Hello Everyone,
We are now in the last seventy two hours of flowering, and Harvest time Harvey decided it was time for his pre-harvest inspection.
 Strain: | Crack Mack |
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 Dominance: | Sativa |
 Nutrients used: | |
 Phenotype traits: | Intense Fruity Aroma/Dank Undertone |
 Lineage: | Green Crack/Big Mack Superstar |
 Current growing stage: | Flowering |
 Current plant age: | 67 Days-FLOWER |
 Sex: | Photoperiod/Auto recessive |
 Location: | Syracuse New York |
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As we can see, Harvey doesn't waste any time at all when it's that time of the day... He snuck right past me while I was turning the light power down to minimum for photoshoot time.
At this point I was saying "Harvey get out of there!"
Because this is an off-limit zone for Harvey, but he doesn't like following the rules...
He get's away with everything, so that's not a look of "please don't be mad at me", it's more of a look like "You're not chopping these plants down anytime soon are you? Please don't!"
Harvest time Harvey doesn't care about harvesting at the appropriate time, he just wants a jungle to play in, so really he's a late harvest type of kitty, but he's just gonna have to deal with it because this plant is coming down on Friday.
He did convince me to take a mini harvest... He really can't make his mind up when it comes to this. He's trying to convince me to take mini harvests so he can keep his jungle in tact but that's not gonna happen... I just needed a little smoke before I ended up having to buy more.
If I had a supply of cannabis on hand I likely would not do this because it's just not really necessary and doesn't really offer the plant any benefits at this stage of flowering. Some growers think it promotes a little plump on the upper colas, but I have my doubts because it's a shock to the plant to cut branches off. I don't doubt that a little extra plumping can/might occur, but I think it's likely minimal to the point of hardly making any difference.
In terms of this plant, it's so huge that lopping off a few branches like I just did is hardly noticeable.
The white pistil count is diminishing fast, which is great!
This tells me I'm harvesting at the sweet spot, and most of the pistils should be brown in the next seventy two hours.
These buds are maximum plumpness, and I feel confident that they are done plumping. These buds pretty much should look exactly like they do now in three days time. The only thing that will change is a little more foliage drop, and the pistils will continue turning brown.
What is not visible is the trichome degradation that is occurring. This is the reason for pushing the grow an extra ten days for this cultivar. It was evident that a sixty day harvest is just not enough and the high is too racy with not enough sedative effect. The extra ten days should make the effects a little more sedative than the previous bud.
I didn't get much purpling this round because the night time temperatures didn't get low enough. I do feel confident this cultivar can produce some lovely purps, but I just wasn't able to provide the environment necessary for this to happen. It will still be super potent bud, as the coloration is more of an aesthetic thing that enhances bag appeal over effects.
At this point we can confidently call this Crack Mack grow a success. There's virtually nothing that could mess her up at this point. These buds are ready to go and are just ripening up now.
The biggest challenge I foresee with the harvest will be hanging the buds to dry. My drying net rack isn't big enough, but I do have a clothing drying rack, and I'm thinking it would be perfect to employ use of for drying these buds.
That will do it for this update.
How is the Crack Mack looking to all of you? Ready for harvest?
I'd love to read your thoughts in the comment section!
Thank you for stopping by!
Have a good day! -@futuremind
There's virtually nothing that could mess her up at this point
Wait to tempt fate like that..
#hognuts
I shouldn't tempt fate in that regard you're totally right lol.
Harvey is just doing quality inspection. Good job!
Harvey is indeed a good quality inspector! hahaha. Thank you my friend!
wow that plant looks awesome i would like give you a pair of hand to help you with the harves :D
Thank you bro, I always wish I have a hand with harvest and trim work but that kind of help is hard to find where I'm from :D
Monster! And the plants look awesome too! 🤣
I saw one of my cats appear when I opened my tent today, stuck some food in a bowl to keep him away but he's usually not a bother.. unlike his younger brother!
Thank you @cannaworms!
I was just thinking last night how cool it is that cats exhibit uniquely different personalities.
My general practice is keeping him out of the tents, and usually the grow room I keep closed completely, but once a day I water and have the tents wide open and he likes to hang out with me during the watering time. I think for him it's more interest in just being close to me over being in the tents, but he's a very routine cat so I have to not let that become a routine of his lol.
Since your Mars is in-door, it is better Harvey do not nurture your alien plants like what my grandma taught me. Get out you Mars orange furball!
I know your Mars time is still 2024 as of now, but it's already 2025 here, so I wish you a happy new year in advance. May you have a plentiful, healthy and wealthy year ahead.
Yes Harvey is being a naughty boy, he's not supposed to be in there! I let him get away with too much hahaha.
Despite our time difference, we had the same thought at the same time, as I was just on your blog typing similar new year thoughts, but you got me thinking deeper on it with the time distortion thing hahaha 😄
Thank you brother, hope your new year is starting off good for you!
My dear friend very very happy new year how great to start with this so leafy crop, I love that your cat is so internalized and the personality he has, you have told an excellent story that I have been able to read it to my girlfriend by call and really interested her so from here we send you greetings and much success.