Herbies Beginner Auto Mix Grow

Day 85 - Despite an absence of amber trichomes, it was chop day for the AFA because of its curling sugar leaves, sound bud structure and ~100% brown pistils. The trichomes look good, but the purple from the colourful buds themselves appears to be 'bleeding' up the stalks of the trichomes, and they're not looking as erect as they once were. First time chopping so retained a lot of stalky material, including main stem for the most larfy/tiny buds. The biggest buds seem to me to pose a minor budrot risk. Anyway, I am going to update this week as drying and curing progresses! Provisionally I have given the strain an 8/10 because of its fantastic colour, sound bud structure and stickiness generally. I won't be able to comment on flavour until a bit of drying/trimming/curing is underway, but am very excited for this next stage! Day 90 - Spent almost 2 hours doing my first dry trim, the girls having spent 5 nights on coat hangers. I got one of the stems to snap, which was good enough for me. The trimming was more of an exacting process than I imagined. Then I rewarded myself with my first taste of the Ape Fruit Auto. Not harsh at all -- tastes like it smells -- not rank by any means but yeah, a little fruity (not particularly strong though). The mini hygrometers were all showing 58% humidity once jarred so I banged in a 62% boveda pack in each and will hope for the best!