Considering this is my first harvest, I'm MORE than happy with the results. I learned as much as I could and tried not to bite off more than I could chew at any one time. In general people recommend first grows be in soil, because of the attention hydro requires. But hydro was easy for me; it just suits my personality. Plus I'm growing in my living room and I didn't want to deal with the mess of soil inside. Plus I've killed every soil plant I've ever tended. So it was either hydro or nothing.
Now my two plants fill my 3x3x6.5 tent. Here's a photo of one cola from this weekend:
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There are things I will do differently on the next one, such as flip a little earlier if I run the same strain. They increased 2.5-3x in the stretch. I'd rather keep them a little smaller and confine them to the smaller tent. A seed-to-cure jar grow is such a time commitment that it's hard to give up 3x3 of a 12x14 studio apartment for that long!
My next strain will be a little more to the indica side.
