EM#1:
I can hardly believe that she weighed less than WW#1..she towered over her and her buds were as big..just not as dense I guess. Her main cola was a little over a foot and weighed 110g wet. I guess she just had a higher leaf-to-calyx ratio and leaves weigh a lot less...
She was a desirable EM pheno..dense, stocky, sturdy branches, very resinous...just a little too leafy.
Her total dry weight was 77g.
Update 9/2: 11 days of curing and it's starting to really wreak when I open the jar. Very pungent..hints of ammonia in the jar and has that sweet skunky smell when incinerated. I set fire to it today and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It's got that same earthy taste I remember from when it was first dry, but with "herbal" tones on the aftertaste. The buzz is a really intense head high for about 5 minutes, then levels out to a good body stone. I like it. A lot.
EM#4:
My tablet died and I was unable to get any photos of her being harvested.
Her big bent main cola weighed 115g wet and was about a foot long if you straightened it out..
All the extra branching caused by the failed FIM and super-cropping really paid off.
This plant smells AWESOME...very exotic/spicy. Smells great, tastes great, excellent buzz... she was just too tall and lanky and a pain to deal with..
Her total dry weight was 101g.
Update: 8/28 - I'm determined not to smoke any more of her until next week and she's better cured....well...maybe just a little....no, not until next week...well, maybe tomorrow...
Update 9/2: I smoked some more today and wasn't as thrilled with it as the first time..maybe because I had just smoked some EM#1 ;-)
EM#2:
She is dead and drying!
Her main cola was a bit shorter than EM#1's, 11 inches, but was fatter and weighed 121g, wet. One of her other colas weighed 100g. She's very similar to EM#1 (kinda leafy), so I expect her to really lose a lot of water weight. I'm guessing she'll weigh around 85g dry...time will tell.
Update 9/4:
Total dry weight: 91g
It's only been curing for 2 days, but had to sample it. Bam! This plant was my favorite tasting EM of the crop thus far. Same great taste as EM#4, but even more pungent. I smoked about 6 quick bong rips and got a nice uplifting head buzz for an hour that leveled off to a good mellow body buzz for another hour or so.
EM#3:
update 9/2:
She might actually finish in about 10 days or so. Plenty of time to hit her again with cha ching, terpinator, and bud candy...
update 9/10:
HARVESTED!
This plant took more than 4 man-hours to manicure and took three 18" drying baskets. So many buds.
I will be amazed if she comes in any less than 150g of dried bud which would be amazing, but considering her space requirements and duration of bloom, probably not worth it...smell, taste, and effect could still sway my opinion..
update 9/14:
Total dry weight: 224g!!! (Half-pounder!)
74g of that was lower-grade bud which I'll use to make confections and e-liquid.
Took a couple bong rips..she got me stoned, but she needs to cure. Still a little green-tasting.