Hi there rollitup boys and girls.
This will probably be my Second to last post in this journal. Next weekend, I'll be setting up my next grow(LOADS of mods for the waterfarm coming soon), so I'll post a link to the new journal for the final post.
Last weekend, I gave everything the final weigh, and placed it all into jars. All told, I now have 4.77 ounces of very very powerful medicine curing. It's all pretty much dry at this point, and there is no moisture/condensation in any of the jars so far, so I dont think I'll be losing any more weight. I have tried my crop out in three ways: Vaped through a volcano, smoked out of a water pipe, and rolled in a joint. As of right now, It's still a little harsh when smoked, but pulling it from the volcano is sooooo nicccce! The girls turned out to be super potent, and the vapors from the volcano are super tasty! I really hope the smoke matures to match. I didn't have adequate time to flush, so I'm a bit worried about the smoke flavor being negatively impacted as a result. We'll have to see what happens over the next two weeks.
Some lessons learned:
I think attempting four plants in that small of a space was over-ambitious. As a result, around %80 of my harvest was from one plant with the most room, and all of the others produced the remaining %20. For my nest grow, I will attempt to maximize two plants, spacing them out a bit, and hopefully end up with %160 of what I harvested this time.
The waterfarm is a good design, but it's not perfect. It wasn't until the post-grow analysis that I was able to determine the cause of some of the PH and drainage issues I was having. In my next grow, I will be introducing a number of popular modifications to the water farm and documenting, step-by-step the process of modding them for maximum output.
Hydroponics is a lot more complicated then it looks! If you have never grown anything hydroponically before, beware! It is extremely time consuming to fully wrap your head around.
Anyways, This (almost) concludes Dozer's First Hydro. Thanks for reading, and I hope the next one will be even better!
D0z3r