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Seamaiden. Why do you say take it long enough? I'm trying to understand what you mean
Seamaiden. Why do you say take it long enough? I'm trying to understand what you mean
Seamaiden. Why do you say take it long enough? I'm trying to understand what you mean
This ^^ is what I meant.My take on what she said was to be sure and let the plant go to full, true maturity before harvesting. There is a window of peak maturity during which the plant is at it's best. If you harvest too far on either side of the window, the character of the high changes. True, Sats are gonna go longer than Indica strains, but there are many great sativa strains that will be ready in 10-14 weeks. It's a long time to wait, and if you're prone to not waiting it out, you're probably better off going with a faster maturing strain. However...once you've waited for true maturity...you'll never be tempted to take a plant early again! Or at least thats true in my case.
This ^^ is what I meant.
We have some friends, wife's a schizophrenic. They got a hold of some Blue Dream, caused horrible paranoia, not for her, for HIM. He hated it, said he'll never smoke the BD again. Well, I've smoked BD, and it was wonderful. A beautiful, up, "heady" high. What was the difference? Well, one of my long-time old-timer friends explained to me that it's typical if the plant in question is a heavy Sativa and taken too early.
See, the thing is that most growers are very eager to get those buds done. They want a 60 day strain, 50 day, as short as they can push it. That can work with Afghani-dominant (aka Indica-dominant) lines, but not so much with Sativas. The hybrids, of which BD is one, are often better allowed to go 70, 80, 90 days or more. There are some strongly tropical/equatorial Sativa-doms out there that need many, many months, I've been told as long as two full years to finish flowering. (I'm not sure I have the mettle to try to finish something like that out at my latitude.)
If what you need is a strong Sativa, be sure to have the time to take her to her best. :D
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