Diary Here we go again..

[exploziv]

I watered them last night, and checked them last morning, even the one that was really behind seems to be days away from finishing, so that would be last watering, once they get dry enaugh to harvest they will be harvested. 2 of them looked ready this morning but I had other things to do so I decided to leave them for another day or harvest all at once.
So yeah.. will come back with updates once I harvest them.

 

[exploziv]

It seems a nice rule of a jar and a half to 2 jars per plant surfaces.. so I think this grow yeld is surprisingly better than I thought. But I always gurstimate on the low side at first and then get surprised at the harvest. Seeing the deffs and plant problems I was expecting around 1 gpw at let's say 220 W average I used in flower. It seems like I will end up with more. And that just keeps me dreaming about that eventual grow where I really keep them 100% healthy and how much further the limits of effciency can be pushed.. but that's a though for later.
This is certanly my best results I ever had with swazi rooobard or any other sativa so far
And I grew old school using hps as well some ages ago. Same with testing other leds, diy's, sils. I've done it. But the best results go to the mars hydro tsw2000 so far. And the potential of my next grow with the higher tier model SP3000 starts to seem great!!
We'll get there and see that as well!

 

[exploziv]

Let's do some pics!

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The plant that was best yelder. Those tops are rock hard!
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Lots of fallen tops!
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A pic from when 5 plants were left.
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Another angle on the previous pic.
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Some nice tops.
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Trim and popcorn buds from last 4 plants. Pen for size comparison.
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Another jar I made from the first 2 plants that were already dried. And I didn't touched the tops yet!!
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Some buds I had left after making that jar.
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As you guys can already see from the pics, harvest was really good. And there is still a lot to dry before the final count. Also, another plant takes the top place for yeld, with an early estimate of 60-70 gr yeld from it. Much more compact buds than her sisters. The 2 most developed buds will probably yeld about as much as the average plant, and then there are another 5-10 side tops left to add on that.
Sorry for making this more of a picture dump again but that's how I do things when high as a kite on sativas..
I will come back with updates once I have them. Meanwhile I am preparing for the next adventure. Thanks for checking my thread!

 

[bibi40]

Seems you have a great harvest here !!!
Very well done !

 

[exploziv]

Thank you bro! Good one, but I hope for even better next time!

 

[exploziv]

Today I'll try to break down the tops from first 2-3 plants and jar them, then do the cleaning job for the new grow. Also I'll puff a bit of of those tops to check on them. )

 

[exploziv]

The lower buds on the tops were dry and were sampled, all good there. But the tops of the tops are still drying so 1-2 more days needed on the first ones, then at least 1-2 more days left on the other ones as well. My nose tells me they are just a bit too damp to be put into jars, so I better don't rush it. I will put my energy into other things today, and I hope to manage to start the germination and thread for the next grow.
Forgot to mention they are drying at around 22C and 65% RH, with air circulation.
So that is why it is a slow drying, especially for bigger buds. They then sit for some hours or up to a day on paper at around 45% rh to lose a bit more humidity and get the humidity going out of the buds. Last step is putting them into jars and regulating venting the jars so that the humidity stabilises at around 55%. Then they are ready for storage or smoking.

 

[JustGrowing420]

Well done with the harvest!! And ideal drying conditions, bet these buds will be really tasty even without much of a cure

What do you plan on growing next???

 

[exploziv]

Yeah, the buds in the jars already have sweet taste mostly (usual frutty floral of swazi). Breaking a bud is so nice' fills the room with perfume.
Next is Kali Bubba from serious seeds under mars hydro sp3000. I should have germed them already but I puffed way too much yesterday.
Thank you for coming by!

 

[JustGrowing420]

Yeah, the buds in the jars already have sweet taste mostly (usual frutty floral of swazi). Breaking a bud is so nice' fills the room with perfume.
Next is Kali Bubba from serious seeds under mars hydro sp3000. I should have germed them already but I puffed way too much yesterday.
Thank you for coming by!

haha even for sativa over-toking leads to work not being done huh?
Looking forward to the next one! you should have germed one week ago now :yay:

 

[exploziv]

Fur sure man! You can even pass out if you puff like 0.5 - 1 gr in a go..
And yes, I should have. But I was busy with other projects and mostly toking. I'll do it, tho.

 

[exploziv]

I must announce we are over 1.5 gpw. Probably 1.5 to 2 when all is counted.
I am at a point where I have 200 g weighted and jarred, about ~~120-150 g broken down and ready to be jarred and another ~~100 g+ on the strings drying.
Keep in mind that I am using 220W as a reference average wattage for flower, as the unit was in 100% for less than an week, it was slowly raised from 25% upwards in flower at the start and also dimmed down to 40-60% during last 2-3 weeks. As 280W is the max this unit takes from the mains, I consider 220 a good estimate for an average with enaugh margin for error already accounted for.
I am verry happy with the harvest and the light, since I was expecting 1 to 1.5 gpw given that swazi (and most sativas) are not known for big yelds.
Getting almost 2 gpw on a landrace sativa while having defficiencies and overfeeding in a grow is as great as it can get IMO! For the price, the TSW2000 led panel from mars hydro does all you can expect from a light that cheap. I would say it does even more than that, but I'll comment on that after I see how long lasting their panels are. From a first grow with it, I am impressed. And I know the SP3000 model I am gonna use next is better quality, so can't wait to see how that goes as well.
Pics will come, I promise, I took some when I took some breaks during jarring but I am too high now to get to posting them.
Peace, love and pot to everyone!

 

[JustGrowing420]

You crushed it man! congrats!

 

[exploziv]

Thank you man! Good to hear that from a fellow grower!

 

[Dr Bombay]

Great haul there! Wow! Also very interesting re the 220 watts. Less is more it seems

 

[exploziv]

Thank you! Well, since I don't use A/C but I want a good environment, yeah, less is more a lot of the times. Also, those leds are very bright on max, they are probably made to be kept a bit further than I do, but again, for efficiency I decided to keep them closer and dimmed. It may not work for every style of growing, but the results say it worked in this case.
One thought I had before regarding this is that I should make a function to the grow controller to measure light wattage and make the average itself. I have the parts to do it, and enaugh knowledge to put it toghether with some googling involved, but dunno if I got the time to do it, especially because it involves working on mains power and I am always high. For sure it's a function I want to have, maybe one for lights alone and one per whole grow.
Then we could really talk about measurable efficiency down to the watt.

 

[exploziv]

FINAL COUNT!

We now stand at 320 g in the jars, a good almost 30 g in popcorn buds and also between samples I took and what I already smoked since drying them I got at least 20 g there. Let's say 330 g buds and 40 g popcorn buds. A nice 370 gr smokable product from around 220w used in light (averaged). 1.68 GPW from some sativas under a dimmed down TSW2000 (300W nominal) led is not bad. Yes it did take almost 6 months but that is because I have grown a sativa. I'm sure there are strains out there that can pull 1.5-2 gpw or even more in under 10 weeks flower, cause as I said swazi is not known for big yelds.
Anyway, the average per plant ended up being a nice 41 g per plant, with plants ranging from around 30 grams to plants over 70 grams.
Keep in mind that this is de-stemmed weight, the stems I took out when jarring were a good 50 grams (I checked it while jarring and it was right around 12% of the buds weight). But i never count those into the bud weight.

Pictures from when jarring the buds and also new thread will come soon.
Thank you for checking my grow.

 

[bibi40]

That' s some impressive results !!!

 

[exploziv]

Some more pics:

(de-stemmed buds ready for jarring, pen for size, about 100g)

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(top of a 50 g fancy jar)

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

That's an impressed yield. congrates for the big harvest.