First Grow, 5 weeks in

[lewis T]

hey wow thanks tahoe58 !!

its been a long wait, lots of stress and i've been wondering the same thing myself up until like last week

is it the sativa strain that makes it grow tall ?

 

[lewis T]

have you started to flush yet?.
what strain?.

its skunk #1 crossed with super silver haze called pukka skunk

 

[tahoe58]

as far as I know....many of the sativa based strains are tall and lanky...whereas the indica strains are more generally short and bushy...i'm sure there are exceptions, and I also expect that the hybrids put this contention all over the map...but original pics of like Thai sativas show thiese monstrous spindly ....things....that produce some of the dankest smoke. and I don't know that much about this but the sativas I believe are also more of a "active" and "energetic" stone versus the indica. But again...that seems to be very strain dependent...as well as on the "finishing".....and by that I mean the stage of harvest....and the time/method of drying and curing - there's so much involved in doing this hobby....and it really is so much fun!

hey wow thanks tahoe58 !!

its been a long wait, lots of stress and i've been wondering the same thing myself up until like last week

is it the sativa strain that makes it grow tall ?

 

[lewis T]

cool thanks dude. This is a very involved hobby and I'm constantly learning. By the way I love your set up, loks real professional.

When would you suggest I harvest ?

 

[tahoe58]

fdd...says he just looks at his buds....and he feels its right....he has the experience and the sixth sense to do that...but I believe there is some "gut" to doing this too......seems to me the most reliable is the trichomes colour (cloudy then amber - many say 75% amber?), but also the general sense of fullness of the buds...for me that would be difficult cuz I need to get a lot more time under my belt to feel that I have a handle on that.....but with some many things.....it has to feel right in your soul......let yourself guide you.....listen to yourself....good luck....I'll keep watching!

 

[lewis T]

Wow thanks, very wise words by the sound of them. It's difficult to know when I find myself wanting to pick them every day but waiting till the next. I know their not ready yet but already they look and smell better than anything we buy !
I think they may have another week, maybe 2. That'll make it a 18 week grow.
Here's some more pics of the last couple of weeks.

 

[tahoe58]

hey Lewis T....so so sweet...the wait gets excrutiating....but those buds look awesome! good for u with hanging in there to the end...

 

[lewis T]

Happy new year all

i harvested during the christmas holiday it took so long and was so sticky my fingers ached so bad after but it was so worth it !!

i cleaned and strung out the budbox readying it for drying my buds

just over a week later they were ready, the leaves had changed colour and the stalks kinda snapped when bent

i weighed them and stuffed them into glass kilner jars to cure them

9 Oz !!!!

 

[tahoe58]

whhooooohoooooo...9 ozs....cool and so good for you! happy new year...I had been wondering how you were making out 'n all?! thanks for the update!

 

[bfootball51]

where did you get the light oh very nice things going on

 

[lewis T]

oH MAN I'm so happy, trouble is been a bit of a blur since the harvest. Smoked about 2 Oz already !
Cheers for all your help, I can't wait to start my next grow.

We got the light from our local "garden centre" grow well hydroponics.