NorthernCosmos' First Indoor Soil Auto Grow: 2019

[NorthernCosmos]

It's day 70 for the babushkas, and I think today's feeding was the last one. One of them looks s little less developed than the other, and it could perhaps go a week more, but they're both trichy enough so they'll go together. I reckon Thursday will be chopping day.

As you can see, there are autumn colours on the Babushkas, so it's time:

All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes it's even better, like silvery trichomes deep down in the undergrowth:

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Beautiful coloring Cosmos!

 

[StRoostifer]

I’m gonna leave my bong right here in hopes that the next time I see it, its filled with some of that beautifully purple babushka black! Looking awesome northern cosmos!

 

[NorthernCosmos]

Those Babushkas seem to turn out alright. Smells of fruit and candy all the way. I wonder what a bud would taste like

I might try a little different humidity profile in my drying and curing this time, since I've had less than optimal results lately. It's all smooth and smokeable, no problem, but it lacks the finish with clearly developed nice smell and taste. I read some curing tips here that makes me think I'm over drying the weed now, whereas I previously was wondering about the opposite...

Edit: I just pulled out some White Widow that had been in the jars for 3 months and 3 weeks now. It did have a nice smell to it, almost a bit like mint(?!). So something has happened in there since last I checked a month ago or so. Still not like that first WW i cured though, which had a pine'ish (myrcene/pinene?) and citrus smell.

 

[Jay Bird]

It's day 70 for the babushkas, and I think today's feeding was the last one. One of them looks s little less developed than the other, and it could perhaps go a week more, but they're both trichy enough so they'll go together. I reckon Thursday will be chopping day.

As you can see, there are autumn colours on the Babushkas, so it's time:

All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes it's even better, like silvery trichomes deep down in the undergrowth:

The colour in this bud man, wow!

 

[StRoostifer]

Oh man I look forward to the smoke report on the babushkas. Love fruity candy tasting strains.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

since I've had less than optimal results lately

I think you have been doing great with these circumstances summer brings us growers, everything gets harder not just growing plants with possible pests and mold always lurking around the corner. Same with drying and curing, noticed a week or so ago my fridge started to build up ice on the inside and as soon as I open the door every shelf in there turns in to a misty covered surface so drying and curing something wet to perfection now is rally hard. Don't know how many times I left weed these months untended and got some mold in buds before I learned how to do it right.

As I said before its all about drying it really fast and letting it soak up again slowly to get it right for long term storage. This method has proven to work very well for me but I know some people want to go other ways but I found this method to give consistent results in drying without having to worry about mold even in rot months like August or September.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

We've just been through rötmånaden (the rot-month), and as usual fruit and veggies are indeed rotting and molding like crazy.

My first couple of harvests went through a fairly quick drying in very low RH. I did the fridge rehydration on the second one on your advice, and that came out very well.

As I have now decided to extend the Babushkas a little more (the usual thing, still new pistil shooting, still up for more amber...), I have time to ponder the drying/curing scheme. One thing is certain; I have to change something to get that good cure again.

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Rot, rotting, rotten... makes me recall last Friday when we were having supper at my parents when my bro was home. Dad decided to open a can of pickled herring....



F-ck that smells bad and he is the only one who eats it, mom was picking on him about it I thought he was going to explode about it. Haha


Some plants seems never to give up, specially sativas always shooting their pistols.

Have no more good advice about curing more than giving it time and more time, the best weed I ever smoked was widow weed I found in my fridge probably a year or two old, pure heaven.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

It's day 79 for the Babushkas. They're now in the dark box for 36 hours (yeah, yeah - I'm buying that ). So that's a chop on Thursday evening then, no extensions this time. I have to live with the smell until then, but I don't mind it one bit, because these are the yummiest smelling flowers ever

And with that the tent looks very barren. My 4 x Northern Lights project totally wrecked the rhythm of the overlapping grow. If all goes to plan, two seedlings will move in in a week or two, then two more a month or so after that.

Pippi II the Purple Haze and Bettina the Blueberry Express in training. Pippi's leaves has to be the most indica-style ones I've had:

 

[NorthernCosmos]

The Babushka Blacks got the chop on Friday - I was too busy to post at the time...

Here are the chopees:

Chop, chop - lots of sugary trim that goes in the freezer. Probably looking at 4-5 oz dry buds for the pair:

The usual drying box shot for reference - there are two rows in there, witj the front row blocking a bit of the backr row view. Few colas, but nicely sized and very dense:

Lots of nice colours ranging from bright red to very dark. I can see why they're called Black. The darkest colours don't translate too well in the photos for some reason, but the red is easy to see:

 

[CraZysWeeD]

Chop, chop

Looks great Nc!

lots of sugary trim that goes in the freezer.

I found some very dry trim and stems the other day and did some acetone refinement with it, came out a nice kief ball from it. Don't know the strain but I'm guessing its Spliff Berry. Got any sifter for the kief or what's the plan with all trim?

 

[NorthernCosmos]

Got any sifter for the kief or what's the plan with all trim?

I'm still set on making bubble hash. There's no rush though, apart from the possibility of the freezer becoming full

Edibles are also on the plan. Friends and I were making hash pancakes back in the day, so I'm not a stranger to that. I don't even dare to think what might've been in that hash - good thing it was heat treated properly. I suspect a lot of crap was, and still is imported. I'm thinking that a stack of space-cookies is the way to go for that, and this time made with nice and clean homegrown weed

 

[StoneOtter]

Nice harvest NOCO!

 

[NorthernCosmos]

And this is what it's all about - the enjoyment - this is my way of maxing it out!

 

[CraZysWeeD]

I'm still set on making bubble hash. There's no rush though, apart from the possibility of the freezer becoming full

Ofc you should Nc. Just get another freezer. LoL

I don't even dare to think what might've been in that hash

Don't... probably more soap than kief.

- the enjoyment - this is my way of maxing it out!

Love your way of maxing it out in nature Nc, miss living in the forest... I have to get my bearing set for getting back there.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

The Babushkas moved from drying to the curing jars today after 6 days. Got 4.5oz of the stickiest smelliest buds. I managed to keep the RH in the drying box at ca 55%-60%. They already have some of that that ganja curing smell, with the good terpenes coming out.

So yeah, I have high hopes for a "gourmet" cure again after my last batches of over dried weed

In other news: The new plants are tiny! Could be my experiments with ghetto-soil; reused soil + whatever I have at hand to amend it... However, the plants seemed happy with the previous ghetto mixes. I also let the Blueberry Express to the right go 30 days before the first watering with nutes (the Purple Haze to the left is a week younger).

 

[CraZysWeeD]

I have high hopes for a "gourmet" cure

Great NC, weather is turning to fall pretty fast now and I have mixed feelings about it like I always do but conditions for both growing and curing weed got a lot better past week. Even crazy might find energy to reboot soon.

Right now I'm in the middle of trashing a brand new compressor to use its high tech compressor unit on a smaller tank for faster pressure buildup.

In other news: The new plants are tiny! Could be my experiments with ghetto-soil

Ah those gladly optimistic experiments, I have them too often as well... If 1 out of 10 falls out positive I'm glad. Think the problem with reusing soil is its hard to know what's missing after a grow, maybe a multi medium nute is a good thing to use under these conditions?

Glad seeing you are still at it Cosmos, glad I'm still here on the forum though months of not growing.

 

[NorthernCosmos]

Right now I'm in the middle of trashing a brand new compressor to use its high tech compressor unit on a smaller tank for faster pressure buildup.

What are you up to now? Pressurizing LOX and LH2 tanks perhaps?

Re. the ghetto soil, I think some blood meal, bone meal (found those locally!) and some minerals would take it almost all the way to a LOS. But then I'm also thinking that Mega Crop may be the way to go. I have time to waver a little...

 

[CraZysWeeD]

What are you up to now?

I'll give a full report in the fog on it later. Lol

ghetto soil, I think some blood meal, bone meal

Thankfully its an organic grow you are running and not a vegan one...

Sure u will figure it out before resorting to MC...