Woohoo what a day!!! I got so much done. 11 days of drying and it was time to trim up and bag up. I did the Mandarin and the UG by hand because there was a lot of popcorn sized buds. I didn't want them to become salad in the bowl trimmer. The CBD on the other hand has big golf ball sized buds so I just did her in the trimmer.
So here are the numbers
Mandarin Zkittlez 75g after trim 2.6oz
End Game x Grandpa Stash aka UG 75g 2.6oz
White widow CBD 144g after trim. 5.3oz 😱
For a total of 10.5oz of buds. Not to mention I still have the GSC that should be done in a week. I'll probably be short an oz or 2 from a whole pound off of 4 plants. Not too shabby!! ðŸ™ðŸ‘🪴
I also transplanted all the seedlings to their final home. The transplanting could have went better than it did. All but 1 fell apart when I tried putting them in the hole. They held up after taking the cup off but fell apart on the flip. I'm expecting some kind of transplant stress for sure. I'll be surprised if they don't show any stress. (I did add some myco and azos into the hole... Maybe it's enough and it's also why I tried using those custom basket cups with some success)...... But what's done is done. Today is 9 days since the seeds popped. I probably could have waited a few more days for the photos but I really wanted to get that auto transplanted so I just did all of them.
2 pots will have a cover crop and 2 will not. The one without will have one of those fabric hairnets covering the top to prevent fungus gnats from getting in. I'm to the point where there's only a few gnats but if I get lazy now, then I'll just have to deal with another outbreak. Everything was good until like 2 weeks before I had to chop and I got a small wave. I put some BTI in the water and sprayed the topsoil with neem oil and rosemary/peppermint oil; alternating between the 2 so they don't build up a resistance. All this trouble from some crappy castings from Amazon. Now I make own castings and if I need any them I get them from build a soil.
When the GSC is finally done, I'm going to take the soil from that Earth Box and from the other, mix them both together and let them sit for 2 weeks. Then I'm going to get one of those soil tests from Amazon. I think it was called MySoil for $30. They had others for $35 to $50. I'm going to test it, see what's going on, add only what I need to add and it'll be ready for the next grow. Spending 30 on a test is much cheaper than buying new peat/Coco, new perlite/pumice, new castings, new amendments everything new. When in reality I might just need a few tablespoons of calcium maybe some nitrogen. I want to be as low cost as I can and I want to recycle. It totally works if done right.
I have the MAC and Pineapple Express in the Coots Soil recipe that's been brewing since NOVEMBER 8TH😱😱. Talk about some rich, black looking and amazing smelling soil 🥰. The Tangie got the NLS Coco/perlite/castings plus extra calcium and magnesium. The Blue Dream is in Peat/ Fox farm Happy frog/perlite/castings mix with Gaia Green amendments. I got these for free when my friend decided to give up on trying to grow his own so I wanted to give it a try since so many people swear by it. I figured the blue dream is a good choice because she does well in all kinds of soils. And she's a hardy cultivar. I just followed the instructions on the container 3Tbsp per gallon of soil of the all purpose and the power bloom. I also added the Gaia green basalt rock dust and Glacial Rock Dust 1Tbsp per gallon of soil. Yeah he got the whole Gaia Green amendments package. 🤷â€â™‚ï¸ Win for me! I like the Rock Dust better than I like the coarse rock from build a soil.