Looks fire brother. 
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Wasap dudes?
Oh not much, just about to start having fun in here.
Oh really? Dibs!
Yeah, check it out:
The FAM is looking quite budly despite the malnourished looking leaves. Not the largest buds but all very dense, and plenty of them.
Do you think she has another four weeks left in her?
Not really.
Nonsense. Sheāll make it to the finish line no problem, even if sheās dropped all her biggest fan leaves. The way I see it Iām just defoliating Qtip style.
Not even close.
Itās hard to capture the rich colour pallette in photograph but this is pretty close:
The smell is fantastic though, like a citrus lemon lime. Very fresh and zesty.
I feel like I bit off more than I can chew with the FAM, sheās growing faster than the worms and I can handle. I think the next things going into this pot will be compost and a crop of clover.
Interesting strategy.
One day Iāll be cool enough to test my soil, but things have been working well enough to date that Iāll continue to wing it.
Whatās in the other pots?
What other pots? Oh, right! I donāt even remember when I transplanted my seedlings into their new homes.
Itās only been a few days since we last spokeā¦
Right. Wellā¦ letās have a look, shall we?
Hereās the Fog Dog already showing some pistils:
And hereās the Blackstrap looking hearty:
Off to a good start.
Thank you! Letās hope they grow to be mighty plants.
How was the last harvest?
No idea, itās just been sitting in a jar. Itās only been a few days, remember?
Oh right.
Jokeās on me. I accidentally knocked the thermohygrometer while moving the jar and it reset to Fahrenheit.
I have no idea what 68.5Ā°F means. One of lifeās great mysteries.
Itās approximate twent-
One of lifeās great mysteries.
Anyways, I should go make some breakfast now.
When are we having fun in here?
Thanks for stopping by!
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I figure itās free fertilizer.
Also I donāt think itās fair that you get so many harvests in a row and Iām going to write a strongly worded letter about it. I just havenāt decided to who yet.
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Hey, where have you been?
What do you mean, Iāve been at home. Well, except for a quick road trip but otherwise at home.
You werenāt in my house while I was gone, were you?
Not as far as you know.
Well thatās reassuring, no need to inquire further.
Say, letās change the subject! Check out my garden:
Hereās a closer look at the FAM. These buds are nice and dense, and have a fruity/lemon-limey sweet sort of smell. Only two weeks left for the FAM as arbitrarily decided by my calendar. When that time comes Iāll probably hum and haw about chop time for another week.
Now for the Fog Dog. Seems like this one has been flowering since week two, showing pistils really early on. I had to bend her down as she grew three inches past the light seemingly overnight. Overall the plant is looking healthy and hearty except for the leaf discoloration affecting only the branch I bent over.
Check out this bushy Blackstrap S1. This plant is so bushy and green the photography canāt do it justice. This one was being pretty modest until I bent over the Fog Dog, then she started to flourish.
Flourish?
Not literally, I meant exhibit prolific growth. Sheās not even showing any pistils yet. Must be a late bloomer. Definitely an interesting contrast to the Fog Dog.
All that praise and only one photo?
Itās a bush, what sort of photographic detail do you expect!?
Anyways, thatās all Iāve got- as far as you know. Letās just say thatās all youāre getting.
Itās been a pleasure, thanks for visiting!
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Looks like a plant party going on in there.
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Lookinā good there. nice to come home to.
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Errr errrr uhlghhh !!
The bathrooms occupied and I gotta shhh.urley gotta say I love the smell thatās coming from it 
Nice work
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You can hold it for 4 more weeks!
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You again!?
Yeah, I live here. Whatās your excuse?
Wellā¦
Iām just kidding, itās a pleasure having you here.
Can you believe itās been a whole week already? Either way, you wonāt believe how much my garden has grown.
Check it out:
Pretty wild how the Fog Dog and Blackstrap have overtaken the FAM. The FAM is no slouch either, which really showcases their accomplishment.
I mean it when I say the FAM is no slouch:
These colas are bigger than my-
Nah, donāt say it.
Hand? Twice as hard, too.
Oh, come on.
On to the Blackstrap. Iāve had to raise the light twice in the last week, which is notable as Iām rather adverse to effort.
Have you considered training?
I tried that, but the branches are so stiff-
Enough with the jokes already.
In seriousness, I could bend over the main cola but when I attempted to bend over a secondary branch last night it snapped like a chopstick. Theyāre like solid wood.
Not much to be said for bud development yet. Just looks like little black clovers but the leaves and bud regions are getting more and more dark.
Still only one photo?
Yeah, yeahā¦
For contrast check out the Fog Dog:
Wow, so fluffy looking.
Yeah pretty neat, eh?
Finally check out my strawberry garden:
Where are all the strawberries?
I havenāt figured that part out yet. Iām not sure if strawberries will really flower and fruit in a dank basement bathroom but weāll find out, wonāt we?
I think the real goal with this is to root as many of the runners as I can over the winter and try to transplant them to my yard come spring.
Of course while looking up the correct term for ārunnerā I just discovered there are June-bearing, ever bearing, and day neutral cultivars. I can assure you I have no idea what sort of strawberry cultivars these might be. Going forward I might try to plant some specific cultivars instead of growing a garden based on happy accidents.
Incredible. Are we done here?
Of course, Iāll let you go about your day.
Thanks for stopping my!
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When I clicked on pic for a closer view of the FAM, this involuntary utterance: āgood god man!ā
Yo, thatās some plant! Nice!
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FUCK YEAH @lophophora.ca !
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Stopping your what, exactly?
Stopping my typographical errors. Thanks for pointing that out, now I look like an idiot.
You donāt need me for that.
Thanks, fam. Speaking of FAMā¦
Whereās the FAM!?
Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit emptier in here. Thatās odd.
Oh right! I remember now, as though it were only a few minutes agoā¦
Yes, itās all coming back to me. I chopped her this morning, and what a beast she was. Over 1.5 lbs on the old fish scale. Iām excited to see how well she dries out.
I canāt wait to spend a few minutes plucking and trimming leaves. I might also separate and hang some branches on their own for better airflow.
Still feels a bit empty in here. What should I do?
Much better.
Had to raise the light a little to accommodate the Blackstrap which has decided it does not want to be trained. Hopefully this is as high as she gets.
So whatās next?
My next goal is to figure out how Iām going to set up my strawberry farm. Looks like there is no shortage of runners to root. It would also be nice to relocate the strawberries to smaller individual pots. Hopefully this can be done without upsetting the worms or the strawberries.
Besides the strawberries, the Fog Dog and Blackstrap wonāt finish until the end of October.
See you in six weeks!
Youāll be backā¦
And I always appreciate your visits.
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That FAM is a fatties! Hope itās as tasty as it looks. 
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Looks good. A little airflow is probably a good idea.
Getting prepared for strawberry prohibition?
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Everything is looking great. Props.
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Cut them runners off on the Strawberries they should flower quicker for yah !
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Whatās with the silly grin?
Oh, nothing. Itās been an exciting week is all.
@ReikoX should be the first to know, the FAM managed to set a new personal record from a single plant at 208 grams.
Itās not quite the half-pound I had hoped for but this beats the pants off of my previous record of 118 grams from a single Fog Dog.
I initially measured 230 grams when the buds were getting crispy on the outside but a quick jar test measured the buds at 70%RH at that point. It took another two days and twenty two grams of evaporation before the buds were dry enough for jarring.
Which brings us to the most exciting part- well, not really the most exciting. In fact itās about as much fun as watching paint dry. The curing process!
Thrilling.
Yes!
To change things up a bit Iām trying out a free sample grove bag, as seen on the left. Iām not sure how the cure will compare to just a regular jar cure but we shall see if thereās any discernable difference in smell in a couple weeks.
How ever will you pass the time?
Iāll have to fall back on the usual hobbies, like garden photography.
Looking kind of yellow.
Yes, Iām convinced that Iām doomed to limp over the finish line with every grow. Check out this pile of leaves:
At this rate Iām losing fans faster than the WNBA.
Hey-oh!
Despite the fan situation these girls have some real talent and beauty, and I have the utmost confidence they will pull through to the end.
No basketball joke?
Too easy. Hereās the Fog Dog looking fluffy as can be:
Where the Blackstrap lacks the same photogenic pizazz she makes up for it in passing and technical skills.
I knew you had another basketball jokeā¦
Wasnāt as good as the first one. Have a look:
The buds are much smaller and more plentiful on the Blackstrap and still relatively under developed compared to the Fog Dog, but they look cool like black clovers.
Wait, is that why you were smiling this whole time?
What?
The basketball joke?
Well, maybe. Yeah.
Ridiculous.
You and I both know that youāre not here to pick up on my growing expertise.
Anyways, Iāve got to get going.
Thanks for the visit!
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Perhaps your content isnāt saucy enough? Maybe not trying to cross enough international borders with CBD?
Thatās a hell of a yield. Iāve found it helpful to buy humidity sensors for the jars so I can see humidity at a glance.
And the flip top jars are the right move.
Your plant is bigger than my plant. I got 134 grams and I even trimmed it poorly
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Looks great in here, took a while to get through but alas Iām here. Finally (now if I just had more likes )
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