Harvest time in New England for me!

[Lorlabelle]

I harvested my first big girl a week ago. Dried in a 70° room at 52% humidity for a week and it’s perfect today, ready to cure. Got a little over a pound and a half off this one big OG Kush. My hygrometers are reading at 58-62% in the middle of the bucket. No trace of mold or pm. It’s a 3 gallon bucket. I can’t wait till it’s cured, I gotta try it. Early, uncured results are so far excellent. Taking down my biggest Pineapple Express today. I like to harvest right when the trichomes turn milky, with most being milky and just a touch of amber here and there. I’m not a fan of couch lock. I planted 12, nine survived ( one died to wind damage, two others were generally failing so I cut them down. The rest are in various stages of almost readiness. Thanks for having this community to come to to share info.

 

[ArtfulCodger]

Nice haul! What are you doing with soil, nutes, and watering? Do you start your plants indoors? If so, when did you move them outside? (I'm in New England, too, and am starting to plan an outdoor grow for next year.) Thanks!

 

[DrDankHands]

Had to have a bong in honour of that sexy ass cola well done sir

 

[Mymagrown]

FYI…I’m in NE mass and been outdoor growing since early 90s but only got good at it about 10 years ago. I’ve dialed in the following:
1. Buy T5 lights (I have 4-bulb x 4 ft)
2. Buy Fox farm Happy Frog for germination only and strain out all the bark and hard pieces leaving nice soil.
3. Germinate seeds in wet paper towel method and plant when root tip is 1/2”-3/4” long in 4”x4” pots to achieve maximum pots under lights.
4. I’ve always started seeds on or about April 1 for all us growing fools
5. Keep lights about 6-8” above pots at all times.
6. Most seedlings I’ve grown are usually ready for their first topping by 3-4th week of April.
7. Start hardening them for outside with 2-4 hrs sunlight around end of April. Most years mine are in final pots or in ground by May 7.
8. Second topping by mid May and third and final topping by late May yields 8 mains…totally manageable.
Have fun!

 

[MikeParent]

I harvested my first big girl a week ago. Dried in a 70° room at 52% humidity for a week and it’s perfect today, ready to cure. Got a little over a pound and a half off this one big OG Kush. My hygrometers are reading at 58-62% in the middle of the bucket. No trace of mold or pm. It’s a 3 gallon bucket. I can’t wait till it’s cured, I gotta try it. Early, uncured results are so far excellent. Taking down my biggest Pineapple Express today. I like to harvest right when the trichomes turn milky, with most being milky and just a touch of amber here and there. I’m not a fan of couch lock. I planted 12, nine survived ( one died to wind damage, two others were generally failing so I cut them down. The rest are in various stages of almost readiness. Thanks for having this community to come to to share info.

That should get you through the holidays.

 

[Lorlabelle]

Nice haul! What are you doing with soil, nutes, and watering? Do you start your plants indoors? If so, when did you move them outside? (I'm in New England, too, and am starting to plan an outdoor grow for next year.) Thanks!

I think what you do with your soil to prepare it is really dependent on what nature gives you to begin with. I highly recommend getting a soil test done. Local universities with a botany department will do it or you can buy kits to do it yourself. I grow organically and I grow in a very fertile river valley, so I’ve got an advantage right off the bat. I spread as much compost as possible in the early spring, and treat it all with bone meal, blood meal, worm castings, and epsom salts. I rake it all in and let it sit like that for about a month before planting. I can’t say enough good about good compost. That’s something I make at home but sometimes supplement with a local farms compost. I use almost no neuts in the veg stage around here. I do indoors also and that’s totally different. When they start budding up I have been scratching in a couple tablespoons of Inspired Bloom by Roots Organics around the roots once a week. I have a bunch more trees to harvest so I’m hoping to get 8-10 lbs. Up to about 3 lbs with the first two.

I do start them indoors in April also (previous poster had good advice too about starting indoors and hardening off gradually). I wait longer to put them in the ground, closer to Memorial Day. We’ve had way too many frosts in May for me to feel comfortable with young plants outside earlier than that. I did set up a watering system this year, but only needed to use it when the girls were really small. I also cover the ground area under the plants with landscape fabric to keep the weeds away. Less weeds = less chance of diseases. And it keeps the rain from splashing up soil onto the leaves, another way to cut down on diseases. It also holds in moisture so watering can mostly be left to nature.

Growing is a personal thing in many ways. There’s no one right exact way to do it, no one perfect nutrient regime, much of that is dependent on your growing environment. Listen to your plants, pay attention to what they’re telling you they need. I don’t do any real strict schedule of feeding or watering etc. plants don’t always need the same thing. Weather affects a lot, humidity levels especially. Often it’s trial and error. Every grow is a little different.

Hope this helps.

 

[Lorlabelle]

Had to have a bong in honour of that sexy ass cola well done sir

Thank you. lol. But I’m a lady farmer! Some of one of those sexy ass colas are in my bong at the moment. lol.

 

[Lorlabelle]

That should get you through the holidays.

Yeah this harvest should get me through to next indoor harvest for sure. Up to 3 lbs with the first two and 7 more to go!

 

[Organic13]

So glad you came back to update us on your forest. I remember your initial post. Glad you've been able to harvest so much too. Doesn't seem like it's been an easy year for most. Looks like you kicked ass and took names. Beautifully done. Love that you shared your techniques too. Thanks.

 

[katraiter]

I harvested my first big girl a week ago. Dried in a 70° room at 52% humidity for a week and it’s perfect today, ready to cure. Got a little over a pound and a half off this one big OG Kush. My hygrometers are reading at 58-62% in the middle of the bucket. No trace of mold or pm. It’s a 3 gallon bucket. I can’t wait till it’s cured, I gotta try it. Early, uncured results are so far excellent. Taking down my biggest Pineapple Express today. I like to harvest right when the trichomes turn milky, with most being milky and just a touch of amber here and there. I’m not a fan of couch lock. I planted 12, nine survived ( one died to wind damage, two others were generally failing so I cut them down. The rest are in various stages of almost readiness. Thanks for having this community to come to to share info.

Me too so excited.. my biggest yield ever . Got newbie fever !! One pound and two plants to go!! Congrats to us both !!!