I have officially chopped, at day 67 of flower. I sacrificed another small bud to sample, and I really enjoyed it. I have the rest hanging to dry. I chopped at the two main branches and I'm letting each half of the plant dry for approximately 48 hours with all the remaining leaves and branches intact. After 48 hours I am going to trim and hang on single branches.

I can say I definitely didn't hit my original goal of 2 ounces, but I can also say I did get more than one off of her. The buds are fluffy. I can't do much about that until I switch away from CFL's, but I have a decent amount of bud and I love the taste of it. It's only going to get better!

I took a picture of a piece of my sampler bud. I will probably take more after I trim tomorrow, but here is a small nug waiting to be smoked.



I use the slotted toaster quick dry method, that I picked up in my reading somewhere along the way. It's not the quickest way, but the quality of the quick dry far surpasses any other methods I've used. Its pretty simple. Put foil over one of the slots, chop up some bud. Put it in the foil, then run the toaster on its lowest setting. Then let it sit while the residual heat dries it out. Once its cooled off just pop it again. This method takes maybe 45 minutes at the quickest to preferably a couple hours.

Preliminary Smoke Report:

The bud still tastes very sweet, and I expect that flavor to really develop during the cure. Another good quality is that the flavor lingers in the back of your throat and sinuses for a long time. It has a noticeable head high that you feel in your forehead and eyes a lot. It also makes my eyes really red. The high itself isn't over powering, but it gets me pretty high, it's really not too bad. It is definitely good enough bud that I am proud of it. It shows off the characteristics that made me want to grow this particular strain so much... Great flavor with a very pleasant high. I could smoke it all day.

[BudBongJovi]

Awesome sample man! Those amber trichomes are really long. Did they bring much of a couch-lock?

Originally Posted by BudBongJovi

Awesome sample man! Those amber trichomes are really long. Did they bring much of a couch-lock?

I think you're mistaken. The hairs are called pistils. Trichomes are the crystals. but no not really, it is more of a head high, it's a good mix in my opinion. It is stronger than I thought it would be lol.

I can't keep my sticky fingers out of it. There would be more if I didn't take so many "samples", but I'm happy about it. I'm glad its over and I can finally enjoy some damn decent smoke that I grew!

Here are some more pictures.

[BudBongJovi]

Lol! Just one of those things you learn early on and just assume is right... Thanks for the correction. Enjoy your earnings man. Well deserved

Cheers,

BBJ

I am still enjoying it. Everything on that paper plate in the picture is hanging still, but I also took a little stash of really fresh stuff. Enough to fill up my grinder. I am smoking on it now, and I just have to say again how much I love this smoke. It really took on the traits of the buds I got the seeds from, unlike the last plant I grew.

Also, after I trimmed, I got to scrape off the shears. I put the bit of kief I scraped on top of a bowl, and when I smoked that I got more high than I have been in months... that tasted amazing. I have all the trimmings in the freezer. I am gonna shake it of inside some aluminum window screen to collect a little more.

[BudBongJovi]

Reminds me of the time I christened my new friends bong with a layer of jack heurer followed by a layer of kief followed by a layer of white lightning followed by kief. Basically a birthday cake. I sat in my car gone blind for probably 20 minutes before I could see again and drive home. Oh I miss those days.

BBJ

I just barely got the nugs into a jar in time! When I first dropped them in the initial rh reading was 50%. 24 hours later it was 55% and 24 hours after that it was 58% and now it seems stabilized there. So, it is curing... but I probably should have gotten them in the jar a bit sooner. The plant dried in 5 days. I think the next run I do, I will try letting the whole plant dry for 5 days instead of 2. Then I'll trim it down into individual branches after that to stretch out the dry a bit longer.

[BudBongJovi]

That's a shame man! But yeah definitely try that out next time around. I've never heard of that way but it sounds like it has its benefits.

Just a quick update on the harvest. Everything is done and over. I have a stash of weed in a small mason jar put away to store for 2 months. Whats left I have been and will be smoking on. I can't really give an accurate weight on this grow. I would low ball it at an ounce even, but I can't be positive. I was too excited to smoke some. I really enjoy the bud itself. It has a good flavor and a pleasant high. I do know I want to try something different next time though. I have a stash of seeds I've collected. Actually I have way more seeds than I really need. I would like to get some real genetics soon.

I am thinking about what I am going to do next. I want to bump that ounce up to two or three next time. I don't know how exactly I plan on doing it but that's the goal. I am thinking of trying a 12/12 from seed grow with 12 small plants SOG style. That assumes that the plants will cooperate and stay small though. I think if I limit the container sizes I could pull it off. I don't know if that's what I am going to do yet, but it is one of my thoughts. Regardless, I want to run more than one plant next time. I envy people who are set up for HID lighting. Its what I want to do, but I need a better place to do it IMO. Maybe I'm just being a pussy, but enough said. I will be starting something up soon.

So its a sad day in the sense that I have very little left from my last run. I had a nice little smoke session last night and thought I would share some cheesy coloring I did while high as a kite last night. I think it accurately portrays the wonderfulness of the weed I grew! =))
WARNING: I am no artist lol.


I am starting up another kind of bullshit grow in light of this. I am getting my head right for what I am going to do this winter, but for now I have some seedlings going for an experiment with recycled soil from last run and more bagseed I have collected. Three different strains included and hopefully a cross coming soon. One strain I didn't care for, but the other two include some sativa dominant brick weed, and a nice kushy hybrid that I loved. I am not taking this one very seriously because I am pretty busy with a new job and a couple other projects. Here's the first picture though.


The main goal of this is to show new growers how little it takes to grow SOME weed of your own.