football - What I meant is after watering the pots stayed wet for over a week. I thought maybe they were dying and went ahead an harvested. I now know I should have just waited it out.

Thundercat - it's a long story, but I am the only one to grow from these seeds. I'm not sure how the first 2 breedings went, but I'll ask tomorrow.

i got some skunkweed seeds untouched from the 70's and 80's along with some anonymous seeds from the same era my dad used to grow out then saved when he stopped.

Well I think a lot of people get confused. When do you start keeping track of the week when it shows preflowers or when bud start forming. There is about 3 or 4 weeks that could be taken off. So then that would put you at 8 or 9 weeks. My first one smells like that but its very good to smoke. But the others I left out made a big diffrance so if you can leave them out for cough lock. Good luck keep me up to date plz

bonze - they showed sex about 4 days into flowering and had visible buds within a little over a week.

I see. damn 10 letter minimum

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i can't smoke or grow for 10 months.

Well tired, my honest opinion...if you are the only one to grow out these seeds, then your the first to encounter the long bloom issue. I personally think that whoever bread them (and i'm not saying its his fault) ended up with a bad cross breed! The odds of getting a successfull cross breed even with excellant parents, is usually low from everything that i've read. I havn't tryed any breeding yet myself, but I would really like to. So I've been doing alot of research on it. I'd find out how the other two breedings went, if they flowered them out, and how long it took. Frankly with the very long bloom time, and the "hay" smell, it may just not be a good cross. All you can do now, is wait it out, and see what you get in the end!

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Well the buds are underway, and the shrooms have been goin crazy come check it out! Thundercats Grooooooooow!

im doing some bagseed for my first grow, and most are indica dominant and a couple of sativa dominant. im on like week 10 since i turned light to 12/12. mostly trichs are milky and most of my leaves are turning yellow and falling off. i cant find an amber trich anywhere.1 more week or sooner i hope. i also have a couple for the last week and a half just dont need any water. im growing in soil and the pots feel just as heavy as the last time i watered. i know there getting close.

I waited till I had about 30%-40% amber, and that was right about 8-9 weeks for mine. It was definitely a better night time smoke! Next time I am going to aim for maybe 10% amber, and try to get more of the THC up high, be a bit more functional. Or maybe harvest the tops at about 10% and let the lower buds get up to like 40-50% and make them my bed time buds!!!

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Well the buds are underway, and the shrooms have been goin crazy come check it out! Thundercats Grooooooooow!

Wait it out, you'll be glad you did. I'm not trying to pick a fight, but all this talk about harvesting early for a more cerebral high is nonsense, ask around, you'll see. If you want that high you need to smoke a strain that provides it, sativa.
There is a perfect window of time in which to harvest your plants, wait until they are ready and you will be happy. Ideally you want to harvest when the trics are standing straight up and 50-75% amber as that is when they are at their peak thc content. During drying they will continue to mature and "break down."
About the hay smell, keep doing what you're doing, it takes a while before your bud is "cured" I recommend a minimum of 3 weeks carefully monitored jar time, but some people insist on at least a couple months. Trust me, take your time, dont smoke it all up before it gets a chance to ripen.
Anyhow, i wish you good luck and happy growing..
I'd love to see some pictures!!!

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My "Journal" When do I harvest? a no bullshit approach.

NO ONE out there recommends 50-75%. I'm not tryin to start a fight either, but you said it yourself. The buds continue to mature while they are drying. Every thing I have ever read, on this site, in HIGHTIMES, and all over the internet, all recommend 20-30%. Also you stating that the "more cerebral high" is nonsense, also contradicts what hundreds of "EXPERTS" have to say on the subject. The point isn't to harvest early, its to harvest at the beginning of the harvest window. Ofcourse you want to harvest when your THC is at its peak, but if you harvest at the begining of the window, you will be harvesting before the other chemicals in the plant are at their peaks. It is those other chemicals, that provide the strong sedetive effects ie. couch lock. Its also been my experiance that the buds will smell before and after curing, it may change the smell a bit, but that isn't what creates the smell. LIke I said, not tryin to fight, and I know I don't have as much physical exp as some people on here, but I am continually trying to accurately educate myself to improve my knowledge and my grows!!

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Well the buds are underway, and the shrooms have been goin crazy come check it out! Thundercats Grooooooooow!