Dutchman's Auto Quads Vs LST With A Critical+2.0 Twist!

I did have a question my plants are at the 5th node they have stretched a little more then I would have liked .trying to figure out using my new qb board distance and dimming. Would you suggest topping my plants before I start lst or just pin them down as they are to start my training

It really depends what your trying to achieve. If it were me I would top and then begin LST after. It would allow for more tops and a nice wide canopy. Starting LST now would still work well but just have a different structured plant.

Ultimately the decision is yours and I’m excited to see what you do but if it were mine top away!
 
Forgot some rosin pictures!

Purple Trainwreck
7g Bud / 1.28g Return 18%

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Looks great! How much weed did you start with
 
Looks great! How much weed did you start with
Thanks beez! I started with 7grams exactly.

Nice Dutch. I'm needing a press soon. Was that your first try?
This was my first time ever pressing rosin!! So I’ve got lots to learn but I’m very pleased with my first press!!

Plants looking great Dutch! And sweet looking machine. I'll catch the vid a little later but looking forward to watching it. Dabs look awesome!
Thanks Sauga! Let me know what you think of the video to!
 
Just watched your video... nice work brutha! :thumb:

Sweet little machine. the music throughout was a nice touch as well. Had a 70's bud porno type of thing going on! Great demonstration Dutch! Basically 5 minutes to press it? Is there a pressure gauge or were you just given 'er all ya got?
 
Until you mentioned a few days ago Dutch I had never even heard of pressing to extract. That was a very well-done video and pretty much without a word explained the process. :thumb:

It got me thinking because I have a 50-ton press in my garage and I have some 6 x 6” - 2-inch steel plate too I could press with. All I would need is to warm my plates up a bit with a torch to the right temperature. I would have to get the proper paper and filter pack too. Once the weather gets a little nicer I will have to give it a try. Do you know what your plate temps were?
 
Just watched your video... nice work brutha! :thumb:

Sweet little machine. the music throughout was a nice touch as well. Had a 70's bud porno type of thing going on! Great demonstration Dutch! Basically 5 minutes to press it? Is there a pressure gauge or were you just given 'er all ya got?
Thanks Sauga! I start off by just touching the plates to the rosin bag then once I hear the rosin begin I start applying full pressure for the squeeze.

Until you mentioned a few days ago Dutch I had never even heard of pressing to extract. That was a very well-done video and pretty much without a word explained the process. :thumb:

It got me thinking because I have a 50-ton press in my garage and I have some 6 x 6” - 2-inch steel plate too I could press with. All I would need is to warm my plates up a bit with a torch to the right temperature. I would have to get the proper paper and filter pack too. Once the weather gets a little nicer I will have to give it a try. Do you know what your plate temps were?
The plates are controlled by a PID controller that keeps the plates a consistent temperature through the entire process.

Amazing, so many cool ways to consume this awesome plant. Great video work, now I want one lol
Do it! I have wanted to go solventless for some time now and finally taking the plunge I’m very pleased I did!
 
- Update -

Crystal Candy Autos #1 and #2
Day - 79



Pineapple Express Autos #1 and #2
Day - 79 PEa1 / Day - 78 PEa2


Critical+2.0
Day - 100 / Flip Day - 40


- Check back tomorrow for photos! Sorry

Feb.28


Well hello there everybody! Another beautiful day and just a quick update for today. I worked a little later than expected and missed my chance to photograph the critical ladies this evening so unfortunately no pictures of them but I’ll it make up to you all tomorrow with extras!

Now the autos all are looking good I’ve got a few bud photos from the ladies today but steady growth all over and the PE ladies are really packing it on! Glad to see them fattening up. They will be getting switched to OverDrive on their next watering for their final weeks until harvest.








Since I can’t talk about the criticals to much without pictures this evening I’ll let all go here with this...

Thank you all again for following along and sticking around. Without all of you joining me this would be a pretty lonesome and boring journal so I’m extremely happy your all here with me!

So I wish you all a happy and heavily medicated rest of your day!

-Dutch

PS I will be making more rosin videos and snapshots this week! I’ll be sure to post them all
 
Looking great Dutch. My autos also on the down hill. Few weeks to go. Looking forward to the outcome of the auto squad :) cheers happy growing. Magic
 
- Update -

Crystal Candy Autos #1 and #2
Day - 78



Pineapple Express Autos #1 and #2
Day - 78 PEa1 / Day - 77 PEa2


Critical+2.0
Day - 99 / Flip Day - 39



Feb.27
What’s going on everyone!! I hope your all well and enjoying yourselves. Got a few pictures for you today and a brief talk about my new toy the Rosin Press! :cheesygrinsmiley:

Now the autos are doing great and CCa2 is going to be coming down this weekend. She has slowed drinking significantly compared to the others even her sister CCa1. The Trichome pictures I got of her tonight show a few buds that are showing quite a few ambers. The buds have also not shown any new white pistils and have been turning reddish orange steadily. I think by the weekend she will be perfect!





The PE autos are looking good! PEa2 is frosting up nicely and is filling out and with PEa1 colas chunking up nicely as well I can see these Pineapples starting to shape up quite nicely!!





As for these criticals.... they are looking just lovely and frosted up beautifully!! They continue to push out more trichomes and have really begun to pack on the weight. The colas are filling out and wow are they stinky!
They both needed a :meatballs:today so I mixed up some nutes and gave them each 1gallon of distilled water with:

-5mL CaMag
-8mL Bloom A + B
-8mL Big Bud
-8mL BudCandy

This will be their last feeding with BigBud since they are moving into their final phase of flowering. But here’s a few bud shots from today!







Ok sooo I just wanted to talk about my excitement towards my new RosinPress for a minute! I’ve been researching and looking into different rosin presses and after looking at many options I ended up landing on what I felt was a pretty solid choice! I did look at DIY presses but this just wasn’t something I wanted to dive into at the moment so I went with my next best option!! So many small units are $1000+ but I found a great priced unit for $600 that is built to last, heavy duty, and ready to use out of the box! But as much as I wish I was able to press my first batch of rosin with it today I was unfortunately to busy to get around to playing with any pressing! Tomorrow though you better believe I’ll be squeezing flowers and posting some pics along the way! I want to make a new thread as well inviting all rosin pressing pictures and knowledge for the community to share in! I think with this becoming such a widely spread Cannabis product we should build our knowledge together and enjoy that golden rosin goodness while we’re at it!! But I was able to grab a few pictures of the unit itself and I’m looking forward to using it tomorrow!





Alrighty! That brings us to a close here for this update. I’m excited to harvest CCa2 and tonight while I sleep I’m going to be thinking about pressing rosin all day tomorrow ha! Anyways I hope you all have a great remainder of the day and Stay Medicated!!
:woohoo::headbanger::high-five::party::theband::thumb::passitleft::lot-o-toke::Rasta::rollit::420:
 
Sweet Magic! I look forward to seeing your harvest!


Party!!! What’s up scrog!
Congrats on the new toy . My wife was laughing at me she said I was like a little kid on Christmas waiting for my press to show up. Now I have it I want to press everything lol we can only dab so much oil :rofl::thumb:
 
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