Shaggie's Return No Mercy CFL

[shaggie-420]

well well well.... they sure can suprise you when your not looking....
the purp haze that has been takeing her sweet ass time changeing... did so almowt over night sitting just about 50/50 amber today.... yesterday she was about 30/70 clear/cloudy.....
WOW
so after about a week and a half of flushing she will be pulled and hung to dry!
the Ak is still packing on the weight and with a little reconfiguration will have more light for her and the clones! its all windin down.....
Lucys color has really come threw in this last few days with alot of her caylxs turning a very nice purple (this is all natural and not by temp as my night temps have been around 75 for its coldest)
ill be taking harvest pics when the wife gets home as she will be excited to chop em lol
i did not expect her to take such an abrupt left turn and be ready so fast when whe was showing me anything other...

 

[shaggie-420]

here are pics of Lucy last night
first pics will be her with all her leaves and random close ups... Got a little pic happy
than there are pics of her after being striped of her leaves before dark and her last watering and there will be a comparison or two.... that will leave you giving...

so without Further Ado

and after her skirting pre darkness for 24-36 hrs

side nugs

and a little comparison fun!
first we will go for the wifes hand....

and heres Mine

and for a good normal comparison! a pint glass!

well there ya go Lucy is in the dark!
and damn is she thick... she suprised me in how rock hard dense she is i will pay attention to her as she drys to prevent any mold just for good measure.
OOOOOOoooOOOo her sent..... Hazy Goodness! very pungent! that wonderful woodsy smell and she even has a faint grape smell (cant let the wife know that... she couldnt pin it and i wasnt going to say it as she HATES grape)
i cant wait for a wet weight and dry weight.... got to find the old scale!
harvest pics will follow of Lucy and ill update on Sandra D in time as she is still packing away

 

[jamthe3]

your plant's looking Sweet, not to mention the future Misses' hands, lol. If its okay, i'd like to ask a quick question as it appears I'm about a month behind the "purple people puffer" even though we started prob 'bout the same time.

other than the pistols on the dual singular buds along the main stem @ branch locations, I've yet to notice any change in colorization in pistols on the colas or "branch" buds. Do you have any tricks you employed to speed along the demise of that beautiful orphan girl of yours?

Thx,
John

 

[Goldengoose7]

Very Nice!

That is one BIG COLA you got there son!

Seriously...Very nice looking buds! It is always a great feeling when all that time and hard work is finally about to pay off!

 

[OldMedMan]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

 

[shaggie-420]

thank you brother!
she has nice dainty hands dosent she...
Color.... i didnt use any tricks to speed the color up.. thats all natural and it literally did it with in the last 2 weeks of flowering. alot of changes happen in the last 2 weeks one is color. though color creates a nice "bag appeal" i generally dont work to cause it (in my home grows, works a different story as bag appeal is important)
There are ways to speed up the color change yet they can also cause stress (Ie. Temp Drop & less light) when you drop your night temps to 69 and below this can cause your colors to change (ive heard about people placing frozen bottles of water next to roots with success, although i personally wouldn't do this as if your roots get to cold your plant is dead)
controlling your environments air is the better way.
now the one thing i DO always do, that i have heard can contribute to more color, is i drop my lights to 10/14 in the last two weeks.
this is two fold.. one it makes the plant go in to "survival mode" ramping up its resin production (in the wild this protects the seeds in a nice little nutrient package until spring) and also makes it finish up faster.
hope that helps answer a little of your question and more!

now see didnt i tell you your not the only one with "long Wind-itis"!
i have it "Chronicly"!
glad you joined me for the finish line!

your plant's looking Sweet, not to mention the future Misses' hands, lol. If its okay, i'd like to ask a quick question as it appears I'm about a month behind the "purple people puffer" even though we started prob 'bout the same time.

other than the pistols on the dual singular buds along the main stem @ branch locations, I've yet to notice any change in colorization in pistols on the colas or "branch" buds. Do you have any tricks you employed to speed along the demise of that beautiful orphan girl of yours?

Thx,
John

 

[shaggie-420]

GG7!
Welcome brother,
glad you stoped by! and i got to say... Nice race you got going for POTM its a close one!
this is the hardest time... the wait.... most of what i harvest will not be touched untill September 13th when we get back from hawaii for our camping trip... it will hang till stems snap, finish trimming, jar burping for a week and than in to a dark corner for a nice cure.... let her finish up all that chemistry shit!

thanks for the positive vibes!

Very Nice!

That is one BIG COLA you got there son!

Seriously...Very nice looking buds! It is always a great feeling when all that time and hard work is finally about to pay off!

 

[shaggie-420]

hmmm i thought i was the walrus......

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!

 

[shaggie-420]

OK... little update!
the Purp Haze aka Lucy has been in darkness for over 36 hrs now.. and is now stinking up the upstairs.... WHEW!!!!! made a getto dry "box" out of .... A BOX!!!! cut a hole and slid my carbon scrub in it, ran some line to hang from and poked some vent holes in the bottom.
turned it on and it pulled the lid closed! Perfect thats what i like to see!
i will be pulling her out of dark at somepoint today and hanging her to dry and will get pics of the process just for fun.
i am working on getting my buddy over with his scale for a wet weight... (mine took a crap on me after it fell of the table....)
On another note... yet having to due with falling from height.... my Vegie garden Literally fell of a 3 story building yesterday.....got picked up by the wind.....
bummer... really kills my harvest this year as i was just bout to get my first really good grouping of tomatos..... ANYWAYS!

still need to get pics of Sandra D for you guys... shes tied to the wall so i havent taken her out for a while but shes quickly passing the size of a 2 litter bottle and moving to Gallon Jug size!
.......
well i think thats all... time for an nice full breakfast of Canna Eggs and Bacon! than i might get to it!

 

[Mr. Krip]

Shaggie, sorry it took me so long to get here, Bro, but great job on the grow and the journal.

At least I'm in time to see the harvest & subbed the rest of the way, and as you probably already know from all the "likes" and "reps" from me today, I've already caught up on the whole grow. I'm glad it was only 12 pages and not one of OMM's journals!

I love seeing these 12/12 from seed grows and they always amaze me. I might just have to try a SOG at some point.

Nice job!

 

[BIGBADBUD]

right ive just joined this forum and i am totaly and utterly speachless to say the least props to ya shaggie mate this is better than porn speechless to say the least.................

 

[Goldengoose7]

GG7!
Welcome brother,
glad you stoped by! and i got to say... Nice race you got going for POTM its a close one!
this is the hardest time... the wait.... most of what i harvest will not be touched untill September 13th when we get back from hawaii for our camping trip... it will hang till stems snap, finish trimming, jar burping for a week and than in to a dark corner for a nice cure.... let her finish up all that chemistry shit!

thanks for the positive vibes!

Thanks Shaggie!

The whole harvest and bud drying/curing thing is a time suck to be sure! I let the bud from that BC plant in the contest cure for 5 weeks before I ever took a sample. When you go back and add up the total time investment from seed or clone to your first bowl of cured bud, THAT IS A LONG TIME!!

From start to finish probably one of the most labor intensive crops I have ever grown. Food crops and flowers are cake by comparison!

RE: POTM... The whole thing was blowing my mind, but this "photo finish" style ending is really something! I'm glad I listened to all the folks who had urged me to enter that BC plant into the July contest! I always loved those photos, but with so many great looking plants pictured around here, I wasn't sure what my chances would be. What happened next is just plain AWESOME! Just need to keep calm and not let my BP get too high over the whole competition thing.

From what others have said, there has never been a TIE in that contest, so if N.W. and I managed to end up neck and neck, it will be very interesting to see how they handle that!

Anyway.... Looking forward to see some photos of the harvest your laid out in your reply! Have a great time on the Big Island in the meantime!

Cheers.

 

[shaggie-420]

Ok so we will start with the set up hope your ready for an onslaught of pics!

so these pics are Post Swell (36 Hr darkness)
its really amasing how visible it is after swell... way sugary...
so here we are with some Pre cut, Post swell, Sun bathing pics!
and a freshly cleaned bowl to start it off with!

and Artsy!

i really like these pics

ok so theres the first grouping... harvest pics next!

 

[shaggie-420]

seting up:
TOOLS OF THE TRADE

 

[shaggie-420]

and the Computer gods are with me today so Again......
WITH OUT FURTHER ADO!!!!!
got to let her hair down!

And GO!

whew that was fun wasnt it! hope u enjoyed the pics!

 

[shaggie-420]

Just Kidding.... here are the pics!
start with the bottom right!

nug shots

and now the top.... top cola weighed in at 82.2G! (wet) shocked me... but she definitly has some density to her.... really have to pay attention during drying

her underbelly

and her magnificent cola!
front side

backside

and here they are all put in their new home for a few days!

well there you go!
forgot to get a total wet weight just the cola... but seeing that number made my day as it will hit my goal of an OZ easly
Sweet Dreams Lucy you have had a hard fast 88 days time to take a breather and let daddy put you to bed!

still to come an update on Miss Sandra D (ak)

 

[pilot90]

wow shag, outstanding job looks mouth watering......

 

[jamthe3]

Very nice Shaggie

 

[Goldengoose7]

Congrats! Looks like a grand harvest!

A good slow cure will turn those into awesome buds!

 

[Twelve12]

They look tasty and dense! Do you trim off the small leaves on the nugs after it is dry or do you keep it on as is?