RCGraylyn
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I am very happy to have found a community of growers to bounce things around with. Back when I was last involved with cannabis as a user was when I was in high school late 1960's. At the time, growing was not nearly as sophisticated as it is today. We bought weed by the ounce (not gram) for $20 (a pound wholesaled for $160). We knew nothing about sativa vs. indica. Purchased strains were mostly of unknown origin. The only two strains with a pedigree from that time were Acapulco Gold and Jamaican Red. Good to see AG is still around. Definitely Old School.
I had my first grow experience back then, too. In a 1-ounce baggie, seeds were common. I plunked a few in the ground just to see what would happen. Knowing nothing about male vs female plants, at the end of the summer (1970) I had a few "regular" looking leafy plants and a few scrawny specimens with odd-looking fuzzy nubbins at the top. I dried the whole crop (maybe six plants). Something told me to keep the fuzzy nubbin things separate from the rest of the harvest. When I rolled joints from the regular green leafy stuff, it was horribly disappointing - hardly any effect at all. Then I rolled a joint with the fuzzy nubbin stuff. Wham! I was blasted into orbit! Then I went to college and gave up the whole cannabis thing altogether, never touching the stuff again.
Fast-forward to 2021. Recreational use was legalized in my state and cultivation of up to four plants per household was allowed. Before I got back into the growing thing, I did a lot of research, from which I learned about feminized seeds and autoflowering strains. I had a few false starts (failures), but finally got once decent plant - Afghan Kush - all the way from seed to harvest. Along the way, I learned a lot about those fuzzy nubbin things. And trichomes. Especially the trichomes! Also along the way, I discovered that my little buddy liked my crop almost as much as he does his catnip. I had to take extraordinary measures to prevent him from devouring the harvest. Enter: the grow tent.
After drying, I was ready to trim the buds for curing. Again, I had to battle the little beastie who was intent on feasting on the crop.
The crown bud turned out quite nicely:
In all, I ended up with this much from the single plant, all fuzzy nubbin things along with a few sugar leaves. I haven't weighed it yet (I'll wait until the curing process is done), but I'm guessing it is around 300 grams.
And now, it's on to the cure!
And finally, here is a high-resolution view of one of the fuzzy nubbin thingies from the crown of the plant:
All photography done with iPhone 12 Pro Max except for the last image: Sony A7 III with vintage Micro-Nikkor 55mm (macro lens).
I had my first grow experience back then, too. In a 1-ounce baggie, seeds were common. I plunked a few in the ground just to see what would happen. Knowing nothing about male vs female plants, at the end of the summer (1970) I had a few "regular" looking leafy plants and a few scrawny specimens with odd-looking fuzzy nubbins at the top. I dried the whole crop (maybe six plants). Something told me to keep the fuzzy nubbin things separate from the rest of the harvest. When I rolled joints from the regular green leafy stuff, it was horribly disappointing - hardly any effect at all. Then I rolled a joint with the fuzzy nubbin stuff. Wham! I was blasted into orbit! Then I went to college and gave up the whole cannabis thing altogether, never touching the stuff again.
Fast-forward to 2021. Recreational use was legalized in my state and cultivation of up to four plants per household was allowed. Before I got back into the growing thing, I did a lot of research, from which I learned about feminized seeds and autoflowering strains. I had a few false starts (failures), but finally got once decent plant - Afghan Kush - all the way from seed to harvest. Along the way, I learned a lot about those fuzzy nubbin things. And trichomes. Especially the trichomes! Also along the way, I discovered that my little buddy liked my crop almost as much as he does his catnip. I had to take extraordinary measures to prevent him from devouring the harvest. Enter: the grow tent.
After drying, I was ready to trim the buds for curing. Again, I had to battle the little beastie who was intent on feasting on the crop.
The crown bud turned out quite nicely:
In all, I ended up with this much from the single plant, all fuzzy nubbin things along with a few sugar leaves. I haven't weighed it yet (I'll wait until the curing process is done), but I'm guessing it is around 300 grams.
And now, it's on to the cure!
And finally, here is a high-resolution view of one of the fuzzy nubbin thingies from the crown of the plant:
All photography done with iPhone 12 Pro Max except for the last image: Sony A7 III with vintage Micro-Nikkor 55mm (macro lens).
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