Right…I don’t plan on it. I don’t plan on keeping any seeds from anything that went to seed earlyisn because I don’t want to encourage those genes. Maybe some of my plants are approaching the correct time to show buds. Maybe a month to a month and a half…can’t remember exactly when I planted everything! I always properly bag any seed I plan on keeping. I thought about maybe saving some of the early Krumovgrad seed as a backup and not bothering to bag it as it is the only thing flowering in the property and any surrounding properties. I know that could still pose unwanted cross issues as the last flowers they produce may overlap with first blooms from other plants unless I dilligently remove any new growth and leave the seed pods I want to keep…anyway, that’s a lot of effort for something I don’t even want.
pretty much the exact opposite! A lot of very hot, very dry (have had maybe 3/10” in past month and half) days. The weather has been odd. Many days in the 90s and some nights reaching down into the 40s! I read that stress can cause plants like lettuce to bolt so who knows…I’ve tried to water them occasionally…maybe 4 or 5 times since transplant and less than half of those times I used some all purpose miracle gro in the water (I was afraid I hadn’t done enough to replace nutrients in the soil since last season). I remember thinking last season “when are these things going to start showing buds” and I had VERY wet, flood like conditions (a lot of my plants nearly died from drowning). So…that is about all the information I have on what I have been doing with the plants…nothing out of the ordinary I guess…
Yes, technically it is not completely absurd for some of the plants to be starting to grow buds. I am just troubled by their current size! The most generous fraction of total growth I could give them is halfway…I guess now, as you said, I just observe (as if I have any other kind of choice….haha)
Yeah, I didn't phrase that very well. I just meant that very immature leaf that looks fully colour cured isn't necessarily all the way there and might (but likely won't) benefit from being given more time to metabolise stuff other than chlorophyll.
Some of the trashier leaf that I fussed with did not become smokable for 5 to 10 years. [Couldn't just toss it. Rediscovered it a decade later.] The chemical changes will happen, whether or not the enzymes (living cell catalysts) are still functioning. The difference is the rate of reaction. The enzymes in the living cells accelerate the inevitable chemical reactions by 10 to 100 or more times. The icky taste is from proteins, complex carbohydrates and terpenes that persist in the leaf lamina. Burley is notorious for requiring continued air-curing beyond the stage when they have color-cured (browned).
I guess I was warned….
It wasn’t very long but .6” is pretty substantial. We are still behind avg rainfall for this time of year though I believe.
Are you suggesting I top that plant right now or wait to top it?? (It is a strange feeling having to reach down into the central leaf cluster to top a plant…)
I had an early budding season one year, no rhyme or reason. Dark Air, Burley, Flue Cured short and tightly spaced leaves and budded while short and squat. The leaves ended up of normal size and a normal leaf count, they were just short plants. Don't worry about stalk height. Don't panic and try to fix something. Relax. I think you are going to have a great season.
Yup. Me too. And no idea why. Everything ended up pretty normal in the end. I wish I did know why it happens. Being in the seed business, and living in an area with a very short growing season, I would like it to happen more often.
hmmm…it is quite strange. There has to be a reason for it. Do you remember if it was unseasonably dry or if there was anything out of the ordinary with the weather? I have come to the conclusion that it must be the weather having had plants from two different sources, germinated and grown to transplant size in completely different environments, both start budding early.
