My first grow -autoflower - indoor

I harvested halfway week 12. That's 76 days after putting the seed in a wet paper towel and 74 days after putting the seedling in soil. I cut away all leaves and branches, except for a few parts to hang them easier. That generated around 149 grams wet weight. Put all of them spread over 3 lines in the Mars Hydro tent with a fan in low setting aimed at the floor, and the carbon filter on the top, hoping this would generate some airflow, without blowing at the branches directly. I let them dry for 9 days and then removed some more parts of the branch that have no use. I kept the smaller sugar leaves since they had quite some trichomes on them as well. While harvesting, wearing plastic gloves helped me from getting my hands too sticky, smelly and dirty. I know because I forgot to do the same when going from drying to curing 😰 Overall I am very happy with the entire grow. It was easy, entertaining, and I learned a lot with a very easy plant in a decent but not too refined/high end setup. Main lessons learned for a next plant: -Fill the pot almost to the top -start LST sooner, getting tops at the same heigth/better light coverage -Less water, only when the soil is dry -Humidity evolves as the plant grows. -It will take a bit longer than the 9-10w advertised, but not a lot. One thing I noticed was a perception difference in weight Vs. volume. Of course I knew my 149 grams wet would end up somewhere around 30 grams dry. Eventually ending with 36 grams is the best possible outcome I would have hoped for. But putting it all on the scale, on sight, I would've expected this volume to be around 50 grams. The 9th and 10th picture of the 5 grams and 2.8 grams on the scale illustrates this. On sight I would guess this would be 8 and 4-5 grams but it's way less in reality. I'm not complaining, I guess drying, trimming, seed kind and other stuff affects the density. And maybe I should not compare my home grown plant to what I get from experienced growers. But it was something I wanted to point out for others who are just starting to grow. Now I will start the curing process. Hoping to file a good smoke report in a few weeks. I will probably grow a second plant, also with a Quick One seed, so very curious to see if it will perform similar. Thank you for reading my first journal. It was a lot of fun growing and writing about it. Growdiaries is a great place to document my growing project and it'll come to use later when comparing to newer grows. Also a big shoutout to everyone that has liked my posts and commented. Same for the people who were quick with advice when I needed it. I enjoyed sharing this and I hope this journal may be of use to others who are doing the same thing!

Using Quick One as a first time grow was an excellent choice. It grew and developed perfectly with no trouble. The 149 grams (wet) were more than I expected. I ended up with 36 grams dry, and will now start curing. Ordering, sprouting, growing, flowering and harvesting went without any trouble. The only obstacle I faced were yellow leaves popping up, but that was an overwatering issue. The plant recovered and I don't thing this affected the yield much. I guess the yield could be more if I used fertilizers, better LST or SOG and maybe some defoliation to give all buds more light. But for a first time grow project it's a very forgiving and easy to manage plant that delivers a decent stash for its size and the work you put in it. I will plant another Quick One from RSQ soon, so curious to see if things will be similar then. After 14 days of curing it smelled really nice and they were perfect to grind and smoke. Will continue curing them while storing in glass mason jars, but it's already perfectly smokable. --- Smoke report: After drying I cured it for 2 weeks. Humidity was mostly around 45% so I assume it's dry and developed enough to smoke (I'm still curing, but also already smoking it.) The smoke taste and effect are well beyond my expectations. This is quality weed like I would expect from a professional place like a coffeeshop or a social club. It's not a hard hitting strain with super high THC values that would knock you out, I also wasn't aiming for that, but it still gives you a very nice smooth high. The high is definetly more mind that body focused. I feel relaxed and comfortable. It's difficult to describe the actual taste, but here's an attempt: It does have it's own specific taste, but not very outspoken. Not in a bad way, it's very tasty and what you would expect from decent weed, but just no very specific sour, sweet or other tones. I was a bit afraid it might feel harsh after only 2 weeks of curing (smoking some early popcorn buds right after drying were pretty harsh), but it's perfect not as it is. As for the negative effect: I marked dry mouth, but that's always when smoking. No irritation on the eyes, I had a good night sleep and I did not feel too drowzy the morning after. Obviously a bit, but not as heavy as some other strains. Overall a very nice, smooth experience, both in smoking as the high. A great balance with being not too heavy or light in experience.