Tropicana Cookies Autoflower

May 24, 2024 Day 99 Harvest Day! What an adventure. 98 days and we are finally harvesting. Both plants turned out pretty decent for their size and my screw ups. Wet weight for Tropicana Cookies was 14 oz after wet trim. Tropicana C finished up at 16 oz wet trimmed. She'll need a good week to dry up. Tropicana Cookies Day 5 of drying. Looking good. She'll need a couple more days. I did take a weight measurement on her last night and she's down to 4.5 oz. I don't think she'll be losing much more weight. So I can estimate maybe 2 oz. Maybe 2.5 oz. Tropicana C was actually harvested last night. But I decided to record it today. Wet trimming this plant was kind of a pain in the bottom parts yesterday. Not only did I take multiple breaks because of my back but the plant was so floppy it took all day to finish up. I actually harvested her last night around 10 pm. Of course I'll be updating in about a week with the total dry weight. Total wet weight for both ladies was 30 oz. Maybe a total of 5 oz? Maybe 4 oz. I'm not sure. These buds are fairly solid regardless of the size. Especially on Tropicana C. Hence the floppy branches everywhere. The environment in the dry tent is a bit weird. It's hovering around 66° with the humidity around 60%. Although, it may drop when the central air kicks on. We shall see. BUT as I said while ago, putting Tropicana C in 5 days after Tropicana Cookies helped immensely with keeping the humidity around 62%. Perfect conditions for perfectly dried bud. Both plants ended up with beautiful purple buds. I can't wait to see how they turn out. The 2 I sampled dried out to be pretty hard and dense. Tiny lowers, but I was just taste testing. Really tasty and a crazy good high. Dry System Environment: Temp: 67.2° RH: 57.6% VPD: 0.97 kPa I'll update when something happens like weighing mid way through the drying process and when Tropicana Cookies finishes drying in a day or 2. May 25, 2024 Tropicana Cookies Day 6 of drying. The branches are still bendy, but the buds feel dry. I plucked 2 small buds and they snapped off with ease. Not too dry though. I'd say later this evening or tomorrow morning drying will be done. Tropicana C Day 2 of drying. Nothing else to report. It's raining today so naturally, my the RH in my room spiked up to 65% because the insulation upon insulation on top of insulation is useless. So the dry tent may end up suffering at 65% humidity. But the temp isn't too bad. It's 68° and climbs to 70° at times. Dry System Environment: Temp: 69° RH: 58.7% VPD: 1.00 kPa May 26, 2024 Well, the buds on Tropicana Cookies feel dry. The wood meter I have says 10.5%. BUT the branches are still really bendy. I'm really confused. Should I manicure and put them in Grove Bags and burp more often if they are still wet? What does everyone think? Leave a comment. I'd love to read other opinions on this matter. Tropicana Cookies Day 7 drying and I had to ask what to do with these dry buds. They should be done by now. They were wet trimmed and aren't the biggest of buds with some being airy. I'm not entirely sure what to do. Tropicana C Day 3 Drying. Everything looks good with her so far. The humidity is absolutely bonkers today. So I'm fighting 64% RH in the dry tent. So I have the exhaust fan up a bit higher. Not only will it help keep the air flow up, but it will also help to dry the plants faster in this humidity. At least that's my theory. Faster moving air should in turn dry out the buds faster. But because the environment is super humid, it should take the same amount of time as normal 58% humidity. In other words, it should be all good. Maybe. Dry System Environment: Temp: 65.6° RH: 64.4% VPD: 0.77 kPa May 27, 2024 The humidity is HIGH. Really high. Like 65% high. The only thing I can think of is putting a dehumidifier in there, but then that messes up the whole dry with dry air on the bottom and still somewhat moist air at the top. If the humidity doesn't let up in a few hours, I'll give it a shot, but I don't think its a good idea. It may be as the lower plant just started drying, and the upper plant is on day 8 and not done. Absolutely because the humidity is too high. I'd prefer it around 58% to 60%. That should have been a good 7 day dry. But the environment has been all over the place. Sometimes low in the beginning and now stupid high. Tropicana Cookies Day 8 drying. She has like a day or 2 left. But I'm not sure with this humidity. It could be a full 14 days. And that's not the greatest of timing. Too much risk for mold. Tropicana C Day 4 Drying and I have concerns. She's drying but really slowly and with the high humidity she really runs a major risk of mold. I'll have to keep an eye on her and make sure I open the dry tent every few hours. Not ideal, but I can shut lights off and kick the exhaust fan on full blast. And that's what I just did. I didn't open the tent, but I kicked the exhaust way up. Maybe that will suck some of the humidity out and at least bring in fresh air. Quick Update: I took a small branch as a sample today. Manicured and cleaned up weighs 1.8 grams. We'll see how she smokes. Dry System Environment: Temp: 67.6° RH: 63.1% VPD: 0.85 kPa May 28, 2024 Tropicana Cookies was trimmed up and bagged today. She weighed in at 62 grams. Not too bad. I made mistakes with this one. Tropicana C Day 5 of drying. Nothing else to report. High humidity is making the drying process a bit wonky, but I think I've managed to keep it at a reasonable level today. Just around 62.5% humidity. It did spike to 70% for some reason earlier today, so I opened the tent and let the air clear out. May 29, 2024 The humidity is completely messing up the dry and cure. I feel like the buds from Tropicana Cookies are still moist, but it also could be the 74% humidity today. No clue what to do about it. I pulled them out of the bag for now. I also put a hydrometer in the bag alone. I'll put the buds back in when the hydrometer reads under 66%. Tropicana C Day 6 drying and we are looking good. The humidity being so high as it is will make this plant take much longer to dry out. I'd say another 4 to 5 days. Maybe even 6 days. It's ridiculous. So the humidity is at 69% and the temp at 66°. I turned the big dehumidifier on in my room. Hopefully that drops the humidity in the dry tent. We shall see. Dry Tent Environment: Temp: 66.1° RH: 69.1% VPD: 0.59 kPa May 30, 2024 Tropicana Cookies came out a little too wet. My bad on that. I have her in a grove bag in the dry tent. The bag isn't sealed of course, and when I checked today, the bag was at 60%. I closed the bag. I'll check back later to see how it's going and if it spiked back up over 62%. So instead of 2.25 oz, I'll cut it down to 2 oz. Makes sense. It's probably more, but I've already pressed 3 grams and smoked maybe 4 grams? I didn't weigh the buds. Oh well. Tropicana C is looking good. She's on day 7 of drying and she may end up being done in a day or 2 with the humidity finally at a manageable percentage. The environment is looking really good today. The humidity is right where I want it at 56% and the temp is at 68°. I really cannot ask for better in my current environment. Update: so I checked the snap test today and they aren't snappy, but still slightly broke. The buds were definitely done drying. We ended up with 77 grams of manicured dried bud. Time for 4 weeks of curing in the grove bags. June 2, 2024 Just a quick update: Tropicana Cookies has finally leveled out in the Grove Bags to 62%. Finally. So now it's time to actually cure. Set it and forget it with these Grove Bags. So I'll check in them every few days. Tropicana C has finally taken in enough moisture for curing. Now she's at 62% as well.

These ladies were quite the adventure and learning experience. We learned that nutrients need to be given to this strain in small doses. That's actually pretty important. I didn't really know what to look for with this kind of nutrient issue. Now I know some signs to look out for that I have seen with my own two eye balls. Weight total was as I expected. A 15.6% retention after removing branches for Tropicana Cookies and 17% for Tropicana C. I'm actually kind of surprised. I was pretty certain Tropicana Cookies would have the most weight retention. Oh well. I didn't really think much about their size, but Tropicana C I think had more bud. Totals: Tropicana Cookies: Wet: 397 grams/ 14 oz Dry: 62 grams/ 2.19 oz Tropicana C: Wet: 454 grams/ 16 oz Dry: 77 grams/ 2.71 Grand Totals Wet: 850.5 grams/ 30 oz Dry: 139 grams/ 4.9 oz See you in a month for a cured update.