Auto Blueberry (LowLife seeds)

[bourner]

Hi all,
This is my first post to the cannabis.com forums, so hey all, just thought id start up a growlog of my auto feminised blueberrys.
This is my 3rd grow, 2nd indoor, so any tips or mistakes anyone picks up please let me know.
Iv currently got 5 indoor auto feminised blueberrys under CFL (with reflector), the plants are currently around 15days after germination, and are under a cool bulb for vegging 20/4. I have them already feeding on vitalink nutrients, and i will change these as the plant matures into flowering.

As mentioned before I have had no previous experience with autoflowering strains (my last grow was serious seeds white russian), so im curious about the quality and yield.

Iv attached a few photos, and will continue to post more as the plants progress, feedback is always welcome!

Thanks for reading
b0urner :D

[cturner1984]

they look nice and healthy keep doing what your doing

[bourner]

A few more pics taken today, now around 23 days.

Iv found some older photos on my phone which show the plants when they were alot younger, only prob is iv messed up the order of the photos lol but il upload and post them soon.

I wanted to see if you guys recommend lowering/raising my cfls from the plants, and also it seems the plants that have matured the most are turning a paler, more yellow green, does anyone know if this is normal for auto strains or for blueberry in particular?

P.S good to know my baby girls are growing nice n healthy, thanks cturner

[bourner]

Plants are now around a month old, and iv seen a few white hairs around the bigger plants, but unfortunately my phone camera blurs with closeup shots.

Iv taken a few swissXT plants under my wing, they were in really bad condition from the first-time grower, in small pots with no room for roots or holes for drainage. The swiss werent feeding from the soil well and when my freind gave them to me the soil felt like a wet sponge.
After repotting them iv put them with my other babies, but iv advised him to start again, especially as they only look a few days old and are actually older than mine!
Anyway heres some new pics taken this morning, enjoy!

[bourner]

Lets rewind abit, I wanted to show photos from seed to harvest, so after searching around various harddrives, here they are.

oh and I seem to be missing photos for the first week or so of growth, my butter-fingered housemate managed to delete them!

Day 10

[bourner]

Day 15

[bourner]

Day 20

[bourner]

DAY 23

[bourner]

Day 28

Plants have now moved into flowering, and while the autoflowering means i dont have to adjust the light patterns, I changed the bulb to a flowering CFL, and have started adjusted nutrients accordingly.

Oh and I got rid of my mates dying plants, cant see much hope for them :(

b0urner

[bourner]

DAY 30

They seem to be adapting to the flowering bulb nicely, tho I need to start monitoring my PH levels more closely cus some of the leaves are showing slight burns.

[bourner]

forgot to mention, i also cut back two of the plants from the main stem, im doing an experiment to find my preference on topping :)

[Tiggy23]

Sorry about the photos ! we had lots of them of your previous grow and early photos of our current plants... its the old shift+delete habit!

[bourner]

DAY 34

Great news - All 5 plants are females!

Posted a few pics below of some closeups showing whitehairs.

I also bought some molasses to try out, and gave them their first feed of it today.

[rattlingdags]

Good looking new growth - well done :thumbsup:
I'm giving molasses for the first time today also, so hope both our girls like a little sweet drink :)

[bourner]

Good looking new growth - well done :thumbsup:
I'm giving molasses for the first time today also, so hope both our girls like a little sweet drink :)

cheers man, got any pics of your babies? lemme know if you notice much change with the molasses

[loststix]

:thumbsup: hey man thanks for all the pic ya have put up.
keep it up:jointsmile:
i am thinking of getting a few of these for myself and will be looking forward to ur post
molasses i would be interested to see how it goes on auto's works great on non-auto's
keep the pic's coming and anything else that happens with them
thanks for the grow log

[bourner]

Thanks lostix, as this is my first grow with both autos and molasses, I too am very interested to see the results for myself.
Its good to see the growlog is useful to others also tho, and if the plants develop any problems it will be really useful to have the support of the gurus in the forums.
More pics coming soon guys
b0urner

[OldHead09]

DAY 30

They seem to be adapting to the flowering bulb nicely, tho I need to start monitoring my PH levels more closely cus some of the leaves are showing slight burns.
Those ladies look healthy and beautiful....I have grown AF's before and took a tip from someone that turned out to be true in my opinion.. If you plant using tree nursery pots or orchid pots ( something that is very deep ) they will grow even more. From my understanding due to the Rudeleris (sp.) geno the tap roots happen to drive deep early and further than other strains. Of course there are rare selective breeds that are AF but bred specifically from a normal plant with exceptional pheno. Either way, keep up the good work!

[rattlingdags]

cheers man, got any pics of your babies? lemme know if you notice much change with the molasses

I gave my kids a half-ish dose of molasses yesterday, a 1/2 teaspoon per 4 litres and this morning everyone looks fine. Will probably go full dose next plain watering. What did yours think bourner and how much did you give them?

A couple of pics. These are Kandahar at the end of week 2 flower. We don't veg them as long as most of you guys, just 2 weeks max.
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/rattlingdags-albums-kids-picture7298-kids-148.jpg
http://boards.cannabis.com/members/rattlingdags-albums-kids-picture7299-kids-149.jpg

[bourner]

I put 1teaspoon per 4 litres of molasses, and yea theyr looking fine this morning also.
Nice lookin plants rattling, how come the short vegging time tho?

Cheers for the tip old, iv also heard that about AF strains, and that theyr very intollerant of small grow pots (restricting their roots).

Heres a few more pics i took this morning. The pics also show the branches forming after the toppings were taken.

Day 36

[bourner]

and im seriously running out of room haha

[rattlingdags]

They are really bushing out :) Your going to have your own jungle there lol.

We don't veg long just for sog. Dutch houses are so very small that space and height is extremely tight. Can't swing a cat, so must comprimise with plant size.

[abananout]

yea boi they are looking real nice, they have branched out alot more than I had originally expected which is always a bonus (:

[bourner]

LOL rattling lets just hope this jungle produces enough bud/

See you on weekend aban, you can have a gander at my girls then, plus iv got some cheese til harvest time :P

[bourner]

Welcome back to the forums all, lovin the new site theme.
Ok so I left off from day 36, since then iv been feeding them molasses and flowering nutrients and they're loving it. To mix in the molasses, I tend to stick half a teaspoon of it under a slow hot tap and let it dissolve into the feed beneath it, works good but if anyone know any easier ways lemme know.
Alot of the potential budding spots were getting covered by the fan leaves on some of the plants so I took some time to tie the fan leaves under them, and the only thing I could think to use which was to-hand was a coil of solder, and it worked a treat! Il get some photos up when I can face my hangover demon and get outa bed :)

[bourner]

Day 40
some individual photos of my plants

[bourner]

Day 43

Took some bush-shots today, along with a close-up of some pistils. Gotta say i never expected these autos to be so big, keep it up ladies!

[abananout]

dude you might find that where the solder is touching the plant it might rub off some of the chemicals used to manufacture the solder and the flux. thats probably the only thing I can think of that might be a problem at the moment

[bourner]

dude you might find that where the solder is touching the plant it might rub off some of the chemicals used to manufacture the solder and the flux. thats probably the only thing I can think of that might be a problem at the moment

cheers aban good point, il remove the solder now the stems have been trained.

[rattlingdags]

They've really grown tall while we've been away. Looking lush and green. I've not had anything to do with auto's but I also didn't think they got as tall as that :thumbsup:

[Tiggy23]

cheers aban good point, il remove the solder now the stems have been trained.

can always get some plastic clips if necessary! and we need to get rid of those annoying flies...

[bourner]

can always get some plastic clips if necessary! and we need to get rid of those annoying flies...

No need, for the most part the budding areas have already trained to sit over the fan leaves to stop them getting neglected from the light. And yea it seems we have a small infestation of fungus gnats, so im in the process of drying the soil out completely, then gonna get some (hopefully organic, if available?) bug killer and hose the fuckers down!

Hows your babies doing rattling? stil feeding them molasses?

[JamboJones]

what kind of a CFL are you using? how many WATTS?

[rattlingdags]

Hows your babies doing rattling? stil feeding them molasses?

Yep and they're getting good and sticky now but still a few weeks to go yet.
Are you still feeding it to yours?

[bourner]

what kind of a CFL are you using? how many WATTS?

6400k 250w cool white cfl for vegging
2700k 250w warm white cfl for flowering
both made by envirogrow

[bourner]

Yep and they're getting good and sticky now but still a few weeks to go yet.
Are you still feeding it to yours?

Thats good news, have you started giving them full measures now?

yeah man im stil feeding them with molasses, planning on feeding it all the way to havest, im figuring as its all natural and not chemical-based like the other nutrients iv been adding, I dont have to flush?
I cant exactly observe the effects of it though, as iv been feeding all my girls molasses and have nothing to compare to.

[rattlingdags]

I've got them to 1 teaspoon per 4 litres (1 gallon approximately) and will likely keep on with it until the final week. I think it depends on your personal tastes as to whether or not to feed it right til the end. My guy, who is the smoker, doesn't have a sweet tooth (or is that a sweet lung) so I'll go plain water for the last week.
I'm in the same position as you with not having anything to compare between those who have had molasses and those not, but since the girls seem to take it all in their stride I'm happy to go along with the positive recommendations of others. And its so cheap eh?!

[bourner]

Yeah i agree ^^ molasses seem very cheap and supposidly very good, so im sold. So you think the plants will soak up the sugars and the effects will be noticeable in the taste of the smoke?

[rattlingdags]

Not so much really, but with the man he's already seen me mixing it up in the bucket and it becomes a 'mind over matter' thing. He's going to think its too sweet a smoke even if the molasses makes little difference to the flavour. Time will tell :)

How tall are your girls getting now? They look much taller than I imagined auto's to be.

[bourner]

Haha ok ratling, well i didnt plan caramelised blueberry but could be interesting :)
Yeah these girls are definately big-boned :P
The tallest is now at 27" (2.25ft) in height, heres a pic of her.

[rattlingdags]

:thumbsup: She's a beauty and at 2 and a half feet she's a tall one too! You just might be needing a bigger pot before too long.

[bourner]

You just might be needing a bigger pot before too long
Yeah im really hoping theyv maxed out their height, as im getting abit limited in vertical space.

Some of the lower fan leaves have dropped off in the last few days, im taking this as a good sign that the girls are preparing to put all their energy into buddding..but it could equally be a bad sign.
Iv also had an infestation of fungus gnats the past week which was getting worse and worse, but have finally got round to treating the soil this morning with some 'gnat-off', a natural insecticide, and it seems to be working its magic (it better do, £23 for a small bottle of insect killer!).

Il get some more photos up soon, but right now its just pistil growth, so il wait a few more days til theres a noticeable change from the last set of photos.

[bourner]

Yeah im really hoping theyv maxed out their height, as im getting abit limited in vertical space.
Nope..Theyv grown taller still.

While the height is still just about manageable, my girls seem really slow getting into flowering. Iv been reading around online the past few days, and maybe this is to do with high nitrogen levels in the soil? (anyone confirm?) so anyway im giving them a diet of flowering nuitrients and water (no molasses) to lower the N levels and see if it will speed things up.

I must admit I still have no PH level, except crappy single-use capsules which are really hard to read from, but il get a decent meter later on in the week.

More photos coming soon

[bourner]

DAY 55

Just some pics to show you guys the slow flowering progress (see last post)

[TANKJR]

Hey All...mind if I chime in Bourner? The molasses will not make the final product sweeter to taste, so tell Mr.Sweet lung to relax...LOL! Good weed will get sticky whether you add molasses or not! Here's where you can read what molasses does and does not do...it basically provides some needed micro nutrients and potassium and iron, and helps the roots take up more general nutrients than they could without molasses, plus it's natural and cheap....it's the base (diluted) for more expensive products like bud candy and sweet....for more info, read this thread:

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-growing/187785-molasses-sweet-organic-goodness.html

I use it and it does help in flowering...doses varying from 1 teaspoon/gallon early on, to 1.5 tablespoons/gal near the end...there is little to no Nitrogen in the molasses, so stopping the doseing will not promote faster flowering...two weeks into flower is when I switch to flowering nutes, if needed, and they are much lower in N. I still flush last week with water only....I don't like my weed tasting like burnt sugar...Hope this info helps!

Yes, the only downside to using molasses is it attracts gnats!

[bourner]

mind if I chime in Bourner
Of course not man, the main purpose for me putting the growlog up was to get advice from others, so please ring that chime!


there is little to no Nitrogen in the molasses, so stopping the doseing will not promote faster flowering

Thanks Tankjr, thats exactly what i wanted to know, maybe it will just take longer to flush the nitrogen-packed vegging nutrients out of the soil then.



Yes, the only downside to using molasses is it attracts gnats!

Yeah haha I found this out the hard way, but the gnat situation is under control now and iv managed to kill 99% of the fuckers off :)

A freind of mine dropped by a nice fresh ounce of cheesil (cheese X diesil) to last me until havest anyway, and it feckin lovelly so not too much of a problem that the harvests being delayed.

[rattlingdags]

Thanks TANKJR I've passed that info on to Mr Sweet Lungs. I'd read out the Molasses stickies to him earlier but you know he thinks if its not over priced and packed in fancy labelled bottles then its suspicious lol. I'm working on him ;)

@bourner enjoy that cheesil :jointsmile:

[bourner]

OK - quick update.
Went out and bought a PH meter today, and the soil seems almost perfect sitting around 6.5.
I lifted a few of the plants today to check their drainage holes and I can see some roots pushing out. I assume my girls are getting root bound and need transplanting, maybe this is whats delaying flowering, what do people think?
I need some more soil and pots before i can do this tho, so il go out and get them tomorrow.
b0urner

[bourner]

Stil not flowering..
Iv been reading around (ALOT) of forums about autoflowering strains needing to be forced to flower, so came to the conclusion of switching to 12/12 for a while and see what happens. Theres no obvious reason I can find of why my girls have stopped maturing, its been almost a month from when i switched bulbs, and they all still look very healthy.
I know... patience bourner patience ... :)

[bourner]

Ok I may be speaking too early, but i think the plants are slowly starting to resume flowering (theyv been on 12/12 for around a week). Reading around forums, this is a common problem with autos, and things should pick up a few weeks after making the switch.

A mate came around a few days ago with an LED light board with loads of red and blue diodes. The led looks abit weak when compared to my CFL, but any extra light is a benefit.

Also some of the heads have already maxed out height of my light so i may have to give my plants some LST.

Just to keep you guys updated, I havent left the log hanging, its just theres not much development at this stage, and just to assure you guys - il see the log to the end.

[bourner]

DAY 69

Ok theyr definately well into the flowering stage now. prob is the heads are soo tall now that im out of vertical space, with some of the plants i managed to do some LST, some i simply just dont have room.
Iv just included a quick bushshot again to show my hanging LED board.

[rattlingdags]

Thank goodness they've started lol - I was wondering. They're stretching tall and all along have been nothing like I was thinking auto's would be like. Its interesting to see. I had a couple get too tall also and was able to tie them and pull them sideways below light height and tie them to neighbouring pots. Are you able to do something like that? I waited until after watering (for extra flexibility) and put the tall ones to the edge of the group. Good luck - its kind of a nice problem to have though :)

[Tiggy23]

I was expecting them to be short and bushy as these are cross lowriders, thank fuck theyre flowering, even bending the branches and tying them to each other, I hope they dont keep growing in height otherwise we wont have any space left.

[bourner]

They're stretching tall and all along have been nothing like I was thinking auto's would be like.

I was expecting them to be short and bushy as these are cross lowriders
yeah i agree, from the other posts of lowryder and lowryder hybrid strains like auto blueberry/auto ak etc, they all grew differently to ours, makes me wonder..


I had a couple get too tall also and was able to tie them and pull them sideways below light height and tie them to neighbouring pots. Are you able to do something like that? I waited until after watering (for extra flexibility) and put the tall ones to the edge of the group. Good luck - its kind of a nice problem to have though :)
Yea iv been doing it with some branches but being soo tall, its creating a light block to the lower branches, but thats a good idea about doing some lst after watering, thanks for the tip :)
I just added a pic showing one of the branches i tied down.

[bourner]

Ok now my girls are flowering theyr starting to go crazy! Theres bud spots everywhere, and now wev finally forceflowered the plants, theyr maturing really fast. Iv managed to tie the main stems down, and bought a wire mesh today which should prevent any buds from touching the cfl bulb. Heres a few pics from yesterday, amazing to see in person, but how well these photos show it im not sure (its really hard to get a good photo atm cus theres no space!).

[loststix]

been watching to see how this goes ur last pic
http://boards.cannabis.com/attachments/indoor-growing/274381d1302200299-auto-blueberry-lowlife-seeds-img_20110407_190710.jpg
has made me get some
keep the grow log going man:thumbsup:
just cause we aint writing dont mean were not watching:computerlove1:

cant wait for ur end weight and smoke report
till then

[rattlingdags]

Its great to see them doing so well. Now the next lot of fun begins eh?!

[bourner]

Thanks guys hopefully my log will give some idea of the nature of these crazy auto hyrbids!


cant wait for ur end weight and smoke report
hehe same, iv been getting alot of v.nice bud lately tho so it has a high standard to keep up with :) that said, my last grow was a failure because of cheap equipment, and tasted like burnt leaf, so should be a BIG improvement!


Now the next lot of fun begins eh?!
Flowerpower!

[bourner]

DAY 75
A few more shots (note: with my phone camera so sorry for quality, 5mp), enjoy :)

[bourner]

DAY 78

Things are continuing pretty well by my eye, and even starting to get some nice trich :) Heres some more photos taken on my phone a few mins ago

[loststix]

i might of missed it
but i was wondering what height are ur plants?

[bourner]

what height are ur plants?
The girls are roughly 3 foot tall, im not sure what caused them to grow soo big, maybe the fact i didnt force them into flowering soon enough, and therefor they were vegged for 2months.

[bourner]

DAY 82
A few more pics, first one showing the heads with a different camera style (showing trich), 2nd pic is a random bud shot, and the 3rd photo i wanted to show the plants height (in reply to lostix question) just to get a rough size of these ladies.

[bourner]

P.S. Celebrating Apple in 2010

Urm this is a cannabis forum, not an apple-lover site. Btw if you really want to get into it..Apple=Pretty Pc's :) you dont buy apple products to be customisable, as theyr designed for non-technical people (with alot of money!)
Annnyway rant over, we were discussing cannabis growth? :P

[bourner]

my mistake, saw you clogging up the other threads aswell, someone ban the dirty spammer?

[bourner]

In app purchases of gold are a problem for me....
Stfu?

[bourner]

DAY 86

Cant fault the girls right now, theyr budding up nicely :) they give off an amazing fruity smell after touching.
Took a few shots today, 1st pic shows the head of one of the most mature girls, 2nd pic the same but different angle, 3rd pic is taken from inside 'the bush', 4th is another bushshot but close-up.
P.S i will take some better photos with a different camera, but my phone happens to be very close to my hand right now lol

[bourner]

Oh was wondering if someone more clued up about autos than me could answer this, i currently have the plants on a 12/12 cycle (after i forceflowered the plants), could I now switch them back to 20/4 or 18/6, or would this risk putting the plants back into vegging?
I only have just over a month in this flat and need to speed things up abit!
Thanks

[bourner]

DAY 89

Pic 1 - side branch
Pic 2-4 - Bushshots

[rattlingdags]

Gosh its been a while, I hate it when the boards down. So how are the girls looking now we're further down the track? Must be like a tropical rainforest in there with those beauties lol.

[bourner]

Gosh its been a while, I hate it when the boards down. So how are the girls looking now we're further down the track? Must be like a tropical rainforest in there with those beauties lol.
Ah about time these forums are back up :) The girls are looking really good now and the buds are bulking up, while getting covered in trich and picking up weight.
Some of the plants are more mature than others, and the lower areas need to catch up with the heads, but pretty standard.
Im planning on taking a sample off one of the best plants in a week or two, cant wait, lets hope it tastes as good as its amazing smell!
Il try and get some photos up today

[bourner]

DAY 101

So much for a quick strain..(breaking the 100day mark).
Few more pics today, 1st close-up of a nug, 2nd the same nug with flash, 3rd bushbudssss :), and 4th an LST'd kola

[bourner]

Day 108

[SuperKellus]

Good looking for Auto's, those babies just took off! What was the average height of them and how much dired bud you get? With the problems you had getting them to flower makes you wonder if they gave you a normal strain-the ruderails by accident, just a thought, Ive never seen autos grow sooo damn big before, or take that long to flower for that matter. Anyhow hope it was a good smoke. E.Z S.K:rasta:

[bourner]

What was the average height of them and how much dired bud you get?

Anyhow hope it was a good smoke
Easy man, I havent pulled them yet :) Rest assured il be uploading alot of pics come havesttime, along with a smoke report.

The girls are looking great though, I found a cheap ballast online and managed to borrow a 400w hps bulb so iv now got the hps from the side and the cfl on top (the cfl gives off alot less heat and with the limited vertical space in the cupboard i dont fancy burning my top nugs with the hps). After only a few days the hps has been pumping up the lower buds, so cant complain!

makes you wonder if they gave you a normal strain
I think the same, I wish i knew it earlier so I could have stuck em under 12/12 and not lost an extra month to vegging, my bad (making mistakes is part of learning?). I bought the seeds from a local headshop, but have no real way of telling if they truelly were autos.
Looks like some of the big fan leaves are dying off naturally so i know thats natures ways of saying il soon be havesting happily :)
More pics coming soon

[abananout]

wow I still cant believe they have taken this long... deffo not an auto flower but they are looking niiiiiice!

[bourner]

Day 124



wow I still cant believe they have taken this long... deffo not an auto flower but they are looking niiiiiice!
Thanks man, id say a few more weeks left til our celebratory smoke :P
Few more pics today, abit dodgy quality (playin around with a new android camera app lol) enjoy

[bourner]

The following photos show some of the changes betweend day 108 and 124:


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[bourner]

DAY 131

Were currently flushing the biggest girl, so should be ready to harvest in about a week, tho we're keeping the lower parts of the plant under light as its not fully mature yet.
Heres a few pics

[bourner]

DAY 133

We cut off some of the most mature branches from one of our best ladies today, the buds were soo heavy the plant could bearly stand up! About 50/50 cloudy/amber trichs atm so are looking pretty good.

P.S sorry for the messy table :P

[bourner]

After cutting and trimming some leaf from the top buds:

[bourner]

Today we took down the drying buds and trimmed, the weight of buds came to 37grams :) I predict another 10-15grams when the rest of that plant is done. Lets hope the other 4 girls follow trend!
Had a test smoke today and it was really nice, dont want to comment too much til its cured for a little while at least though.
Heres a few snaps:

[rattlingdags]

:thumbsup: Looking great and its only going to be better when all the girls are done

[bourner]

:thumbsup: Looking great

Ta :) hows your babies doing?

[rattlingdags]

:) Great thanks. I'm about 2 weeks from my second harvest sog style, but for the next young ones I've LST'ed and some topped and they've just gone 12/12. Curious to see what the longer (a month) veg time will do for their yield.

Have you got plans for another grow?

[bourner]

Thats good news rattling, next time im gonnaa see the opposite - what the shorter veg time does for my plants yield :P I havent got plans for another grow as yet, but gonna leave it for a while, as im moving houses and need things to settle down first, plus im looking forward to not being paranoid everytime i hear sirens go past my house or my landlord fishing around my stinky flat!

[StickyBuds1987]

hey man good job those buds look nice happy smoking.

[bourner]

Hey again all, sorry for lack up recent updates, but 2 of the 5 plants are now in 2days dark time (before harvest), theres 3 more that are still under light for the next 2 days only. For some of the plants it feels too early, but iv had to chop them as im moving house in 2 weeks and need some drying time before i can jar the buds and move.
Iv recently smoked some of my first crop thats been curing and its really nice - very distinctive blueberry taste and the buds are really compact. Il get some photos up (hopefully) tomorrow when i harvest another 2 plants.
P.S rattling I just saw the pics from your current grow ('the girls'), veery nice kola's, beauty of a grow.

[rattlingdags]

:jointsmile: Lovely that your enjoying the smoke from your first havest :thumbsup: Love to see photos.
Moving house is a pain in the ass at any time but it can't be helped if you have to chop a little early.

Thats nice you saw my girls :) I don't normally do photos but I thought its time to change my sheep av.
Actually if your still thinking of trying a shorter veg period then those girls were veged for a week and half. The photo's (crappy phone shots sorry) were taken at 8 weeks flower and now at 9 weeks they've filled out quite a bit more - might update the photos. A couple of days and they're for the chop :)

[washmedical]

nice job

[bourner]

HARVEST (finally!)

Harvest has finally come, once the plants were ready we put them under 2-3days dark time, and after a 'chop n trim', we laid our nugs out on a drying rack (with a fan from the bottom). After about a week we jarred to cure (as they still remain).

YIELD

The yeild was better than expected and we were chuffed at around 6.5oz dry :) This was after me and my flatmate trimmed leaf and stem from every bud (was effort but worth it!). Some plants were alot more successful than others, yeilding around 2oz, while weaker girls only gave around 14-20grams.

POTENCY

While we did the (nubish) thing of smoking bud before it was fully cured, the final (flushed dried and cured) bud is an excellent smoke, and the same is true for the strength, and is stronger than alot of the 'hi-grade' weed available in our area.

We decided to make a big cake from all our trimmings, leaf and stem (plus tossed in a 4gram bud :P), and woowww.. (special thanks to our amazin chef).

TASTE

When picking a strain to grow, taste is a high priority for me. I chose blueberry because i didnt want a bulk load of bud that tastes like nothing but skunk, but instead wanted a rich fruity taste.
I was abit skeptical about the taste when we first harvested (..chlorophyll), but the taste when cured is a completely different story. Really pungent odour, and overpowering blueberry taste.

APPEARANCE

While you can see from some of the attached photos, the buds are full of red hairs. The buds are also compact, and pretty bulky. There was alot of lower branches sporting small leafy buds, so we collected them all and after trimming, filled up a jar full of popcorn buds (around 30grams).

CONCLUSION

Thanks all for reading peeps (even the 'silent' watchers), hope people can learn from this growlog (I definately did). We got there in the end and now have a nice cured harvest so it was worth it in the end.

Anything I left out let me know, Peace

[bourner]

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