New Grower Mara's continuous grow

[Mara Cachafa]

I didn't post an update on Friday. The only plant left standing is Purple Kush Auto. On day 93 there's nary a leaf left:

No sign of amber, but I might settle for cloudy:

Gold Leaf Auto S1 got chopped last Monday (a week ago). She hung in bags for 3 days, and then in open jars until RH got down to 65%. Today they're 60%. I was surprised that she gave 225 grams! That's my biggest yield so far, and she wasn't a big plant. That's a 1-gallon pickle jar and a 1/2-gallon jar that had marinated artichoke hearts:

I've done 6 batches of oil infusions now. Here are the last 5. I have more dropper bottles on order from eBay:


I ordered seeds for the next grow today: Mephisto Double Grape Auto, Mephisto Mango Smile Auto, and Gnome Moth Man Auto. I wanted to try a sativa, and Mango Smile is 85/15. I'll do some upgrades first over the next week or so (I hope). That's it for now. Thanks AFN!

 

[Frank the Dank]

I didn't post an update on Friday. The only plant left standing is Purple Kush Auto. On day 93 there's nary a leaf left:
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No sign of amber, but I might settle for cloudy:
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Gold Leaf Auto S1 got chopped last Monday (a week ago). She hung in bags for 3 days, and then in open jars until RH got down to 65%. Today they're 60%. I was surprised that she gave 225 grams! That's my biggest yield so far, and she wasn't a big plant. That's a 1-gallon pickle jar and a 1/2-gallon jar that had marinated artichoke hearts:
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I've done 6 batches of oil infusions now. Here are the last 5. I have more dropper bottles on order from eBay:
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I ordered seeds for the next grow today: Mephisto Double Grape Auto, Mephisto Mango Smile Auto, and Gnome Moth Man Auto. I wanted to try a sativa, and Mango Smile is 85/15. I'll do some upgrades first over the next week or so (I hope). That's it for now. Thanks AFN!

Not all plants amber….. for what it’s worth.
Congrats on the stellar harvest

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks for the harvest rep, @DCLXVI, and the encouragement @Frank the Dank.

 

[Mara Cachafa]

My last plant got chopped today. Purple Kush Auto #3 had over 50 lowers that mostly grew to the same height as the 8 super-cropped colas. More buds than I expected, really. Sticky sticky! She didn't need wet trim since the fan leaves fell off almost on their own. Hanging in paper bags now 'til ready for a dry trim:

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks @Frank the Dank and @Kyote!

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Final report on that last Purple Kush Auto harvest: 288 grams of delightful stickiness:

I took a 2-week break from working on the grow dungeon because of a sprained knee. I'm back in action now. Eager to get the next crop in as soon as I put the grow area back together:

 

[Mara Cachafa]

OOPS! I was wondering why I got so many likes on that last post. It was not 288 grams, only 188. I promise I'll proofread better. Sorry.

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks for the rep, @Kyote

 

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks @mdabber!

 

[Mara Cachafa]

I'm back in the saddle. I haven't been able to finish the grow room yet because my old joints been too creaky. My back hasn't been right since I over-did it with the roto-tiller a month ago. Meanwhile my jars are getting dangerously low since one o' my kids decided to roll 'em thicker and has been burning through 1/2 oz every 3 or 4 days. Weather is beautiful, so no more excuses. I started my next "NY-legal" grow of 3 plants on the shelf I use to sprout veggies:

It's my first stab at Mephisto gear. That's 2 Double Grape Auto's and a Moth Man Auto. I had to start over on one DG that didn't sprout and I had to soak another. So DG.3 is a few days behind the others, but I'm calling all 3 one week old today. Here's the plan:
Growing in 3 gallon fabric pots with coco & perlite (2.5:1).
So far they're under (2) 65w LED boards (an HLG65 and a Yuson1000).
At a month old each will get her own 100w LED (If I can't finish the grow room by then they might have to make do with sunshine).
I'm watering twice a day to runoff.
I simplified the feeding schedule I was using for General Hydroponics Flora series nutes:

I'll post a pic every week if life endures. I feel much better with my 3 new companions learning new tricks every day. I intend to start 3 more when these are halfway done, to comply with the new NY law (MRTA). My last 3 plants gave me a 6-month supply of 1-hit shit, but these are small strains I think. "The hardest thing about predicting the future is it hasn't happened yet." [per philosopher Y. Berra]

I found a company that sells whole tobacco leaves (leafonly .com). A quarter pound of whole tobacco leaves makes a lot of wraps (maybe 60 to 100?) for a fraction of the cost of the retail Backwoods the kids were using. I can't smoke tobacco meself. I'm still vaping with the Arizer Solo and taking MCT oil infusions "as needed." (note to moderator: Please delete this paragraph if the link is against the rules)

Thanks to all you Live Stoners who've brought me this far.