The UK Growers Thread!

RobbieP

RobbieP

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In Layman's terms .... fuck subfool

Lemon king said:
evening squires.....

By Subcool
Amber Alert
So you have worked hard for 8 weeks! You have invested money into equipment and possibly genetics; you have invested time and dedication to get to this point. How can you tell when it’s time to harvest your gooey girls? Well ‘fire one up’ and let’s take a look at the best way to be sure you’re harvesting at peak potency, or at least you will better understand what happens in the final weeks, so you can harvest for the specific type of high you prefer.
The harvest window is one aspect of the craft which unfortunately, gets over looked or the grower simply doesn’t have the patience to wait-out the last few days, to insure max THC content. Some strains are better harvested before their peak THC production and some are better harvested after their peak THC production. This is what Robert Clark wrote in his book “Marijuana Botany” about trichomes and what they tell us; “The elevated resin heads appear clear, since fresh resin is still being secreted, often being produced in the cellular head of the trichome. At this time THC acid production is at a peak and CBD acid levels remain stable as the molecules are rapidly converted to THC acids, THC acid synthesis has not been active long enough for a high level of CBN acid to build up from the degradation of THC acid by light and heat. Terpene production is also nearing a peak and the floral clusters are beautifully aromatic. Many cultivators prefer to pick some of their strains during this stage in order to produce marijuana with a clear, cerebral, psychoactive effect It is believed that, in peak floral clusters, the low levels of CBD and CBN allow the high level of THC to act without their sedative effects.”

What the hell does this mean?
When growing Indica hybrids, unless you want to end up on the couch, it’s best to harvest when the trichome heads are fully formed but before they start to cloud over and turn amber. According to the maturation time of the specific strain this could take as little as five days or as long as two weeks. If you allow an Indica to go too long you can dramatically affect the taste and high. Fortunately going too long is not a real problem for most people. I like to study close-up photos taken with a high resolution digital camera; however an inexpensive hand-held microscope works wonders. It almost looks like you are in an alien world when looking at resinated buds using fifty-times-power.

With the Sativa dominant hybrids you want to make sure that all the trichome heads are fully formed and also about thirty percent amber. Letting a plant mature beyond this will risk flavor as well as, the finished smoke may be harsh with very little “high”. There are exceptions as I mentioned; Haze has three different harvest windows all being very late into flower. It is every grower’s job to learn what he or his patients prefer in the terms of “High”.
We have not yet addressed yields because if you are at the third stage of floral maturity with fully form trichomes, then we will have to assume most strains have packed on all their final weight. Even then, there are variables but we can use the guide-lines spelled out below to help gauge the best harvest window for your plants based on the trichomes.
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RobbieP

RobbieP

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Bmf is some motherfucking power weed ;)

depending on pheno he might get some really purple looking buds and my favourite pheno has a burnt rubber smell to it.
All phenos are indica dom but the burning rubber pheno is especially killer.

Not sure if I gave him some f1s or f2s though ... the f2s have a massive variation in phenos as that was my breeding selection seeds ;)
 
Garybhoy11

Garybhoy11

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RobbieP said:
Bmf is some motherfucking power weed ;)

depending on pheno he might get some really purple looking buds and my favourite pheno has a burnt rubber smell to it.
All phenos are indica dom but the burning rubber pheno is especially killer.

Not sure if I gave him some f1s or f2s though ... the f2s have a massive variation in phenos as that was my breeding selection seeds ;)
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Yeah but what does BMF stand for? He's been going with " Bugger My Foal " lol
 
bazoomer

bazoomer

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Hey Robbie, do u want a cut ?, all 5 popped, & r going like fuck, I put pick up last week sometime. Bound to get a girl out of one of em, u want male cut also ? Soz , I'm fucked tonight
 
RobbieP

RobbieP

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Ah yeah thats the one ! Highlanders c4 is from chimeras gear and caseyband is caseyjones x headband... the purple comes from the headband, burning rubber from the c4 .... its killer mate. Theres also a lovely sour milk smelling pheno... not seen a purp version of that though mate but the green version is great. Tbh not had a bad pheno at all but thr burning rubber one is special mate

What was the other strain I sent you that didnt germ mate?
 
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