GG Bastard Series - Colombian Gold

ayr0n

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Nice! Hope you're keeping that trim/popcorn, those edibles or hash later are like bonus treats!
Oh yeah been saving it. Not sure if fresh trim is better or not, but I've still got half a quart jar filled w/ trim from the autos lol. Gonna hold off until GG 1, GG 3 and the CSS get taken down, then make up some more buddder:bigjoint: Ran about 1/2 oz of bud and 1/2 oz of trim to 1lb of butter last time. IDK if i wanna go much stronger, cuz those put my ass to sleep. Edibles hit me hard for some reason
 

GroErr

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Oh yeah been saving it. Not sure if fresh trim is better or not, but I've still got half a quart jar filled w/ trim from the autos lol. Gonna hold off until GG 1, GG 3 and the CSS get taken down, then make up some more buddder:bigjoint: Ran about 1/2 oz of bud and 1/2 oz of trim to 1lb of butter last time. IDK if i wanna go much stronger, cuz those put my ass to sleep. Edibles hit me hard for some reason
Always a question, a lot of opinions on the fresh trim. imo it doesn't matter that much. I like it fresh. I throw it into large sealable (screw-on lids) jars that hold about 3-3.5 zips each which keeps it fresh (I've pulled fresh bud from these jars a year later and still had some moisture in them). Burp them here & there to cure. I outsource the butter & baking (my GF - lol). I run a 100u dry sift for vaping/smoke, last me quite a while as I don't smoke much, then use the remainder for edibles. I have about 4 full jars right now and kept a couple of strains separate which I'll run some kief first, should have enough to make some caps, then use the rest for edibles. Edibles can knock you on your ass, good medicine, I eat/drink more than I ever smoke/vape. Drink a bed-time tea with a small bud in it pretty well every night when I'm home.
 

polo the don

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What's my homie @polo the don been up to??
Sorry I haven't been around much I've been busy as hell. Been doing a lot of volunteer work lately and my wife is expanding her clinic so I've kinda been there a lot trying to make sure things are getting done the way it should be done. I'll try to make my daily appearance around here I know I've been slipping. My bad. It's good to see that you really have things going your way bud.
 

ayr0n

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Sorry I haven't been around much I've been busy as hell. Been doing a lot of volunteer work lately and my wife is expanding her clinic so I've kinda been there a lot trying to make sure things are getting done the way it should be done. I'll try to make my daily appearance around here I know I've been slipping. My bad. It's good to see that you really have things going your way bud.
It's all good gotta prioritize. I haven't been on much either tbh. Glad 2 hear business is going good for the wife tho.
 

ayr0n

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Always a question, a lot of opinions on the fresh trim. imo it doesn't matter that much. I like it fresh. I throw it into large sealable (screw-on lids) jars that hold about 3-3.5 zips each which keeps it fresh (I've pulled fresh bud from these jars a year later and still had some moisture in them). Burp them here & there to cure. I outsource the butter & baking (my GF - lol). I run a 100u dry sift for vaping/smoke, last me quite a while as I don't smoke much, then use the remainder for edibles. I have about 4 full jars right now and kept a couple of strains separate which I'll run some kief first, should have enough to make some caps, then use the rest for edibles. Edibles can knock you on your ass, good medicine, I eat/drink more than I ever smoke/vape. Drink a bed-time tea with a small bud in it pretty well every night when I'm home.
I saw you had some kief sifted down in your Groerr Grows thread. Are you using one of those box type 'sifters' or how do you make your dry sift kief? Wish i could outsource some cooking to my gf lmao. Her cooking is driving thru kfc real quick ;)
 

ayr0n

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Looking like this coming Saturday is harvest time on GG 3 and the CSS. Both could come down right now but I just don't have the time. I'd like to see the gg3 fade out a little more, don't think it's gonna happen tho. Of the 4 girls that went into flower on Nov. 29th, gg3 is the only one that's still green top to bottom. Not sure if she's just a 'light eater' or what, but she's damn resilient. The gg3 clones are starting to frost up n look purrty damn good too. GG1 is kind of the odd ball. I can't tell if purer sats just develop bud differently or if all the abuse is causing it - rather than the handful of 'fat' colas like the other girls, GG1 just has a huge abundance of golf ball sized buds everywhere with a lot of foxtailing. I guess u can call them colas idk...hard to explain. I guess the best way to put it is that the buds are all developing seperately vs. stacking on top of each other, and then they're kinda protruding out away from the stems... She's still gonna yield the most from what I can see..Gave some of the 'golf balls' a squeeze and they're nice n dense so that's a plus. SBA's dry weight is looking like 81.7 grams not counting the popcorn/trim shit. Might lose a couple more g's during the rest of the cure, we'll see. Got the jars stabilized at 62% this time around so I'm pretty happy about tht and optimistic about how the final product is gonna turn out. Before I cut anything down I'ma snap a bunch of pictures this weekend. Smoke report on the SBA is gonna still be a couple more weeks...Sorry bout the run-on mash of random thoughts, trying to catch up lol...
 

GroErr

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I saw you had some kief sifted down in your Groerr Grows thread. Are you using one of those box type 'sifters' or how do you make your dry sift kief? Wish i could outsource some cooking to my gf lmao. Her cooking is driving thru kfc real quick ;)
Yeah, you reminded me that I had some popcorn/trim more than ready to run! Took an hour an ran one of the containers (1/4 lb.), JTR and Blue Dream. I dry sift it, fresh/ground, through a 100u screen, got a nice little 10.7g pile :) My GF loves cooking, anything, so I take advantage ;) I made it, bought some stainless screen on e-bay I think, cheap. Took a 2x2 I had and made a frame for it, a couple of cuts, a few screws and you're good to go. You should give it a go, it's the easiest, you can smoke/vape it as-is, press it, put it into caps, cook with it. I like it because there's no solvents involved.
 

GroErr

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I was shooting for this weekend, but might let her go longer. She is still in good shape, hasn't started fading yet...just getting antsy to move some new ladies into the flowering room lol
Hard to tell from those pics as they're not in natural light, the one on the right though looks like it's pretty mature, definitely some hairs that could mature longer. But you have to watch that, I find some strains can continually grow new one's so you'd be chasing them forever. Think you're at the point where you can go by the trichs though, if they're cloudy you're probably good to go. In past tests pulling early I found too many clear trichs definitely suffers in potency.
 

ayr0n

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Hard to tell from those pics as they're not in natural light, the one on the right though looks like it's pretty mature, definitely some hairs that could mature longer. But you have to watch that, I find some strains can continually grow new one's so you'd be chasing them forever. Think you're at the point where you can go by the trichs though, if they're cloudy you're probably good to go. In past tests pulling early I found too many clear trichs definitely suffers in potency.
I'll go ahead n pull her out for a shot in natural light tonight n get the better pics up next time I'm at a computer. The pic on the right is definitely closer to the true color, most of the pistols are darkening / reddish at this point. Some of the calyxes are reallly swollen, like noticeable bulging out, but when I look close up w/ the lupe it all looks like milky to me. No amber still. I'm just using a cheap lupe tho, might have to get something better to get a more accurate view
 

Sativied

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I find some strains can continually grow new one's so you'd be chasing them forever. Think you're at the point where you can go by the trichs though,
+1. Some just go on and on while most of the bud is ready already.

Just "imo", seems to be largely a matter of taste and personal preference, but based on both pics it could use at least a few more days, maybe a week. So yeah, looking at trichs can be helpful at this point.

And great job Ayr0n, looks very healthy after 9 weeks.

most of the pistols are darkening / reddish at this point. Some of the calyxes are reallly swollen, like noticeable bulging out, but when I look close up w/ the lupe it all looks like milky to me. No amber still.
That sums up "almost ready" quite well. "almost" because you said "some of the calyxes" instead of most. I don't wait for amber. It's (IMO) either there at the end or it isn't, genetically, and letting the plant degrade just to see amber does ime not have a positive effect on the effect. But as long as calyxes are still swelling up and it's healthy I'd let it go for a while longer. That swelling really adds to the weight.
 

ayr0n

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+1. Some just go on and on while most of the bud is ready already.

Just "imo", seems to be largely a matter of taste and personal preference, but based on both pics it could use at least a few more days, maybe a week. So yeah, looking at trichs can be helpful at this point.

And great job Ayr0n, looks very healthy after 9 weeks.

That sums up "almost ready" quite well. "almost" because you said "some of the calyxes" instead of most. I don't wait for amber. It's (IMO) either there at the end or it isn't, genetically, and letting the plant degrade just to see amber does ime not have a positive effect on the effect. But as long as calyxes are still swelling up and it's healthy I'd let it go for a while longer. That swelling really adds to the weight.
Hard to tell from those pics as they're not in natural light, the one on the right though looks like it's pretty mature, definitely some hairs that could mature longer. But you have to watch that, I find some strains can continually grow new one's so you'd be chasing them forever. Think you're at the point where you can go by the trichs though, if they're cloudy you're probably good to go. In past tests pulling early I found too many clear trichs definitely suffers in potency.
She's actually fading out more than I thought. After bringing her out to normal light u can see some of the fans are turning a lighter green towards the ends. She could definitely swell a bit more for that added weight like you said, just gotta decide how soon I need that extra room in there lol...I squeezed the SBA mother into the flowering tent, and potted up the best 4 clones in the veg tent. All of the monster crop clones had rooted, but not much for new growth (impatient lol...) so I ended up pitching them and a couple weaker SBA clones. Got the fruity chronic juice potted up now too (she's on her 3rd set of true leaves now).

Here's some more shots of the GG3 OG - couple of the colas are starting to lean off to the side n didn't make it into the 1st picture:
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Finally caught some of that frost I'm actually seeing irl in a pic on that last shot lol :X sorry about the quality.



It'd be nice if GG1 would finish up since it's taking up so much room. Prolly could stuff 3 more plants in there w.o the GG 1. She's maturing faster than I anticipated. Took longer to get rolling, but the calyxes swelled much quicker on her than the GG 3. Problem w/ gg1 is she keeps throwing out new pistols constantly so half of her looks like it could come down any day and the other half looks like it just started flowering...
 

ayr0n

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So I cut down half of GG 3 last night (ran outa time n had 2 put her back in the tent), and gawdamn is she the most stickiest ickiest stanky dankest shit I've ever seen, smelled, held or been in the presence of :o Looked like I dipped my hand in olive oil by the time I got done w/ her. The other plants I've harvested all made my hands sticky, but it was really 'oily' this time, haven't seen anything like tht b4...glad I grabbed a couple cuts of her before the flip.Thanks @genuity for putting me on to gage green's gear - your pics / grows are what made me pull the trigger on buying those beans. Haven't smoked any of it yet, but there's no way this shit isn't some kill.

Gonna try n finish her up this weekend and get some new pictures up.

Sweet Black Angel Smoke Report:
Got a chance to try out some of the SBA. It's not completely cured but I set a couple nugs out for a few days to dry out (originally told myself I wouldn't, but fuck it :bigjoint:). The high was good, but the one thing that stood out to me wasn't so much the intensity, but how long it lasted. The high itself lasted a loong ass time, and even the comedown seemed to linger forever. IDK if i've ever been high that long without having to recap w/ another session.
The buzz was very euphoric, kinda gave me the giggles but still had a strong stone at the same time. Seemed like it'd be good for pain relief. Hard to explain the taste. It's not cured so I'm sure it's not a perfect representation of the final taste, but it was very odd. A combination of maybe coffee and citrus? IDK how to say it but definitely a unique/exotic flavor to my palette. I'm no marijuana connoisseur so what's great to me might be subpar to others, but I would definitely run the SBA again w/o hesitation. :clap:
 

ayr0n

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Well only 1 remains from the first photo run. The CSS, SBA and GG3 are all either drying or jarred now. Got food poisoning this weekend (fucking Arbys), but I still pulled down the CSS. It's kinda odd that they all appeared to fill 2-2.5 quart mason jars per plant (dry, closer to 3-3.25 wet) even though they all looked like various amounts of bud on the plants and are different strains o_O GG 1 will be a lot more than the others, but a helluva lot more trimming too :( I started getting more picky on the last 2 with what went in jars and what went into the trim pile. Decided anything that looked like it would be less than 2.5-3 grams dry would just get pitched in w/ the trim, cuz trimming sucks ass. It's like the final stretch on a marathon before victory, and rather than run the rest of the way Ima just sit down n catch my breath lol..

Hopefully I can get some new pics up soon. I've got to take everything down and move it to another room in the basement cuz being in the furnace room is sending dank odors throughout the house, even w/ carbon filters and ona buckets it's just not cutting it. My girl is sick of walking in the house n smelling nothing but trees, so I gotta accommodate her somehow...
 

Sativied

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As much as I enjoy the smell of a grow I do like it to be in my closet only. Sealing the connection from filter to exhaust usually removes that last bit of odor sneaking out.

It's like the final stretch on a marathon before victory, and rather than run the rest of the way Ima just sit down n catch my breath lol..
yeah man trimming sucks, usually takes me a week to trim everything. I do like short 5-10 min walks and then sit down and smoke finger or scissor hash before I delay it to the next day.

And sorry to hear about the food poisoning, missed you a little in a non-gay way, looking forward to see that new tent filled with clones.
 

ayr0n

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As much as I enjoy the smell of a grow I do like it to be in my closet only. Sealing the connection from filter to exhaust usually removes that last bit of odor sneaking out.


yeah man trimming sucks, usually takes me a week to trim everything. I do like short 5-10 min walks and then sit down and smoke finger or scissor hash before I delay it to the next day.

And sorry to hear about the food poisoning, missed you a little in a non-gay way, looking forward to see that new tent filled with clones.
yeah it's probably best kept in the grow room lol. Can't have everyone coming over n smelling weed. My girl's been really lenient about it so far, but I can tell shes fed up. Everytime I open the tent to water she can smell it. It's always the days I water that she says something, n being winter right now the furnace is always running so having it right next to the furnace is basically like walking through the house w/ a lit blunt (maybe worse :X). I've got another room that's the same size n can set up in there, i've just been kind of reluctant to tear everything down just to set it all back up again (especially w/ only a 2hour window each day after work before lights out). Shoulda jumped on it this weekend, but I thought the Ona was doing the trick. Turns out the Ona bucket w/ their 'ona breeze' fan runs out really quick. That thing is down to like the last 1/8th of the bucket already :S :S idk i'll get it figured out...pulling the plug on the op isn't something I'm really interested in lol.
 

GroErr

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yeah it's probably best kept in the grow room lol. Can't have everyone coming over n smelling weed. My girl's been really lenient about it so far, but I can tell shes fed up. Everytime I open the tent to water she can smell it. It's always the days I water that she says something, n being winter right now the furnace is always running so having it right next to the furnace is basically like walking through the house w/ a lit blunt (maybe worse :X). I've got another room that's the same size n can set up in there, i've just been kind of reluctant to tear everything down just to set it all back up again (especially w/ only a 2hour window each day after work before lights out). Shoulda jumped on it this weekend, but I thought the Ona was doing the trick. Turns out the Ona bucket w/ their 'ona breeze' fan runs out really quick. That thing is down to like the last 1/8th of the bucket already :S :S idk i'll get it figured out...pulling the plug on the op isn't something I'm really interested in lol.
Crap, that's not good. Maybe it is the location or how air flows through your house. My small tent is close to the furnace and flowering but it's in an alcove so with a HEPA filter and Ona bucket it keeps the smell there. Only time my house smells for a couple of hours is during trimming, I don't even bother trying to hide that smell - lol I think they make those little fans for the Ona buckets to sell more gel, sounds like it ran out quick. I just blow the fan from the HEPA filter across it a couple of feet away and it lasts a couple of rounds.
 
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