Okay, it has been a while since I’ve written a new article. Not that we are into late September, your plants should have at least begun to flower up. Plants that are indica dominant should be forming colas or clubs. Mine look like Popeyes arms. As the pistillate growth continues, you’ll see more and more clear, white hairs (pistills) growing. Even as some of these turn tan or brown or orange when they die off, you should also be seeing the pollen attractant (sugars) growing on every surface. As the plant grows new leaves, they will be miniature leaves that the plant can grow trichome sugars on. This action is what I call plumping and swelling. This is how these plants grow thick colas that are like a small baseball bat. It takes time and sunlight. Sunday, 22nd is the Fall Equinox. Even shorter days and cooler nights are ahead.
Clip off all of the big outer leaves to allow air and sunlight to get to the developing flower buds. You may have to put on a layer of mulch over the top lateral roots of each plant. Either a mulch or a high quality soil will keep those roots from drying out.
By now, I have stopped using any fertilizer on the girls. As sinsemilla plants, they are doing what they are supposed to be doing…trying to get pollinated. Our job is to not let them get pollinated; have all of the males removed and destroyed by early August or as soon as you decide that that plant is a male.
Especially now, as we have a full moon behind us and the equinox on the 22nd, get prepared for harvest. For the next 3 weeks or so, the nights will have less and less moonlight as well as the nights will be getting longer. Even the sativa dominant plants will react to these conditions. I’m sure I’ve already mentioned it…I sprinkled onto each plant a very little bone meal or super phosphate about 3 weeks ago. Phosphates make your plants and flowers bloom.
You’ll need to get some scissors, sharp and clean. Two pair at least…one pair needs to be heavy-duty. One pair is small, dainty even, but sharp.
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You’ll also need a lot of brown paper bags, both lunch size and grocery bag size. You’ll need some small paper tags to put the plants’ name on and the date trimmed.
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Also, you’ll need to find very many glass jars with screw lids. Clean them out real good… you don’t want your pot smelling like pickle relish or beets. You will be surprised at how many dry buds you’ll end up with. I cure my pot in glass jars for at least 5 weeks…and I do long term storage in these glass jars, too.
When you dry your buds in paper bags it’ll take five to ten days. Then you put the pot into glass jars which you’ll have to open up every day or two, to air out. This will help to avoid mold growth and will drive off the chlorophyl taste.
Long, dark nights convince the girls that the end of the season is near. They go into a hyper-anxiety sexual frenzy. These plants want to get pollinated NOW, but don’t let them.
I’m watering much less than during the hot July-August months. Only abut 1 1/2 gallons a day per container. These big girls do need a lot of water to stay healthy and grow trichomes, but I don’t want the plants to get root rot …and if the soil gets too mushy the big plant will tip over.
Try to have patience. Allow your girls to grow and flourish during these sunny days post rainstorms. A little sugar (molasses, soda pop) and beer is alright but don’t go overboard…don’t spend money just for this. Really, good old water is what the girls need now. That and a lot of direct sunlight. These plants are adding weight and quality as they mature.
You’ll be watching their pistils change color as they individually die off. As long as the buds on the plants are forming new pistils (female ovary bracts and the two creamy hairs) you might as well let it stay on the plant to continue to add more pollen attractant (THC sugars). When to harvest is always the farmer’s perogative, but it is very probably too early yet. More on this, later. Power to the people, not to the corporations.