Lemon Venom conclusion / honeycomb

So the Lemon Venom plants we were following have been harvested and I think it's fair to say Jar Jar had mixed feelings about the grow as a whole.

Here's a recap of the medium and nutrients:

• 22.5 litre Air-Pots
• Gold Label HydroCoco 60/40 Mix
• Gold Label full nutrient range and BatBoost

Gold Label nutrients always get the thumbs up from Jar Jar. He says "The pH fluctuated a bit but was pretty stable. The medium and nutrients are designed to work together perfectly and the plants turn out lush and green. Saying that, I'm not utterly convinced with the BatBoost. I couldn't say either way whether it benefited the grow as there was no massive improvement. I'll have to test again with it."

Jar Jar liked using Air-Pots: "They do dry out quickly but you can work with that and oscillate between wet and dry. It is easy to make mistakes with them though so they're perhaps not ideal for beginners."

Now to the light, which was a Kind LED K3 L600. Despite early promise Jar Jar wasn't satisfied with its performance. On the plus side it kept temperatures down and in terms of electricity used it was probably around a third of the cost. On top of that there were no ballasts or ducts, which is great in a more confined space. And early on in the grow the buds were looking nice and dense (as you could see in our previous post), but at the point of drying the buds lost a LOT of weight and in the end there was no bag appeal or scent to speak of. Jar Jar was so disappointed, in fact, that he didn't feel like taking any photos of the final product! When it came to the smoke he said it didn't taste great with tobacco, but that there was a citrussy hint when vapourised...

Jar Jar says this LED can't touch a HPS because it doesn't have the light penetration. He's had plenty of setups in the same space but this one was a complete let down in flower. In fact, the bud wasn't even usable as flower which led him to process it into a concentrate...

He used a BHO blast tube with an ice jacket and 15 kilos of dry ice and was happy but for the condensation dripping off the ice jacket. He acknowledges that if he'd have used a collection tank this wouldn't have been a problem though. The resulting concentrate was apparently quite clear and came out smelling lemony. It was then baked into honeycomb. So the above photo was just from the Lemon Venom flowers, and the below photo was honeycomb from the leaf and trim of the Blues that Jar Jar grew at the same time.

So that concludes the Lemon Venom grow, but you can look forward to Jar Jar's report on his next grow using the Spectrum King LED - that'll be coming soon. He doesn't hang about!