Ok, ok, I admit it...I'm weak. I gave in to my primal urges, yet again. Yes, that's right, I harvested a cola last night, even though I knew it probably wasn't ready and everyone has warned OMB and I to be patient. I swear the bud was telling me to do it. I hadn't smoked any so I know what I heard was real:weedpoke: Aside from that, my reasoning was that the buds seemed uniformly swollen from their bases to their tips, hairs completely brown, and the trichomes were mostly amber and cloudy. However, once I got the branch all trimmed up and hung, I took a nuggety little bud off of it and popped it under my scope. Down inside the calyxes the trichomes were dense and swollen, but evenly mixed clear and cloudy. No ambers. So the trichomes on the sugar leaves were more developed than those inside the bud. I guess the lesson here is that I need to stop using the sugar leaves to gauge ripeness. Oh well, it's just one cola, and not really a huge one anyway. I'll go back to twiddling my thumbs and checking my watch constantly....

Here's the workbench, patiently waiting for action...Attachment 297974 Some little nugs I've been sampling...Attachment 297975




Current batch of clones after 8 days...Attachment 297976 The front and middle are clones taken from my current batch in veg (Purple Wreck X Lemon Skunk). The front two are taken from the most vigorous plant and the clones reflect that. The rear portion of the tray contains my experiment. These are cuttings taken from my two "favorite" plants currently in flower (Afgooey X Lemon Skunk) from which I did not previously have successful clones. So far they look like they're doing ok. I'm following the advice given to me by several people and am watering them with oxygen-saturated water at least once a day. Keeping temp.s between 69-75F. What I would like to do if possible, is get those flowering clones to root, then try to continue flowering, but try to force one of them to produce male flowers. If I can, I'll take pollen and fertilize the flowering clone from the sister plant. Assuming I can even do this, is it a good idea? Are sibling crosses considered a wise move, or does that usually give unpredictable/poor results?
Chromophore Reviewed by Chromophore on . First grow (flowering stage only) with pics I have a background in scientific research with monoterpene production in citrus and mint, but I throw most of that out the window with this stuff. Despite many years as an avid gardener and green thumb, growing these plants has been a challenging and unique experience. I have 4 female plants (I was able to sex them via pre-flowers) which I switched over to 12/12 today. I'm very nervous about the next 8-10 weeks. I will admit to becoming somewhat emotionally bonded to these 4 plants, as weird Rating: 5