sauron, sorry havent been on here in some time. I spent months doing my homework on all the basics and suggest you do the same first. The "how to grow" section on here is a must read. Next best thing is following other journals which looks like you're doing. I also HIGHLY recommend you check out...
Alas the summer is over as I write this, 10/2/11. I started early May and finished up a couple weeks ago per my last post, I spent at least an hour (some times many more!) each day for 5 months on my first grow. Truly an amazing experience. I ended up yielding about 7 oz on my 3 plants (bit more...
It took almost full 11 weeks for my white widow and trichs/smell increased towards last few weeks. As for the overall smell of your plant/buds, the dank smell will come out during the curing process as the grassy chlorophyll smell dissipates. Good luck.
Sept 19: I harvested some popcorn buds and a couple of medium sized buds on each plant as the trichs were turning amber to a various degree on all of them (posted pic of this in my last journal update). I have about about 1.5 oz now from this first harvest where the amber ration was 20-30% as I...