First Grow Ever: Erika I + II

Monday, 8th of July 2024: Here it comes: The "big" after harvest report. By now drying is done, weighing is done and the buds are in curing since yesterday. But lets not get ahead of ourselves - lets start with... HARVEST I harvested both plants on their 80s day on this beautiful planet. It was quite a warm day and I remember I sweat a lot. I decided to do both, a wet trim on the one plant and on the other plant I wanted to try a dry trim. Wet Trim on Erika I: I started with her and decided not to cut the whole plant at the main stem. Instead I cut branch by branch and performed a more or less detailed wet trim (although I found leftover leafs right after drying). I hooked up the branches upside down on the still in place SCROG net. That worked and filled approximately half the tent (I used BLACK laundry clips for Erika I) Dry Trim on Erika II: After the sweat job on Erika I I was more than pleased with the decision to perform a dry trim on Erika II in a couple of days. So I cut again the branches, but omitted the fine trimming of any leaf that did not identify as a bigger fan leaf. I hooked the branches up to the SCROG net using GREEN laundry clips (and sometimes I just used the branch forks for hanging). I removed the lamp from the tent, closed it and activated the vent (including charcoal filter). Also I placed the small 9W clip Fan on the floor of the tent facing into the direction of the tent wall producing a slight circulating air stream inside the tent without facing the buds directly. And then I waitet. After Day 5 I regulary made the "branch break" test, but it took 9 days until I proceeded to the next step. DRY TRIM After 9 days I finally decided to get the harvest out of the tent and into their curing containers. So I started with dry trimming Erika II. From the looks of it Erika II had much more firm buds. Of course dry trimming took its time, but it was much less of an effort as I feared. So, all in all quite beginner friendly approach to do half and half: Dry- and Wet Trim for one harvest. I could not wait for the result after trimming or the question "What is my yield? Did I do okay with the first grow?". I sure was in for something I did not expect in that regard... WEIGHING HARVEST And boy, I was surprised. Keep the following in mind: 1. This was is my very first grow. 2. I only had a 40x40x160cm tent using a 50W Sanlight Q1W dim 3. Did no fancy stuff regarding fertilizer and pretty much sticked to the scheduler provided by BioBizz Erika I had a dry weight of 38g. Erika II had a dry weight of 46g. This adds up to 84g of dry weight - from a 50W LED. 84g! Holy cow. For the first grow. I find this pretty amazing and to be honest: A little bit unrealistic (given the above parameters) so I doublechecked my scale twice. It works fine. Still hard to believe, so I guess I maybe did not trim that thoroughly maybe. But as I am not experienced on "how a consumable product should look like" and the word on the internet is more or less "it depends" I guess I will have to find out for myself. Check the pictures for yourself - maybe I really did a sloppy job on that. Please do not hesitate to comment in that case! PUTTING INTO CONTAINERS As I did not anticipate that much of a yield (I was calculating with maybe 40g, maybe less) I needed to use all the containers I had bought. Originally I thought to use one Mason jar (with IntegraTM Boost Integra Boost 62) and 1-2 Grove Bags (15g). I ended up using both mason jars I bought for that and all 4 Grovebags (15g each) to put it all away (for some reason I labeled harvest of Erika I with "Stress Killer 2" and vice versa 😂 - dont get fooled when looking at the pictures!) As in germany I can just keep 50g of the harvest by law I picked the most beautiful buds (mainly of Erika II) and destroyed the remaining 34g. It hurts, but I like to stay legal on this one. CURING The whole harvest will now cure for at least 14 days. A full Smoke- (or better: Vape-) Report will follow. Stay tuned!