Life is a bit hectic for me at the moment. These were taken a couple of days ago but this is the first chance I have had to post them. Day 77 for SL1 and 71 for SL2. My neighbours were out and it was a rare sunny spell, so I moved them to the garage door for a couple of seconds to try and take some pics in natural light. They looked ok but I took the same pic of a bud on SL2 with and without a flash and it makes the bud look totally different. The flash pic is more representative of how the buds look under the lights.
Both are looking close now to my eye, pistils are brown and retreating, although there are still new whites emerging mainly at the very top of the buds. Calyxes look swollen and trics are mostly milky with the odd few clear and some amber. Both plants have rock hard buds, with SL1 being shorter but wider, SL2 are longer and thinner.
I have a few days free middle of next week, so it would be roughly an extra week of maturing after these were taken. I am tempted to chop both at once as it makes drying in the small cab so much easier. That would take me to over 12 weeks for SL1 and over 11 for SL2. If anyone reckons they need even longer please tell me, I am still relatively new so I am happy to take advice.
SL1 has a noticeable blue / purple tinge to the buds that I really like the looks of. I assume it is a gene from a parent or grandparent.
SL1 pics first - you can see the colour I am on about
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SL2 next - the last 2 shots make the bud look totally different with and without a flash.
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