With that in mind, now begins the gardenguy experiment...
I have sample nugs from day 66, 69, of ghost og
Now at day 73
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Ghost OG pot #3 cut at day 73
I plan to cut pot #2 and #1 between now and day 80.
And i think ill stick with powers advice and chop CD at day 80.
Truthfully, im smoking on my day 66 sample here n there, and while the uncured taste is a little harsh, the buds are strong and super stoney like top shelf from the clinic.:cool:
I haven't read any further than this yet, but I'll wager the day 73 -80 is a good window for that one. I haven't found anything yet that finishes in 8 weeks like some companies say. & I moved my, pretty much light proof tent to the basement (dark down there almost all the time anyway) & put a blanket over the tent. I stood in the tent with the basement lights on, gave myself a few minutes, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face,
that was with the basement lights ON! There wasn't any light to be leaked, if there was the blanket would cover it. Light would have to miraculously 1. Come on from outside the tent 2. Penetrate the blanket 3. Penetrate the tent 4. after all that, be strong enough to cause a reaction (there were no lights on in the tent, like from a power strip or something)
In a tent almost FULL of "8 week strains" in utter darkness for 12 hours, not one of them finished until day 70. & that one should have gone longer. Most were day 77, some I went to 83.
Now you could say, that the plants didn't want 12/12, that to finish as early as 8 weeks, you would need 11/13. & that is a legitimate statement. The thing is, that run, every single plant was a different strain. 9 plants, all different strains. Only one "10 week" in there. None of them finished in 8 weeks or 9, one finished at 10 because I pulled it, the others at 11, one at 12.
It was too much of a hassle to do the experiment again. 9 different strains at once is a lot to work with for an even canopy.
Maybe the pros are messing with the light cycle, decreasing like in nature, but I have tried that as well. I've tried different lights. I don't see how anyone is getting stuff to finish in 56 days...
finished? I have not found that to be the case one single time. Most stuff I have done doesn't even get in the zone until day 30 or so.
So I just stopped counting. I mark the flip date, take my notes as usual, but I have to refer back to the flip date if I want to know. It's done when it's done, what is the point of me getting irritated, or chasing down problems that aren't there. I just stopped paying attention to the days/weeks on the label, & if it's something that has run before by someone, I'll keep in mind how many days they went. Otherwise, I plan on it being 70 or more.
