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Will the harvest in the 14th week? Looking forward to it

Sounds like a standout cultivar. Reviews like this make me excited to explore more genetics from The Seed Pharm.

Tiipo said:

Will the harvest in the 14th week? Looking forward to it

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Thanks, it's nice to know it's interesting to others too.

I'm not really sure when they will be ready to harvest, but they are fast progressing. They dropped a few lower leaves, and some fade is started. I look at the plant for signals. I harvest when the vast majority of trichomes on the buds are milky before they turn amber. You are right, seems like they need some weeks still. Week 14 seems like a reasonable estimate.

I'm not so great at paying attention to dates, so I'm often checking dates on the photos I take to keep track. This journal also helps me keep track of it. That is a nice aspect of the grow journals. I just noticed its time for an update!

The flowers are filling in the spaces between nodes, and swelling up getting wider. Some pistils turnings orange. The aroma is present now. A dense aroma of creamy milk and sweet sugary with a touch of pepper riding up high.

Reviewing the photos, I saw in the picture that there is the tiny start of color happening. Its been a tough few days, and the garden is a retreat from the stress of the day. Being able to watch these bloom and start displaying colors will be an added bonus to visiting and caring for the plants.

Still on 14 hours of darkness. 100% on the light intensity for 10 hours.

Here are some views from today.

Above photo is where I noticed a little fade and purple on the edges coming in.

Afterburner said:

The flowers are filling in the spaces between nodes, and swelling up getting wider. Some pistils turnings orange. The aroma is present now. A dense aroma of creamy milk and sweet sugary with a touch of pepper riding up high.

Reviewing the photos, I saw in the picture that there is the tiny start of color happening. Its been a tough few days, and the garden is a retreat from the stress of the day. Being able to watch these bloom and start displaying colors will be an added bonus to visiting and caring for the plants.

Still on 14 hours of darkness. 100% on the light intensity for 10 hours.

Here are some views from today.
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Above photo is where I noticed a little fade and purple on the edges coming in.
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Wow, nice growing

Berlin said:

Sounds like a standout cultivar. Reviews like this make me excited to explore more genetics from The Seed Pharm.

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It really does stand out. It is very easy to identify by the aromas, the high, even its growth habbit and color display in late flower. I'm really looking forward to the colors. I sure could use that visual uplift each morning.

Exploring genetics is super fun, and I'm glad it holds excitement for you! Thats great.

Unfortunately, The Seed Pharm has a bad reputation on Reddit as first result when I checked because I never heard of them. So I checked the website, and its nothing special, the usual commercial genetics. Disappointing. Digging deeper I read some descriptions on classic strains and it doesn't line up with my experience with the genuine cultivar. More like word salad, throwing out every possibility hoping one would stick or ring a bell for the potential buyer to commit to the purchase, or covering all bases for high degree of variance the grower will encounter. Longwinded and excessive hyping.... Then the prices... not a great value for the generic offering.

Plus, the testimonials from customers and their stories of what happened... make that a no-go overall.

I do see they offer regular seeds, so I give them credit there. But.. I have to assume that in their regular seeds they offer has feminization somewhere in the line, as well as typical bad breeding practices that come with commercially bred strains mixed in there with them. I'll pass.

What I'm growing here is not part of that commercial dilution of genetics scene, and I can HIGHLY recommend leaving those popular commercially bred genetics behind. You have to continue to level up, and being the seed is the foundation of the grow... its a prime spot to level up.

Honestly, my opinion would be to go somewhere else than the Seed Pharm for seeds. Do a little more research. DMs open to research whats good for you if you want. Maybe together we can find some real fire for your grow . But ultimately its up to you what you decide. If you want to go that way, I wish you luck and success.

I just hope you consider my comments in your decision because I want you to have the same joy, and pure satisfaction I get when it comes to using the flower I grow, but also the entire gardening experience. We all should have that. Wishing you the best outcome brother!

hold05 said:

Wow, nice growing

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Thank you for the kind words! I have another journal going on a smaller grow that is further along into flower if you want to, check it out. Love to have your opinion on it as well.

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