How does Girl Scout Cookies run outdoors?
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old_smoke
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I grew Girl Scout Cookies last year and again this year. The photo is one of last year's plants taken on October 24th.
I am on the east end of Long Island, NY. I'm an experienced gardener, but last year was my first time growing weed since I had a farm in Western Massachusetts (about 30 years ago).
Based on feedback from people who tried the weed, the best bud was harvested at the end of October (I harvested some branches each week starting on Oct 15 through Nov 23). I got about 1.5 lbs from this plant.
The plant in the photo was very mold resistant but I had another pheno that had bad mold issues and I ended up chopping that one at the end of Sept.
I grew my weed exactly the way I grow tomatoes. Seedlings went into the ground mid May and were fed every 2 weeks with 2 tablespoons of 10=10-10 fertilizer and same quantity of agricultural gypsum. Plants were watered every 2 or 3 days (less frequently if we got rain). Fertilizer, gypsum, and supplemental watering were stopped on Sept 1.
I was pretty happy with the way the plant did. I didn't properly support the plant and lost the top 3' of the plant during a July thunderstorm. The duct tape came out, branches were reattached, and she bounced right back.
Good luck!
I am on the east end of Long Island, NY. I'm an experienced gardener, but last year was my first time growing weed since I had a farm in Western Massachusetts (about 30 years ago).
Based on feedback from people who tried the weed, the best bud was harvested at the end of October (I harvested some branches each week starting on Oct 15 through Nov 23). I got about 1.5 lbs from this plant.
The plant in the photo was very mold resistant but I had another pheno that had bad mold issues and I ended up chopping that one at the end of Sept.
I grew my weed exactly the way I grow tomatoes. Seedlings went into the ground mid May and were fed every 2 weeks with 2 tablespoons of 10=10-10 fertilizer and same quantity of agricultural gypsum. Plants were watered every 2 or 3 days (less frequently if we got rain). Fertilizer, gypsum, and supplemental watering were stopped on Sept 1.
I was pretty happy with the way the plant did. I didn't properly support the plant and lost the top 3' of the plant during a July thunderstorm. The duct tape came out, branches were reattached, and she bounced right back.
Good luck!
I'm a big fan of harvesting larger plants over a span of time to compare quality. Did you happen to check the trichomes each time? Curious what they looked like at the end of October, when the best bud was harvested.
old_smoke
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I didn't check the trichomes. I bought a loop and tried checking them but wasn't able to see what other people show in pictures. That's the reason I harvested over such a long span of time. It was my first grow and I figured sampling and asking others to sample would help narrow down my harvest window for the next grow.
This is what I did:
I gave samples to 6 people, one of whom was a former grower and one who is a very experience grower. I gave them samples of 2 or 3 different cuts in baggies labeled "A", "B", or "C" and told them it was weed that I had grown and I wanted their feedback. I started giving out samples about a month after the last cut.
Everyone said they liked the weed (it was free afterall). When forced to choose, everyone chose the 10/25 or 11/4 cut as their favorite. One person who got the 10/25 and 11/18 thought they were given an Indica and Sativa rather than buds from the same plant.
One woman I gave samples to has a Jamaican husband. They also got the 10/25 and 11/18 cuts. He shared it with his friends whom she described as "weed aficionados". The 10/25 was their favorite, they found it very strong, and she claimed that one of his friends called it the best weed he had had in the US. Since everyone likes being buttered up, I gave her more of the 10/25. Her husband shared it again and while it was good it wasn't as good as they remembered it. Ah, such is life.
At the end of this process I now know my harvest window is Oct 22 to Nov 5 (the plants I'm growing this year are clones of last year's plant). I have gotten better at the loop and used it on an indoor grow and some autoflowers. Hopefully I'll be on the mark this year . . . mother nature permitting.
This is what I did:
I gave samples to 6 people, one of whom was a former grower and one who is a very experience grower. I gave them samples of 2 or 3 different cuts in baggies labeled "A", "B", or "C" and told them it was weed that I had grown and I wanted their feedback. I started giving out samples about a month after the last cut.
Everyone said they liked the weed (it was free afterall). When forced to choose, everyone chose the 10/25 or 11/4 cut as their favorite. One person who got the 10/25 and 11/18 thought they were given an Indica and Sativa rather than buds from the same plant.
One woman I gave samples to has a Jamaican husband. They also got the 10/25 and 11/18 cuts. He shared it with his friends whom she described as "weed aficionados". The 10/25 was their favorite, they found it very strong, and she claimed that one of his friends called it the best weed he had had in the US. Since everyone likes being buttered up, I gave her more of the 10/25. Her husband shared it again and while it was good it wasn't as good as they remembered it. Ah, such is life.
At the end of this process I now know my harvest window is Oct 22 to Nov 5 (the plants I'm growing this year are clones of last year's plant). I have gotten better at the loop and used it on an indoor grow and some autoflowers. Hopefully I'll be on the mark this year . . . mother nature permitting.
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I can't make a loop work for me, I use a digital microscope. I like your approach, I too, like to get several experienced growers' opinions. I send each one trichome pics, whole plant pics and close ups of the buds, and harvest by committee.I didn't check the trichomes. I bought a loop and tried checking them but wasn't able to see what other people show in pictures. That's the reason I harvested over such a long span of time. It was my first grow and I figured sampling and asking others to sample would help narrow down my harvest window for the next grow.
This is what I did:
I gave samples to 6 people, one of whom was a former grower and one who is a very experience grower. I gave them samples of 2 or 3 different cuts in baggies labeled "A", "B", or "C" and told them it was weed that I had grown and I wanted their feedback. I started giving out samples about a month after the last cut.
Everyone said they liked the weed (it was free afterall). When forced to choose, everyone chose the 10/25 or 11/4 cut as their favorite. One person who got the 10/25 and 11/18 thought they were given an Indica and Sativa rather than buds from the same plant.
One woman I gave samples to has a Jamaican husband. They also got the 10/25 and 11/18 cuts. He shared it with his friends whom she described as "weed aficionados". The 10/25 was their favorite, they found it very strong, and she claimed that one of his friends called it the best weed he had had in the US. Since everyone likes being buttered up, I gave her more of the 10/25. Her husband shared it again and while it was good it wasn't as good as they remembered it. Ah, such is life.
At the end of this process I now know my harvest window is Oct 22 to Nov 5 (the plants I'm growing this year are clones of last year's plant). I have gotten better at the loop and used it on an indoor grow and some autoflowers. Hopefully I'll be on the mark this year . . . mother nature permitting.