6-4 We're in the final weeks of flowering -- I'd say the plants that have the longest to go are still three weeks out. Trimmed out #12 today -- and I was surprised. After the freak "dry out" of the plant, it was only in the dryer for about three days. Meter read between 11-14, but the bud still sort of felt damp. Got 2 oz trimmed and .5 oz of real larfy buds. None of the plant was very well packed. And, I found a little bit of some sort of milky/webby growth at the stem of one bud. Threw it out (the yucky part).
6-5 Last night I got another surprise. I checked Aggie's #9 (for Aggressive) trichs last night. Holy moly -- where did all the amber come from (not too much, but enough to pull). So, harvest I did. She's hanging in the dryer. The main cola is 11 inches long and 22 from dirt to but tip. Wet and with all stems she was 4.2 oz. Her buds registered around 22% on the wood meter. Drying tent is 68-70 degrees and 50 - 60 RH.
Today I tried the Chillwell -- hmmmm. It puts out too much humidity for the drying tent. But, it does put out nice cool air -- so it's on the floor of the grow room for extra mid-day cooling. These would be awesome for tent camping or if you loose electricity and don't have AC.
6-8 Well, interesting day yesterday. Decided it was time to pull #6. She's hanging with #9 Aggie. No trim/with branches weighed 10.4 oz. Very good. However, I checked the grove bags for #12 and the humidity was through the roof 71-72%. I split into three bags and tried airing the bags out. No luck. So, mentors said "sweat" the buds. Put in paper bags. Here's how: https://grovebags.com/sweating-cannabis/ Don't have bags so another guy said boxes work. So the buds are in the box in the drying tent.
Then -- last night -- I freaked. Enjoying some Abendego and suddenly in my grinder I find a fully mature seed. OMG I'm so freaked. Now what?
6-9 Yet another freaking challenge. After seeing the little bit of white stuff, I found more last might, MORE on another plant. Significant. Cut the branch off to look closer -- I could see movement in thick white stuff. Arge. Google. Found out it's mealy bugs. So, tomorrow I mix the cocktail to spray them all -- all of G2 and G3 (my babies). I'll shut lights down at about 2 pm so they can dry during the hottest part of the day.
All that said -- when I was trimming and getting Aggie ready to bag -- because her buds were down to 11.5 on the moisture meter -- what did I find -- one of the little fers. Discarded more stem/bud but kept on. Didn't find anything else. So, #9 Aggie gave up a final of 2.2 oz of bud and .4 oz good trim.
Everyone got a nice watering today. All got plant pHed water. No runoff testing, etc. Checked on Aggied in the grow bags and I was disappointed to see high RH again -- 71%. So I took her out of the bags and put in a box. Will do 12 hours on this side then flip and do another 12. Sweating is important.
6-10 -- everyone is OK. Hot, hot, hot -- humidity constantly in the 50s in the grow room. The battle continues.