Question

I have a really good female plant that I am about to harvest and I didn't get any clones off it before budding occurred. Is there any way to still clone it???

Answer

Yes, you can still clone it. Buds are possible to clone and grow into full plants but it would be easier to leave all the bottom buds on your plant and turn the light back up to 18 hrs. and start the nutrients back to the veg. nutrients. The plant will be in shock for a couple of weeks after you top the good buds off and then it will start to have the remaining buds stretch and branches grow out of them. After you get enough growth you can start taking clones and you can still re-bud the mother plant.

Question

Could you tell me the basic steps for drying and harvesting my plants.

Answer

First when the plants are ready and you will know this when 70% of the hairs on the buds have gone red you chop down your plant. The stalks are strong and I would recommend a very sharp knife or a saw. Next take all the big leaves off the plants only leaving the leaves on the buds. Hang the plants upside-down in a room temperature area for 7 days. A closet usually works and coat hangers work really good for hanging them from. Then cut the buds off the stalks and trim the rest of the leaves down to your taste and put the buds in a glass jar for a couple of days or until the buds have finished drying. Then you have fresh smoke, after about 3-4 weeks later your buds will developed an even better flavour than they already have. I had one plant that tasted green after harvesting but 5 weeks later the green bud had cured more and now tasted sort of like tuti fruity.

Question

My plant  leans  to the side, I don't understand this? The  stem is  very thin. It is only  2 and 1/2 weeks old, but is there any way to beef up the sturdiness of the stalk? Thanks!

Answer

Plants indoors are like plants outdoors they follow their source of light in order to photosynthesize. They will always lean toward the light. You have to try to rotate them on a scheduled basis (same time every day) for best results use a quarter turn four times a day to equal one full rotation of the plant that will help to straighten up your plant and will help with the stalk. If you add more fans in your room the wind created will cause the plant to thicken itself up but don't go making too much wind or it will have adverse results.