P2 & P3 - ILGM Blue Dream 4x4 tent grow

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (Day 106, 56 days into flower) - Probably the final week. I saw a couple of amber trichomes today. The small branches I harvested a few days ago are reading ~15-20% on the moisture meter; to slow down drying I put them in a homemade paper bag with some freshly cut fan leaves. That's in a dark, cooler area and hopefully it'll keep the flower from drying too quickly. ----- Thursday, December 14, 2023 (Day 107, 57 days into flower) - Still only a few amber trichomes out of the multiple colas I looked at through the loupe. The trim tray I ordered arrived today. I ordered a set of bags to use with dry ice (I've done once) or ice water (which I've never done) to get kief from the trim. I've got brown paper lunch bags to use as part of the drying process-- especially because I think just hanging in the tent will dry the harvested cannabis too quickly. ----- Friday, December 15, 2023 (Day 108, 58 days into flower) - More amber trichomes seen today, maybe 5%? Still a few clear and the rest cloudy. Scent has increased. I'm tempted to harvest today! The branches I harvested last Sunday (53 days into flower), 5 days ago, seem to be drying more slowly now. Stems very pliable and moisture readings ~20%. No hay smell, no ammonia smell. The broken off branches from ~3 weeks ago (35 days into flower) that only took 3 days to dry before I put in the Grove bag still has a slight hay smell. I assume because the dry was so short and maybe because it was (accidentally) harvested so early. Guess what? I harvested! I took off the yo-yos and cut off the trellis. Plant 3 was about twice as big as Plant 2 once they were disentangled. I unplugged the LED grow light and unplugged the reservoir pumps. I left the run-off in the bins in the tent to add some moisture to the air. I hung up each plant and left town. Baseline humidity was 55% and temp was 72f. ----- Saturday, December 16, 2023 (Day 1 Post-Harvest) - I was out of town for about 24 hours. I tested each plant with a moisture meter and at wood setting D the results were ~25%. The RH and temp were about the same as yesterday. I took the hacksaw to each of the plants and separated them into smaller bunches. My goal is for them to be ready to buck and trim in one week. If the moisture meter and twig snap test seem to indicate they're ready, I'll add them to the Grove bags along with the temp/humidity meter I have in the tent currently. If the RH settles to ~62% then they're good to go for the cure; if the RH is too high then I'll take the bud out and sweat them in paper bags for up to a day or so, as recommended by Grove's website. ----- Sunday, December 17, 2023 (Day 2 Post-Harvest) - Seems to be drying nice and slow. Moisture meter at ~25% ----- Monday, December 18, 2023 (Day 3 Post-Harvest) - RH in grow tent has dropped as low as 45%, I assume as fan tries to keep temperature 75 F or lower. It's colder today than it has been which seems to mean more house HVAC activity that warms the basement? Moisture meter still mostly in the 20%'s. I added some water to the run-off bins in the bottom of the tent and scooted the hangings closer together. ----- Tuesday, December 19, 2023 (Day 4 Post-Harvest) - last night I noticed RH was 35% with temp in the 70's. I turned off the AC Infinity ventilation to see what would happen and this morning the humidity was 75% with temp in the upper 70's. I turned back on the ventilation. I'll check later today and if the humidity gets really low again I'll add a humidifier I guess? The moisture meter reads ~20% so hopefully that's a good sign it's not drying out too quickly. ----- END OF 16TH WEEK FROM SEED