Don't want to f up my first harvest

[mcloadie]

My first harvest is nearing (I hope) and I don't want to f this up. I've got several varieties growing and I'm thinking if I can learn this with the first variety to finish I won't f up the rest. This is what I've got; Durban poison (supposedly, It's kush anyway), 6 months old today, trichromes are milky as hell, pistils are almost all white, it seems to me the colas should be alot bigger though. I just want to harvest at peak content. The yeild is gonna be what it is, but I don't want to wait too long.

 

[JJ Bones]

What is your pH? Just curious because it may be the reason your flowers are not as big as you would like.

I'm assuming this is an outdoor crop, right? How do the trichomes look, are the heads swollen or just milky?

 

[trichomes]

are any of the shade leaves dying/yellowing yet? i'd wait (2- weeks) for the white pistals to be at least 1/2 red. use different color backgrounds when checking trichomes.

 

[mcloadie]

Yep, leaves yellowing in some places. Just oven dried medium sized cola (with respect to the rest of them) and it is very airy and lacks density. It did kick my ass though, upupup buzz, friggin ol lady won't stop talkin! Thanks I'll wait and see if the density improves.

 

[mcloadie]

Soil and water Ph 7, trichromes are very milky and bulbous at the tips. Yes outdoors. Stony, just no volume. Bio thrive and biobloom ferts.

 

[trichomes]

dry should not be rushed! no oven! then, after dry (1 week), you should "cure", good info can can found in this site. read, read , read!! good luck

 

[oldhippie64]

feeding them molasses will help with loose airy buds. 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. I'm on my first grow and been using it every watering the most of the time my babies have been budding after reading of it here. I have to say I have noticed the difference in growth rate after I started

 

[mcloadie]

I'll try that on a couple of plants old hippie. I've had people tell me both to use molasses and to not use it. One thing I'm noticing about the whole grow scene is that very experienced and successful growers can have very differing opinions about methods. I have a background in horticulture and need to bone up on all the details from my studies in ornamentals. I'm thankful for people like you who will give input and broaden my knowlege base. I'll get this right, It's just gonna take a minute. Thanks again.

 

[mcloadie]

I will soon be replacing my lights. I've read a little on inductive lighting, and I wonder if anyone has any experience with these or an opinion about them. I know they are expensive, but the professed energy savings would compensate easily if they actually perform as advertised. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[mcloadie]

Cut my first plant day before yesterday and as bob used to say; "everthings gonna be alright". Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

 

[mcloadie]

Just about all done with my first outdoor harvest. Quality is great, I think I could have gotten a little more quantity than I did. Indoors another story. I just pulled six plants that had advanced damage from fungus gnats. Better to cut my losses now, start another one now and get on with it quick! I selectively pollinated a few buds on a vigorous mexican bag seed plant I grew with a kush male a friend missed this season. I'm going to grow about 6 of those indoors, plus the high dollar seeds I got online. My breeding is gonna be called mexikush. I can't understand how they can turn this juicy, green, skunklike weed into brickweed. I don't know if the molasses helped make the buds thicker because I treated all the plants. The buds on the mexican were the thickest and stickiest of all. I do believe that the kush plants may be a little more potent. In any case I'm at it again and plan on trying fox farms products this time, hoping to avoid those friggin gnats that have affected both my indoor grows......terminating the last one. Peace. Thanks to all who've been helping me all along.........I'm learning......

 

[trichomes]

molasses OK for aero reservior? could it make a slight algea nuisance, get worse? thank you very much!

feeding them molasses will help with loose airy buds. 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. I'm on my first grow and been using it every watering the most of the time my babies have been budding after reading of it here. I have to say I have noticed the difference in growth rate after I started

 

[mcloadie]

First harvest is over, thanks to everyone for their input. I'm very pleased with the quality, would have liked to see higher yield. In the strained environment we live in, I cannot always grow in the most ideal locations. I have taken note of seasonal light and moisture patterns and next summer will be better. In any case, overall....success!