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DRY & CURE
Greenvein's Runtz
Mars Hydro FC-E6500
Good morning fellow growmies
It's been couple of weeks now and my buds are in grove bags. I let them hang for two weeks even though my temps was higher then usual they didn't over dry, the outside was crisp with a softer centre. Now I usually jar them at this point and let the moisture still in the centre even out then air them but I thought I'd try these grove bags.
As the weather's been so nice I haven't or didn't want to trim being so hot so I've been enjoying the sun.. day 14 hanging I cut all the buds and stuck them straight in the grove bags, squeezing some air out & sealing. One week later I will get it all trimmed up but I did trim a little bud to see how it looked.
She didn't turn out two bad I was still finding naners and seeds but pulling everything out as I went a long.. took a bit longer then usual but hopefully worth it. I still havent smoked any yet but I will ends this journal with a final post/smoke report.
Whilst these buds sat in grove bags I gave my room a Little sweep out & removed everything I could, doing so I found a few seeds on the floor before any trimming
My room is pretty much empty bar the light but I can't clean it out fully untill the trimming is complete as pollen could still get spread.
My Coco is half buffered as I ran out of calmag but hopefully finish it out with a second soak tomorrow.. not sure if hydro guys do this but better to be safe then sorry .. I filled a container with my Coco and calmag water so it was fully submerged. And let it sit for a whole day.
I then put a fabric pot in a bucket and started filing with the soaked Coco.
Once in the bags I set to the saide to drain then I squeezed the fabric pots pinching the love handles lol to get as much moisture out that I could. Once squeezed I'd put it back into the container to be soaked again and hoping two soaks will get the pH back up and Coco loaded with calcium and magnesium.
In this process I used tap water and 1ml/L CMAG.. this brings my pH to around 6.8 which I didn't adjust as I need that raise in pH.
Growing my run off was really low like in the 3's but after the first soak the run off was around 5ph so if I get at least 5.8ph after second soak were good to go .
Lastly I will be pulling my filters out and blasting them inside and out with air then setting back up on top of my 4x4 then I will be adding a sheet of ply to the top of my 3x3 to store all my nutrients and you all know I'm short on space.
I'm planning on starting two new journals soon for Mars Hydro so keep them eyes peeled
Hope your all enjoying your weekend