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I wanted to stop in and offer congratulations for MOTM honors! Glad to see I haven't missed the ATF harvest. Have a great weekend.

Thank you Jim. I really appreciate you dropping in as well as the kind words. ATF is going to be coming up. I grew it last time around and liked the product but I am curious how different trichomes will affect the smoke. Since I have 4 ATFs.....I am going to start harvesting 1 plant every 5 days or so and find how I like it. Its supposedly a 70 day strain and last grow I took it at 77 days based off some amber trichomes. So this time around I will do harvests at day 65, day 70, day 75, and day 80 roughly. Will give me a nice range of days to experiment with.
 
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Man I forgot to congratulate you too! It seems like just yesterday I stumbled upon your soil recipe and was talking to you in the Build a Better Soil Thread. I mean is it just me or did this journal take the heck off? 154 pages already?!
 
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Man I forgot to congratulate you too! It seems like just yesterday I stumbled upon your soil recipe and was talking to you in the Build a Better Soil Thread. I mean is it just me or did this journal take the heck off? 154 pages already?!

Thanks brother, I appreciate that! Yeah seems that we have put a few pages on this thing in the last couple months!!
 
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Harvest Update

Trimmed up the 25% of the Blue Kush I cut down a few days ago and its in the fridge drying slow and low. Working on the rest of the Blueberry today.

The 4 colas I took of the Durban are jarred up and drying in the fridge as well.

Tomorrow I might chop the 1st ATF plant of the season.

Seed count on the strain crosses is looking promising for sure. I have pulled well over 100 of the ATF x Durban Poison (Durban Thunderfuck) seeds and there are still 8 smaller colas with some accidental pollination to go through when I chop the rest down. I have pulled about 50-75 seeds of the ATF x Blueberry so far with a lot more to go on the Blueberry I am trimming today. Also harvested the first dozen of the KushBerry Thunderfuck seeds (ATF x Blue Kush). Looks like there are a lot more to harvest.
 
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Lol trim buddies! May your snips be sticky and testers tasty! You’ve got your work cut out for you, but it’s good you’re doing it bit by bit a plant at a time. Enjoy the smoke breaks I know you’ll be taking!

No smoke breaks until after Physical therapy today. :(

Yeah I think I have kind of found how I like to trim, bud wash, dry and trim again.

I cut the colas down, do a rough trim of all the fan leaves and then do a triple bud wash and hang em in my hanging box for 2-3 days in the upstairs room with the window open (keeps the temps in the 68 degree range). Than I trim the big sugar leaves off and jar em up and into the fridge they go for a couple weeks to slow dry. When I say jar them in the fridge, I want to clarify that I remove the top and put cheese cloth over the top so there is still air movement in through there and the buds are allowed to dry. Seems to keep the sticking down to a minimum and breaks it up so its not nearly as labor intensive in one shot.
 
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I like bud washing. It slows the initial drying down just a bit, but I am good with that since I want it slower and lower. Plus I see all the stuff that comes off my buds and I am thankful I did smoke or consume that stuff in any oil. I think I will always be a bud washer.
 
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I like bud washing. It slows the initial drying down just a bit, but I am good with that since I want it slower and lower. Plus I see all the stuff that comes off my buds and I am thankful I did smoke or consume that stuff in any oil. I think I will always be a bud washer.


with all the critters you killed Van... Bud washing is a MUST

Ive done it, not every time, not a lot showed in my water, but it is a good practice for sure
 
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You nailed it with the seeds bro! So many great crossed :) the budwashing really helpt me with the fungus gnat issue on the girl outside! Will do it again This harvest to Remove all the hairs and dust. I think If you ever seen What can Come off... ill stick to budwashing for Sure .
 
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with all the critters you killed Van... Bud washing is a MUST

Ive done it, not every time, not a lot showed in my water, but it is a good practice for sure

Yeah I didn't really want to mention the bugs too much.....*shudders*.....I still have nightmares of them little bastards!!!
 
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Man I forgot to congratulate you too! It seems like just yesterday I stumbled upon your soil recipe and was talking to you in the Build a Better Soil Thread. I mean is it just me or did this journal take the heck off? 154 pages already?!

Oh man! I totally forgot myself Van. Congratulations!

No smoke breaks until after Physical therapy today. :(

Yeah I think I have kind of found how I like to trim, bud wash, dry and trim again.

I cut the colas down, do a rough trim of all the fan leaves and then do a triple bud wash and hang em in my hanging box for 2-3 days in the upstairs room with the window open (keeps the temps in the 68 degree range). Than I trim the big sugar leaves off and jar em up and into the fridge they go for a couple weeks to slow dry. When I say jar them in the fridge, I want to clarify that I remove the top and put cheese cloth over the top so there is still air movement in through there and the buds are allowed to dry. Seems to keep the sticking down to a minimum and breaks it up so its not nearly as labor intensive in one shot.

Can you explain your bud wash method? Do you dip them in a bucket of water or actually wash. Probably a real dumb question, but I've never done it before. Sounds beneficial to me though. I've also never dried in a refrigerator either. Slower drying sounds beneficial too. I need the info bro! :thumb:
 
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Oh man! I totally forgot myself Van. Congratulations!



Can you explain your bud wash method? Do you dip them in a bucket of water or actually wash. Probably a real dumb question, but I’ve never done it before. Sounds beneficial to me though. I’ve also never dried in a refrigerator either. Slower drying sounds beneficial too. I need the info bro! :thumb:

I do a three bucket wash that I stole from my brother. I do the initial wash in a room temp water with Hydrogen peroxide at a 4 to 1 ratio. I probably have wash them in there for 30 seconds or so by shaking it back and forth and dunking it in and out. From there I move it to a slightly warm bucket of plain water and repeat there for another 20-30 seconds. Finally I go to the last bucket that has cold water. I do the same thing there for another 20-30 second and then hang them in my cardboard box with strings for drying. You would be surprised at all the shit that ends up in those 3 buckets.
 
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Oh and thank for the congratulations too Gramps!! I do appreciate it!
 
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The seeds are piling up.. thats fun stuff there, a different kind harvest! Thanks for your bud washing technique.. so its 4 parts hydrogen peroxide to 1 part water or more water and less h2o2?? I wanna try it on a few colas this time.. some from each plant. I dont wanna use baking soda so h2o2 is the way ill go.
 
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