Scotty's 1st Grow

[GoodShit97]

Quick week 9 update, not a whole lot to update, buds continue to fatten up, getting some really pretty fades on them too. One of the Bananimals has gone completely purple on the top, really pretty.

So one of the Lemon Soaps had a branch that really stretched up from the bottom & ended up with a decent sized bud on a not very thick stem. Before I noticed it it had basically almost fully broken off. So I went ahead & cut it off & hung it in my lung room for like 4 days (about 45% RH) as a tester. It was really nice considering it had a quick dry with no cure. Nice dense buds, not harsh with a nice twinge of lemon flavor, definitely caught a nice buzz. (could tell it was early from the high, it was relatively racey) I threw in a picture of what was left of the bud after I had picked 2 lowers & the bottom of the top nug, as well as some bud porn.

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Looking good scotty

 

[Scotty 420]

So one of the Lemon Soaps was struggling to stay up under the weight of it's own buds, I could have put some dowels or something in it & tried to keep it vertical, but it's so close to done & I'm really tired of paying for weed, plus it seemed like a lot of work for a plant that may only need to go like a week or so anyway, so I went ahead & chopped it. I've been pulling the worst of the drooping branches off quick drying them & smoking them anyway, so I know they're done enough to be a decent smoke, plus it will take the pressure off harvesting the rest. Based on my experience drying the other branches in the same location it should be dry in about 5-6 days.

 

[Rootsruler]

So one of the Lemon Soaps was struggling to stay up under the weight of it's own buds, I could have put some dowels or something in it & tried to keep it vertical, but it's so close to done & I'm really tired of paying for weed, plus it seemed like a lot of work for a plant that may only need to go like a week or so anyway, so I went ahead & chopped it. I've been pulling the worst of the drooping branches off quick drying them & smoking them anyway, so I know they're done enough to be a decent smoke, plus it will take the pressure off harvesting the rest. Based on my experience drying the other branches in the same location it should be dry in about 5-6 days.

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At first I thought you were hanging your flower off the Romex in the ceiling!!! Once I blew the picture up I saw the wire rails you put up there.

 

[GoodShit97]

At first I thought you were hanging your flower off the Romex in the ceiling!!! Once I blew the picture up I saw the wire rails you put up there.

Hahaha i thought the same thing but didnt notice he didnt do that lol.

 

[Scotty 420]

Another weekly update, at this point should be my last update until post harvest when I can update final yields after trimming. Planning on chopping this weekend. Not a whole lot of note going on with the plants other than leaves starting to dry out, even a few sugar leaves are starting to dry out. Just started seeing a few amber trichomes, could maybe wait a little longer but I'm thinking 11 weeks is long enough.

Also finished drying & trimmed the plant I hung last week. Total I got 50 grams of smokable bud off the plant. For the first time in a long time I didn't have to purchase smoke this week.

 

[Scotty 420]

Chopped & hung everything over the weekend. I didn't do a full wet trim, just trimmed off any fan leaves that had a stem I could get to with my scissors & left all the sugar leaves. Holy crap did I underestimate how long that was going to take. Figured I'd knock it out after the wife went to bed Saturday night. Started about 9:30 pm, had to quit at about 3 AM, woke up at 9 AM & trimmed until about 1:30 (with a short break in the middle to cook/eat lunch).



Also, a funny thing happened. My wife has been riding my pretty hard over the money spent to get this project off the ground. I kept trying to explain to her that these were investments that were going to pay off, but I think she doubted whether I would be able to actually see this thing all the way through. However now that she's seen the results, & we're seeing the savings of not buying weed every week she's like "so when are you going to set up a 2nd tent"

 

[GoodShit97]

so when are you going to set up a 2nd tent"

Ha, i have 3 tents now, and working on a 4th setup....... it happens quick.... hang on your wallet!

 

[smoke]

Congrats, wasn't that easy? Lol

 

[Scotty 420]

Congrats, wasn't that easy? Lol

Thanks!! And honestly it wasn't too bad, but I think that mostly comes down to the support that I've gotten, mainly through this place. Without CG giving me her recipe (which to me is a big deal just having a basic roadmap of what I need to do) as well as all the words of encouragement & solid advice from everybody here it could have been a lot worse.

 

[steamroller]

Way to go~!
Nice grow Scotty.

 

[MDK]

Super cool dude, glad she enjoys it can't wait for my wife to put some respect on it

 

[Rootsruler]

Chopped & hung everything over the weekend. I didn't do a full wet trim, just trimmed off any fan leaves that had a stem I could get to with my scissors & left all the sugar leaves. Holy crap did I underestimate how long that was going to take. Figured I'd knock it out after the wife went to bed Saturday night. Started about 9:30 pm, had to quit at about 3 AM, woke up at 9 AM & trimmed until about 1:30 (with a short break in the middle to cook/eat lunch).

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Also, a funny thing happened. My wife has been riding my pretty hard over the money spent to get this project off the ground. I kept trying to explain to her that these were investments that were going to pay off, but I think she doubted whether I would be able to actually see this thing all the way through. However now that she's seen the results, & we're seeing the savings of not buying weed every week she's like "so when are you going to set up a 2nd tent"

Same with my GF. After this harvest she wanted me to pause for a sec while we spend a few weeks in Cali. Now that its raining weed in the house she remembers what it was like when we were getting close to harvest and we were dry. She asked me if I was planning on automating the grow so we could leave and come back to frosty nuggets like the first time!

Thankfully Papa had decided to take some cuts that should be ready in the next week or so to begin veg!

 

[Scotty 420]

Been procrastinating on updating this, finished trimming middle of last week. Even doing a lot of the trimming pre-dry it took a long time to trim it all, somewhere around 8 hours in total. I was pretty impressed with my overall yield. Granted I did keep some LARFy buds a lot of people may have saved for extraction, but I pulled in 441 grams total, or exactly 15.75 oz (lol so close to a pound) plus a huge bag of trim I made into some canna coconut oil last night.

Super happy with my results, I guess at this point the only thing left to do here is a final smoke report after curing. I do want to give huge thanks to everyone who helped throughout this journey even if all you did was gave me a like. I definitely couldn't have done it nearly this successfully without all your help. With all that said here's a few pics of the results.

Sour Triangle Market:


Lemon Soap:


Bananimal:

 

[steamroller]

NICE~!
Hope that counts for more than a like.
Well done man~!

 

[smoke]

Been procrastinating on updating this, finished trimming middle of last week. Even doing a lot of the trimming pre-dry it took a long time to trim it all, somewhere around 8 hours in total. I was pretty impressed with my overall yield. Granted I did keep some LARFy buds a lot of people may have saved for extraction, but I pulled in 441 grams total, or exactly 15.75 oz (lol so close to a pound) plus a huge bag of trim I made into some canna coconut oil last night.

Super happy with my results, I guess at this point the only thing left to do here is a final smoke report after curing. I do want to give huge thanks to everyone who helped throughout this journey even if all you did was gave me a like. I definitely couldn't have done it nearly this successfully without all your help. With all that said here's a few pics of the results.

Sour Triangle Market:
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Lemon Soap:
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Bananimal:
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15 oz on your first grow is not too shabby, congrats