Frank Petersons closet journal

[frankpeterson]

TBG,

We see what you were getting at when you said depending on what kind of high. different stages for a different high. We are going to harvest when they are prolly a little amber. We really want an uppercut of a stone. Sometimes we just wish the buds would fall off like apple trees and you come by and scoop them up LOL. Not to long now as we begin the trechorous battle into week 8. One of them is deffinetely ahead of the rest with red hairs all over but the trichomes indicate it's not what were looking for. Can't wait till harvest thanks all who stuck along for the ride. Time does fly. Will post pics later.

 

[Elephant Man]

TBG,

We see what you were getting at when you said depending on what kind of high. different stages for a different high. We are going to harvest when they are prolly a little amber. We really want an uppercut of a stone. Sometimes we just wish the buds would fall off like apple trees and you come by and scoop them up LOL. Not to long now as we begin the trechorous battle into week 8. One of them is deffinetely ahead of the rest with red hairs all over but the trichomes indicate it's not what were looking for. Can't wait till harvest thanks all who stuck along for the ride. Time does fly. Will post pics later.

You are gonna really hate to hear this. The longer you cure it and keep it around, the more potent it will be. So far the 3 month mark has been an incredible kick in the head.

What cha got lined up next Frankie? Any beans waiting?

 

[frankpeterson]

Hey e-man. Ya we feared that it's gonna take some curing but oh well. Next we have some other seeds, think their blueberry or something that were going to be starting right after these ones come down. Just waiting on the trichomes now.

 

[frankpeterson]

Note to self,

-Forests are evil

-Do not eat mushrooms and walk off the paths in deep forests.

-Do not attempt to sleep in a forest on mushrooms for any reason.

-Do not leave your mj @ home when this takes place.

-avoid becoming lost for hours well consumed by the mushroom.

-Never disturb the forest people again.

-Never look away from the forest people when their speaking.

-Never smile at a forest person.

-Never look back when walking away from a forest person.

-Do not think in the presence of grandfather tree.

-Never, ever turn on the flashlight in the presence of a beetle lord.

-Never take your eyes of the exitl, for the forest will trick you.

-Never, ever, ever, ever curse the forest at night when the souls of the lost trees are present.

-Never go in a forest again.

 

[theyorker]

Damn FP...must have been one hell of a trip mang!!!

 

[frankpeterson]

Just finishing up the 9th week of flowering. To the regular normal human eye, they look and smell ready. But the 10x magnifer says other, were looking for the amber colored trichomes maximum highness. The one on the bottom right in the group pic will be the first to come down. The mini plant also looks and smells ripe and boy does it ever smell good. We hope to be finishing this grow this week and hopefully all our weeks of care(or screwing up) are worth it.

 

[frankpeterson]

The mini.

 

[theyorker]

Looking great FP! How much longer you thinking? Are you going to leave them in the dark for the last few days? Also have you flushed them? Can't wait to see the harvest and final cure.

 

[frankpeterson]

We just hate the fact that curing has to be done, more time more time more time, but why not right, put all that effort and work into it. Going to take a sample of course to try it out. As far as flushing. It has been receiving nothing but water for the last 2 weeks. Not sure about the leaving in the dark thing last few days why do that? Their going to dry in the dark anyways aren't they?

 

[THE BROTHER'S GRUNT]

We just hate the fact that curing has to be done, more time more time more time, but why not right, put all that effort and work into it. Going to take a sample of course to try it out. As far as flushing. It has been receiving nothing but water for the last 2 weeks. Not sure about the leaving in the dark thing last few days why do that? Their going to dry in the dark anyways aren't they?

Well first let me say that you did one hell of a great job on the grow and by the looks of things will pay off. As far as leaving the plants in the dark goes it's supposed to help produce more trichromes. Not sure if it's true as we have never done it but have read it. Anyway great job on the grow FP and look foward to your harvest and smoke report. :aok:

 

[frankpeterson]

Almost cut off a sample yesterday, couldn't help it, literally had the knife on it. We fought the urge hard, and left it alone. We noticed a few seeds on the smallest plant. Are we able to use these seeds again as we didn't take any cuttings from our plants. Yea TBG it's been a long and harsh battle for these babies with not even a clue of what the PH is for the whole grow. It was definetely a shot in the dark and the crazy heat issues we had deffinetely stunted their growth, but they pulled through.

 

[frankpeterson]

Well,

Couldn't help it, had to take a sample off and see. It sure doesn't smell as good as it will when it's properly curred. We took one of the lower buds off and are just letting it sit out to dry it out. This will be the tester, the rest will go into jars for proper curing. As far as hanging goes, were just going to hang them up in a closet, is a fan really nescessary for the drying process? Is it okay to just smoke this little bud once it is dried fast?

 

[frankpeterson]

We our currently at day 86 of flower. The buds look and smell great and have been given nothing but water for the last 2 and half maybe even 3 weeks. It seems like we our spending a long time flowering, the buds say harvest but the trichomes say not yet. Seems like it is going to take forever to get them to turn amber. This seem long to you people?

 

[Stoney Bud]

We our currently at day 86 of flower. The buds look and smell great and have been given nothing but water for the last 2 and half maybe even 3 weeks. It seems like we our spending a long time flowering, the buds say harvest but the trichomes say not yet. Seems like it is going to take forever to get them to turn amber. This seem long to you people?

Are you letting them all turn amber?

THC is at it' most phycoactive when it's in it's clear form. When it starts clouding, it's starting to degrade. When amber, it's at it's least phycoactive and will be more couch lock weed. That's cool if it's what you want. I do that with weed that I want to use for sleep. Two tokes and I sleep like a baby.

For the party high, you'll want some ratio of the clear/cloudy with very little amber.

 

[frankpeterson]

Thanks Stoney,

good thing we didn't wait for them all to turn amber. Got a combination of clear and cloudy trichomes. Hmm think it would be wise to harvest now. Some of the hairs on some of the plants are still white, like a cloudy white, is this normal for white widow? It's got to be time to harvest over 10 weeks of flower! Got to decide when to bring em down.

 

[Stoney Bud]

Thanks Stoney,

good thing we didn't wait for them all to turn amber. Got a combination of clear and cloudy trichomes. Hmm think it would be wise to harvest now. Some of the hairs on some of the plants are still white, like a cloudy white, is this normal for white widow? It's got to be time to harvest over 10 weeks of flower! Got to decide when to bring em down.

The color of the pistils doesn't matter. There are many things that will make them turn brown. The fact that they are still nice and white tells me you haven't any pollen that's made it's nasty way into your grow. The pistils will turn brown as soon as pollen hits them.

Some strains, and some conditions will cause a longer flowering cycle. That's ok man. The condition of the resin glands are what you want to base it on. The entire plant won't be the same. You have to look for a nice compromise in the ratio of clear, cloudy and lightly amber resin glands.

Good luck to you man!

 

[frankpeterson]

they have been hung up to dry. Yes even the mini. How long do you suppose until they will be good enough to go in the jars?

P.S. Don't bother enlarging the pics, camera just simply sucks.

 

[Sticky_Budz]

me i throw them in the jar when the stem snaps off like a dry twig. but thats me. Damn those buds look great bro. I see u tried a sample lol. I allways have to lol. see ya around peace

 

[frankpeterson]

hehe thanks,

yes we did try a sample, but didn't like the taste. We assume it's cause it's not curred yet. We hope it's good when it's done.

Cheers people.

 

[THE BROTHER'S GRUNT]

hehe thanks,

yes we did try a sample, but didn't like the taste. We assume it's cause it's not curred yet. We hope it's good when it's done.

Cheers people.

Once again FP congrats on the harvest. Yes the longer you cure the better the taste. Just be sure that once you put them into the jars you burp them once a day for 20 minutes at a time. :aok: