First Harvest!

I'm posting this because when I had been researching this little project from the get-go, I had a hard time finding a thread that discussed what to expect in terms of a yield.

My setup is a 600W HPS lamp in an indoor tent from Grow Labs.

I had nine plants - one Pure Power, one Blue Cheese, one LSD, and the rest of them were White Widow.

One problem that I had - which I had not expected - was that one of the plants hermied, and the resulting pollen explosion impacted all nine plants (some moreso then others.)

Total yield was 10.5 oz from all plants. I think I would have broken the lb barrier had it not been for the seed issue.

While it's hard to say with 100% certainity what stressed out the plants to get the hermie, I think it was from pruning them aggressively to cut off all the low growth in an effort to get more top production.

I used the same tent for drying - just turned off the light (light wrecks your bud when drying) and hung the cones up from the ceiling via hangers and clips, and for the satilitte nugs I filled a bunch of foil cake tins after setting some paper towel on the bottom of them. They were dry in just a few short days.

As for the buzz - the White Widow, which I had expected to be a couchlock high, actually turned out to be a very clear-headed buzz that lasts for HOURS. My buddy smoked it and stayed "high" (not just stoned, but high) for over FIVE HOURS! The Pure Power was ok... has a really nice citris smell to it when you burn it, but not the same intensity or duration as the White Widow. The LSD, from Barney's Farm... honestly, I was disappointed in the high! It reminded me of Beasters (Big Bud) which is all over the place up here, totally saturating the local market. However, the Blue Cheese was the suprise sleeper... in my own humble opinion, it had the best high of the bunch - the taste is OUT OF THIS WORLD, possibly the best tasting bud I have smoked.

Right now I've got the whole lot curing in glass Mason jars with about 1/2 a z in each one, burping them 1x a day for 15 minutes. Make sure to cure! It makes all the differance in the world.

Also, when it's time to harvest, expect a serious investment of time. Me and one friend spent 12 hours straight to process just nine plants. Getting a couple helpers is well worth the 1/8 to 1/4 that you will end up gifting them for a days "work".

The best yielding plants were the White Widow. Each one pulled in a heavy harvest. The pure power was also decent - ended up with over 1oz of PP. The LSD produced about 1.25 oz. The Blue Cheese was, sadly, the least productive plant... ended up with only 1/2 a oz after drying.

Other first time issues that I had to deal with:

- starting out, had the light too high. Ended up stretching some plants out from that and had to correct it by mounding soil around the stretched out droopy stem.

- pruning! there's a whole art to pruning well. I think that this next time, I'm going to experiment and try a full cycle without ANY pruning at all to see how it comes and to avoid the seed issue.

- heat! i got into the habit of running the tent with the door open when lights were on to resolve heat issues.

hope this helps someone! i'm now done with my first grow... and already on the second

Sounds like you did some nice experimenting and just plain ole havin fun/stress of course on ur first grow, thaaaats what i like to see. That yield for ur 1st grow, even tho alot of hermie action isnt bad at all. Its still not mexi brick so thats a nice starting point in itself lol. Sounds like ur getting things rollin on ur own, forming ur own methods and ways of gettin the job done. Cant wait to see how things go for you on the next go round.

Thanks Kay. I totally neglected to mention that part of it - this has been one of the most fun experiments that I've ever done in my life.

I firmly believe that, no matter how much good info is out there for you to read, the best way to learn something is to just jump in and experiment. You can learn more from one mistake then you can from reading about other people making the same mistake over and over again.

And not to sound all strange or anything, but this grow has been a life lesson for me in many ways. I learned how to save money to get the equipment that I needed to start, which was a lesson I definately benefited from. I learned the importance of doing something yourself instead of relying on other people. I learned the benefit of keeping a secret. I feel like my overall life quality has improved from trying this!

GreeneyedGardener said:

Thanks Kay. I totally neglected to mention that part of it - this has been one of the most fun experiments that I've ever done in my life.

I firmly believe that, no matter how much good info is out there for you to read, the best way to learn something is to just jump in and experiment. You can learn more from one mistake then you can from reading about other people making the same mistake over and over again.

And not to sound all strange or anything, but this grow has been a life lesson for me in many ways. I learned how to save money to get the equipment that I needed to start, which was a lesson I definately benefited from. I learned the importance of doing something yourself instead of relying on other people. I learned the benefit of keeping a secret. I feel like my overall life quality has improved from trying this!

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Hey great report, thanks for sharing! I am considering Blue Cheese for my next grow - sounds yummy!

Blue Cheese is some of the best, tastiest stuff I have come across. Can't wait for mine to cure - it's so good I'm giving it the full five weeks!

The problem with it is that it just didn't seem to be a strong yielder. The cones were small compared to the rest of the stuff. One plant yielded a total of about 3/4 a z dry. Now bear in mind, I had only one plant, so it might have just not been a strong plant -- I've read other people claiming to pull about 6-7z off of two plants! So maybe they are using some stuff that I'm not (ie CO2 machine, side lights).

But it's definately worth checking out from a taste and effect standpoint

The ones that I'm looking forward to are the Blue Cheese crossed with the White Widow from the seeds that I have. White Cheese? nom nom nom

Also want to try the White Widow crossed with the LSD (white blotter, lol) and the White Widow x'd with Pure Power... white power? rofl