Welcome back! It has been over a week since my last garden update, and with just 20 days until harvest, the plants are looking great. I spent the afternoon photographing them in a variety of conditions, and put together this photo album (with GIFs) so you can see how my Reclining Buddhas are turning out. Enjoy!
The plants are 15 weeks old, having been grown from seed. Every step has been recorded on the Hive/WeedCash blockchain!
A mix of photographs and short video clips seems to show things off nicely.
That's a zoom to check trichomes. I see a few turning yellowish, but most are milky white. This is the earlist possible moment for harvest, in which viable medicine will be produced. Anything from this moment on is additional mass and maturity. The cannabinoids will progress from THCa through THC, CBD, CND, and many others. In general terms, this takes the effect from stimulating toward sedating. I like to harvest somewhere right in the middle - just as things begin to turn amber and reach full maturity.
How's that for lush undergrowth? As always, it's 200% organic - nothing but light, water, soil, and air.
I'm really enjoying the colours coming out.
This is the "virgin" untouched plant. I think I'm going to do a whole crop like this, next! Now that I've got a new generation of seeds, I'll be able to a do a full garden of sensimillia.
This is one of the pollinated branches. Very chunky and irregular bud structure. Lots of trichomes, though!
You'd think it's autumn, with all those beautiful colours appearing among the greens! I'm really loving these Reclining Buddhas, and I'm excited to grow their descendants in a few weeks. It will be my first time growing a full crop from my own seeds.
Before we finish up, how about a dab?
Cannabis extracts are all the goodness from the plant, with none of the chlorophyll, fiber, or other inert matter. When done right, shatter (as seen above) is close to 100% cannabinoids, the rest being mostly terpenes. Unique to the flowers (bud) you begin with, and the process you use. Shatter is easily transported, lasts a long time, doesn't have a strong smell like fresh bud, and of course, packs a massive punch.
The samples above are some crumbs @MediKatie and I have around at the moment, waiting for our next refill. This is obtained from the free ("black") market. Local shops defy "legalization" to remain open, illegally serving consenting adults like myself. And thank goodness, too, because my life would be absolutely miserable otherwise. The legal market doesn't have the cannabis my wife and I are prescribed, and what cannabis it does have, is up to 10 times more expensive than the same product on the free market. Dispensaries save lives. I'm proud to have stood to protect the dispensary model of cannabis distribution in Canada for many years. I now benefit in some small way from my own actions. I hope the local places I use are able to continue without major interruption.
In the meantime, I continue to improve my techniques and skills. As funds allow, I will also improve my tools. My goal is to be able to produce all the cannabis my wife and I require to remain healthy.
I hope you enjoyed this photo album. Stay tuned for lots more canna-photography over the next 3 weeks!
(All images created 2021/3/18 by DRutter.)
Grow in peace.
DRutter
Just when I thought it was done, it kept going. Wow, that's a lot of photography. The gifs are great!
I had to reHive this post to my hemptastic followers <3
Thanks for rehiving... reminded us to like and comment :)
Gorgeous photography and gardening, @Drutter!!
Wow, this post has added another 20 gorgeous cannabis images to the blockchain.
Those 3 plants have been an abundant source of content, and they're not done yet!
Just gorgeous photos.
And I'm the only one who gets to actually SMELL these plants. Yum. :D
They probably don't smell as tasty as YOU do, @MediKatie <3
You're flirting again, you dirty dog.
Nice to see this post get supported by the curators :)
Are you trying to budder me up?
Oooooh, budder... that might actually work ;)
Budder as lube? LOL jk
awesome images some damn good looking bud well done
Yeah!
And thank you to OCD for the curation :))
those photos with zoom are amazing, i love it :D
Thanks for commenting :) I'm glad you liked the zoom photos!
BEER!
We still need a !DAB command :D
Haven't managed to make a !DAB command yet but here's a airdrop link with free DAB NFTs
https://wax.atomichub.io/trading/link/34282?key=5JemeeAmpFQ4d6xdPNUUzziJgP6WoX5DBW9eBQ6vT1d4USJ6UCf
Its a one time usage link meaning it can only be claimed once you need a Wax wallet account to claim its easy to sign up for here.
https://wallet.wax.io/dapps
My collection is not white listed if your wondering why they have not showed up after a claim this is why. you need to switch the settings to view non white listed assets
Cannabis has many health benefits.