I've been thinking...
Today is day 53, or week 7 + 4 days.
This is where I normally harvest. I was going to wait until I got a good smattering of amber, but that's not what I normally do. All cloudy and any amber at all is usually my cue. Also I was told yesterday that Sativas can go amber very quickly sometimes and I've been spending all my time at work lately. I don't want to miss the window.
A lot of the buds already have a bit of amber. So it's ready as far as I'm concerned. Therefore, I'll be chopping this weekend. I have seedling #3 and a clone of this one. So I'll be running her again by the end of September, and this time I know exactly how to grow this pheno.
I'm not ready to close this thread yet. I'll be posting until cure and smoke test on this thread. - - stay tuned! But I'll be starting a new thread when I start the clone.
I look at these trichomes and they just scream "harvest!" at me (pictures below).
Normally, I'd be super-excited. And I really should be, I mean 53 days is phenomenal. If I run the clone and it finishes just as fast, I'm still going to have a massive harvest. Along with a bona-fide unicorn.
Because recap: I was out of town for over two weeks and nobody took care of her. She grew into the light and instead of bending her over I chopped the main cola she had put all her hopes in. Then I put her to flower a few days later. So she did what she could. If I had handled that differently I'd have one massive cola and a whole lot of fodder for extract.
I am still excited to see how psychoactive these buds are. I'm expecting a lot.