2023 - 420FB Strawberry Gorilla

Week 12 begins for these Strawberry Gorillas maybe their last! These ladies were determined to grow, no matter how I treated them initially, they survived and thrived. I did see a small dark shaded flying insect in the drain plates yesterday and crushed him before I had chance to ID it, thinking a single fugus gnat, installed two of the yellow tape gnat traps. Have not had problem in the past and not too worried, plus…. Harvest is likely this week, trichomes are mostly cloudy, a few clear and a few random ambers. Looking for around 10% amber, so harvest should not be far away, daily checks on both. #1 at first glance visually appears more “finished”, orange pistils at around 90%, more fading leaves, flowers are thick, covered in trichomes. #2 is simply a flower and trichome machine, they are everywhere, three of her main colas are thick, pistils are around 80-90%, with some recent white pistils just sprouting, most leaves are fairly green, trichomes are just as mature or more mature then her sister. Both smell sweet (is it fruit I smell?) and gassy. Prepared to harvest one plant at a time if needed, but think they should be harvested together. ***Plan for the week: 1. Daily trichome checks on both. 2. Remove leaves as needed/thinking about wet trim. 3. Wet trim use ScrOG netting to hang branches, 4. Dry in tent, exhaust fan on low and room dehumidifier set to 45%. Aim for 50% and temps of 16.5-17.8 c. 7+ days to dry. Dry weight to be measured. 5. Cure in bags! Hydrometer to measure and boost packs if need. 6. Initial tastes weeks 2-4 from start of cure. 10-1-2024 (Day 78) - Fertigation PH 5.83, EC 1160, 2/3L with good run-off. Defoliated many leaves ~10-20 off both and verified light height at 32cm, 100%. 11-1-2024 (Day 79) - Fertigation PH 5.87, EC 1000, 2/3L with good run-off. Defoliated a few leaves, smells are pleasant. Leaves continue to fade, pistils are retracting/drying, trichome pictures from mutiple smaller flower sites, mostly cloudy, few clear and an amber here and there. #2 has more white pistils, but similar trichomes. 12-1-2024 - (Day 80) - FlashClean 2ml/L, PH 6.00, 2/4L with good run-off. Defoliated a few leaves. Trichomes are mostly cloudy with a few clear and an occasional amber. It is time, I think...2 days of FlashClean then trim jail! With Strawberry Gorilla being a 45% sativa hybrid-unsure if the amber trichomes are going to come and I do not want medicine that is couch lock. In a good window to harvest, based on feedback from the growdiary question, trichome pictures being mostly cloudy for ~14 days and a few ambers here and there, flowers appear dense, 80-90% orange pistils that are retracting. 13-1-2024 (Day 81) - FlashClean 2ml/L, PH 5.87, 2/3.5L with good run-off. Removed a few leaves. 14-1-2024 (Day 82) - Harvest day. **********************************************************************************************************