Sorry for the delay in this posting. basically everything just kept progressing ok. all plants were flushed for 4 days or more. I harvested half of the girl as they became ready, and then got sick just after Christmas, and still managed to get all but 5 done. The last 5 I chopped for dry trimming, only the second time I have done it, and they are almost ready to finish trimming. so far averaging over 30g per plant with around 2g of nice kief per lady. sugar leaves which have been sifted once and will be alcohol washed for some concentrate when completed. I have learned a few things that may have been obvious to others but not to me. Different plants have huge differences in light tolerance - with same light setting and height, some showed stress while others were fine. Same thing for nutrients, in that with same recipe some showed nitrogen toxicity while others were fine. it was difficult to keep track once i started trying to adjust for 17 plants with different needs - mainly because I didnt keep good notes. with so many, it was also tough for me to keep track of the flushing times, for which i guessed a lot. It did seem that the end results are all nice and super sticky, which will be confirmed after curing. a couple which didnt look as if they had many trichomes actually produced the most kief from the trim. Keeping the more light sensitive ones at the perimeter helped equalize lighting tremendously in the 4 by 4 tent with 3 by 3 light. Regarding lights, my basement is pretty chilly so heat wasnt a problem (the AC infinity fan was set only for humidity), but each time I tried to turn her up to full volume with the light at the top of the 6 ft tent, I got light burn, so the MH3000 is more than powerful enough for the 6 ft tents (all I can fit in my basement). I know others would disagree, but knowing how lighting works, I keep the lights as high as possible in flowering and adjust intensity. The further away from source, the less percentage intensity drop off happens. the best penetration based on the principles of dispersion would happen from maximum height and adjusting intensity to match. a few of the plants ended up with a lot of yellow leaves after flushing and still looked and felt great once the leaves were trimmed (I had never let plants get that bad before). the worst were the last ones with harvest delayed while I was sick, but they still look great. I love the MH3000 and it produced up to 1 ft long colas, which to me is great for a budget LED (got it second hand for $200Cdn). The Bloom plus 2500 did a nice job too, but didnt get the same penetration, confirmed by the par meter. If i did this again, I would use a nutrient system which only had two stages, bloom and veg as opposed to almost weekly changes with the Flora flex system - because of the big difference in flowering time and difficulty in keeping track for this lazy old guy. with the 17 plants (five in the 2 by 4 and 12 in the 4 by 4), it wasnt crowded, but if I had used the 3 by 3 it would have been super tight. This has been my most fun grow yet, and I really like how the plants respond quickly in coco to nutrient adjustments, almost a daily response. I flushed em totally a couple of times during the grow just because. The two violators from different breeders were vastly different but both super trichome covered. The strawberry cough with the beautiful red flowers is the most unique odour, but still untried, and when dry they ended up almost black. included are a few photos that seemd to ne typical. Full harvest talley to come in a few days. thanks for reading. i still have a lot of seeds so I figure I may do this again since i have everything already in place. next grow will be just 3 or 4 plants in my living soil, and will include a couple of CBD for my wife's pain - she is now a believer in CBD and CBG from last summer. Cheers all - I am about to load the plenty for first time in over 2 weeks, and might folow up with some Christmas tequila, also first since Christmas.