I have been checking the buds with a microscope for the last few weeks and finally they are ready, the trichomes are showing amber so they are quite ready to go for an indica dominant strain. The plant gives off a fruity smell to it, and the buds are getting quite heavy. Some of them did not reach the netting, but luckily those are short enough not to bend over. It would seem they did not all start flowering at the same time, so there were some height differences in the canopy. But a few big colas popped through and they look quite nice.
My previous grow was a sativa dominant strain, so its nice to switch to a indica dominant strain this grow. I was hoping for more purple and black coloring in the leaves and buds but it would seem it did not get cold enough in the grow tent this time. Only getting down to around 65F it was not enough to trigger a metabolism shift in the plant and make those deep purples and blacks known in some indica strains.
 Strain: | Zebra Stripe |
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 Dominance: | 80/20 Indica Dominant Hybrid |
 Nutrients used: | Foxfarm Big Bloom / CO2 enriched grow environment |
 Phenotype traits: | Compact nodes and short but wide growth, stubby leaves. During flower should be able to turn purple or black due to genetics from the blackwater strain |
 Lineage: | Blackwater x Blueberry Muffin x Alien OG |
 Current growing stage: | Late flowering |
 Current plant age: | 86 days old |
 Sex: | Auto |
 Location: | Central Virginia USA. |
We can see how only half the plants really got above the netting, I blame them on being autos without my knowledge. If I could have kept them in veg for longer they would have been more equal I think.
The plants on the left side came through the netting, but the ones on the right seemed to start flowering more early so they did not grow as tall.
Though even on the smaller plants it has a few nice buds on it.
Even some cylinder shapes ones... weird how they were growing in different shapes but all the same strain.
Some purples were formed but not much. I guess this corner of tent got a little bit colder.
During late flower the leaves start to look pretty beat up, but the buds look great.
The tallest of the colas really stretched, being a few inches higher than the others. Glad they did not get any light burn on top of them. I had to keep the lights pretty close so the shorter buds could grow well too.
Now its time to get the scissors, a bowl and spend a few hours with sticky fingers harvesting all the buds. I am going to extend the drying process by a week, as I was not satisfied with how curing went late stage with the Sour Diesel. Thinking they need more than just a mere three days to dry using a the wet cut method.
So we shall wait until they dry, and then I will make a guess the weight post so we can see where I weighed in on this grow and what others think the weight may be. I am thinking this is not as much as my previous Sour Diesel grow, so probably not over 3/4 of a pound this time.
But I am really curious how it tastes and vapes, but for now I will need to wait until its ready.. A few months at least to dry and cure properly.
Previous posts on this grow:
@solominer/day-68-half-way-through-flowering
@solominer/day-50-reaching-the-netting
@solominer/day-41-unexpected-changes
@solominer/day-36-mid-way-through-vegging