It is a strange situation in the UK for medical users. Being on the autistic spectrum I have been accepted in the recent past to get medical cannabis on prescription. Unfortunately its about twice the price of illegal stuff. It annoyed me actually, because I feel like its a bit like saying if you are rich enough, you can be a legal user, buy yourself driving exemptions etc. That being said, unless you can afford to buy into such a scheme, the cultivation and smoking of cannabis in the UK is still very much not allowed, so what has happened is, on day 70 above soil, the older three Bruce Banner ladies that I forgot to water for three days until the medium was about 75% dry, and which were showing about 10% amber trichomes got accidentally chopped down by a hacksaw after I almost accidentally chopped them with my trimmers, but thankfully they barely left a graze. Then they almost met disaster when they had a close shave with my Mora Garberg Bushcraft knife as I was testing to see if it was sharp enough to get through some decent size foliage for the up and coming camping season, and I couldn't find any other bushes around to use in the experiment. Turns out, it needs sharpening. Alas my luck ran out running a test on the practicalities of using a hacksaw in a confined space.
To compound the problem, without the stability provided by their roots, the premium airflow I have going on in the grow tent, blew the three older Bruce Banner plants clean out the tent, and I swear down, straight onto a passing portable extending garment rail, which, in turn got blown right through my house and into the bathroom, dragging a 60w oscillating floor fan on its lowest setting along behind it, coming to rest alongside my humidifier, which I was using to test the Hydrometer I bought last week. Thank god it wasn't blowing directly at the plants or the smell could have got everywhere as the terpenes evaporated out the bud. For anyone who is interested, as it happens it turns out my bathroom has a temp of 16-19c and a humidity of 55-65% in such conditions, if I take the lightbulb out to keep the extractor fan running in the dark, and keep releasing any excess humidity by leaving the door ajar to varying degrees until it reduces back down to the mid 50s.
So, sad as I am in regard to this absolute disaster, it has left the tent a bit tidier, and allows me to concentrate more on the three plants that remain. The Bruce Banner runt, and the two Wedding Cheesecakes, one in living soil, the other in Coco Coir.
The extra space in the garden has enabled me to raise the lights up to optimum level for the Wedding Cheesecake in Coco, and raise the smaller plants up the the same kind of height, hence levelling out the canopy somewhat for what remains of the grow. I also had another big defoliation, and have kept to the same watering schedule. My guess is that only the Wedding Cheesecake in living soil will see the next update, but she looks to my untrained and inexperienced eye like she could be about 3 weeks away yet going by the development of the other plants.
I've decided to observe 14 days of mourning for the plants that have died, by which time I envisage the moisture content of the plant to be between 10-12%ish, but I will probably run a few experiments with the wood moisture meter I've ordered, just out of a matter of interest then I'll probably just have to chuck em in grove bags cos I'm gonna be too busy for the next 3 to 6 months, then I'll have to dispose of them. Probably just have to burn em on a fire or something.
Peace
@Ganja4Show, cheers bud. The man is a rascal. Since I discovered his YouTube channel I have boxed off 5x5 foot of my living room behind a secret sliding bookcase door, which contains my 4x4 grow tent set up, and he's got me more excited about growing it than smoking it lol. Thanks for the well wishes, massively appreciated