Just took down the 8 ball, she flowered and revegged as well as lost almost all the big fan leaves she had by week 5 of true flower somehow she pulled through, I was not amazed at the smell for the first 7-8 weeks of flower, but 2 weeks ago it started to smell better and right now it smells pungent, and sweet! Almost a ripe fruit smell now today, no mold on any of my plants this year so I didn't feel allergies at all while taking off the fan leaves before drying! here is a popcorn nug. She was about 7.5 - 8 feet tall. Was fun getting it inside the garage in one piece
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Good news and bad news, the good news is she smells and smokes great with amazing terps and great quality high...
Bad news is, my research was right and flowering from being put outside too early and then revegging caused it to herm i think. Already found 15+ seeds just hanging it and spreading out the side buds on the branches for airflow. The northern lights has about 1-2 seeds per ounce after manicuring and testing. The nuken has no seeds so far but only yielded 50-60 grams in that 5 gallon..
Oh boy.. Going to manicure and jar the 8 ball soon, looks like a plant that size could yield almost a pound but i think we may have to make a goal of 150+ grams now boys! I was hoping to get over a half pound but these are by far the fluffiest buds I've harvested.
First ever proper herm! Never had a male yet.. I don't know how i get so lucky, i don't grow large numbers of plants but i've grew multiple times already lol.
I wouldnt consider my northern a herm from how little seeds there are and how dense and big those noooogets are
My northern lights manicured
And my nuken...
Both hard as a rock.
The 8 ball on the other hand.... Will update in a few days
Also very sorry to the guys who got their plants stolen... I was having nightmares 1-2 weeks before harvest because it was that time where man, there is no hiding what i have going on back there. I kept lying to myself but it was so obvious, and i got confirmation when my neighbor talked to me and said "my kitchen reeeks where are you drying you weed?" Hes the nicest guy ever and i know i wouldnt have a problem with him ever even though he doesn't smoke, but still thought maybe there is a chance he just didn't notice? But he was like "Oh yea, they were huge haha i noticed when they got over the fence"... Yea.. The northern ended up being 4 feet taller than the fence in the end.. loll. I'd be going outside to water them with anxiety when they started to really look like weed, i'd figure out mornings on weekdays are the best time to just check around my plant fully for any problems.
I could smell them from inside my house 1-2 weeks before harvest, when i opened the back door oh man. No denying that my neighbors beside me will smell that
I honestly don't have enough words to describe the reward of a successful harvest like this with so much risk from things that could have gone wrong. I do have security luckily, and not to say too much but if anyone comes to my backyard and tries taking them, i'll know and someone in the house is always there. I truly wonder if my neighbors are just awesome and not the type i have to worry about or if they just realized with my security, theres not enough reward for the risk they'll have to take to try do steal them.
All i know for sure is none of my neighbors have kids, most are oriental and old quiet people that never cause problems. I live in a good area (THANK YOU WEED GODS!) There are kids around, just luckily not the houses beside mine.
