Week 3 was pretty no drama, but since it's 2020 and everything has to be insane this year, on Wednesday I pulled my back so bad I could barely move, and then Thursday night we had a weird once-in-a-century May frost where the low was 31 degrees, so I had to bring the girls into the garage and then lug 'em out Friday morning with a bad back; no fun. And then last night the forecast said the overnight low would be 40F, so I left them outside, but it actually got down to 35 and we had frost. So the girls were pretty droopy this morning. I gave them each a gallon of water at 75 F to help them warm-up a little, we're already back to our usual warm temperatures, and they look much better. I'm guessing I'll be topping them around week 5 or 6.
Sunwise, they're shaded from sunrise to about 10 AM, then they have direct sunlight from 10 - 7 PM before the sun is blocked by our western pines.
Space is at a premium on the deck; I'm about to start 5 beans of blueberry autoflower so I have a crop between now and October when the big bud will be ready. So the tiny girl I've noted in the pictures will either be ready to top in two weeks, or I'll just plant her in the ground as is and que sera.
Clean country living.
@Thatsmyfirsttime, thanks! We try to grow as much of our stuff as possible and be self-sufficient. I try organic stuff out here and there (my autoflowers I used a living soil ammendment), but for the most part I think ferts are a scam. Coffee grounds, ground egg shells, earthworm castings, and left over fruit and veggie scraps. That's all I think you need to grow big, beautiful organic plants.
Runt's dry weight: 151g. It's curing now in a couple of paper grocery bags. I also harvested the traditional manifold, like the next day after Runt, so she's trimmed and dried as well: 137g; she's also in a couple of grocery bags.