Thanks! Glad to have you along.
Ah - gotcha. It is pretty nuts about the snow, can't believe I'm not getting any rain.
I think they really like the 65g smart pot
I'm really think with organic amendments you need a ton of soil - more soil is more food.
Long version: Organic amendments are broken down a speed based on the the health of the soil (amount of micro life) and the ratio of available elements. For instance the ideal carbon to nitrogen ratio in soil is 30:1 - at this ratio bacteria process non ionic N into ionic N the fastest. If I have the ideal 30:1 ratio and then add twice as much N the bacteria actually slows down and my plants will actually receive much less N than they were before because the ratio is off. So all this means is that you can only add so much amendments per amount of soil so to provide the plants with more food you need more amendments and more soil.
The time is to remind me of an experiment. Most flowers release their scents at one or two particular times during the day. I noticed mine have a much stronger odor at around 6:10 so I want to cut some buds right at that time to see if there is a difference.
Yield wise I'm really bummed I didn't have those other two plants. I think I could have done really well with yield had they been in there.