Man Made Grow - 1st Indoor

I chose Mephisto Sour Stomper because I had seen others diaries and they all showed a relatively short plant, I knew my starting grow space and what it could accommodate and this strain seemed to fit what I had to work with. It's an extremely convenient thing to be able to research a plant and the way it might grow based off everyone's data on grow diaries, that was one of my most helpful tools at starting to attempt indoor growing. Using the 1 gallon smart pot was another difficult thing as it dried out very fast and needed watering 1-2 times daily, but i do believe there's a strong connection to the size of the pot and the size of your plant. Due to this plant having so many unplanned complications and that lead to the less desirable bud density and quantity I had to make some decisions on what to do with the limited buds I had. After it dried for 5 days i was left with 17.6 grams of untrimmed highly resinous bud sites. I decided the best possible option available was to not trim the plant and just remove any leaf matter with no trichromes. I then used a Rosintech press to turn it all into Rosin....which worked great since the buds were so fresh. I did a practice press with some old dry buds and it was a huge failure...so key to good rosin, use the freshest buds you can find. I found that my most successful range was between 210-220 temperatures for about 1 minute. I tried using a 20 micron bag i had won on GD and it was useless unless you're pressing kief, basically any bag lower than 90 micron wasn't any good for pressing flower or trim material. Out of the 17.6 grams of material I managed to get 2.7 grams which is actually not bad, it's about a 15% return rate. Given I had to dial in my process and wasted a batch on the 20 micron bag I was very happy. The rosin was a very gorgeous honey color which is also a good sign. So basically this was a fun grow, and no grow is a loss where you get to learn and try new things. This is a great strain for rosin pressing and it was a beautiful strain to see and smell. I'll definitely try to grow it outdoors this summer for comparison. Many thanks Mephisto. ✌️