The last two came down today and are all trimmed and drying in the tent while nothing new is ready.
Doing a post mortem on the rootball of a plant that did something unexpected can yield in information what my plants did not in yield, lol.
This is the first time I've ever grown anything in a prepared medium that isn't Miracle Gro, so it's going to take me a couple tries to get the hang of it.
The autos turned out to really want more nitrogen. They needed more roots and they need nitrogen when they are making them. It is too late to fix anything on an auto by the time they show signs of a problem, so the best way to not have that problem it to anticipate it and now I can. When I broke the dirt apart, there were roots, but not like the photos I did from clones. Those had big thick roots, almost like multiple taproots. The clones were revegged and grew a little oddly, but did okay, considering they are also my first clones. The LSxSC roots were very fine and wispy. Not much to them when I got all the dirt out.
(Both autos are getting grown again, the LSxSC right away - the smell is so flipping good). I haven't dissected the lemon skunk, but I do remember that one having a fairly solid root when I transplanted it. But Nitrogen. Need more nitrogen from the get-go.
A word about transplanting a plant that is flowering:
When I turned the plants over to gently cradle them as I removed the old containers, some of the soil came loose. Normally you'd want that to happen, but it turns out flowering pot plants are sticky...who knew?? While I was trimming the LS I kept finding...bits. I'm thinking, "Not today, whatever you are!" I really worked up an eye twitch at it, and then I realized the soil that had fallen from the upside-down plant was stuck to the bottoms of the sugar leaves. Gah.
Also a horrific amount of lint caused by taking a fan straight outta my bedroom and putting it in a flowering tent full-blast. A couple branches looked like I flowered them under the dryer vent, lol.
Got a Trim Bin. Oh woot!
That thing is my new best friend. It paid for itself about 2 hours out of the packaging just sifting out soil and fuzz, lol.
This grow wasn't about yield. It was about getting dialed in. About learning how to make what I already have better without wasting anything I already have in service. Adding what was absolutely essential for success.
I don't think this 6-plants will give us very much in grams. I'll have an estimate for you in a week or two. But the information I collected is priceless.
In the meantime, lets go get the tent cleaned up to start the next one. Already have autos waiting for their turn under the big-top.
Thanks for hanging out with me till the end of the grow.
