1st grow! Check it out!!

[ilovetv247]

Post some more pics when you get a chance Looks great!

[wman44]

your girls are not growing up anymore because they have started focusing all of their energy to make trichromes and or seeds. just keep an eye on those nugs and watch em swell!
also it looks like it might be time for you to invest in a jewelers loupe or some other type of magnification to keep an eye on those trichromes.
keep up the good work and let us know how they turn out!:rastasmoke:

[sociobud]

Damn, its been 3 weeks since my last post with photos, and wow my plants look different. I need to post new pics. One of my plants has lost almost all of her fan leaves. She is now just one giant stalk of bud! Looks sad actually! All scrawny and tall. The other plants are all going in the same direction-losing leaves and becoming fat stalks of bud.

It's now exactly 42d/6w into flowering. I think I should have maybe 2 weeks left. I ordered a 30x mag glass online last week. Hopefully it will get here this week. I'm gonna definitely have to start checking the trichomes daily. The girls are getting very close. I'm looking for more of a stupid head high, so I'm gonna harvest earlier then later.

I'm still deciding the method I'm going to use for drying and curing. I also don't know what I want to do with the trimmings. I don't want to attempt to make hash just yet. I guess I'll make cannabutter. Oh well, I still have a few weeks before I have to decide.

[sociobud]

So my girls are now just shy of 8 weeks old. They still look good. I finally received my 30x mag glass, and wouldn't you know, I still can't tell what color the trichs are! I think this may come with some practice and experience. I had a very trustworthy friend come over to lend me his eyes, he said it was hard too. He did say the tall, stalky plant looks cloudier then the other two. Damn, this trich thing is hard!!!

I think I'm going to harvest the tall one this weekend. I'll first put it in a dark place for a few days, then whack it down, and hang it up to dry. I'm going to wait awhile on the other two plants.

I'm excited about finally trying my product. I know its seedy, and not as potent, but who cares...I grew it!!

Here's some pics for your entertainment! I stuck a red pen at the bottom for size difference. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a real good shot at how thick my cola is on the tall plant. I measured the girth, and its almost 5".

What do y'all think???

[sociobud]

I harvested one of my girls. I had this STUPID idea to trim the "dead" leaves off this one plant..well I'm never gonna do that again! The plant started "burning." Getting really dried and reddish. After harvesting, I noticed it wasn't anything to do with the roots. They were fine. I'm pretty sure I took off leaves that were shading the plant, and thus the plant burned from the HPS light. That's the only thing I can think of. So I thought, damn this plant is in 8 weeks of flowering and its dying! What do I do?? I harvested it. If it doesn't have enough thc, then I could throw the whole bitch into brownies. I bet that would get you high!

Here's photos of my yield on what I call "burn plant." I don't know how much that is, but it doesn't really matter the quantity wet. I will definitely weigh the yield after it dries. That's a more accurate anyway. There's 3 more girlies still growing. There's a red pen in there for perspective.

[Surfnbird]

wow man looks good all this is a big help seeing as im starting to grow my own to this year.

[sociobud]

It's been a full week since I harvested the "burn plant." The drying is coming along quicker then imagined. Right now, I have used a cookie drying rack, a fan, and a cupboard. Working out quite well so far. When I harvest the other 3 plants, I'll hang them in a closet with a fan.

Since its so close to being fully dried, I weighed my yield. It weighed in just under 1oz. That's not bad considering I have sampled this plant with 2 joints already. This plant is not the best high, but not the worst either. I can tell it was harvested too soon. It's the kind of high where you can feel you're right on the edge of something great..yanno. Oh well, its free crap I can still smoke. The high is more like a strong buzz. I guess I'll use this stuff for "back up" in case I run dry.

In regards to my other plants, its almost 9 weeks and I still can't tell how close they are to harvest. I'm thinking maybe another week. Reading the trichomes is harder then you think!

[sociobud]

I just harvested plant #2, which I call crystal. She's trimmed & hanging in my closet drying. My other plant I dried 2 weeks ago is now in the jar curing. That smoke is getting better and better. It's starting to really knock me on my butt when I smoke it...nice and relaxing.

I think I will unplug the lights tonight and let the other 2 plants sit in darkness for a few days before harvesting. I need to flush them tonight. It will be 10 weeks of flowering for the last 2 plants. My first plant was at 8, second at week 9, and now the last at week 10. I'm just glad I was able to harvest all 4 of my babies. I started with 4, and ended with 4. That makes me quite proud.

Here's the wet yield from crystal. I put a keyboard and red pen in their for prospective. Enjoy!

[angry nomad]

Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for all your posts and pics. It helps those of us who never grew to see someone do it for the first time. Especially because you don't use a lot of the jargon that confuses the hell outta me.

Peace.

[sociobud]

First off, no problem anrgy nomad. I'm here to enjoy!! :jointsmile:

I have harvested all my babies now. I don't have any growing. It's alright, I'll have some more soon. I get to pick out which kind to try now. I'm exicited about that!

Here's some photos of the last of my girls. I have to post them in different threads due to size limits. The first set is of what I call "tall". I think she was pure Indica-tall & stout. She's by far the tallest, thickest, stalk-o-bud of the group.