My first harvest, part two!!

Dragon311

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It's been 8 days since I took my first harvest from my first plant. (see here)After drying I ended up netting 43g! Now those colas are curing in a big jar. She tastes better every day that's for sure. I've been putting my new vaporizers to good use, yanno breaking them in right, lol. (If you're curious I got a Vapir One 5.0 which is great but kinda loud when in use. Then I also got a PUFFit portable vaporizer for discreet use on the go.)

I didn't have any scissors big enough to cut her down at the base of her stalk, so I opted to just cut her at the branches from the main stalk. I was wanting to hang the whole plant to dry it, but wasn't possible this time around. I strung up more lines in my drying box and hopefully they'll dry over 4-7 days.

Overall I'm quite impressed with the results of my newbie grow! I was only expecting 14g at best when I first started this project. The PC box setup was perfect for learning my first time around, im my opinion. I watered her by hand and spent time with her daily for the most part. She survived a physical move since I moved to a new place back in December. I will take what I learned this time around and apply it to the next cycle.

I'm looking forward to the next grow already. While the PC box served me well enough, I'm going to turn it into my seedling & veg box, and setup a new cabinet for flowering. I might try my hand with setting up a perpetual grow/harvest this time around, that's the goal at least. I have one last feminized Blue Mystic to use for round two. I also have the freebie, but I figure I'll stick with the strain I did well enough with the first time around. I will probably do a new seed order in the coming months so I'll be ready for round 3 when it comes up. I'm going to give Super Lemon Haze a whirl after this next grow.

Here's some various pics. One of the final plant before I did the last chop on her. A shot of one of the testers I took when I thought part of her was done. One picture of one of the 4 dried colas I have now. A spread of all the final cuttings. A shot of the container and roots. And finally a few shots of the PC box that I used and the DIY carbon filter I used.

Thanks to everyone here at Rollitup! This site was one of the great resources that helped me learn and pull off my first grow!
 

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Dragon311

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yup, I started training her main stalk to grow horizontally since I had limited space. I planted her on one side of the tupperware, and trained her to to grow the length of the medium. I used stripped down cat 5 wire, and made slits in the container to secure it. The end result was 4 other phat colas that almost equaled the main cola, plus everything you see in this post.
 

bmeat

New Member
whats the wattage usage on those cfls? 40? they produced some very dense nice potent looking buds
 

SiliconeBud

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You got 43g from a PC grow :clap:.. I'm going to start taking pointers from you and yeah, sweet grow dude..


Cheers
- SB -
 

Dragon311

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You got 43g from a PC grow :clap:.. I'm going to start taking pointers from you and yeah, sweet grow dude..


Cheers
- SB -
Heh thanks...and 43g is just the first cut. If I had to guess this 2nd cut should net another 20g or more maybe. I didn't feel like getting a wet weight for all those mini buds, so I'll just get a dry weight in a couple days.

As for the flowering bulbs, the ones in the pic are 55w @ 2700K, rated at 3850 lumens each. The first few weeks of flowering I used 1x 55w and 1x 42w. I didn't think I could fit 2x 55w...but I eventually figured it out.
 

Chockfullonuts

Active Member
Hey, really nice grow! If I am understanding you correctly, you harvested your main colas and big buds and left all the small stuff underneath to get bigger?
If that is correct, are they still growing? Are the small underneath buds covered with trichomes? The reason I ask is because I am probably a couple weeks from harvest and I have a lot of small action under my screen and I would love to be able to let those little buds get bigger. From what I can see, the little buds have a coating of trichomes just like the larger ones. Your yield is encouraging to me. Good job!.....Chockfullonuts
 

Dragon311

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You understand correctly. There was approximately 8 days in between cuttings. Every bud site is covered with trichromes. She was at about 5-10% amber by the 2nd harvest.
 

Dragon311

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Final update for this grow!

Dry weight from the second cutting is 22g. The popcorn was pretty fluffy compared to the super dense colas I harvested under 2 weeks ago. The fluffiness probably contributed to the shorter dry time than anticipated as well. I plan to address this in the next grow with lights around the sides though.

That brings my total harvest from my first grow (in a PC box) to 65g total! :bigjoint:
Time to get to work on the next grow... :weed:
 

Reynaldo

Member
I'm awaiting the next develop already. While the PC box provided me well enough, I'm going to convert it into my plant & veg box, and installation a new cupboard for blooming. I might try my side with creating everlasting grow/harvest now around, that's the objective at least.
 
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