Dark Star Diary

20 Jun 2021 I feel like I’m in a holding pattern. Flush, measure TDS, flush, measure TDS…. It seems never ending! I’ve been flushing for 2 weeks now, and today I gave a gallon of water chilled to 47F with an initial pH of 8.3. I added 21 drops (roughly 1ml) of pH DOWN which adjusted the pH to 6.5. The TDS going in was 74 ppm. The plant is begging to be harvested! Today I went out and got extra pairs of shears to cut branches and trim the sugar leaves off, as well as 2 cases of Mason jars to store and cure the buds once they’re dry. The runoff pH was 6.7, and the TDS runoff was 530 ppm. The tent temperature was 77F, and humidity was 51%. Lessons learned: don’t let the plant veg too long and get too big. Also, start the flush at least 2 weeks earlier so the plant is ready to harvest when the flush is complete, not before. I’m going to add this post as a new week on grow diaries, but I may start the harvest tomorrow. Maybe. 🤔 24 Jun 2021 I decided to start harvesting the plant, so this note is simply to document the end of the flowering stage of this beautiful plant. I’m so happy to cut you down!! I started on June 22nd, but didn’t finish till 1:00 am last night. I had to cut it down in two increments because it was just too much to do at once. Trimming took the 22nd and 23rd of June, and took more than 12 hours each time to finish. I never realized that it would take soooooo long! Anyway, I have the weight of the trimmed buds wet, as well as the weight of my trim (clippings), but I’m not going to publish them till I do the harvest entry. Most of the buds from the top are super dense and colorful to some degree, and the bottom buds aren’t as densely packed together or as colorful, but no less in size. Can’t wait to see it all dry and curing. See you all in a week or so for the harvest entry. Happy growing everyone!!