3) Barney's / Wedding Cake Auto / Micro

I envy you guys who get to cut down your plants with scissors. I have to get my heart rate up, sawing back and forth for over a minute or so. 😛😄 But as far as I'm concerned, this space is better used as a dry diary... So... On Day 1 of the dry, she was pretty wet. There was only a 9 point difference between the temperature (69) and the RH in the tent (60). This was a good start. With my first two grows, you'd see this difference widen over time, indicating that the VPD from the dead plant was decreasing as it got drier. I like using this as a strong indicator of how dry the plant is. On the 2nd day of the dry, I got concerned with the level of humidity in the tent. Was getting readings like 71F 66%RH. That's too wet for the 2nd day. My prior grow, she was a smaller plant, so drying her with the AC Infinity exhaust fan set to level 1 was fine. 10% of 200 CFM is 20 CFM. It's a 12 CF tent, so 20CFM can be fine for a small plant. Light power efficiency isn't the only advantage of mini-tent growing. There's also exhaust fan power efficiency, too. My AC Infinity never runs above level 4, really. Anyway, I decided to turn the fan up to level 2 from 1 and started getting readings like 71F 58% RH, which is about where I like it to be for the 2nd day. A lesson learned - that larger plants might require a level 2 fan setting. I hoped to achieve a difference between the numbers of 20+ by end of Day 5. We were on the right pace. On Day 4 of the dry, was getting readings like 70F / 56%, RH inside the tent with the fan at setting 1 - a difference of 14.. So I was getting the indication that although still wet, the plant wasn't generating as much humidity as she was earlier in the dry, when a setting 1 was getting a difference in the single digits. So the plant was definitely dryer. Was aiming to do the trim the morning of Day 6. I'd always rather have a cure be too wet than too dry. She seemed on the right pace from my earlier experiences. On the morning of Day 5, I went to check the girl for the first time. She was doing well. Those long annoying sativa leaves she was sporting were all shriveled down. Tugged on one and it fell off easily. So she was nearing the end, certainly. There was a strong grassy smell to the girl, which had me sneezing a bit afterwards. LOL. But that was to be expected, having spent five days untouched to the world outside the tent except for its air. The most important thing I did was squeeze the smaller buds and they were just a bit too squishy in my opinion. They felt like they needed a little more time. That's the good thing about having gained prior experience with something you're doing. You get to just rely on your subconscious a little bit. And finally, the climate margins inside the tent had widened to readings like 71F / 55% RH, a difference of 16, at fan setting 1. Also a sign we were near the end but not there yet. So I was planning to start the trim on Day 6 for a number of reasons, some which didn't have anything to do with any kind of plant. My schedule best permitted a Day 6 trim. Hey. I'm being honest. There comes a point that you just can't let a plant run your life. So I left Day 5 thinking the trim would start the next morning. When next morning came, I saw exactly what I was hoping to see. At fan setting 1, the difference between the temp and the RH in the tent had widened to 25. If my prior grow was a good example, this meant she was ready. So I started the trim. Have a great grow day!