ReikoX's got the Strawberry Blues

[ReikoX]

wow dude they look like are getting nice and fat.

Its all good, the fat ones need love too!

These girls are finishing up nicely. The pistils are receding and the cylax are swelling. I could probably take them at eight weeks, but will give them one more week. They haven't quite faded as much as I wanted, but they are going purple as they finish up. That must be from the blueberry. How about some bud shots?

You can tell that they got a little bit of nutrient burn, I pushed these girls pretty hard with constant feedings. I gave them a decent flush with RO water and that will probably be the end for them. They will get a 24 hour dark period and harvested next week. The buds are very dense, but not much of a smell to them right now.

 

[ReikoX]

The day has come to harvest these girls. After a long 57 days of veg and 63 days of flowering we finally come to the end of this grow. There is a lot more bud in there than I expected.

Left plant

Right plant.

This is a close-up of one of the buds. They have such a beautiful pink and purple color. It was hard to notice the colors under the LED lighting.

Here they are trimmed and hanging to dry. I'm hoping for 6 oz. out of this harvest.

I will wrap this up with dry weights and a smoke report in a couple of weeks.

 

[ReikoX]

The Strawberry Blues were mostly dry, so I took the buds off of the stem and put them in paper bags. They will be in the bags for a couple of days. The buds are pretty, but on the small side. Many of the bigger colas dried up into a bunch of popcorn buds. I'm guessing around four ounces here or about 0.5 GPW.

 

[aridbud]

Yay! Excellent job!

 

[pANicModE]

great grow bro.. the nuggs have great bag appeal, great smell n taste and a real nice high depending on pheno.. the buds as i remember never did get rock hard dense but still a very nice overall strain. let us know how she smokes

 

[Dakine]

LOL just A little while ago you where hoping for 1.5-2oz from each plant..

Lets seee some dry nug close up shots! That close up pic of one of the tops looks delicious! I also loved the way they took to the screens! Good job bud!

 

[#1cheesebuds]

wow dude they look super good! how do they taste. you might wanna do a taste test of before cure and after the cure. just an idea. Seems like it be a good way to tell just how much better the buds get over time while curing.

 

[ReikoX]

Yay! Excellent job!

Thanks you sir!

great grow bro.. the nuggs have great bag appeal, great smell n taste and a real nice high depending on pheno.. the buds as i remember never did get rock hard dense but still a very nice overall strain. let us know how she smokes

Bag appeal is good. The nugs are dense if on the smaller side. I'll let you know how she smokes in a couple of weeks.

LOL just A little while ago you where hoping for 1.5-2oz from each plant..

Lets seee some dry nug close up shots! That close up pic of one of the tops looks delicious! I also loved the way they took to the screens! Good job bud!

That's both plants in the picture, so it's looking like it will be on the higher end of that estimate. I'll get some macro shots soon.

wow dude they look super good! how do they taste. you might wanna do a taste test of before cure and after the cure. just an idea. Seems like it be a good way to tell just how much better the buds get over time while curing.

I'm not a big fan of smoking "green" weed. I did, however, press out a gram of small buds. The rosin was good, but still had that wet hay under tones. The effect was very nice and mellow and it also had good pain relief.

 

[ReikoX]

Alright closer pictures were requested. The bag appeal is great with these girls, they have pretty colors and are frosty as fuck! They dried into smaller nuggets, but they are very dense. They have been in the jars for about a week and are still a bit sticky in the middle. Another week in the jar and they should be evenly dry, and then I can stop burping them.

Several tests have been done with this bud already. First impression was, expectedly, harsh and not a lot of flavor came through. The joint stayed lit the whole time, but only went around once or twice as everyone was stoned. The effect is very narcotic and has a large body high. It is great for night time use or with severe pain.

As an experiment, I pressed out the trim and popcorn buds and got a couple of grams of rosin. Unfortunately the yields were about 1/2 what I would normally get and the green taste transfered over on the nail. Small hits from the vape pen have blueberry notes and are much less harsh. I think this will cure with time. The effects are again very strong and "indica" dominant.

A week in the jars and the harshness is about gone. The flavor is becoming more pronounced as the chlorophyll taste mellows out. The joint stayed lit and so did I. Finally I tried some in the Magic Flight Launch Box and the Orbiter. This has been by far the most flavorful and enjoyable method so far.

She is a good cultivar, but not well suited for my grow environment. With more lights, better training, and a more dialed environment she could really shine. Though I'm not ready to cull her yet, the idea has crossed my mind.