Jimobry's Bag Seed First Grow Journal

[Jimbory]

You are right Dan, a lot of patience.
I will try again tomorrow.
I can swear that I see a few amber though. maybe I am just imagining it, or the light is playing tricks.
Anyway, I am probably going to start a flush in a few days, as It will about two additional weeks to mature and I will be able to make conclusions for the remaining two ladies.
First thing is to create my new drying area. do you think that an extractor fan and a clip fan will be enough to keep the bus from developing mold? of course I am going to create a few holes in my box to get fresh air inside.

 

[Dan Ultra]

Keeping the humidity down is the more important thing to keep mold away. I have yet to go through a harvest though, so I can only advise to what I have read

 

[Jimbory]

Update: Flowering Week 8 Day 6
Ok So I am definitely starting to see some amber on my two more developed girls, which tells me that I am going to flush them on Tuesday
I think that a week will do for them considering that I am using organic nutes, and that the pots are rather small (6.5 liters), agreed?
So the long awaited harvest is looking closer than ever.
As for my drying space, I am going to take a cardboard box, and hang some lines in it. I am also going to take my intake fan from the tent, and use it to get fresh air into the box, and buy a new exhaust fan to pull air out of the box and back into my tent, so the smelly air can go through my carbon filter.
I think that the drying process wont take very long as the temps here are 25 degrees C, at the lowest.
I will then wait for the stems to snap before I am going to cure the buds with boveda 62% RH packs in sealed jars. The fudged up thing is that I cant seem to find little Hygrometer units to put in the jars, so there is going to be some guess work.
Here are some recent trichome shots:

The remaining girls will enjoy the added space and light, and will keep getting nutes for as long as I feel ok with it

Thank you for stopping by

 

[GhettoGro]

I'm seeing the ambers too. Especially in those last three pics.

HEre's a drying box I made years ago. After using it a couple of years it started getting some mold and mildew. It can get very humid when I had it under the house. IT worked well for several grows.

 

[Jimbory]

Thanks for sharing that, I will buy a second hygrometer to keep an eye on RH and temp. I hope that by using the exhaust fan the RH will be manageable. Humidity is not much of an issue, I think, It is more the temperature, that will affect the drying process. I think that it will go rather quickly.

 

[Whitty08]

Inching ever so closer to tasting the fruits of your labour! She looks amazing, should only be a week or two before you can chop her down!

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Great looking trich's as well as grow. I wish I could have been on this journal earlier, but I did catch up. Congrats man rep+

 

[Jimbory]

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by! thanks for the kind words
Watered today with half the usual amount of water for the faster girls, and tomorrow they will get a proper flush! exciting times

PTSD 4 ME I started following your thread too, I am sorry I wasnt there for the start, it seems like you had quite an interesting road.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Ya I have stuggled my way through with the grow, but it has been well worth it and stoked to finally see the end.... learn from my mistakes and set up a new system in my new house I will be moving into next month.

 

[Jimbory]

Update: Flowering Week 9 Day 1

The Flush

Two ladies were flushed today - water was given until it came out transparent.
Harvest is upon us!

I also took another taste from the undeveloped popcorn buds, and quick dried them in my hot car sitting in an envelope.
I checked to see that the trichomes are intact, and they are.
We are going to watch american sniper and have a little BBQ while enjoying a taste from the fruits of my labor.
The lady seems happy And if she is happy, then I am happy.. HEHE
Much love to you all!!!

 

[GhettoGro]

Blast a bowl, enjoy the BBQ and movie and then do....uh whatever she wants to do... then come back and give us a smoke report

 

[Jimbory]

Hahaha, GG, Thanks! You are the man!
We smoked half a spliff ant it gave a good buzz for two hours or so!
I am very satisfied. I am vary satisfied because, that spliff was from the most bottom, undeveloped popcorn buds! Gave us a nice clue to what is waiting for us with the proper buds after a good dry and cure.

Besides, We still have a couple more buds which are slightly more mature, slowly drying as we speak, sitting on my laptop's graphic card.

 

[GhettoGro]

Hahaha, how do you set buds on your "laptop's graphic card" ? You must be a hard-core gamer! I use my cable box for fast dry.

 

[Jimbory]

I assumed it was the graphic card, as that spot gets much hotter when I am playing a game or watching an HD movie.
I just placed the buds on a disposable plastic plate on the hottest spot on the laptop.

I used to be a hardcore gamer, back when I had much more spare time.
My laptop is connected via HDMI to my bigass 48inch LCD. I download everything we want to watch, so no need for cable box, can't justify it to myself with their ridiculous prices here.

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Where you at man?? I know that you were damn close to your harvest last week..... Lets see some harvesting magic upon this page!!

 

[Jimbory]

Sorry for the lack of updates. You are correct PTSD!
I harvested the first plant today, and it is drying in my drying box.
Next plant will be harvested at Friday, and photos will follow.
Spending an hour on one plant, manicuring it, and hanging it to dry, was a wonderful experience.

 

[Jimbory]

Second female was harvested today, and is laying to dry with her sister.
Here are some pre-harvest shots, and post-harvest shots.

Unfortunately,one of my girls is showing some seeds, I probably missed a penis on one of my girls. The weird thing is that so far, only that one girl is showing seeds, so I cant really be sure on what happened.

The other two girls are still behind on flowering, and only a little amount of ginger hairs.
Heat is definitely a factor in their slower growth. none the less, I will give them the best care I possibly can.
Summer has hit us with full strength, so the next round will probably have to wait until October. Hopefully with some proper seeds.



P.s. Work and school is kind of hectic at the moment, that's why I am not updating as much. Keep in mind that your support and attention through this journal has been great, and truly appreciated!

Much love to you all!

 

[Whitty08]

Flowers look amazing! Sorry to hear about one of your ladies having seeds. I think I might have that same problem on my very lowest branch. Hopefully I removed them in time. Can't wait to see the other two girls being harvested.

 

[Jimbory]

Thanks you whitty! It is a very exciting time here now

 

[PTSD 4 ME]

Seeds aren't a bad thing. If you do find seeds like I did in mine without a male the seeds that come should be feminized. I found about 6 good seeds in mine and gunna grow em on my next run. I only found seeds in the lower popcorn buds not any main buds. Great harvest tho congrats.