Fizzy grows LSD auto - first time grower

1/2/22 Day 55 - Lucy is thickening her buds by the day. She is so dense you can barely see her stalk. The smell is very intense now, overwhelming her exhaust fan. I gave her 1/2 gallon of water this morning as she was at 7.2 lbs, she's now comfortable at 11.0 lbs. She got Sugar Daddy only today with her water. I was given advice to try to drop her temperature well into the 60s overnight to encourage color development, I need to move the tent to get at the floor vent so it's a bit of a job but could well be worth it. When I start running the other tent it makes sense anyway since the new light gets super hot. I feel that the end is near - I know it's always "about two weeks" but this time, it may indeed be true. 1/3/22 Day 56 - End of her 8th week and she really is starting to look like it's nearly time. Pistils are all turning orange, some are starting to get brownish. Time to get the microscope flared up and take a really good look. Hopefully I can get some good shots but it seems to be pretty difficult. 1/5/22 Day 58 - Missed yesterday, it was my day to start setting up pots for the next grow. I'm using A Pot for Pot - "superb" soil at the bottom, the top is coco mixed with a lot of perlite, some diatomaceous earth, and mykos. (I added extra). I've set up two pots so far - a 2 gallon and a 5 gallon. I have one more 5 gallon pot to go and I'll get that today. APFP recommends letting the pots age a bit before you plant. I've used a different technique for the solo cup - I cut the bottom out, cut the cup into three sections like a banana peel, and planted the cup into the soil and filled it. The purpose is to allow the baby seedlings to go from paper towel directly into the final pot, while keeping the roots and water contained within the cup. Once plants establish, you "pull the peels" out of the soil, voila, no transplant shock. I'm trying this since Lucy is such a shorty, just on the chance it wasn't 100% genetic. As to Lucy, she continues to ripen, her pistils are almost all orange or brown now. From what I can see, the trichomes are still clear or cloudy. I suspect I have about a week left, but the way Lucy has hurried things along, I have to keep a very close watch eye on things. I ordered a moisture meter to help me judge the drying process, and Grove bags for the cure. I can hardly wait, her scent is just intoxicating. 1/6/22 Day 59 - I trimmed her last night, removing most of the remaining fan leaves. Lucy continues to add some color every day, and the scent is nearly overwhelming and can be smelled through the door of the room - even though she's tented and has a really huge exhaust filter. I don't think it's going to be long now - maybe a week is my guess. 1/7/22 Day 60 - She's two months old! I noted today that she didn't use any water overnight, she was 8.8 at 10 pm, and 8.8 at 10 am. Keeping humidity at 40ish - my new humidifier has a hygrometer which will be a helpful addition. Night temp got down to 64 degrees, day is running low 70s. I had harvested a tiny piece of bud which I'm drying in a paper bag. It should be dry in a day or two, and I can get some idea of "what she's like". I suspect that harvest will be next week, but she hasn't been super predictable so who knows. 1/8/22 Day 61- The end of another very successful week. Lucy is slowing down water uptake, changing color and smelling up the grow room. I will be tasting my "test bud" later today. At this point, I need to check out info on harvest and trimming. I will be using Grove bags to cure her. She's done an amazing job for me, entertaining me and "keeping me company" for the last two months. I've learned a ton and fallen in love with the hobby. Hubby has taken to calling me Nero Wolfe, one of his favorite fictional detectives who spend hours a day tending his orchids. Nero ain't got nothing on me!