Autoflower Grow #1

The smells are really starting to break through this week. The blackberry gum has a very fruity, sweet smell. Fruit Loops would be a good comparison. The thin mint crack is musky and mintier than ever. The AK420 has a really strong gas, spice smell. I mixed up another batch of compost tea this week. I probably added 5 solo cups worth of compost to a 5 gallon bucket and stirred it up for a while. Some pretty colors are coming though now on both strains, the last couple days the purple on the thin mint has exploded. Thin mint #2 seems likes its starting to finish up. There wasn't much change to the overall buds the past week. The buds stayed golf ball sized but they are the most dense out of all the plants. The lady bugs came in the mail for the aphid infestation. After deploying them they seemed more interested in the cloth pot than they did the plant and aphids. The ones who found their way onto the plant would mostly ignore the aphids, even walking directly on them and passing them by. Wheres the killer instinct 😤. While it was amusing, I struggle to comprehend how they are an effective pest control strategy. Ill probably give it 1-2 more weeks then chop. No point in letting the buggers multiply just so I can squeeze a couple more grams out of it. Smoking insects is not something i'm interested in.