First grow, outdoors, bagseeds

[Lav]

Plenty more bud shots but I'm refraining posting them lest you get bored.

Still having warm weather here, supposed to stay that way through next midweek. No rain either.

I'm figuring I'll let them go until then at least. Need to get a loupe!

 

[Lav]

OK I lied. Here's a bud shot from this morning.

 

[Lav]

I found my loupe, an old Paragon printer's loupe used for pixel peeping. Worked great!

I'm not sure I can see any difference from clear and cloudy trichs. I'm assuming that they are mostly clear. It's hard to find any amber trichs.

Guess at least another week won't hurt.

I have early bud from the storm damage. Very decent, all-day and evening smoke.

 

[Lav]

Well here's one of the two girls, they both were storm topped severely.

I have a few of the branches laying in the branches of an autumn olive.
You can see the colas on the right... 3 feet long and arm-thick!

Neither of the girls is pretty anymore, until you get close.
Smell of both plants is coffee-pineapple.

Very pineappley-sweet with the strong roasted coffee smell.

Have had a few below-freezing nights and hard frosts. Raining today but some milder sunny weather is predicted for the next 8 days or so. Will probably cut them after that and before next storm.

 

[Lav]

Being a rainy day I'm thinking ahead to next year. Looking at the packs of seed I have in front of me for next year...

• Mr. Nice Walkabout Mix
• DJ Short's Cocoa Kush
• Cannacopia Deep Chunkolate
• Barney's Farm LSD
• Roadrunner (Boo' freebs)

So many strains, so little room...

 

[use]

wow you actually got a glimpse of the famed and very rare trichacabra owl. They are so small and nearly transparent they blend in with the flowers. Sweet buds.

 

[Lav]

Here's one of the branches that was trailing along the rope but got heavier.
It's over three feet long.

Still growing, estimated cut mid week next week.

 

[argoagro]

Looking good man, seeing some of the late summer pics with your girls standing tall has me looking forward to next season already! Unfortunately my storm ravaged girls didn't make it, but it had nothing to do with being toppled.

 

[Lav]

Sorry to hear about that argoagro. Were yours flooded out?

Just cut a bud off of one of the plants. Put the loupe up to it and starting to see amber trichs. Might chop her early this coming week. The other plant is a bit more sativa, I'll leave her up another week.

 

[Lav]

Here's the flowers that came down early two or three weeks ago from the storm-topped two females.

It's gotten a bit dry so I added a fresh bud. Good photo op.

 

[Lav]

Spent half the day chopping one of the plants. I never knew how long and tedious a job it is trim up a few branches.

There are the last remaining branches I have to process tomorrow, then #1 plant is history.

The remaining female is much more immense, maybe 3 times as big. She's a lot more sativa-ish. She's doing much better in this weather so I'm going to see how much longer I can let her go.

Here's what I've harvested so far from #1. I should finish her tomorrow and I'll post a total pic.

This is taking me forever, I'm enjoying some of it right now.

 

[HillBomber517]

Looks good, Both Harvests look like good smoke, Hats off my man.

 

[Lav]

Thanks HB!

Guess I'll be winding this thread.. I still have 1 1/2 plants to harvest, but even if disaster struck now I'd have to say it was a successful grow because I'm stocked up for the winter at least!

 

[Lav]

OK. I lied again. More updates already.

Just started harvesting some of the second plant, bigger than the first, but still severely storm-topped.

This is not the plant, it's one branch from it. There's another branch a bit bigger, and 5-6 less prolific branches still on the plant. May let them weather one more storm.

This is fun.

 

[Lav]

Enjoying the crop as it cures. I have 2 1-gallon glass jars filled with curing bud. I need two more gallon jars!!!

Bought a gallon of dill pickles last week and repacked them in smaller jars so I could have the jar.

Eating a lot of dill pickles lately, but it goes well with leftover turkey and ham sandwiches.

Can't wait for spring!