"GETTING READY FOR THE CUP"
It is of utmost importance not to pick your plants early. With this crop I have waited a full 11 and a half weeks, and am harvesting it perfectly with the waning moon. I wait until about a week after the full moon, I find the trichomes to be more fully developed when this is planned out in my timeline.
I like to rub rolled joints on my live buds coating the outside of the paper with resin. When smoked there is a subtle hashiness in the taste along with an enhanced effect.
It is important not to water your plants too often, roots need to dry out a little too so they can access air. I stop giving the cannabis plants food at the end of the 7th week of flowering, and flush with plain water for the last 3 to 4 weeks. This takes any excess food taste away from the weed so the only thing you end up tasting is the marijuana. I give very little water in the last week, as the plants don’t use much. Giving too much water in the last week can cause bud mold.
When I cut the plants down I use a strong pair of plant scissors, I then hang them upside down on a strong clothesline or wire using the crooks of the stalks. I leave them hanging with just the exhaust fan sucking air out through the charcoal filter. This lets them dry slowly with no heaters or dehydrators. Letting the plants dry slowly makes them taste much better and helps them to keep much longer. Drying it fast makes the taste disappear and makes it crumble into dust. It takes 10 to 14 days to dry enough so that the stem snaps. I then start to manicure all the excess leaf off of the buds. I save the fine leaf trim for making water hash. I then place the buds in glass jars or sealing bags and let them re-hydrate for 8 hours or so. I crack open the jars and leave them open for a few hours. I check out the buds and if they are feeling just right, I put them away for a rainy day or in this case for the Cannabis Cup in November.
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Well it’s that time of year again, the Cannabis Cup of Amsterdam. This will be my 11th cup and I am definitely in the running.
I, as always have grown this crop 100% biologically using bat and seabird guano. There is a new organic product from America that I really enjoy; it’s called Budswel from The Guano Company P.O. box 1000 Trinidad, California 95570. It’s made from worm castings, seabird guano and bat guano and it mixes in water in a flash. It can be used hydroponically and on soil. I start to apply it in the 3rd week of flowering when the buds are just starting to turn white.
I mix 35 ml of Budswel to 10 liters of water with a PH of 6.0. I then give it to the plants every time I water. You can notice a difference in the buds within 3 or 4 days, they are more vibrant and stickier and as time goes by the aroma becomes intoxicating. Sometimes when I enter the room and move past some plants I feel high just from the smell.
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This year my entries will be Lavender for my indica and Amnesia Haze for my sativa. Totally organically grown, no pesticides, no chemicals. After all I consider this plant to be the sacrament of my religion. I grow it with my heart not just my hands. I am also growing some Buddha’s Sister and some New York City Diesel, they always bring a smile to my face. Growing this Holy plant is great fun and very fulfilling, try it you’ll like it.
Until next time, Keep it GREEN, LOVING and full of LIGHT.
Peace, Soma
