Grow Diary Stardawg

Week #15 (Harvest Week – Stardawg)

This week marked the end of Stardawg’s grow cycle at 110 days post-emergence and 82 days in flower. While I could have harvested slightly earlier, I chose to extend the run to allow for increased density and fuller maturity of the lower bud sites.

Light intensity at harvest remained steady at 570 PPFD with a DLI of 24. Environmental conditions were stable. Trichome analysis at harvest showed the following distribution:

Clear: 15%
Cloudy: 67%
Amber: 18%

Harvest was performed from the bottom up to prevent the plant from collapsing under its own weight. I worked on one set of branches at a time, performing a rough trim and cutting buds down to roughly golf ball size. Buds were placed on trays and loaded into the Cannatrol.

I followed the standard Cannatrol protocol: 4 days of dry followed by a 4 days of cure. I allowed for one additional week in the hold cycle (68°F / 60% RH) to stabilize moisture. Afterward, I completed a dry trim and placed the buds into a large Grove bag. They will remain there for 3–4 weeks before being transferred to mason jars for long-term storage.

Final Dry Weight: 226 grams (8.0 oz) from a single Stardawg plant.

Lifecycle Summary – Stardawg

Seedling Stage: 8 days

Vegetative Stage: 15 days

Topped on Day 10 above the 4th node; 1st node removed, leaving 3 sets of branches

4 days of recovery after topping

Flip to Flower: Day 23 post-emergence

Transition: 6 days post-flip until pistil emergence

Flowering Stage: 82 days

Total Time (Seed to Harvest): 110 days