First Grow Ever

Harvested while trichomes were mostly milky, less than 5% amber. (really, how the hell do you put a percentage on that??) Bottom line was, I saw some amber and that was enough for me to harvest. I was worse than a kid on Christmas morning. Dried in 3 days, a little over dried due to low humidity, AC going non stop, RH in my grow shed being, on average, 51% with lows in the upper 20's, lower 30's. Curing in jars with 62% RH packets which is restoring some moisture to the buds. Smoking was slightly harsh, possibly due to the late mold issue just prior to harvesting. Sprayed with 40/60 milk/water solution, didn't bathe/wash the plants before harvesting. Could have been sum bugs...who knows. I'll suffer. I dont give a shit. Now for the purely subjective: I've been smoking since I was 14. I'm 56 now and this was some of the best shit I've ever smoked. Good strong buzz but not overpowering. The high lasted 3-4 hours. It was a nice heady buzz, but relaxed and socialable. Not couch locked at all. Regarding the taste, I'm not gonna lie: To me, smoke is smoke. I don't taste all the different flavors that everyone talks about. No bubblegum flavor, no sweet, flowery, tropical bullshit. It's burning leaves, not a fine wine. To me, it's like taking a pill. You benefit from the after affects. Having said that, the after affects are fine like wine and completely enjoyable. If it weren't for the fact that I'm still curing, I'd be smoking this day and night. Overall, I would totally rate this a success for my first grow. Any negative take aways from this review can probably be attributed to my inexperience and novice state. I have 9 more seeds of this Bubblegum and Jack Herer and look forward to growing them. I'm currently mixing/making some living, no till soil for my next batch of autoflowers so I can try to get away from the fertilizers and such. I hear the yields are lower going pure organic, but I like the ease of that. I'm also going to start new crops every 4 weeks to keep the buds coming.