I'm very happy with my first attempt. I'll be chilling for a while and not hurrying to start anything up for the next few months at least, maybe not until next year.
thanks WDI. It was fun. I've got to work on finishing and my harvest/cure process. I'm really lost in this department. knowing when to cut, how to get the gals to fade and turn colours, etc... I didn't have a drying room or area prepared this time either so they dried with the lights on... nothing optimal about the finish. but the mmj dried and its in jars
with half the plants down, my yield is around 500g. my one Sweet Black Cream (BC1) did over 6 zips alone. That was the biggest yielder and skews the average a bit, 100g/plant ave.
Had to ask the wife to buy two more boxes of 1/2 gal ball jars since I ran out
Hey Pakalobro, thanks for stopping in man. The yield was outstanding, I had no idea what to expect so I figured I would at least get a 1oz/plant average... not. way more. It turned into a real jungle which for the most part I really enjoyed. Its just that I didn't get those gals staked early, didn't expect them to get more than 36" or 40". but in my system most of them grew 48"+ I had 3 or 4 go over 60". more likely because of my poor light management and just too much varietal differences to try to accommodate in the same space.. ... timber... I had a few flops which turn out to not be so much fun... hehe but these AFs can really grow and produce. Not like a good photoperiod plant in a dialed in system - I'm not seeing that kind of potential in them. But the finished AF mmj is as good as 90% of what I got before.
the experience is entirely new when you absolutely know everything about the mmj you are enjoying. it is quite odd and unexpected, satisfying. I'm thrilled it isn't ditchweed!
The room performed great, even with a premature build end and quick grow start up. Circulation is awesome and my portable AC has had no problem keeping up. the light timer and auto feed I set up worked great also, no problems.