Orange Apricot harvest details: trimmed, dried, weighed and sampled

Last week the Orange Apricot cannabis plant was harvested, it's been trimmed, dried, weighed, and sampled, tasty buds.

Orange Apricot

This Orange Apricot cannabis plant was harvested seven days ago, after eight weeks of bloom time. Grown from a crossbred seed that was produced by pollinating an Orange Barb bud with Pink Apricot pollen, I can see, smell, taste, and feel in the buzz that there are characteristics from both parent strains.

This plant only had five weeks of vegetative growth before being put into bloom. After week three it had some main stalk bent stem training so the branches would raise up with the main cola, to try to get maximum growth with the LED lights.

After harvest, the plant was hung up in the basement bathroom with the exhaust fan on constantly for a gentle air flow.

Trimmed

I got around to giving the plant a quick trim the next day after harvest. The fan leaves are the first to go, a quick snip at the base and they're gone.

After a quick and rough trim of the bud leaves the stalks were ready for six more days of drying. These resinous buds are super sticky, you can see some purple tones on the top colas. Some of the newest pistils are still white, they'll shrivel and turn orange soon.

Buds Dried

Seven days after harvest and trimming, the buds were dry enough for sampling and storing.

All the buds were snipped off of the stalks, I was left with many good size cola buds too.

The Weigh-in

The scale zeroed out for the weighing.

The total weight for this harvest came out to 63.83 grams, just over two ounces, not too shabby. This plant's clone is in bloom right now, it had six weeks of veg time compared to this plant's five weeks, so I'm curious to see what the difference in harvest will be, I'm guessing six weeks of veg growth will be my new minimum standard.

The weighed up buds go into air tight glass jars for curing and storage. After initially drying the buds they are dryer on the outside than the inside, curing the buds in an air tight container for a few days helps to equalize the moisture for a smooth smoke.

The dried buds have dark and light greens, ample mats of long orange pistils, and a solid coating of crispy trichomes.

These sticky buds have a refreshing sweet orange and apricot scent to them, I selected a couple for the grindage.

The Roll-up

The Flavor

Sweet candy-like orange and apricot, slight citrus sour flavor - bright and lightly mouth tingling smooth tokes.

The Feels

Soft and relaxing cushion, mind still energetic, eyes slightly relaxed. Sativa leaner, an uplifting and cheerful buzz, I'd blaze these buds during the day or night time. I'll be growing many more of these Orange Barb x Pink Apricot crossbred seeds, they'll be the first ones that I start to stabilize.

Have a great day!

@mraggaj