Update Flowering Day 60 (Week 12)
Alright so today I inspected all of the bud sites for maturity. Using my judgment, shorty has at least two weeks until she's finished. Upon inspecting Big Lady, she was in the 50/50 ratio of being where I want her to be and so I harvested three of her shoots. I am looking for a sativa (cerebral) high from my buds as this is my personal stash and I enjoy this high a lot more. I'm basically waiting until I see all cloudy trics with the addition of one or two amber ones and that is my method for harvesting.
This method is working very well for me considering the last nugget I took was such a smooth high and tasted awesome. It was a soaring high where as soon as you take the first hit you feel like jumping out of your chair and doing something. I don't like my weed to cater to my laziness and I think it's better for it to boost your energy while being high at the same time. haha (just my opinion).
Anyway, this being the first time growing, I definitely noticed how much weight the buds lose during the drying process! As you can see in one of the last pictures, the final product dried was 1.2 grams and unfortunately I did not get a picture but it was approx. 2.3 before drying. Basically every bud endures a 70-75% weight loss. Crazy isn't it? Luckily I got nice fat buds...and I have no complaints.
Pictures - Big lady with about half of her buds gone. (couldnt get the entire main cola in the shot...sorry!)
- Shorty's main cola literally multiplies overnight. To get a better idea of the size, she is the length of my forearm and about the width of a coke can. AWESOME!
- Another shot showing shorty's fat ASS
- One of Big Lady's smaller buds before drying
- The same Big Lady bud after drying getting weighed in (1.2 grams, nice!)
- All of shorty's buds share the same thickness. Whatever strain this is definitely does NOT mess around!