Daily Update: Dark Devil Auto - Day 82 HARVEST
I began the morning with a Brix Foliar to the three plants in process. This was completed just as lights came on. I mixed my spray at a ratio of 2.5 ml Brix to 4 oz of water. I'm pretty sure that comes close to the recommended. If not, someone please advise me otherwise. There are only three plants at this point and five total when I start the other two next week, so mixing up just 4 oz. seemed smart. These plants got thoroughly drenched before going back into the tent, just as the lights came on.
Then I quickly reached in and chopped her quick.
Its easy to see how they came up with the name for this strain. I've been so busy and distracted lately that I hadn't noticed her changing to dark tones. WooHoo!!!
Flipped her her over and found all this activity going on at the bottom. Probably could have let her go another few days, but sometimes there are other considerations, like he might not live that long. I'm happy with the choice to chop today.
While we're looking, see how solid that stem is? Wow!
I opted to follow Graytail's modified bud washing approach. He uses two washes, beginning with a hot one with lemon juice and baking soda, followed by a cold wash. As hot and as cold as you can get from your pipes. I used 3 gallons in the 5 gallon buckets (the white is food grade plastic and is used for the initial hot wash.).
Three gallons was sufficient because she was only 10.5 inches tall. I used 4 oz of lemon juice and a bit more than a half cup of baking soda. My own technique is to gently plunge as I spin and repeat to the slow count of 30.
This is is why we bud wash. You should do this too. You know you should. Yeah, I had quite a little gnat farm in there for way too long.
Thank goodness that's under control now.
After washing she got hung to drip dry over the kitchen sink.
As she dripped dry I went to work installing the light hangers and the second replacement T8 fixture.
To get things even under here I put some spacers under the pots. I wasn't happy with this though, and later lined them up by height, tallest to squattest and angled the lights using those nifty yo yo hangers. Those things are priceless!
Lights are done and now it's time to trim off the fan leaves.
We'll let everything else dry before trimming any more. Isn't she lovely? All that color! This was what I wanted from this strain, and she came through brilliantly.
Mmmmmmmmmm. Frosty.
Now it's time to get more seeds into soil.
My day is going to be emotionally challenging to the tenth degree. I will still make every effort to make joy the dominant expression of the day. I challenge you to do likewise. Working in concert we change the world in a powerful way. There is no greater power than joy.
A very pleasant, calming high. With quiet again, we can sense the high and there's a body rush beginning to hit. Fairly potent for fresh cut, and that's being cautious. This one should be delicious after a proper cure. 
