FLOWERING DAY EIGHTY!
Sorry I haven't been attending to my grow journal of late, but I have been busy harvesting and drying my crop
. Everything is going GREAT, and I am on track to exceed my one pound goal I set at the beginning of my first grow
.
I only have three girls left to chop (out of twelve); all the others, except for one on the drying rack, have already been harvested, dried, and put into mason jars.
The final weight on the five White Widows, the Chemdawg, and the Afghan Kush Special is 283.1 grams. This excludes trimmings, which I have quite a bit of, and intend to make hash out of once I get everything in, dried, and purchase the bags for making the hash.
I haven't factored in the weight of any of the late-flowering Outlaw strain yet (I have five plants), but I have harvested one plant of Outlaw-Teela, A medium sized plant of the five I have grown. I am still getting the buds perfect going back and fourth between jar and paper bag, but right now I am at about 42.1 grams for this one plant alone. I have one plant smaller than her-Bonnie, which should bring in an ounce. She is one of the three remaining in the grow room; I am going to chop Bonnie later today or tomorrow.
(This is Lindy on the drying rack. In terms of weight, she ought to be about the same as Teela, maybe a tad more.
Now I want to describe the quality of the buds I have harvested so far (official smoke reports to come later as they finish curing)
Afghan Kush Special (Lexi). Very disappointed in this strain. Good thing I only grew one of her (a freebie). I yielded over 40 grams on her, but the quality of the buds were absolute SHIT! Very airy and they all basically disintegrate without much effort. Needless to say, I ground up all her buds and have a pint jar of schwag-weed. It smells terrible, like hay, but the smoke is better than the smell. Potency-wise, it gives you a nice, mellow high, which is good because sometimes that is the best high given certain situations.
Chemdawg (Betsy). This is some very strong, serious weed:smoking:! In fact, it is the absolute best weed I have ever smoked in my entire life! The nuggets are dense as fuck, the smell is incredible and pungent, the smoke is just the very best in terms of flavor and complexity, and the high? 2-3 hits is an instant couch-lock...yes, it's that fucking potent! Not for beginners. I have smoked this with friends and they all agree that this is exceptional in every way! Fortunately, I will be growing two more on my next grow.
White Widow (Avery, Opal, Iris, Shannon, and Sophie). This strain is not in the same elite class as the Chemdawg, but it's way up there, superior than most street weed available, I would say. I thought I was going to get well over 1.5 ounces per plant, but as it turns out, White Widow buds are light as a feather, and therefore, I managed just a bit more than an ounce per plant, with Opal bringing in around an ounce and a half. Still, these buds look great (although delicate). Here's some pics of dried WW...
Outlaw (Teela, Lindy, Mila, Summer, and Bonnie). This is a new strain from Dutch Passion. An 80% Sativa strain crossed with Amnesia and Super-Haze. This is a very resinous plant; just absolutely frosted in trichomes, more so than the WW. I have sampled some of the lower quality buds and so far it's very, very good. The smell is fruity and sweet, and I would say it smells like, believe it or not-Lemon Meringue Pie! Just amazing to smell. The smoke is much different than the smell. Not fruity at all, but peppery if anything. The nuggets are very large and compact, so compared to the White Widow, this is going to be a high yielding strain (and I thought it would be the other way around!) I can't wait to try the top-shelf, upper-cola, premium quality buds:smoking:.
Here's some pics of the Outlaw I have left in my grow room I took this AM. Check out the size of the cola of Summer too. It has the NoS can next to it for comparison...
Stay tuned as I chop the rest of my plants, get final weights, and give detailed grow/smoke reports for each strain:wave: