Bubblelicious Auto by Nirvana

Finally, 12 weeks later! We are all done with the grow for this season. Breeder says that this plant should be ready around 9 weeks, for where we wanted the amber in the trichomes to be, it meant 12 weeks. Started the flush at the end of Week 9 and got a nice amount of fade. I didn't expect to see so much purple come through, so that was a nice surprise. The wet weight of the entire harvest was 21.4 ounces. That is the flowers and their branches. We are estimating at 75% loss in total weight, this means flower weight combined with stem/branch weight. Those estimates are projecting a final dry weight of 5.35 ounces. If that is true or even close to it, give or take 1.5 ounces on the negative, then this light was on point for projections. I estimated the light to produce about 5ounces of viable material. The data used for the calculations were based on the numbers provided by Optic LED for their Optic 1 (54W) and Optic 1XL (100W). Those lights are estimated to yield 3.5 ounces and 7 ounces each. This light from RAPID LED uses the same driver and a 75W variant of the CREE CXB3590. *Update* So the plant has fully dried, maybe a little too much, but it's cool. 3.2 ounces on the scale for the flower. 0.8 ounces on the scale for the trim. 4 ounces of total viable plant medicine. The trim is going to be ran through an Ardent Lift Decarboxylator to activate all the THC, then it will be ran through the Ardent Lift again with some grape seed oil to infuse it to the oil. That oil will be used for capsules and mixed into coffee. The flower will be vaporized exclusively, no combustion for us. The best part about vaping the flower is that we can then save the AVB (Already Vaped Bud) to make more oil for infusion. It will be ran through a french press also to help clean it for taste. For anyone that has made oil with decarbed flower, I'm sure you know what I mean about the taste, like a bad oil used for frying. In regards to the total dry weight versus what we were hoping for, not upset at all. The grow came out as a success built upon the lessons of the previous season. I'm still confident that the light is capable of growing 5 ounces, it is just a matter of figuring out how to get there. All that growth that was at the base of the plant did not help. That was an unknown amount of energy being diverted to flowers that couldn't even be used. The lesson learned was to defoliate a little more. I think that if that growth had been able to develop it wouldn't have been a problem, but it was hidden for a long time. Thumbs up to Nirvana for the genetics. 👍