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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Things are chuggin' along for me. The buds on all of my plants have swelled up a lot and picked up their pace of development as of the past 2 days or so. I don't think my yard has ever reeked & stank as much as it does this time around lol.
The Sherblato will def be the earliest finishing, I'm expecting it to be ready around Oct 10th to 15th. The Mac1 and the LWG "bag seed" will likely be the last to finish up, Nov 10th to 15th at the earliest I think but I hope I'm wrong lol. Both of those plants took forever to flip into flower but they have picked up their pace a lot the past few days. Still though I feel they will keep on going for a while. Today I collected some stalks of "giant reed" from a local riparian habitat to use as trellising/support for my plants. Giant reed (arundo donax) is an invasive species so I don't mind collecting as much as I need. It is not as strong as bamboo but plenty strong enough to use for trellising/supporting plants. And it's free. Nice weather, just about perfect. Skies have been a little smoky the past few days but not nearly as bad as last year in my area. Should be crystal clear this week though. A bit of a dip in temps the next couple days but for the next 10 days temps should be around 80f to 90f during the day and dropping down to 50f to 60f over night, humidity swings from about 25%-30% during the day to 60%-70% early morning, and nothing but sunshine. Today is the official equinox for my latitude, sun rises at 6:56am and sets at 6:56pm. Quote: Nice! TW is a classic favorite of mine. Quote: That coloration/aesthetic is beautiful! I like how the under sides of the leaves look. Curious to see how that one looks once it has ripened up. Quote: ![]() -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: Possibly. But if they can or do harbor pests, and it is quite possible, I can't say I've experienced or noticed anything specific or any infestation and I've used them the past 3 years. When I brought this topic up to a grower friend of mine the very first thing he said too is that he would be worried about pests on the reeds. My plants are 100% outdoors/exposed to the elements and only a few miles from where I collected the reeds, so I figure if there was anything on the reeds that pose a threat to my plants then my plants would likely already have encountered them ? The only pests I've really had to deal with over the years are the usual caterpillars, aphids depending on the year, and mites. Nothing else at all really, at least not in large enough #s to cause an impact.I only collect the old dead dry reeds...and I give them a quick spray down with the hose once I get back home with them (though I know water/pressure from a hose won't do shit in regards to tiny things like mites). Tiny critters that can barely be seen by the eye, like mites, are the only thing that I've kinda thought about being on the reeds...but I don't think the mites that are attracted to/pose a threat to cannabis would be on old/dead reeds. I'm still using some from the last 2 years...though some have become weak and are breaking down a bit, that's why I went and collected more today. I haven't had Cali Orange in a long time. The "Strawberry Banana" I grew last year had a distinct banana note...It straight up literally smelled like strawberry banana ice cream. It had other fruity notes in the mix but I could def pick up a smell of nanners that I haven't picked up in any other strain before. When it first started to flower it smelled exactly like classic pink bubblegum. I grew "Capstone" last year which was supposed to have a stone fruit/apricot essence...I don't think I did that plant justice or perhaps the aromas just didn't come out much in the hot climate I was growing in, but it had very little smell. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Fuck the wind.
The forecast called for 15mpg to 20mph winds today but it is much more like 20mph to 30mph winds. It is supposed to last all day long too. I woke up to one plant leaning over. It is still rooted and alive but it's going to be a PITA to get it standing up-right and supported. That plant already has at least 1/2lb of bud on it and still has at least another 10 days to go, so def a chunk of weight that I don't want to lose. The rest of my plants appear to be doing fine in the wind and are pretty stout, I still hate seeing the plants getting thrashed around in the wind though. I have a lot of trellising/support I need to build today. The plants are starting to pack on a lot of weight pretty quickly over the past several days, things are getting chunky. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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I got that one plant standing up again. It is a bit floppy but I've got it supported, or hanging up rather lol, with twine and a structure I built around it with reeds.
The winds should start to simmer down as it gets closer to sun set. I've noticed after plants get thrashed around by the wind it seems that they're a bit more "robust" the days after. Quote: dang...lol. Quote: I like the looks of that Cornbread .Quote: A dash of castile soap or dish soap and essential oils has worked well for me this year (this time around I used peppermint and clove mostly, last year I used rosemary and lavender mostly). I also mixed up some sesame seed oil into it a few times. I've used the mixture a few times during the first few weeks of flowering and it really didn't seem to mess with the trichome/resin at all, tho I do give the plants a gentle rinse down with carbon filtered water the morning after...I am very into aromas and smell the resin on plants multiple times a day, can't say I noticed any impact from using EO mixtures. I still don't like spraying much of anything during flowering, I hate anything touching the trichomes lol. I have to apply some BT this evening tho. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: This was my first year growing autos and I noticed that too...for the overall size of the plant they did have pretty thick stalks/stems. Their stalks/stems were also quite rigid and tough, all of the autos I grew were really stout/robust little plants. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Speaking of autos...Just remember I uploaded pics of my autos the other day and didn't post em' here.
Mango Smile....I took it down somewhere around 70-ish days IIRC. Dense trichome production and lots of resin, this plant was up there with some of the most resinous I've grown. I really liked the open structure it had, how far apart the bud sites were, just the way it grew perfect individual buds instead of long colas/spears. Attracted some caterpillars, more so than any of the other autos I had going (I lagged on BT early in the season). The smell of the fresh resin at harvest was sweet haze, a little sour, fermented mango/fruit, a touch of a glue-like chemical note. After drying/curing it isn't the most loud smelling but when opening the jar it does release a pungent kick of skunk/dank, sticking the nose into the jar and there is a bit of a mild sour mango, haze, and that chemical glue-like smell. Not a ton of flavor but I have yet to smoke a fat joint of it, has a smooth & clean smoke though that is very dense/oily. Tight dense buds, pretty dense but not overly/rock hard type dense, packed together with a lot of resin. Breaking up the buds to pack a bowl will coat the fingers in sticky/greasy resin. Potent smoke. Hits in the head. Usually gets me in gear and gets me going but it can become heavy and dreamy when enough is smoked. Lots of munchies lol. It's been my day smoke for the past month. The Mango Smile had a hollow stem, hexagon shaped lol...first time I've seen this. Is this just a trait that some varieties have or is it a sign of a deficiency of some sort? The stems were stout & strong but super light, felt balsa wood lol. My fingers after trimming the Mango Smile, IIRC I trimmed the MS by hand/finger mostly with out scissors. Some strains I find to be easier to "trim" by finger instead of scissors. Creme de la Chem.....I took this one down around 65 days IIRC. It was the smallest auto I grew, it was a really meaty/thick/stout little plant though. A lot of trichome/resin. When it was growing it smelled like tennis balls, woody/pine, bad breathe, DMT, lots of gas, skunk. It had a classic chem funk going on and I liked it A LOT! After drying/curing the aroma mellowed out a bit and matured more into a woody/incense-like thing, still has a bit a of gassy/chemical funk to it though. The buds weren't quite "fluffy" but slightly more open of a bud structure than most of what I've grown, still though they were caked/stuffed and glued together with resin and have some weight to em'. I like this one a lot and will def be trying to get my hands on my seeds of it or any other autos with CDLC in the genetics. I imagine this one would make a lot of really good hash. It has a really tranquil and calming/stoning effect. It doesn't feel particularly potent/super high THC but is def on the relaxing side of things. Slows the mind down a bit and sooths the body. Some good medicine for sure. Strawberry Mango Crumble...This one went the longest, took it down around day 85 days IIRC. This was a freebie, I got 5 free seeds of it. I'm pretty sure it is a cross of "Strawberry Nuggets X Mango Smile", or perhaps the other way around. I've grown three plants of it so far (2 harvested early this summer and another close to harvest) and they have all been pretty different. I've never grown Strawberry Nuggets so I'm not familiar with it from a hands on perspective but have read about it, I can def notice the influence/traits of both parents in each plant I've grown so far. This one in the pics below has mostly traits from the Strawberry Nuggets it seems. Mostly "indica" in structure, short & squat with fat leaves. The flowers were pretty fat & chunky too. I could tell some of the flower structure of MS was in the flowers on this plant, but they were inlfated/fat. When it was flowering the resin had a sweet/tart/sour smell of berries, a slight hint of melon, and even a slight mint or eucalyptus-like note....it was a very "bright and juicy" smell over all. After drying/curing it still has a bit of a sweet/sour & fruity smell with a slight herbal funk, and still kinda picking up almost a mint or eucalyptus like "coolness" to it. This one has a decent amount of flavor the comes through in the smoke. The aphids loved this plant, every SMC plant has attracted a lot of aphids. It has a relaxing effect on the body, slows me down a bit. Also has a nice mood lift/hits the head a bit, gets me a bit giggly. Mostly on the mellow side of things though. I smoke this one at night for the most part. It's a nice smoke. One of the other Strawberry Mango Crumble plants I grew had a structure a bit more like the MS. The trichome production wasn't very dense, not super resinous either but def left the fingers oily. It had an aroma that I wasn't a fan of either. Can't really explain it, it has a strange "mineral" or "metallic" note to it, kinda herbal/herbaceous, I can pick up some mild fruity notes. Not bad smelling but def not all that good. The third SMC I have going...it has a structure a lot more like Mango Smile, the buds are similar too. It's aroma is closer to MS but it too has a bit of that strange mineral/metallic like smell going on. All of the autos I grew seemed to finish on the early side of their estimated time to harvest. I assume that since they were growing during the peak days of summer with lots of heat & transpiration they ripened up relatively quickly. (they started to flower shortly before the solstice) It was my first time growing autos and I'm pretty impressed. The Mango Smile and the Creme de la Chem were up there with some of the best herb I've grown over the several years that I've been growing now. -OM . Edited by openmind (09/28/21 05:49 PM)
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: I remember a while back someone around this place was trying to tell me that the "cheese" strains do not have any sort of cheese aroma and that it was all just a name lol. Some of the cheese varieties I've had totally have a musty cheese note. The most cheesy stuff I ever had was some "Tangie".....in the bag/jar the stuff smelled exactly like Cheetos/cheesy puffs, but when breaking open a bud/rubbing the resin it had the classic bright & juicy citrus essence that Tangie is known for. Quote: That description is somewhat similar to how I would describe the plant that I have going right now grown from a "Granimals" bag seed. (Granimals = "Grape Pie X Animal Cookies") The aroma it has reminds me of blue kool-aid, or sour blue candy, or "blue raspberry candy"....it has a candy-like aroma on the front end but it does not have a candy-sweetness to it (which I'm glad, I don't like that super sweet candy-like smell), it is more sour/tart than sweet...but it also has a lot of floral-notes to it, I def pick up some lavender and other flowery notes, reminds me a floral shampoo in some ways...And it also has some spice/cookie notes in the background of it all. Really one of the most beautiful essences I've smelled from cannabis, super complex and deep/rich. All from a "bag seed" too (tho it came from a clone/strain with good genetics) The plant is also beautiful...I really love the structure and aesthetics it has. Everything about this plant I love. I am really really looking forward to smoking it. And yea...people don't realize how aromatic the plant can be and how interesting the smells can be until they grow it themselves and get to smell the live/fresh resin. I wish more people had the opportunity to smell the fresh/live resin on a plant, it is heavenly! I genuinely feel that the cannabis plant can produce just about any and every aroma that exists on this planet....I can't think of any type of aroma that cannabis has not produced. Even aromas of things that are "man made" and not "organic", the CDLC plant I had going earlier this summer smelled exactly like tennis balls/fresh rubber & plastic. Some strains of cannabis have a note of asphalt, and we all know they can have vapor/gassy notes that smell like gasoline or diesel or acetone. Cheese, rose, chocolate, blue berries, leather, onion, baby shit, pine, coffee, bad breathe, creamy/milky, cedar, skittles candy, vomit, baked goods, garlic, lemons, metallic, rotten milk, cherries, vanilla, chlorine, sun tan lotion, mint, brown sugar, licorice/anise, grapes, meat-like, pizza-like, like perfume, like cologne, and on and on and on. Several other posts I mean to get back to since I last posted...just on here skimming through my threads real quick. -OM . Edited by openmind (10/02/21 02:03 PM)
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: Yummy! Was that harvested just because it had reached the ceiling or was it ripe & ready for harvest? It appears to have a ton of new pistils still being pushed out, which is why I ask....or was the resin/trichomes already ripe even tho it is still developing pistils/calyxs? (is that possible?) IME, my flowers slow down a lot on the amount of new/fresh pistils they push out as they get closer to being ripe. When I harvest I'd say like 50% to 80%+ of the pistils have turned brown/orange, I don't see anywhere as many new/white pistils when I harvest as those^ flowers do. On the topic of pistils/trichomes and harvesting...I probably asked something like this before in this thread in the past....but those of you who scope your trichomes to determine when to harvest, what do the pistils usually look like when you harvest? I just always figured that if a flower is still swelling/stacking up and developing new pistils/calyxs that it still has a ways to go. Is it possible for the trichomes/resin on a flower to be ripe (mostly milky with some amber) even when it is still pushing out new pistils, when majority of the pistils on the flower are white? I harvest mostly according to the pistils and overall appearance of the flower...I just feel that if the flower is still developing, if the flower is still pushing out fresh new pistils and still swelling up in size/weight I just don't feel that it is ripe.....But is it possible for the resin on a flower to be ripe long before the flower has stopped developing/swelling/pushing out new pistils? Another thing I wonder about....do all trichomes within a flower ripen up at the same time, or do they start to ripen as soon as they develop? Because if we are judging the ripeness based on the color of the trihcomes on the outside of a bud, by the time the trichomes on the outside of the bud start to turn milky then I would assume that all of the trichomes inside the bud would have already turned amber (since the trichomes deep inside the flower developed many weeks before the trichomes on the outside of the flower). How does that work? Or should one be looking at the trichomes inside the center of a bud to determine when to harvest? -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: Looks killer!...Those flowers are totally caked with resin. Gotta ask...what sort of aroma does it have? Pretty dank for just a random volunteer that popped up. I don't want to make any claims or get excited yet because I know shit can happen and it's not all done until I smoke it, and some of my plants still have weeks to go before they are ready, but at the moment this year also looks like it will be my best grow/harvest yet! Quote: Dang...That is a lot of work laying ahead of you. 33 plants to take down & hang up. Do you hang and dry inside a room? Curious how you go about that. I have 13 plants going (11 now actually, took down 2 autos last night), but they will be finishing up at different times so it's not a big load for me all at once. I hang and dry in my closet in my room lol. I keep my window open if it is cool enough outside and I have the ceiling fan going to keep the air moving, temps tends to sit around 66f to 72f and 50% to 55% humidity...I've got several lines strung up in my closet, I can hang up/stuff several pounds in there. If all my plants were finishing at the same time though I wouldn't have enough space to hang/dry them. I marinate and bask in all the smells when sleeping at night when drying ...with pounds hanging up in my closet my room freakin' reeeeks like dank/skunk/gas so bad lol. I love it though. Surprisingly the rest of the house doesn't smell too strongly when I dry, it def stanks things up though. Def nice once things are taken down...It's that time of the season where I start getting concerned about my plants getting ripped/stolen. Having a bunch of colas/spears & chunky tops sitting in my backyard, but most still have 2 to 3+ weeks to go. It is that time of year where I start thinking about sleeping in a tent near my plants at night lol. I can't wait for it to be done and no longer be tied down here because of the plants, I love growing and def passionate about it but it is really nice when it's all done for the year and I no longer have "the plants" on my mind. Things continue to look swell for me...best looking plants I've ever had at this time of season, really chunky/large buds and super resinous, fingers crossed everything stays on track. Slowing down on feeding/nutrition, they will get one more feeding of guano/kelp in a few day then after that it will mostly be fermented melon, molasses, and magnesium sulfate from there on out. Weather is cooling down a bit here...it's been 80f to 90f during the day and 50f to 60f at night for the past 10 days or so, the next 7 days looks to be around 70f during the day and 50f at night. Some nights dipping down to 40f to 45f in about a week, but then it looks like it'll be back up into the upper 70s and lower 80s 7+ days from now with low humidity. I might take down one of my Sherblato plants tonight. The plant I have growing from a "vanilla frosting" bag seed seems to be developing an aroma that is almost like root beer/sassafras ...it's had a vanilla/creamy note for a while but over the past several days it is started to get a little bit of a root-beer aroma, something I have never smelled before in cannabis (tho I kno there are some varieties out there that have a root-beer essence to em')-OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: Word....That's basically my rule of thumb too. I pay more attention to the pistils and the overall development of the bud. But I often hear about folks that only focus on the trichomes specifically. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: I gotcha. Quote: Totally! Those are all thoughts I've had as well while pondering this topic in my head today lol. About light being a factor, trichs inside the bud being a bit more preserved, and how there's a lot we still don't know. Quote: Yea, about that aspect of how some strains take a very long time to mature versus others that ripen up/finish quickly, I've thought about that too. It's just about the contrary too...usually those varieties that take many months to fully finish proper are "sativa" in structure and "effect". With plants that take a long time to finish like a 120 day strain as an example, I feel it's likely the "metabolism" of the plant is slower in a way, and that the chemistry/synthesis going on within the trichomes that produces cannabinoids/etc just happens at a much slower pace. The autos I grew this time around...the buds from those autos were just as potent/rich as a buds from a photoperiod plant that takes 60 to 90+ days for its flower to ripen, yet the autos developed their flowers within just 30 to 40 days lol (they started to form buds around 30 to 40 days after sprouting, and they were ripe around 60 to 70 days after sprouting). I need to get a new scope...I don't have one powerful enough RN to get a clear view of the heads of the trichomes. Being outdoors though, usually it's a combination of the weather and how close they look to being ready (with out being scoped) that determines when I pull them down. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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We got some rain early this morning. It is the first time I've ever had rain fall on any of my plants, the past few years it hasn't rained at all through October and my plants have been taken down before any rains come.
It was brief, just a lil down pour and some lingering drizzle for about 20 to 30 minutes, no more than a tenth of an inch of rain. I sleep with my window open (i love the feeling cool fall air at night) and the sound of the rain/down pour woke me up around 5am this morning. The air smelled so good . The plants look extra sexy today and the flowers look supa sparkly....all washed off & clean and vibrant. I got some nice pics this morn of the plants all dripping wet I will try to post soon. The air is so crisp and clean today, with crystal clear sunshine. A lot of the dust/ash/smoke/grime of summer has been washed away and cleared out. It was the first rain to fall here in about 7 months. I'm not too concerned about mold/fungi/rot, should I be?...It is sunny & dry today, it will get up near 70 degrees and humidity down to 40% before sun down, light breeze. It's not even noon yet and my plants already appear to be dry, and they get direct sunlight for several hours each day. It will be a bit humid/moist late tonight into early morning, but looks to remain dry & warm for the next 7 to 10 days. There are some winds coming through my area on Monday, 25mph to 30mph winds, that I'm not looking forward too....but after that the weather looks beautiful & perfect with day temps in the lower 80s and nothing but sunshine, with dry air/low humidity. Quote: Beautiful flowers! That Han Solo Burger is all bubbly looking. They all have their own unique aesthetics, I dig! Nice selection too, they're all a bit different. Most of my plants are more or less around the same stage of flowering as those^ are. Though my Sherblato are very close to being ready. Quote: Quote: ![]() My hair is pretty long, I've thought about dreading it but I enjoy brushing it and running my fingers through it lol, and I don't think I could commit to dreads. I like having long hair but I tend to keep it tied up and tidy. I've become very "attached" to my hair over the years, I probably won't ever cut it for the rest of my life...I actually had a bad dream last night that involved being in a prison and being forced to cut my hair lol, right after having a dream about my plants being stolen lol . I actually haven't had much of any of those dreams before.I wish I could keep up with the chit chat, lots of other things I still want to reply to/comment on. Happy growing y'all, and a happy harvest season to my fellow northern hemisphere outdoor growers ![]() -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Quote: I reside within the northern/central part of California, in the big valley. The climate is def superb for growing plants, we have a long warm & dry growing season. The climate and the native sandy/loamy soil is one of the few things I like about where I live right now. I am trying to get out of here though, I feel lifeless existing here...I need to live closer to or within nature & trees and/or the ocean (I was born & raised on the coast and miss the ocean/coastal vibes), a place with land that isn't flat, a place that has an art & music scene, actual culture, community, etc...And none of that really exists where I live right now....I love northern California in general, but where I live specifically I can't stand being here. It is fantastic for growing all sorts of food and good weed though! I'm trying to move farther north up around the Humboldt/Arcata area sometime in the near future...it can be a lot cooler and much more moist up there though. I'm also thinking about the far northern end of the central valley. I've mentioned it before, but this will likely be my last harvest/grow for several years . Since I plan on moving soon, not sure if or how soon I'll be able to find a place where I can grow again. If I can't grow where ever I find a new place to live, then I will probably try to find someone that will allow me to grow just a few plants on their property in trade for a portion of the harvest or work something out like that. Quote: That's what I was thinking too. Things dried out pretty quickly and thoroughly yesterday and it was sunny all day, also pretty breezy. Though the plants did have some dew on them this morning. Not looking forward to the winds that are going to blow through the area on Monday though. Sounds like it's going to be pretty damn windy, 25mph to 30mph winds with possible 40mph+ gusts. Today I'm making sure everything is secure and supported as much as I can get it. My plants seem to have pretty strong/stout branches this year though, even when they got rain on them the branches/colas weren't really drooping/hanging down much and usually the smallest amount of water-weight on my flowers will have them flopping over. Quote: I hear ya man, I can relate. Perhaps not the same exact situation in life, but I absolutely have been going through those same feels and cycles in recent times. I am def burnt out in many ways (tons of stress, dread, worry in my life over the past 4-ish years along with being isolated and not socializing much at all...along with having a splash of aspergers I get burnt out/drained from sensory things easily)...Never having a moment to recharge or to get my head clear, as more and more shit in life piles up, it has been one thing after another for me the past several years. I've been in quite a low place, hovering just above rock bottom, the past several years...putting all my energy into taking things just day by day and trying to keep my head up and staying hopeful that things may come together and get better someday. I too go through spurts of being a bit manic in regards to how I can "figure it out" and get into a better situation in life, then it all comes tumbling down and I fall back into some low places. Everything comes down to $...I get ideas of what I can do to get myself out of this deep rut I'm stuck in, then I remember it takes $ to make $. I just don't know how to get up on my feet in this society, especially when I don't really want to be part of it. I just want a little place to call home and some earth to work with, to grow plants and enjoy the cycles of the seasons. Like my "dream" is so simple compared to the dreams of most, just a roof over my head, some soil/earth to work with, and ideally no neighbors within sight or earshot lol. I'd love to have an expanse of land to call mine/be a steward of, but even 1/2 to 1 acre is plenty for me. -OM .
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Quote: Quote: I grew autos for my first time this summer and I was super impressed. They were just as dank as a photo period plant, and a few of them were actually up there with some of the best I've ever grown...comparable in quality to some of the modern/popular "clone only" strains around these days. Now that I've seen how good they can be...I will always be growing autos along with my full term photo period plants. It's also nice to have an early/mid summer harvest, and nice for flowers to be ripening up underneath the peak intense sunlight of summer (compared to full term photo periods that ripen up under a less intense and different spectrum of sunlight during late summer/fall). Since autos finish so rapidly, and since they are so low maintenance, and there isn't a long term commitment to growing them, there is something about them that I find to be "fun" in a way and almost like a "collectible" or "novelty" lol...Like I want to grow a bunch of different strains of autos now since I see how fast they finish up and how fast I can grow/cycle through many different varieties/aroma/flavors...I feel like I "gotta catch em' all" lol Quote: They'd be perfect for that. It's crazy how quickly they do their thing, just plop em' into some good soil and give em' some water for a bit over 2 months and you'll have some flowers. Quote: Out of the 4 different strains of autos that I grew this year, I didn't notice that aroma/flavor in any of them. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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It is so damn windy here today. 30mph winds with 40mph to 50mph gusts in the area, though in my location I don't think the gusts are reaching past 40mph. Still tho, def the most intense winds I've had plants exposed to. It's supposed to last all day into the late night.
My first glance at my plants this morning, as soon as I opened the back door, was seeing them being thrashed around by a gust of wind more than I've ever seen any of my plants get blown around before. I spent several hours the past 2 days doing the best I could to make sure they're supported to prevent branch/tops from snapping as well as keeping the chunky tops from bouncing into each other. Some of my plants have a tall central cola. As much as they are getting thrashed around, so far they appear to be holding up (tho it's been almost an hour since I've checked on them, going to after this post lol). After today it appears to warm up and should be smooth sailing and ideal (weather wise) for the next 7 to 10 days, nothing but sunshine and dry air. This wind seems to be one last hurdle to get over before the finish line, for most of my plants at least. Quote: Dang! Looks killer! Nice dude. So the momma was an auto and the father was a photo? After this wind passes I plan on knocking up a few of the lower/small flowers on a few of my plants with some pollen from random male I pulled back in August. It will be my first time pollinating. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Man...these winds have been relentless.
The wind has been blowing steadily around 30mph with out letting up for 24+ hours now, along with 40mph gusts. ![]() Though today it is slightly less intense than it was yesterday, it is still blowing at the moment...The wind is supposed to calm down around sun set this evening, can't wait! Then really nice weather on the way. Tho it will get down to around 40f tonight, might be the coldest night I've had plants exposed to, it will be warming up into the 80s during the day again. My plants are still standing though, even my 7ft tall christmas tree shaped plant that has a tall central cola/stalk, from what I can see there hasn't been any substantial damage to em'. Just a few branches that are drooping a little and a few buds/colas that have bounced against the strings/reeds I'm using for support, I'll take some bruised buds over snapped branches or up-rooted plants any day lol. Quote: Nice. I love buds like that, individual golf ball chunks studded along a branch. -OM .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Sun is shining, wind is not blowing.
![]() Quote: ![]() 'tis all about the resin. -OM ![]() .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Candy-blue skies, crystal clear sunshine.
80f degrees and 25% humidity today, slightly warmer tomorrow. Nights have been a bit cold, around 45f to 50f, but it warms up quickly after sunrise. These next 3 days will likely be the last warm days my plants receive...a bit of a cool down next week, and it's looking like some rain might come through next weekend. I spoke too soon about the weather being perfect for finishing up plants lol, it has been pretty nice though .If it does rain next weekend, and depending on what the weather looks like after that, I'm thinking about building a make-shit canopy over my plants using reeds for support and tarps and thick trash bags as a canopy (if there will be multiple days of showers or lingering cloudy/damp weather). Because I feel that some of my plants will need to go until Halloween at minimum for a "proper" finish. I took down the Ice Cream Cake last night, it could have gone another 5-ish days but I noticed some signs of mites on the lower buds so I decided to pull it instead of feeding and breeding mites. I accidently cut a small branch of the Ice Cream Cake about a week ago, and even that stuff was pretty dank/potent with decent flavor, so even tho it was taken down early it should still be some decent smoke. I also took down one of my Sherblato earlier this week, I will be trimming that today. My 2nd Sherblato plant will be coming down tonight (for some reason it developed a bit slower than the other cut I had). Croptober has official begun for me lol. Still got a ways to go though. -OM ![]() .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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It feels like fall in my area, it's been a handful of years since I can recall October being this cool/moist around my area. There's been a few warm days here & there, this last weekend it was well into the 80s with humidity down in the teens....but in general it has been a lot cooler than past years, and we've had some showers come through the area. It rained a bit last night. Fortunately the lil bit of rain that has fallen has happened late at night or early morning and then it is sunny & dry the following day so the plants dry before noon.
Next weekend it looks like there is a pretty decent weather system coming through the area, about an inch of rain from what it looks like at the moment...about 3 solid days of cloudy/soggy weather, tho not raining the entire time. This evening and tomorrow I'm going to try to build up a canopy around my plants. I could pull em' a little early, and might chop a few branches, but I'm going to put effort into taking em' as long as I can. Looks like there will be some sun & 70 degree days after the rain/cloud clears out, but that is still a bit far out to know for sure. The material I'm using to cover the plants isn't transparent though, they'll still be getting a tiny bit of light during the day but they're going to have to deal with about 24 to 36 hours of dim light. Though not the greatest weather for bringing plants to a proper finish, we've been in such a drought for so long and I've missed the vibes of autumn for several years now so I'm still diggin' the weather. I was camping way up & out in the Sierra (9,000-ish feet) in October last year, around this time of year, and it was so dry and relatively warm up there...now there's actually snow up there, as there should be lol. -OM ![]() .
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curious Registered: 08/03/07 Posts: 13,864 |
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Looking for some input from folks that have grown outdoors and in cool/wet weather.
I've never had to deal with cool/wet weather like this during flowering/near harvest. Just wondering how much of a risk there is for my flowers to mold/rot from 24 to 36 hours of rain this weekend? It rained a bit again last night, just another brief passing shower, less than 0.1 inch of rain, my plants were already dry when I looked at them around 9am this morning. The first proper rain of the season comes through this weekend though (1.5 inch of rain) and most of my plants will need to go until at least the end of this month. I've built a make-shift structure around my plants yesterday with reeds so I can hang a tarp above them, today I will be attempting to hang the tarp up to see how well it sits/holds on the supports so I have some time to make any changes/improvements before the rain this weekend. This is what the forecast is looking like>>>> I plan on hanging up the tarp tomorrow night, and the early morning rain on Friday will be a "test run" of how effective it is before the heavier/more persistent rain comes on Sunday. If the tarp works, then I'm going to go ahead and cover them up again from Saturday night until Monday afternoon (as soon as the rain stops falling I will be removing the tarp)....if it doesn't do the job all that well, then I guess, unfortunately, I will be chopping a large portion of my plants down on Saturday before the big rain event. If I can keep the plants mostly dry over the weekend during the main rain event, will there be little risk for mold/rot? They will be sitting in cool/damp/dark conditions for 24 to 36 hours, but if it all works out the flowers/foliage should remain mostly dry (hopefully entirely dry). Will the dim light from them being covered with a tarp for about 24 to 36 hours in cool/damp weather have much of an impact on them? (they'll still be getting some light during the day, the tarp will just be covering the tops/sides of the plants and not like a light-dep, but it will be pretty dim considering it will be cloudy/raining.) Is it worth the shot to try to protect them from the rain and to let em' keep going until the end of the month? How risky is this? If I had a proper hoop-house covering and sheltering them entirely I wouldn't be worried at all, but I'm slightly worried that my make-shit canopy might fail and then I have a bunch of soaked plants in the middle of the night (It should hold up, but I always have that worry in the back of my mind) There will be some wind on Sunday too...My biggest worry is somehow the tarps don't hold up or the plants get soaked somehow. So I'm torn between harvesting them early and them not getting close to their full potential, or taking the risk of wet flowers and possibly bringing them all the way to the end. What would you do if you had the best plants you've ever had and a forecast like that? (most plants right now have around 50% to 70% brown/orange pistils). So close, yet still some time to go. It will be dry next week with with some sunshine, but relatively cooler and more humid. Or the most extreme situation....how big of risk is there for rotting/moldy flowers if I don't cover the plants at all during the rain this weekend? I'm not going to do that, just wondering about such from folks that have experience growing in wet/cool weather. I know there are a lot of other variable at play too, like the genetics/traits of the plant and how resilient they are to mold/rot/cool weather, so it's hard to say for sure. Shit's got me stressin' & head spinning a bit. -OM . Edited by openmind (10/20/21 01:08 PM)
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? The only pests I've really had to deal with over the years are the usual caterpillars, aphids depending on the year, and mites. Nothing else at all really, at least not in large enough #s to cause an impact.
...with pounds hanging up in my closet my room freakin' reeeeks like dank/skunk/gas so bad lol. I love it though. Surprisingly the rest of the house doesn't smell too strongly when I dry, it def stanks things up though.
...it's had a vanilla/creamy note for a while but over the past several days it is started to get a little bit of a root-beer aroma, something I have never smelled before in cannabis (tho I kno there are some varieties out there that have a root-beer essence to em')

. Since I plan on moving soon, not sure if or how soon I'll be able to find a place where I can grow again.




