First grow (flowering stage only) with pics

[OMB]

Awesome pics chromophore! They are looking great. Very soon both of us will reap the rewards of our "Helicopter" parenting. :thumbsup: Doesn't sound like I really need the Epsom salts with my soil grow then.I have been feeding Molasses with my bloom so I will flush with straight water just because it gives me something to do besides staring at them.

[tlranger]

you can't get the buds to burn. They become 'fire proof'. So if you flush one without the epsom, compare it to the one with epsom for burnability. If you've ever harvested a lb or two that won't burn (& I have),

Meditate.

Are you sure they where not just to green still? I've had dank sticky stuff you couldn't smoke in a joint, but always found away to fire it up. Maybe it was just tooo goood?? :S5: But you I believe. :smokebong:

[tlranger]

After some reflection, maybe ex thought you were going through stash to fast, slipped you some real green. :joint1:

[Chromophore]

Completed flushing of the 4 girls using catbud's protocol. The girls are in 5 gallon pots so I was prepared to use 10 gallons. But by 5 gallons the ppm of the flow-through had stabilized, so I went with a 5 gallon flush. My ppm data for the flush was nearly identical for all four plants. For example:

water going in: 152 ppm, pH 6.6, temp 68F
1st gallon flow-through: 583 ppm, pH6.3, temp 64F
2nd gallon flow-through: 338 ppm, pH 6.1, temp 64F
3rd gallon flow-through: 316 ppm, pH 6.1, temp 65F
4th gallon flow-through: 212 ppm, pH 6.2, temp 65F
5th gallon flow-through: 190 ppm, pH 6.2, temp 64F
6th gallon flow-through: 188 ppm, pH 6.3, temp 66F
7th gallon flow-through: 192 ppm, pH 6.3, temp 65F
8th gallon flow-through: 180 ppm, pH 6.5, temp 65F
9th gallon flow-through: 188 ppm, pH 6.5, temp 64F
10th gallon flow-through: 202 ppm, pH 6.5, temp 65F

Despite the bump up in ppms in the 10th gallon, the flushing had clearly plateaued by the 5th or 6th gallon. Flow-through by the 5th gallon was nearly clear.

1st gallon flow-through: Attachment 297613 5th gallon flow-through: Attachment 297614


And finally, I sampled some tiny buds that I had collected and trimmed last weekend while thinning lower material from the plants. I figured it would be a good way to practice trimming and drying. I do realize that something harvested that early will probably have different effects from the ripe product, but I will say this: much to my surprise it tasted smooth and almost cool, sugary with just touch of spiciness. But very light flavor. The effects were delightful. really heady, talkative, euphoric. My anticipation for harvest is nearly unbearable.imp:

[OMB]

...."My anticipation for harvest is nearly unbearable."
I feel your pain. :stoned:

[Chromophore]

The two different flowering "styles" are still apparent, but the buds are starting to look "dense" for lack of a better word. I've been using a stereo-microscope to check trichomes. Wow what a treat to view them that way. Seeing them at this magnification (50-120X), I'm revising my earlier descriptions. I would say the majority are still clear, whit a sizable fraction which appear to be still forming (heads haven'e opened up completely). Cloudies only make up maybe 25%. I think I've got another two weeks for sure at this rate.




Attachment 297743 Attachment 297744

[growdemon]

cool, lemon skunk 9 weeks afggoey 8 weeks that should be an interesting cross. This will be a heavy indica with some sativa after tones. As lemon skunk is a 50/50 hydrid & afgooy I believe is 80/20 "indica dominant".

look at them little orange hairs! this guy will be loaded with those, You may want to consider going a bit longer given the size of the plants to allow the buds to fully mature

:thumbsup:

[catbuds]

I agree with growdemon. Think you have a little longer to go than just 2 wks. I enlarged the pics, & I think you will have more, & plumper trichromes. Just keep an eye on trich color with your 'scope, you'll be fine. I can't wait to hear dried bud weight! I bet you're already doing the happy dance! Boy, are you gonna be tired before harvest even gets here! Maybe you should sit down, burn a fattie & get some rest, Jungle Boy! LOL!

[Chromophore]

Agree with you both. A grower friend of mine came over last night and looked things over carefully. He said the largest buds are at best 1-2 weeks away, probably 2-3. Then there is a ton of stuff below them. I just have to be patient. I'm going to stat logging trichome color, size and density for each plant.

[Chromophore]

Thanks Growdemon the lineage on those as best as I can tell:
seeds: Afgooey x Lemon Skunk, f1

Afgooey= Afghani#1 x Maui Haze Apparently Afgooey takes on most of her Indica parent's traits, though people really like the effect and consider it balanced for an Indica dom. The smell of these plants is like warm candy apple mixed with skunk. Weird but very pleasant.

Lemon Skunk= Skunk#1 x Citral (or "unknown" skunk, there are several varieties out there apparently) this one is Sativa dominant.

I'm really looking forward to testing this cross. I think it may be a very interesting combination of exotic flavor and electric effects.