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Originally Posted by Marc Benson
That would be an ideal Christmas pressie for me Marc ;)
Do you know what one of my lads said to me once ....." when it comes to you're funeral mum all the wreaths will be made out of cannabis leaves", I thought that was a really charming thing to say :( , nothing like planing ahead is there :rolleyes:
Anyway Marc when do you think I should cut this lot down ?, I think I'm kinda looking at sometime between Christmas and New Years Day :)
love mand xxx :)
You'll probably out live your kids Mand! All that good French booze in your system has ya pickled! HA! I'm just kidding. Ya know I love ya! ;)
As for when to hack 'em down? If I were you, and really had no other reason to hack them down (other than impatience) I'd be going by the trichomes. And then it'd depend on what you wanted out of them. Either some smoke that'd weld ya to your couch so you could for sure watch some of those movies you've been trying to catch or some that would make you pee your pants cause you were laughing so hard as you power cleaned your house. That's up to you Mand, but all I've read suggests that the only way to harvest at the right time for max potency is to go by trichs. No gut feeling. No deadline cause it's Christmas. Trichs either cloudy, amber or a combo of the two.
All that said I hacked some down way early (by at least a couple weeks) and it kicks my butt. With all that resin ya got there, I'm sure this stuff would too. So of course it's your call...Madam.
Hello Marc :) Oh I like a little drink as well as my weed ;)
I take the veiw that from the age of 19 - 30 I was married to one of lifes great losers who dragged me down and then made me feel as though it was all my fault.
At the time he even had me convinced it was my fault, however now being a little older and maybe just a "tad" wiser :rolleyes:, I know different ;) .
From the age of 30 -40 I bought my kids up and "worked my arse off" (not literaly, just a phrase of words ;) ), to provide something we never had when married ............ Security :)
So nowdays I relax, still have to work to pay the bills and put food on the table but at a more relaxed pace ;)
Oh dear Marc I'm supposed to be doing a grow journal but I seem to have wandered on to my life story, never mind that's how I am :)
Well the question of when to harvest, knowing when the buds are at their peak ?
In all honesty I have difficulty with this, I know they are not ready just yet.
I can't go by the smell because I have no sense of smell, but I can taste it in the air in the growroom ................ honestly the air is thick with the taste of maturing buds.
If there are any problems such as hermmies or bud rot then I will cut them and they will be quite reasonable. However I reckon about another 2 - 3 week will see them at their peak ;)
What type of weed do I like ? .................. I like the kind that doesn't hit you straight away, you know sorta takes 5 - 10 mins before it hits home.
That's the kind that normally "knocks me sideways", you know the feeling where you just don't care ................ that's the one for me ;)
love mand xxx :)
Mand thats why your so :cool: and have so many people reading this thread. Your a very interesting person and sweet at that. I mean I know this is a MJ forum but you getting off track and writting about ur life makes this thread more interesting so if you find yourself doing it, just go with it. I dont see any1 else complaining. :p Oh by the way when do u pinch ur plants :D
Hello B :) .................. I made a little post on you're grow thread about the "pinching", just don't worry about it and only pinch them if you fancy trying it and if you feel comfortable doing it ............. ;)
Oh I am terrible at going off on different tangents, it's kinda a joke in the family that one day I'll end being the old granny (you know the one who's lost a few marbles ;) ) and talks about anything but the subject that everyone else is talking about :o ................... maybe I will one day but not just yet ;)
Well you can only say so much about a plant can't you :)
love mand xxx :)
Hello :) ................ Last update "Thank Gawd" :rolleyes: :)
Well the quantity is right down ( I've known that it would be since the problems ;) ), anyway thats enough of the exscuses :o
I did intend to leave them a few more weeks but one of the things that I said would make me harvest earlier has happened ................ at the bottom of a couple of plants were numerous male flowers appearing. So that was it out came the sisscors :o
Firstly the pics are not very good I'm affraid, my son has got my camera so I had to borrow one and I'm lost with it. Most of the pics were just to blurry to see anything, so I'll just put on those that are kinda ok - ish.
The first pics are supposed to be of the male flowers, the stuff in the shoe box is small buds, resinous leaves and anything else that looked reasonable for smoking ;) these are going to be forced dried and stored in a biscuit tin or something like that, it depends what I can find :o
The last pics are of any decent buds, these are going to be hung and dried and then wrapped up and put into the freezer as I'm not going to need them for a while.
Also there is a pic of all the scrap ends that normally get thrown away but if I can find the time I might have a bash at Harrdons hash oil ?
I am sorry that I haven't got a great big harvest to post on here but "never mind" that's how it goes sometimes ;)
Oh I'm just going to put 8 Sensi Skunk and 8 Skunk#1 in a few paper towels................with a bit of luck they will be under the lamp by Sunday/Monday, I'll give doing a journal on them a miss this time ;)
Thankyou guys ............................. love mand xxx :)
Rest of the pics, sorry about the quality :o
love mand xxx :)
That is a nice yield!:D
I have never harvested before, so I would LOVE to get somewhere around that!:D (of course i would also love to yield 10 lb's:p)
So your no going to have another journal?:( I HOPE you will pop by sometimes, to speak to us!:o:D
Bummer Mand.
"then wrapped up and put into the freezer"
I had read that freezing flowers will degrade the potency of them. Don't know how much, but it said it's not a good thing to do. FWIW
After you cure them, just leave them in the jars! MJ is like fine women - they age beutifully!:) ...The MJ gets better taste.. !:)