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Day 127 (#5) , 117 (8, 9, 10)
Post 66 should read Day 121/111. I was off one day.
Today I finished cleaning/harvesting #2 and boy what a job; the most difficult cleaning/harvesting I've ever had. First, I've never cleaned a plant with only 2 days of drying time so the trichomes were like airplane glue. Also, the trichomes were abundant on the stems/stalks more so than other plants I've grown in the past. On the plus side the leaves weren't numerous nor did they have many trichomes so picking them off was the easy part. I can be pretty fussy when it comes to cleaning cannabis. I try not to waste any bud but I try to eliminate any leaves and stalk so I usually pick off the leaves and remove the buds from the stalks. The less leaves and stalk the better the taste. Because I was making cobs I didn't let the plant dry for 6-7 days as usual. According to the directions in the 'Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis' link provided by Weaselcraker and explained by SweetSue the bud should be 80% humid and even "alive". My thanks to Weaselcraker and Sweet Sue for that. So, Thursday I started to clean the bud and by 2:00 Friday morning a had one cob made and sitting in a 40 C cardboard box. It weighs 47 grams wet including the plastic vacuum seal and paper and string. On Friday I cleaned more bud and ended up with two cobs with a total weigh of 87 grams. Today I cleaned the rest of the bud and ended up with 30 grams wet. I figure I harvested around 130 grams of wet bud which would loose at least half that weight if dried to 62% and cured. So, my estimation of yield from #2 is about 2 ounces of dried bud. I'm quite satisfied with quantity so now I'll wait to see what the quality will be. With the amount of 'airplane glue" I had to deal with I'm expecting the quality to be pretty good. Maybe that's an understatement.
Here's the little pile of bud (30 grams) that I'll dry, cure, sample and compare to the other plants in this grow.
A closer view showing all those pairs of calyxes. I left a lot of small stalks hoping the trichomes may fall off when I handle them after they dry. When I cleaned the bud for the cobs I removed most of the stalks, especially the first cob I made on Friday morning.
Here's a picture of cleaned bud ready to make Cobs 2 & 3. The first cob is to the right in front of my glasses. It's in plastic vacuum seal and wrapped in paper bag with string. I didn't take any pictures Friday morning at 2 am: I was too tired and sticky.
Cobs 2 & 3 ready to be warmed up.
Here's the four remaining girls. Not quite as crowded. #5 may not agree with me as she wonders what the hell is going on. "Why is there no sun up here and what am I hitting my head on?"
She's not liking this. The leaves look like it's too hot but the buds are fine. All growth below the light is fine so I'm not sure what's going on. The temperature difference between below and above the light can't be that different so I can only guess it's a result of no light. She may not want to put too much effort up there but rather concentrate on the growth below the light.
This is interesting. # 5's main stalk and branches are really turning red. The lower portion of the main stalk is primarily green with some red streaks but going up the stalk turns redder and redder.
In this grow there are two distinct phenotypes. It only became evident when they formed buds. #2, 5 & 8 have the thin wispy buds (sativa) and #9 & 10 have the bigger, fatter buds (indica). Also there's differences in the heights and the open growth versus more bushier. Here's from the left #8 and 5.
And here's from the left # 9 & 10.
I have more pictures I'd like to post but I seem to have reached my limit (10) so I'll continue in the next post.
Post 66 should read Day 121/111. I was off one day.
Today I finished cleaning/harvesting #2 and boy what a job; the most difficult cleaning/harvesting I've ever had. First, I've never cleaned a plant with only 2 days of drying time so the trichomes were like airplane glue. Also, the trichomes were abundant on the stems/stalks more so than other plants I've grown in the past. On the plus side the leaves weren't numerous nor did they have many trichomes so picking them off was the easy part. I can be pretty fussy when it comes to cleaning cannabis. I try not to waste any bud but I try to eliminate any leaves and stalk so I usually pick off the leaves and remove the buds from the stalks. The less leaves and stalk the better the taste. Because I was making cobs I didn't let the plant dry for 6-7 days as usual. According to the directions in the 'Tangwena's Malawi-Style Cob Cure: Fermented Cannabis' link provided by Weaselcraker and explained by SweetSue the bud should be 80% humid and even "alive". My thanks to Weaselcraker and Sweet Sue for that. So, Thursday I started to clean the bud and by 2:00 Friday morning a had one cob made and sitting in a 40 C cardboard box. It weighs 47 grams wet including the plastic vacuum seal and paper and string. On Friday I cleaned more bud and ended up with two cobs with a total weigh of 87 grams. Today I cleaned the rest of the bud and ended up with 30 grams wet. I figure I harvested around 130 grams of wet bud which would loose at least half that weight if dried to 62% and cured. So, my estimation of yield from #2 is about 2 ounces of dried bud. I'm quite satisfied with quantity so now I'll wait to see what the quality will be. With the amount of 'airplane glue" I had to deal with I'm expecting the quality to be pretty good. Maybe that's an understatement.
Here's the little pile of bud (30 grams) that I'll dry, cure, sample and compare to the other plants in this grow.
A closer view showing all those pairs of calyxes. I left a lot of small stalks hoping the trichomes may fall off when I handle them after they dry. When I cleaned the bud for the cobs I removed most of the stalks, especially the first cob I made on Friday morning.
Here's a picture of cleaned bud ready to make Cobs 2 & 3. The first cob is to the right in front of my glasses. It's in plastic vacuum seal and wrapped in paper bag with string. I didn't take any pictures Friday morning at 2 am: I was too tired and sticky.
Cobs 2 & 3 ready to be warmed up.
Here's the four remaining girls. Not quite as crowded. #5 may not agree with me as she wonders what the hell is going on. "Why is there no sun up here and what am I hitting my head on?"
She's not liking this. The leaves look like it's too hot but the buds are fine. All growth below the light is fine so I'm not sure what's going on. The temperature difference between below and above the light can't be that different so I can only guess it's a result of no light. She may not want to put too much effort up there but rather concentrate on the growth below the light.
This is interesting. # 5's main stalk and branches are really turning red. The lower portion of the main stalk is primarily green with some red streaks but going up the stalk turns redder and redder.
In this grow there are two distinct phenotypes. It only became evident when they formed buds. #2, 5 & 8 have the thin wispy buds (sativa) and #9 & 10 have the bigger, fatter buds (indica). Also there's differences in the heights and the open growth versus more bushier. Here's from the left #8 and 5.
And here's from the left # 9 & 10.
I have more pictures I'd like to post but I seem to have reached my limit (10) so I'll continue in the next post.