My second grow - Northern Lights (nirvana)

The bud certainly wasn't couchlock yet or anything, lol. It did have a decent buzz to it though and the sample got me high for sure, even though harvest time is still a few weeks away. I used the micro-steamer method to quick dry the sample, and it seemed to work alright. Based upon that sample, I already know that I will like what I'm going to end up with. I ocassionally used to buy a few bags of Northern Lights weed some years ago, so I had an idea of what to expect. The question now is, how much will I end up raping from the plants before it's choptime, lol.

 

Thanks ! And yes, that's northern lights from nirvana seeds, and yes, northern lights is definitely a good strain for a first grow or a beginner grower. It's mostly indica, it doesn't get crazy tall, it doesn't stink like crazy such as other strains sometimes do, and it supposedly can take a little abuse and it's a decent yielder. Northern Lights is a classic that has been around for ages, and many crosses are based upon northern lights.

 

Thanks ! Yeah, Halloween is right around the corner !

 

Thanks a lot !

 

Thanks ! As far as Northern Lights being the right kind of plant for you, it depends what sort of smoke you're looking for, a sativa type or an indica. NL is certainly a good plant for growing indoors or for beginners. There's so many good strains to choose between from various seed sellers, the choices are almost endless.

 

Thanks !

As far as the LST'ing, this is only my second grow, so I'm not sure if I have a method yet, I'm still figuring stuff out. I basically start to tie the plant down after it reaches a certain height, just bending the main stem over and letting it grow horizontally. You can see that in some of the earlier pictures in this journal. After a couple of days, the main stem that was tied down will have started to grow up again and you'll need to tie that new growth down also, and continue in that fashion.

To figure out when to start tying down the plants, you can just bend the main stem every few days to see if it's still bendable and soft, you don't want to start when the stem is too hard of course. Besides that, I just continue to tie down branches that need to be tied down inorder to keep the canopy level. You probably will have to adjust some strings every couple of days when the plant is in it's growth period. Don't be afraid to tie stuff down. Also, I keep a computer fan blowing on the canopy of the plants, this makes the branches and stems a little bit stronger I think. Also, every once in a while, the plants will get a good windstorm from a larger, more powerful fan, again to make the branches and stems thicker and stronger. At the most, I was using about 15-20 strings per plant, now in flowering I only have 2-3 strings still on each plant. One mistake I made on my first grow was to tie the string too tight around the stems, choking the plants, now I just make a loose hoop instead.

 

Thanks ! Your grow is looking good too ! Seems like you have a lot of different things going on there.

 

Thanks ! Yeah, I don't believe I'll end up with any single bud that's larger than the largest single bud from the first grow, but I do know that I'll end up with an alright amount of overall buds, as long as I can quit stealing buds off of the plants before it's harvest time, lol.

I left a reply on your journal about the LST question. On this grow, I didn't start any training until day 27, I don't think there's any rush for you at all yet.

 

DAY 48 - 12/12

This will probably be my last update in this journal until harvest time. I gave the plants their last feeding yesterday, and they will only get water from here on out. Just like on my first grow, I've sampled quite a few buds already (5-6 so far). I've checked the trichs a couple of times with the microscope, but they don't seem quite ready yet. I'm estimating that harvest time will be anywhere from 10-14 days from now, we'll see. Here's a few pictures of one of the plants from tonight.

 

Thanks ! The start of LST was on day 27 of veg, about 10 days before I flipped over to 12/12.