plant breeder unknown
Lemon Tree gifted as whole plant breeder unknown
Federation Hawaiian Sativa from Saturnalia on IG he said they are a repro from Bodhi.
Blah Blah Blah…
Current grow is GDP, Lemon Tree and Hawaiian Sativa.
Had to chop 2 GDP due to mold my third up for inspection shortly…might be getting the chop today…depends on if I find any mold.
I’ll post some pics of my haul so far …minus all the big dense tops I had to cull due to mold so far…
I feel you, I really do. I have a similar time frame and hiatus myself, now 3 years into it (been doing outdoor for longer).
My first 2 years or so was nothing but mold, both powdery white mildew and botrytis. I was listening to too many other growers and repeating a lot of mistakes.
Take a deep breath. You got this. Humidity is super important in mid-late flower.
I found I was still getting mold with very low humidity due to micro-climates from my training techniques and number/size of plants in the contained grow space. I have since moved to just 1 small plant in each of my 3 tents.
Before this, I also had very high success using a product that is well worth the money and organic/safe to use up to the day of harvest (mostly consisting of citrus and lactose), which decreases the leaf surface pH:
I no longer need this with my new methods of growing, but it did work very effectively after a couple years of scrambling. Maybe it can help you.
Lemon tree also coming along putting on some size also day 43. My gut says I’m not going to have mold issues with this one but all are getting a good looking over daily. I think she going to be very frosty. Got a whiff of some slight skunk when moving her around today. I nicknamed this one popcorn due to the tiny ass buds it had for the longest time. They are starting to fill in and put on size.
GDP also now able to stretch her arms a bit took some fan leaves yesterday…might thin her out a bit more. All fan leaves at some point developed into 3 fingered ones…I swear they were not all ways like that.
Day 5 of drying went into bags yesterday. I have thrown out a fair amount. Probably an ounce worth if I had to guess. Price to pay to attempt to save this first round of my harvest though. Drying quick er than ideal but that’s partly my harvest and hanging method. This is intentional…need it dry quick (with in reason) to hopefully make it a hostile environment for the dry buds to mold over.
I literally inspected every bud and washed tools and hands In 90% ISO in-between findings.
Last (3 out of 3) GDP pulled yesterday evening @ day 45 due to mold. Found a small amount in the densest cluster.
Discarded that cola and plant now drying. Plants all were starting to pack on some size and frosting up a bit more.
Still was about 1-2 weeks from a full finish but sample buds get me high at least. Grateful for being able to salvage most of it so far even if not ideal.
Frustrating though…I kinda don’t even want to look at or deal with the shit right now.
Loving this style of bud structure. Pop corny but in a good way. I anticipate a bit of foxtailing…heard it’s not always a good thing but I love the way they look. Getting some red/purple on the sugar leaves. I’m anticipating some very frosty buds.
Did some needed thinning / pruning /training of this plant. Experimenting with that.
I know it’s a thing but just seems so counterintuitive to trim fan leaves. Don’t really recall hearing much about it other than lower ones when I used to grow. Lol it’s been a minute though.
So from the two early chopped GDP yield was 4 oz of buds and 2oz of smaller buds/trim / usable material/hash or edibles fodder. Not going to to count the at least oz worth of main tops I had to throw away. Im happy with this considering I could have lost it all to mold. Still one hanging. Hard to say for sure but at least 2 oz of weed probably more…just being conservative.
Lady’s got a haircut preparing to come inside. Bugs need to get under control before they move. Ideally I will have a monthish if the weather cooperates. Thinking of popping beans just Incase something happens. Really I need to start thinking about the next cycle anyways…I will need some thing going .
Not necessarily counting on finding a keeper in the Hawaiians to reveg but ya never know. Have some Ortega Mix and C99 mix that arrived yesterday or today so will be deciding what to pop later.
Good old “popcorn” She is getting there. I anticipate 1-3 weeks left . Have not really been checking trichomes but will today just because. I’m guessing done about the advertised time of 10 weeks.
I nicknamed her popcorn cause that’s what the buds reminded me of especially early in flower…I love the structure of this bud…big fat chubby caylxs…not that smashed together thing that “Indica” buds can do. I miss that “Sativa” Dom bud structure. Reminds me of some straight fire I have had and it’s nice to see something different for once.
Small rant… So tired of this generic sweet fruity smelling weed. While I can appreciate it. My GDP has it…the GG#4 I grew last year has it…I want my grow room and jars to smell like a family of pissed off skunks live there …I blame all the fucking juice babys, candy addicts , and artificial sweeteners some how for the disappearance of those stinky jankey nasty terps/smells that usually were a signature of the fire.
I’m only half joking …I do enjoy citrus terps… especially when they are complex. One of my Hawaiians has the lemon menthol terps…one of the tops on same plant gave me a whiff of how sprite soda smells/tastes. This one I will reveg if it continues to impress. I wish I had time/ space/ no limits to worry about to do a proper selection but oh well…plenty of beans to go and it will just be a drawn out affair.
Some shots of the Hawaiian coming along…finally staring to stack on some flowers
Some yellowing on a few of the lower leaves…a little soon IMO might up the Nitrogen a bit for a week or two maybe more. I’m guessing a thanksgiving finish on these. Not sure though…perhaps early Nov. Unsure how they will react coming in as far as bud development…I’m sure they will come along much quicker than they have been. May experiment with a 10-14 or 11-13 lighting…not sure
Early picked due to mold issues GDP…ready for the jar.
Tested some this morning and weird heady heart racing stone…this shit would be amazing I think if it had been able to go the whole time. Taste is mehhh but not bad at all…and smell is super lemony when ground.
After cure some character should pop out of the taste and smell. Other bit of it dried faster and was picked even a few days earlier. This plant i just divided into 2 sections and hung it whole with minimal trim done. No grassyness like my other jars of it.
I’m really surprised how high I am
I’m definitely sold on whole plant hang dry with minimal trimming.
4.5 oz of usable material and probably 4oz of descent buds. Not terrible. 8 oz. From 3 plants…I’ll take it👍
🤷I’ll take it!
. Have not really been checking trichomes but will today just because. I’m guessing done about the advertised time of 10 weeks.
