Hmm.. i won’t bother arguing cause that seems to be working for you. To each their own right. There is no “right” time to harvest it seems. Depends how you like it. I didn’t wait for amber till my 4th or 5th round lol.. I’ll tell ya what tho, I always do now.
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I know you’re a seasoned vet at this. What’s your take on dark ash brotha? Too much N? Potassium? You’re an organic outdoor guy right? Fuckin hate dark ash it kills the flavor. If I gotta relight a doob it’s not clean enough for me. Some strains I can leave a joint burning just chilling there burning away not even puffing on it and it’ll burn practically all the way down on its own( usually the fuely or piney terp strains). But other strains what I’d consider more cookie influence I’ll feed really low 5-600 ppm tapering down after week 5 into a 2 ish week flush and they still may have the odd salt n pepper ash. Idk. Peace
started first run waiting on Amber trichs. Never again. These trichs were on the worst bud I’ve grown. And it looked great smelled great. Amber trichs are sign of degradation. They go amber right b4 the heads collapse. Cloudy trichs are higher in thc than Amber trichs. Amber is the first sign you’re pushing too far. As good as it looks the Amber trichs ruined it.
500 ppm or 1.0 ec .
Yes, my tap is almost 400 ppm so I run RO for my plants.
Idk I never check ppm of nothing. I go by directions on bottle but usually 1/2 strength of that. If I see more demand or fading I’ll bump 3 part up evenly. But I never check ppm. I just feed a full course meal every day and a clean water every day when they dry.
This run it’s full course anyways. Full strength. They’re greener. But idk if that’s good as pistils are starting to turn now.
I think you’re on to something w the waxy lipids. One strain I’ve got OC, not caps oc, is the greasiest strain I’ve ever grown/smoked. Even at its absolute driest it still settles into a zigzag like kinetic sand all oily- one handed roll type bud. My buddy makes me rosin w it and he says it makes for a 38% return which apparently is unheard of- I’m not an extract guy myself. But anyway, that strain is very tricky to get to burn perfectly. Another friend feeds organic he flushes it (oc) for one month and it burns mint but mine is far greasier
Ahhh but there is/was a lot of science that went into that cigarette ash my friend. Back as far as the 60’s (from what I’ve seen ) there were university peer reviewed studies done on tobacco to determine the ideal nutrient blend/dry/cure to give the most clean burn. They got that shit dialed in
Just caught the part about the experiment you did.... What do you think? Was it a nutrient issue? What did you do differently? I’m finding if I can get them to yellow a bit before or during purpling it helps. It’s funny cuz all the classic og fuely/piney terp types will burn perfect even with little to no flush. And its really greasy plus I roll those joints the tightest and they’ll burn forever like a torch. Plus they go purple as hell. I’m a little stumped. I think it could maybe be improved w a different NPKCaMgS profile. The leaves,stems, and buds grow differently from og types to cookie types to sativas. I’d think it would require slightly different ratios
A long cure was the only way I found that helped this cultivar burn clean.
