Wecome to the jungle

[canefan]

Let's take a look at the blue moonshine

See BMS-P (purple) in the above post

BMS-3 has the most desirable traits out of the 6 considdering bud formation, bud sites, vigor, inter-nodal spacing, stockiness etc.

Comments welcome

Wow Green things are looking really good. They sure filled out nicely while I was gone. Congrats on the coming harvest.

 

[Green Cross]

Wow Green things are looking really good. They sure filled out nicely while I was gone. Congrats on the coming harvest.

Thanks for the congrats! And what a learning experience this has been!

The lower bud sites are ripening nicely now that the canopy has been partially thinned, and I'm really pleased with the results of "staggered harvest". I'm going to let the rest ripen further, so I can see for myself the difference in samples taken at different stages of ripeness, and flushing.

I'm also doing a few different trimming techniques; some I trimmed pretty tight as soon as they were picked. Others had only their fan leaves removed, so they'll dry more slowly. They'll get trimmed before going into jars for curing. Others I plan to dry in trays in a cedar box. Anything I'm not 100% happy with can go into the hash bucket. I plan to make bubble (using the "gumby method") and then lace it with keif to improve the flavor.

The clones are finally thriving, but the next grow is on hold because I have a line on a local medical strain (kush x sour diesel), and a possible breeding project - kush x train wreck X sour diesel x kush = sour kush train. More on that later.

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[Green Cross]

Here's what the indica looks like fully ripe (50% amber trichs)

I sampled a bud - harvested last week, and still curing - it smells like grapefruit and pepper, with skunk, and berrry undertones. Reminds me of the good sensimelia I used to buy in the 80's. The resin sticks to your fingers when pulling a bud from the stem.

I started with 2 bong rips, and followed-up with 1 more, about an hour later.

I experienced more of an up high than I expected, but not too racy, or paranoid. It starts in the forehead and eyes, and works it's way into your lower jaw.
A relaxing daytime smoke, to day-dream by. Considering it's nowhere near fully cured, I'm pleasantly surprised with the flavor, as well as the potency, and I'm looking forward to sampling the fully ripened, and cured, finished product. Wish you could all join in for an RUI community smoke session

So here's what's left of this plant, the lower bud sites still ripening-up.

Blue Moonshine still has a couple more weeks. I had a little earth juice left, so they'll get a final 1/2 dose of bloom nutes, before the flush. 3 were thirsty today, including the one I'm trying to force male flowers on. She got a full alka-seltzer with her watering, because I'm determined to collect some BMS pollen, and running out of time.

Here's a random blue moonshine bud shot

Comments welcome

 

[canefan]

mmmmmm yummy I have been sampling some of what I had to cut last week, basically a day dreamy, lets go pull weeds in the garden high. Congrats. Can't wait to see how they finish. cane

 

[newbieneedshelp]

day-dream WOULD BE A AWSOME STRAIN NAME FOR THAT PLANT SINCE ITS A UNKNOW STRAIN. DONT KNOW Y CAP LOCKED TURNED ON.

 

[Green Cross]

day-dream WOULD BE A AWSOME STRAIN NAME FOR THAT PLANT SINCE ITS A UNKNOW STRAIN. DONT KNOW Y CAP LOCKED TURNED ON.

"daydream" is a great name for a strain!

Anyone know what happened to canefan? His profile disappeared? I had lots of Internet problems today... either he got deleted by accident, or he got stoned and deleted his own account by accident

 

[DoeEyed]

"daydream" is a great name for a strain!

Anyone know what happened to canefan? His profile disappeared? I had lots of Internet problems today... either he got deleted by accident, or he got stoned and deleted his own account by accident

Mmmmmm.....Bud porn in the morning..... Beautiful!

 

[tahoe58]

superb. Lovely and well tended. Thanks for your updates and wonderful pics and text. BM is on the list of GrowsToDo. Walk on!!~~~~~

 

[canefan]

"daydream" is a great name for a strain!

Anyone know what happened to canefan? His profile disappeared? I had lots of Internet problems today... either he got deleted by accident, or he got stoned and deleted his own account by accident

LMAO they deleted me......I think I was stoned writing to woodsman when I got a database error. Admin has not answered requests about the problem. So I reregisterd under the same name just no past info available.....this really sucks.

 

[tahoe58]

uv bin erased (Arnie in Erasor .... ahahahaha! Not really That funny though ... kinda weird and kreepy!

LMAO they deleted me......I think I was stoned writing to woodsman when I got a database error. Admin has not answered requests about the problem. So I reregisterd under the same name just no past info available.....this really sucks.

 

[Green Cross]

uv bin erased (Arnie in Erasor .... ahahahaha! Not really That funny though ... kinda weird and kreepy!

Thanks for the comments guys and gals and be sure to Rep+ Canefan lol so he doesn't feel like such a newb

I had some Internet problems of my own the past couple days, but things appear to be back to normal today.

I picked up some nice little trimming sheers today (Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip)

and some long stranded sphagnum moss

I had great success with this stuff in the 80's and was happy to find it at my local garden store. Does anyone else use this stuff? It's kind of pricey, but it holds water and air really well, and it's PH neutral.

Oh yeah, this sativa leaning lady got watered today, so I snapped a couple pictures... The hairs have all turned, but no amber trichs. I'm hoping, Canefan or another experienced sativa farmer can give me a clue on when to harvest this one? should I wait for 50% amber on this one, or not? I've heard letting a sativa go too long can kill the signature sativa high, but don't know who to believe on this.

 

[canefan]

Thanks for the comments guys and gals and be sure to Rep+ Canefan lol so he doesn't feel like such a newb

I had some Internet problems of my own the past couple days, but things appear to be back to normal today.

I picked up some nice little trimming sheers today (Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip)

and some long stranded sphagnum moss

I had great success with this stuff in the 80's and was happy to find it at my local garden store. Does anyone else use this stuff? It's kind of pricey, but it holds water and air really well, and it's PH neutral.

Oh yeah, this sativa leaning lady got watered today, so I snapped a couple pictures... The hairs have all turned, but no amber trichs. I'm hoping, Canefan or another experienced sativa farmer can give me a clue on when to harvest this one? should I wait for 50% amber on this one, or not? I've heard letting a sativa go too long can kill the signature sativa high, but don't know who to believe on this.

mmmm Sativa looks so tastey Green and thanks for the rep I got a huge smile on my face. The high of the sativa for me is best when I am at about 25% amber. That to me keeps it nice and goofy, grinning daytime frame of mind. I think you should try a couple stages though. You can certainly get more of a body high later in its ripeness.
You have done yourself proud on this grow. Happy to be back....lol.

 

[Green Cross]

mmmm Sativa looks so tastey Green and thanks for the rep I got a huge smile on my face. The high of the sativa for me is best when I am at about 25% amber. That to me keeps it nice and goofy, grinning daytime frame of mind. I think you should try a couple stages though. You can certainly get more of a body high later in its ripeness.
You have done yourself proud on this grow. Happy to be back....lol.

I took some off the other plant around 25% (a little early I thought), but I'm not seeing any amber on this one. Hopefully I'll get a good dry sample before long and I'll let some go a little longer just for comparison. Thanks Canefan

I'm getting anxious!

 

[Green Cross]

Not much new here, but I do have some bud porn
Blue Moonshine

 

[tahoe58]

wow ... looking really fat and sticky. Standing there like an aged gentlemen with a lil'crook in their stance.

 

[Green Cross]

wow ... looking really fat and sticky. Standing there like an aged gentlemen with a lil'crook in their stance.

LOL that's good Tahoe, very poetic. Thanks for all the comments

It's hard to imagine the buds could be any bigger, or more dense under HPS, but I'm willing to try

I'm still up in the air on the next grow, because I never received the seeds I've been talking about... and today is a full moon, so I was really hoping to germinate some seed today.

No matter, I have clones that will be ready to go strait to flower if all else fails.

Gigabud is finally starting to ripen; and g13 calls her a fast finisher?
She smells like, what can only be described as mop water. Wash your dirty kitchen floor with pine-sol, and squeeze a lemon wedge into the bucket... hopefully hopefully a slow dry and cure will improve her aroma.

 

[DoeEyed]

The buds look good! Was wondering where you picked up that awesome pair of trimmers?

 

[Dr. Greenhorn]

Nice colas bro

 

[Green Cross]

The buds look good! Was wondering where you picked up that awesome pair of trimmers?

Thanks for the comments DoeEyed and Dr Green.

Home depot has 'em, and that reminds me I gotta pick up some more GooGone. It removes the sticky resin from the trimmers, and leaves a nice orange smell

 

[atomicronick]

first off.....sorry to hear about the cancer. my step mom just recently got diagnosed with MS. i can relate there.
good choice on the sheers. i use the exact same pair myself everyday
sad i missed the whole process, new to the site. looking to have a box about the same setup that you had, except im planning on having one 400 MH and 4 T5 floros. thanks for sharing the pics dude.