Hi all,
This is my first ever grow and so far I'm pretty happy with the results. I started with some Cali Orange bag seeds in early Jan. I could probably have done things a little faster but there was a fair amount to learn along the way
By Feb the seedlings had started growing well
Mid-Feb I had started some training and trimming (fimming)
I then planted them outside (Western Cape) using scrog. I started with five plants
Early March (as I remember..) I was covering the plants every night and uncovering in the morning to ensure a 12/12 cycle. Two of the plants were male and were destroyed
Mid-April the hairs on most of the flowers had started browning and the trichomes looked milky under a USB scope
Which meant I could harvest for the first time
I was quite surprised by the amount of flower that I got from the scrog. It was flower practically all the way to the base of the stem. I've left some green on two of the plants to see if perhaps they'll keep growing as I did not take enough clones or start a bonsai mother.
After trimming I had around 450g of wet flower. Which is way more than I expected.
I decided to water cure the entire batch as it sounded like something interesting to try
I'm on day five of the water cure now. I think I'll leave it another two days and then if the water is clear I'll dry them for ~24 hours. I've not worked out how I'll do the drying though... Luckily I have a couple of days
The water is already reasonably clear, though I am changing it twice a day and using tap water. Perhaps I'll find some R/O water and see how that looks before I'm done. The flowers still smell really strong, and there is *no* shortage of trichomes, so I'm not worried about the outcome at all.