Well, 4 zips from a 7 gal container is a little disappointing, but there are runts in every run. There is one more this size and then the rest of them should be at least 5-6 oz with a couple of them at the 7-8 oz size. I have 11 plants, so yes, that is going to be a good yield on this total run and the most I have ever cured at the same time. I am thinking very seriously of using 5 gallon buckets to cure in instead of jars. I also need to re-evaluate how I am treating the mid canopy growth all stuffed in these tomato cages and find a way to open them up a little more. Live and learn, I am constantly reviewing how I do things so I can find better ways. I still don't have the cages perfected, and I know now that it ends up being too compacted at the top. I have an idea, but it is going to involve bending some of my support poles.
The plants are super sticky and fragrant, with a distinct citrus smell coming from the grow room. The test bud tells me that the product is going to be strong, but of course I have no idea as to the properly dried/cured taste, potency and smell yet. The pre-cure smell even to my nose is still that of just cut green hay, but that will change as we get them dried out a bit. This will all change dramatically again even with one week of proper cure, but for now we simply work with it lovingly to get it to that point, while imagining the snap crackle pop that it will eventually give us as we put a lighter to it in a pipe.