Can you describe what happened to your Diablo plant? How you could tell it went to long?
Of course. I rode the nutrient concentration higher than I ever did on a previous grow with Diablo. This resulted in the monster, accelerated growth exhibited in that infamous journal, but I didn't take into account that accelerated growth needs to be adjusted with a shorter flowering period. The buds were huge and donkey dicks, but they also had these little yellow tips from where the calyxes just went over their time. The taste and smell characteristics were strong at first, but it didn't cure well... and I can assure you it's not because I did it wrong. The smell remained strong, but the OG smell morphed into something else. I attribute all these things to their harsh treatment and prolonged death cycle.
As Cheeze mentioned, it was still potent as fuck, but I when I fall short of perfection, I don't consider it a success.
the diablo to me was one of the most potent erbs i ever smoked... from lordjin...
I think it was more on the overnuted side... but he maintains he went to long..
And he may be right... but just imagine how crazy jins bud would look at 65 days....thatd be awesome!
Potency is never missing in my crops, so now I focus on the finer things like smell, taste, density, trich coverage, and burn smoothness. That's why even though I knew my leftover Diablo crumbs would get you and your gf high, I was kinda embarrassed to have you taste it because the flavor was totally fucked by that time due not only to the factors mentioned above, but to the fermentation process that set in (this is what happens when you take your buds past cure). **an interesting side note on bud fermentation: A few days to a week after cutting, your buds are dry, you can smoke it, but the effects are still underdeveloped. A few weeks after they have dried and you are storing in jars with periodic burps, the bud is in its prime stage of cure -- this is the stage most desired by shops and patients. Now you go months and months and months of just leaving your bud sitting in dark, air-tight jars, they start fermenting. The high from a fermented OG is something quite different as I'm sure you can attest to, Cheeze.
Sleezy1 talked me into trying Blackstar LED. I plan to run it for my next. This should take away much if not all of my heat control challenges. A milder temp environment that doesn't require brutal air exchange to keep it cool will allow me run my plants longer.
