Hello All,
Today is a great day, because last night was harvest night...and the bud is awesome. This shit is twice as dense as my nugget that I got last time, and I have a lot more of it. Super crystally and the smell is fantastic. Same smell as the last go around, sweet in air, but if you touch the buds and smell your finger its got a spicy diesel like aroma. And the resin from this plant is super potent, it actually burns your tongue if you lick your fingers. I'm very pleased. I would have ideally liked to have harvested all the top buds and left the lower ones for about another week but I just don't have time.
I was going to just dry the bud in its tent, but I decided not to and just went with a closet instead. I'm really short on time right now with finals and what not so I didn't feel like hanging all of the hundred of buds I have, so I hung up about 35 of the largest buds to air dry in a closet, and the remaining medium and small buds are drying in a large cardboard box. Also, I normally do all of my trimming the same day as harvest prior to drying, but this time I decided to only trim off the large fan leaves and any large sugar leaves just to save time. I plan on doing the final trimming after drying this go around. So here are the pictures of the skeleton left after harvest....This was the first time I had been able to see my roots in over 12 weeks, and they were a little bit browner than I'd like to see so I've noted the reservoir as a definite area of possible improvement next time. This bitch was too big to cut with scissors so we had to use a machete
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All the cuttings from the harvest filled an entire paper grocery bag from Outback...and basically took up my entire desk.....you can really see the contrast between the buds that purpled and the ones that remained bright green. It really gives this bud a neat look. The purple color was caused by high day/night temperature variances. So the top nuggets turned a nice purple and the lower nuggets remained lime green.
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These are the larger buds that I decided to hang to dry...world's dankest air freshener
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And these are all of the smaller nuggets or ones that just didn't have enough branch on them to hang. The box is 4 feet long by 8 inches wide...so much nugget!
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These are all of the little non-smokeable popcorn nuggets and any sugar leaf that I got from trimming. Keep in mind that I didn't actually trim the buds I just cut off the larger leaves, so this is only the larger leaves that had trichromes or and little fluffy nugs. I'll have a whole lot more once I actually trim...and when I do...its brownie time. Last go around I got 4 oz dry weight and made 1 batch of brownies from the trim...tooo strong. I liked it but some people complained, so I think 2-3 batches would have been better. This harvest looks to be about double the size, so I'm thinking 4-5 trays of brownies would be good.
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And here are some actual bud shots. This is just a nice little nugget I picked out from the cardboard dry box. These first two pictures are of the nug before trimming....
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....and these next two pictures are after I trimmed the nug, so you can get an idea of what the trimmed product would look like. I really like the light purple, its not pervasive but it really gives the nugget a nice look.
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unfortunately I don't have a scale at the moment so there will be no wet weight, which means no real estimate on dry weight. But just judging by the amount compared to my last harvest, I would guess its around 8 oz, give or take about an ounce. Either way I'm more than happy. Just stay tuned and I'll be back in about a week to post dry weight and final nug shots...plus a detailed smoke report. I would like to thank all of the rollituppers who followed this grow and who asked questions or offered advice....much appreciated
-PEACE-
Hello all,
-PEACE-
Hello all,
