I flushed for a week with distilled water and harvested them. Here is a shot of the root system of one plant as you can see although I wartered the corner of the cube the roots grew out all around the bottom of the rockwool cube and the hydroton.
I took a cardboard box and ran fishing line across the top, hang them then let them sit uncovered for a week to dry. This is one plant.
Sorry about the fuzzy pic. I got fuzzy pics of the buds too but I will spare you.
Here is the first plant, we got 5 more to go.
Next I put them in jars and sealed them for two weeks to cure.
I opened the jars once a day to see if there was any moisture but there wasnt any.
So here are the results, out of the three with the spider mites
I got 28 grams of dried bud.
Thats the black jar.
Out of the other three plants I got 45 grams of dried bud. Clear jar.
Total: 73 grams of killer bud in three months.
Now I start flowering the cuttings I took from this batch and I will have another couple ounces in two months.
Then the cycle will continue four times a year.
I figure this set-up produces 2.5 to three ounces every two months. (2.5 with mites)
Without insect problems thats 18 ounces a year.
My power bill has jumped about $30 a month. I spend about $60 for water and nutrients for the grow times 6 thats $360 a year.
Plus the power thats $360 a year.
So it cost me $40 an ounce.
Works for me!