I took them down, it seemed time, the full moon was there, the weather was cool, another set of hot days coming I did not want, the pistols all formed, the buds filled in, 8 days later then the breeder date, the pigment loss/or nitrogen deficiency, the smell, so now I'm waiting to see if any weight came I. I was expecting about 60g at the start, after chop, I was thinking 100g, but now they shrunk. I'll just have to wait and see.
One plant I chopped at night, stiff, the other I chopped in the morning, soft. If the plant function is working and the sugars are abundant, I don't know if that's a belief in that sugars are stored in the flowers at night or that buds form at night or how that all works when all the chlorapyhll is gone from the leaves to make the sugars. I didn't defoliate, I need to see the green go out of the plant as an indicator of what she is doing.
I think this grow felt early, while being at 85 days and the in-between of the flowers filling in, I just wanted to chop them fearing the terpene profile would change. It did not, its still heavy floral dank weed, pure and intoxicatingly strong.
It's clear a rotation of plants from just 2 lights will decrease potential if more than 2 or 3, as well as the flower/sprout co existence under the lights, there is no room, plants wont flourish if they don't have room. So, it'll be 2 or 3 at a time until I fiqure something out. Not all grows will be successful as well, I need enough to last until next harvest, so I'm on my way to fiquring all that out too.
My formula to avoid the dispensary is this: Grow enough to get to the next crop. So if I'm smoking 2.5 ounces a month, 1/4 a week for 5 weeks x two people and neighbors. That means 75 grams out of 2 plants every month.
So three ounces doesn't get you very far. so 2 plants 6 ounces doesn't seem to be enough to get me to the next harvest. 28 grams is an ounce, so 30 grams
I need more lights. If I want a consistent rotation, I'll have to dedicate a light to a plant, rather than assembly line growing, I'm not gonna always grow a 75g plant.
I need proper genetics: my flower time should be short short. so, a compromise between fast, yield, flavor, potency and geographic compatibility. I'll pick the right seeds, or I can get NL5 again, its proper.