Northern Lights - Peakseedsbc - HeartlandHank grow

Just saying if it were mine > I'd let them swell more than those pictures regardless of trichome's.
Hairs were still white on tips and the red ones were still not receding

I've tried it every way possible including 50% amber and I'll NEVER harvest again past 15%-20% amber.
I will however ALWAYS let all the hairs turn red and recede into the calyx and let the calyx swell like they are going to burst.

I agree with you on the amber(less is better) and if your happy with the smoke> your golden.

Does it have the old school NL Flavor/potency?

maybe 5 days...still though they just don't look fully swole quite yet
Looks like good smoke either way. I wanna know if it has the Old School type flavor/potency!

I've never got these calyx to really swell up like some others will. It's tight clusters of little calyx that don't change much in size from late week 7 as far as week 10.

I usually take them at 63 days, but I take them when I have time.. this round it was 59 days.

when you get a toke off it uncured let us in on it...

I think I know what your talking about now...Hard buds but not swole like diesels and hashplants

kindnug said:

when you get a toke off it uncured let us in on it...

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It's got that piney smell, a little bit in the flavor. Sort of a potpouri finish.
Her siblings carried a more pungent taste and intense flavor.. I selected this plant for yield.
She will be replaced soon, as well as a few others, to make room for 2 killing fields selections and possibly one g13 selection.

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/588955-6-sannies-killing-fields-f3.html
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/588938-g13-dr-greenthumb-grow-heartlandhank.html

My pistil colors are all over the place with harvest times... I just go by trich colors with a 100x... 80% cloudy, 18% clear, 2% amber.. something near that, that is convenient. Trichs continue to cloudy/amber up after you cut... when I wait longer and take a look after the dry... most trichs are amber... degraded. I know this opinion puts me in the minority, but it's how I do it.

I'll do a smoke report, for sure.

kindnug said:

I will however ALWAYS let all the hairs turn red and recede into the calyx and let the calyx swell like they are going to burst.

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I know what you mean. My green crack plant does that,,, but well before calyx fully recede. They turn a nice orange and do not fully recede until nearly 10 weeks, way later than I like to take them.

kindnug said:

Hairs were still white on tips and the red ones were still not receding

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that is late new growth... The closer the growth is to the bulb the more of that you get... Quite a few popular plants often will do this... NL, the white strains, aurora indica, others... My haze plants do the same thing... Especially the 14 wk SSH. Those burst of new pistils never end.

Pistils just don't play a part in my harvest times. I had a c99 plant I ran that harvested just right with over 50% white pistils. Most of mine are between 80% and 100% though, at harvest.. Deep Chunk pistils would fully recede in 8 weeks.. I took it that far usually.
But yeah... I harvest a little earlier than most people do. I like it a week earlier than most. I like to smoke more, get higher, not crash. It could be in my head... but cloudy>clear trichs, no amber,.. get's me what I want.

I reckon you chopped them at the right time man i wouldve done the same!

Your NL sounds a lot like mine. Looks pretty similar too. Very relaxing indeed. I agree, doesn't branch a whole lot naturally. I didn't top mine, but I could imagine them responding quite well. Would also do well in a SOG I think. It's a pretty well rounded strain IMO.

Peak has fire.

eastcoastmo said:

Nice work dude, dank looking NL you got there let us know how it smokes and if it has that old school NL smell/feel to it

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It does have the old school NL feel and smell. At least in my humble opinion, although honestly I haven't seen commercial NL in years.

HeartlandHank said:

I've never got these calyx to really swell up like some others will. It's tight clusters of little calyx that don't change much in size from late week 7 as far as week 10.

I usually take them at 63 days, but I take them when I have time.. this round it was 59 days.

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Again sounds just like mine. Very little change in the final weeks.

Well, this concludes the NL grow journal... here a few pics.. Thanks for checking it out. This round was taken down at just 8 wks... I've gone longer. Really, optimal prbly would have been about 8.5 weeks.

They yielded well... 12 oz per 600hps... 3 oz per plant... not bad for such little effort. These ladies were not at all baby'd. Coco drain to waste treated like soil... easy.

Check out Peakseedsbc... Do not forget the bc... peakseeds.com is a scam... peakseedsbc daht kahm is very legit.,

Feel free to post pics, insults, poetry, etc..

Wow man, you've excelled looks dank as hell man!!

eastcoastmo said:

Wow man, you've excelled looks dank as hell man!!

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Thanks eastcoastmo... this plant is an easy one to grow... I just coco drain to waste, treat it like soil, large containers. I'll go days without even taking a look at them.

Here are some other reports I have been doing along with this one, if interested.

Super Silver Haze Beanhoarder - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/590609-ssh1-x-ssh2-beanho-heartlandhank.html

G13 Dr Green Thumb - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/588938-g13-dr-greenthumb-grow-heartlandhank.html

Killing Fields F3 Sannies - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/588955-6-sannies-killing-fields-f3.html

Northern Lights Peakseeds bc - https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/590612-northern-lights-peakseedsbc-heartlandhank-grow.html

I had to make some room for newly selected mothers.. So, Northern Lights is gone. It was a solid plant for me... On to bigger and better though.

HeartlandHank said:

Well, this concludes the NL grow journal... here a few pics.. Thanks for checking it out. This round was taken down at just 8 wks... I've gone longer. Really, optimal prbly would have been about 8.5 weeks.

They yielded well... 12 oz per 600hps... 3 oz per plant... not bad for such little effort. These ladies were not at all baby'd. Coco drain to waste treated like soil... easy.

Check out Peakseedsbc... Do not forget the bc... peakseeds.com is a scam... peakseedsbc daht kahm is very legit.,

Feel free to post pics, insults, poetry, etc..

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Well Done! I am running currently - Any smoke report?