@SlingShot I had to think about that one. Yes is the short answer; more specifically, They are on the circuit (one of three) that is fed from the battery which is charged by the panels, so even if the sun is down they are running off of the battery. Now I am smiling. I smile a lot lately. 
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Absolutely, very rewarding!!
I’ve been thinking about that. If I could run my tent off the grid, that would be a big plus.
I’ll have to do a bit of research.
I think I finally got focused enough to see the bling
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Alice is Beautiful looking.
I’ll start packin’ my bags!
Nice looking grow. The pots look small for such full buds.
@SlingShot I used a 2 gal pot. There are 8 bigger buds and 2 smaller ones. They should get bigger; they have at least 3-5 weeks yet before harvest. I will take some kind of partial harvest on 4/20. I haven’t figured out which I will take. I like taking a split harvest, some early with a small percentage of amber trichs and a week or two later with a greater % of amber.
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420 is a good day to pick. I may be able to sample some on 420 at 420 myself. Figured I will have a week or 2 left but have to try a little. 
I won’t be sampling it for a while. I have two methods of drying. Usually I will take the highest bud or buds and let the secondary buds go nuts, allowing me to even the spread and get the light a little closer. I put the early harvest in a paper bag with a folded paper towel in the bottom, then put that bag in a larger paper bag and put the bag in the bottom of the closet. I check it daily and usually weigh one of the buds ( always the same one). When it stops losing weight, it is dried.
The other way is chop the remaining plant at the soil and hang it upside down in the grow chamber until dry. Both ways hoping to keep the Rh at 60% and 60 deg. temperature. It’s never perfect, but we do the best we can with what we have. My last dry was almost perfect, 15 days before jarring, and right now the flavor is just getting really smooth and aromatic. Harvest was early Oct.
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I started hanging wet. I leave most of the sugar leaves and just remove the water and fan leaves.
I actually harvest the sugars since they are still fairly rich in trikes. I am the only user of my product and I like the crushed leaf in my pipe.
As an old timer, smoking leaf was normal for me. But the leaves act as a moderator keeping the buds humid but not wet.
I also use Boveda during my curing and storage.
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@SlingShot Yeah, when I harvest I trim similarly. I like to think that I am a minimalist; I leave the guardian leaves to do just that…guard the buds (triches) and I will smoke them in my one-hitter, but when I roll a joint I use my nips to remove them. I have a container that I put the sugar leaves in, which I use for cooking. I probably should get Boveda packs, but I’m just too cheap and lazy. 
I like your idea of harvesting from the to down. I have quite a few buds that are pretty young because they are down by the net and can’t get much light, as much as I try to help them.
I used to just write them off as lost starts but I think I will try to sow then this time.
As I cut off the top third of my crop, as it ripens, they should see the light and continue to flower, it would seem. I’ll work my way down.
Never saw anyone harvest this way on You-Tube and I’ve reviewed a lot off them. You could be in line for a new paradigm! We will have to make it after you.
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@SlingShot I have had plants that were more ripe at the top and plants that ripened evenly. When I am growing a cultivar for the first time, I like to get two harvests and compare them. Last summer, I had a plant that most of the tops were ripe to my liking, so I harvested them, and I let the rest grow for 16 more days. Those secondary buds really filled out and are just now tasting like “fancy” weed.
I can’t emphasize enough, using a loupe to determine ripeness of the flower is essential. You have to look at the flower triches through the lens, or you are basically guessing. Harvesting, drying, and curing are truly aquired skills, as are all of the growing skills.
I can’t emphasize enough, using a loupe to determine ripeness of the flower is essential. You have to look at the flower triches through the lens, or you are basically guessing. Harvesting, drying, and curing are truly acquired skills, as are all of the growing skills.
Trust me, this ain’t my first rodeo.
@SlingShot Sorry, reading that now, it does seem like I’m talking to you. I started a new paragraph, but I should have skipped a line. Sorry, I emphasize that because I am a cheap hard-head who harvested at least a week early, if not more, because I thought I didn’t need one to know. Once I broke down and got a loupe, everything everybody else was saying was right. 
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It’s all good.
I just wanted to use that line. LOL
@SlingShot And a good line it is! 
Watered this morning. Raised the light a little and had the light at 100% for about 6 hrs today, 70 deg 50% RH. 62 deg at night. The pistols are starting to get color all at once, which could dash my dual harvest plans. Alice will let me know what to do. Pic tomorrow.