Went ahead and chopped small plants in buckets. Really liking the dry racks. Can see an advantage of hanging on fishing line. When plants were dried on fishing line they tend to "cling" to the line which tends to bounce the line which causes trichome loss.
Can't drive hands through another harvest - Way too many hours with hand scissors! Purchased two Magic Trimmers from Amazon that arrive a day before harvest.
New approach to harvest - Magic trimmers to arrive Monday - In the mean time 5 plants have been hand trimmed and put up to dry...
Remaning plants will continue to grow for the next couple days under 100 watts of CFL 10 hours a day.
So far the trim is being used to make concentrated CBD's for freezing. When all plants have been harvested there will be little space left
in the freezer. Blown away at the amount that will be made.
Finally finished! Pic taken before final plants chopped on day 111.
Made tinctures and cannabis ointment from grow that works amazingly well. Tinctures made with a Magic Butter Machine in 8 hours that kick ass!
New babies moved in till ready to put into ground. This round going with 18 plant that will veg for about 6 months. Going for bigger plants to keep plant numbers down...