I started 5 nirvana big bud seeds near the beginning of June, and I'm just getting ready to harvest. I started them outside, and moved them to my attic, where temperatures were over 90 degrees for most of the summer. I planned to flower them all in two rubbermaid storage containers with a 400-watt light, but only one ended up being a female, so she got the whole thing.

I had the light on during the night to minimize the daily temperature spike, but I still had no cooling and temperatures got up to 105 degrees at the most. I had one 50 cfm bathroom fan for ventilation, and no CO2. My plant was attacked by both aphids and thrips before I finally got them under control about 5 weeks into flowering. Oh, and I topped my plant during flowering (2 or 3 weeks in), another no-no.

I ignored all the advice I got that my plant was doomed to a fiery death, following instead my own theories that my plant would do ok thanks to the massive amount of dirt (about 12 gallons) it had to grow in. Judge the results for yourself.

I harvested one cola already and got about a sixth of an ounce. That was 7 weeks into flowering. This weekend, it'll be 9. The cola i harvested wasn't even the biggest one, it was maybe fourth (out of 23), but it was getting burnt by the light so I cut it. The potency is just fine too. Like 5 people got stoned on about a gram and a half. Oh, and not a single hermie flower!

Anyway, I'm sure that if conditions in my attic were more ideal, I would have had a larger yield. But it was my only place to grow, and air conditioning was not feasible. Whatever I'll get is certainly better than nothing!

So here's my plant. I'm guessing about 3 ounces, based on past experience.
khronik Reviewed by khronik on . Is heat really that bad for plants? I started 5 nirvana big bud seeds near the beginning of June, and I'm just getting ready to harvest. I started them outside, and moved them to my attic, where temperatures were over 90 degrees for most of the summer. I planned to flower them all in two rubbermaid storage containers with a 400-watt light, but only one ended up being a female, so she got the whole thing. I had the light on during the night to minimize the daily temperature spike, but I still had no cooling and temperatures Rating: 5