Nirvana Short Ryder

**Trauma687** · 07-05-2012, 07:39 AM

Sprouted May 23, Showing sex as of July 3, so it took about ~6 weeks.
Approx 20" high with 8 nodes (+more coming in).
Nice color, no pest damage, pistils present on the top 3 nodes, starting to develop a bit of a skunky odor.

Has been withstanding the absolute onslaught of hot (high 90s) and very dry weather we've been having over the last few weeks. They have been watered only about once a week and have not shown any leaf wilt or indications they are especially thirsty. It seems this strain had a rather vulnerable seedling stage but once they take, they are quite hearty.

**Po boy** · 07-05-2012, 08:58 AM

love the Nirvana short riders. nice easy grow and the finished product is delicious. really nice high and doesn't make me look for a couch. GL

**Trauma687** · 07-09-2012, 02:39 PM

Both are a week into flowering now, starting to swell up nicely. Noticed some overall yellowing of one plant, i'll give it a feeding and see what happens. They don't seem to have grown any taller since flowering period began (around 20" or so).

Compared to photoperiods I ran last year these are running about 6 weeks early. The Short Ryder will be done mid-late august, while my photo harvest was mid october last year.

**MDEVA** · 07-09-2012, 07:45 PM

So - I don't want to hijack this thread, but I'm growing the same strain (that's them in my "avatar") and have a few questions. How tall did everyones' Short Riders end up at harvest time? Mine are at day 45 & day 42, and they are about 40" tall! That's much bigger than what I thought they would end up. And second question - when did you all start seeing trichome development? I'm a bit concerned that I'm not seeing much of anything in this department. The buds are starting to grow together and swell up a little... but they just don't have the "frost" I'm used to seeing. Everything else looks great - they've never been over/under watered or burned by nutrients. They are completely healthy and luscious as can be. I just hope it starts packing on the trich's real soon, or it may be too late. I plan on smoking the fruit from the bigger girl, and doing something else with the smaller one.... just not sure if I want to make some canna-butter, hash, or some type of extract. At the rate the bigger one is developing, I'll have no problem pulling 1.5 OZ off her come harvest day...