First Grow!

Cool Beaners, Am trying to figure out what my dry weight is going to be. It looks like it is strain dependent, along with other factors in the drying process. Am calculating anywhere from 40 - 70% weight loss. My buds are dense, so I think I'll end up with 250 - 280 grams at best.

Still not too shabby. 3 days dry time in open air, then 3 days in brown paper bags. On The 7th day, "Ole Festus" will jar & rest! :ganjamon:
 
I don't carbon filter because I have only two neighbors within 300 yards. One of them smokers her parents grow, and the other has a greenhouse with no visible garden.

If I were not state legal, I'd definitely get a carbon filter. I may anyway.

One suggestion from the hydro store was to tear off about 8 inches of the filter wrapper at one end and use that for the filter. When the filter gets less effective, tear off another 8 inches of the wrapper. This will extend the useful life of the filter.
No personal experience, just what the growers at the hydro store believe.

Rado
 
virgingrower said:
Ole i reckon the buds lose around 50% of their weight just my opinion and wouldn't be the first time i was wrong and won't be the last ha ha !!

Rado,wish i had done that before i ripped the wrapper off and binned it ha ha !! next time !!
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You could always wrap in plastic wrap, you know like for wrapping up revenuers :-)
I like the idea of having a bit of sealed filter in reserve for the times when you can't get a replacement for a week.


Radogast
 
virgingrower said:
Ole i reckon the buds lose around 50% of their weight just my opinion
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Yes Sir VG,

I did a "Connoisseur Trim' last night. It took me 3 hours to complete. Bud is looking mighty fine being that it is all prettied up. Am thinking that about 50-60% might be pretty accurate. All the stems have been removed, easier to trim when wet.

Big Bud weighed 95 grams after trim. Medium Bud weighed 140 grams & the Popcorn weighed 46 grams.

The Popcorn looks real yummy and is drying very quick, already transferred the popcorn into the brown paper bags.

:Hookah:
 
Ur time will come.an wen it does,ull have rooms filled with drying weed.it'll be time soon 2 stock up on air tight sealed jars.ull need at least 7 of them
 
Hey VG,

Another thing you will find useful is a small humidor. When you get to harvesting, go to a fine smoke shop and get yourself a "Cuban" for the harvest celebration. Some very fine Cubans come in small wooden humidors, they are real nice to have to perk up bud if it is a lil dry. Perfect for "On the Go"!

:Namaste:
 
Einen schönen guten Morgen VG!

:peace:
 
Welsh mate? :high-five:
 
Good morning VG,

How's the lil one with the Cal/mag issues doing? Any improvement? Hope so! What about Stevie, she's hot?

:Namaste:
 
Hey Ole :cheesygrinsmiley:

The one with the worst cal/mag issues hasn't got any worse so that's a start,i have read that the brown spots on the leaves will not recover which is a shame but the amount of trichs that bad girl is throwing out,i have just came down from rotating them and had to touch one of the buds,Man they are soooooo sticky and another 5 weeks and 2 days left !! ha ha winner :cheesygrinsmiley:

Stevie looks to be regaining the colour in her leaves,the bud sites are back to their normal colour and the rest of the plant is slowly coming back :cheesygrinsmiley: i think it might be a week or so for stevie to even get close to what she looked like before turning pale !! :cheesygrinsmiley:

They are due a feed tmoz so i will take a few snaps :cheesygrinsmiley:

How's the 3 left you have mate bet they are frosting up lovely !! :cheesygrinsmiley:
 
Hey VG,

Glad to hear the good news! :high-five:

Ruth says :ciao:, she's my mule ya know! The last 3 lil Ladies just got their flush today. They have been outdoors 24/7 the last 2 days. I'll look on Saturday at the trichs and then decide when to do the final flush and harvest.

The plants had their last feeding a week ago and their leaves are really starting to yellow. Yeah, they are feeding right off of their leaves and sucking out all of that nitrogen!

Haven't taken a sample from them yet, but they look tasty!

:peace:
 
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