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Massachusetts Grow 2019
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Hellgrammite00
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May have to cut tomorrow. Western MA weather looking raining and cloudy basically for next 10 days, so I don't want to have to try and squeeze out another week to lose most to bud rot. The African strain (not picture) has shown zero rot, so that I will let ride another 1-2 weeks.
AgentPothead
Just this guy, ya know?
I feel your pain. I spent like 5 hours trimming the GG, after spending 2 hours cutting it and dipping it. carpal tunnel much?
yardgrazer
Well-known member
Dipping?
AgentPothead
Just this guy, ya know?
h2o2 bath to wash off all the outside gunk. Cut a branch, dip it into a trash can filled with h2o2 watered down to 3%. Gently spin the branch to remove excess liquids, place on a string stretched between 2 poles to dry, then bagged up and moved into the back of the car. The amount of crap in that trash can afterwards is disgusting, and I'd rather it be in there than in my lungs.
yardgrazer
Well-known member
Ah, gotcha.
Sitting in the greenhouse cutting today. 50 degrees Pouring rain. Noreaster in progress. Chopped the last Wedding Cake x 4DD. Best strain of the season.
3 Left.
Turns in to two Irene left and they're ready. 6' fiberglass poles worked great.
Wedding Cake ready to hang.
Hing hang Hung
3 Left.
Turns in to two Irene left and they're ready. 6' fiberglass poles worked great.
Wedding Cake ready to hang.
Hing hang Hung
Seems like your greenhouse served you well this season - well done
About the storm, it looks like the South Shore and Cape and getting the brunt of it. Up here its been dry all day, although the wind has been significant. I had a couple small branches bent, which is no big deal considering what I was expecting. Not a lick of mold either. Absolutely amazing. It seems more and more likely that my risk will pay off and will have a successful harvest at the end of the month.
AgentPothead
Just this guy, ya know?
Thanks GS too. The last two indica will get cut today. No doubt the greenhouse made all the difference this year. We had some bugs this year that left bug crap all over everything. On the cars there was black stuff that looked like soot and could only be washed with vinegar and dish soap. Going to a car wash would not remove it. The greenhouse cover has a coating on it that may not be washable. Didn't want to go nuts with vinegar while the plants were in there. I left one plant outside that was a seed maker. It looks like crap and just barely made it. If the seeds are there the rest will get trashed because the bug crap and fungus that grew - nasty.
For what I grew inside, several greenhouses could be built. Outside would have been a total loss. If anyone wants to use the bending jig or needs advice, I'll be glad to help.
For what I grew inside, several greenhouses could be built. Outside would have been a total loss. If anyone wants to use the bending jig or needs advice, I'll be glad to help.
OldCoolSativa
Well-known member
Beautiful. What strain is it?
Here's a clone of my 18-week Angel's Breathe F2 keeper, of which I planted a clone outside back in July.
There's no way this plant will finish outside, but what I'm after are the seeds. I used pollen from my Doors male and from her father, (pollen still frozen and maybe viable after two years?) on the lower branches, and some very special pollen from a 1978 punto rojo courtesy of a kind and generous member of another forum. That pollen is precious, so I used just a tiny bit on the uppermost apical cola of ABF25. You can see the seeds forming in the second pic. This has potential to be one hell of an out cross. Hope she survives long enough to ripen the seeds...I only need a couple more weeks and there's no frost in my local forecast for the next 10 days.
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TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Very nice. Is it reg or fem pollen?
If I may offer a couple helpful tips. Maybe you already know this. In that case it's for those who want to do something similar and are reading this.
1. When making seeds with long finishing strains, especially late flowering strains (end of august), pollinate as soon as you start seeing hairs, then do it over again a week or two later on new hairs, or you won't make it across the finish line in time for the seeds to mature.
2. When pollinating only a few branches, tie a ribbon around the branch so you know which one you did, and which pollen you used. Remember, you're a stoner so your memory will fuck you up every time. Trust me on this one. lol
Optional:
3. When Mother earth gives you something of value, give something of value back and thank the kind woman. I have a bag of white clover I purchased and spread it along a path on my way to my plants.
If I may offer a couple helpful tips. Maybe you already know this. In that case it's for those who want to do something similar and are reading this.
1. When making seeds with long finishing strains, especially late flowering strains (end of august), pollinate as soon as you start seeing hairs, then do it over again a week or two later on new hairs, or you won't make it across the finish line in time for the seeds to mature.
2. When pollinating only a few branches, tie a ribbon around the branch so you know which one you did, and which pollen you used. Remember, you're a stoner so your memory will fuck you up every time. Trust me on this one. lol
Optional:
3. When Mother earth gives you something of value, give something of value back and thank the kind woman. I have a bag of white clover I purchased and spread it along a path on my way to my plants.
