Farmer P
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The moral of this one is what not to do if your bird shits on you (and don't count your chickens before they hatch lol).
The story starts when I noticed some bud rot while trimming a plant last run. I'm pretty sure it was caused by the cover on my greenhouse with no extraction fans, so I decided to stop covering which caused my plants to re-veg. I thought the re-veg would be a good thing because it caused the buds to double in length. Wrong again! I ended up scrapping 90 percent of the grow so far (two five gallon buckets packed full) because it was too hard to trim. The thrips are to blame, but I think if it wasn't for the re-veg they wouldn't have had time to get so out of hand. My measures to curb them were fairly successful, but the damage was already done! They caused so many leaves to die all the way back that I would have to trim all the way down to the stem on all of it and I'm not willing to do that so into the compost it went. :drunk: One thing to note was that I didn't find a single caterpillar during trim and no cat damage either. That is good except the thrip problem is probably worse. I didn't use any pesticides the whole run again, but this time I think that was a mistake. Next time I'll spray hard all the way up to the start of flower and finish the crop in 8 weeks and I think I'll be alright.
That having been said I learned a lot and I have a nice little harvest still which I took the time to trim. I fast dried a nug of each and it got me high as fuck!! I am taking the black mamba a little longer, but here's what I saved from the cookies n chem and the tomahawk.
Those look gooood! Yum! Sorry about the Thrip trip.
After trying Nuke Em I really like it. Mostly citric acid so it doesn't screw with the flavor of the flowers like neem and Azamax. Can even spray right after harvest to prevent mold/mildew. Not as potent as Azamax so that will still be my go to for spider mites earlier in the season.
Swear I just had some Thug Life. Guy called it Thug Nugs. Said it was straight from Cali. I'm assuming the name got a little jumble by the time it got to the Midwest. Lol. Great buds. Dense, just drenched in resinous coating. Dark indica style nuggets. Smooth smoke. Can't wait to see the end product.
I'm hitting some year old scraps from a strawberry cough. The aroma and flavors have only gotten better.Right on! Could be. I'm hoping for something special. I'm really enjoying this Cookies n Chem from this summer. It may be a keeper. It seems like it's getting better every time I open the jar.
Here's what I ended up with from the outdoors. I didn't weigh it, but I'm sure it's enough to get me to my next harvest. :cool: The cookies n chem is dry enough to smoke now and it's better than I thought it would be. The taste has come around a lot and the high is off the charts. I think I'll run this cut a couple more times and see if I can bring it the rest of the way to super dank status. The fuller one is the cookies n chem. I didn't weigh them yet, but one of these jars full has weighed in around 1/2 lb.
Day 50 update. I'm pretty excited about this run, seems like they might be special. Black Mamba, Cookies n Chem, and Tomahawk.
Thanks bud. Yeah I got some work to do, but this work I don't think I'll mind. These look like they will be easy to trim. Some plants are so easy and nice to look at while trimming that I actually enjoy it a little lol. I think these will be cake. I've had the opposite where I was just overwhelmed. If I ever get that again I'll probably invest in one of those little bowl gizmos like you got.They look really good. You got a busy weekend ahead.
Thanks bud. Yeah I got some work to do, but this work I don't think I'll mind. These look like they will be easy to trim. Some plants are so easy and nice to look at while trimming that I actually enjoy it a little lol. I think these will be cake. I've had the opposite where I was just overwhelmed. If I ever get that again I'll probably invest in one of those little bowl gizmos like you got.