I'm exhausted just looking at all you have going on. Have another cup of coffee for me!
ProfessorFlora Presents: The Flowering Inferno
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After this there'll be a break and I'll have no journal going. It'll be a bit weird but I'll have lots of time to go on vacation around the 420 website. Hooray!
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Flowering Day 1.
Ok, final one. We have 4 Purple Urkle's from @Weed Seeds Express on the left. On the right we have 3 Orange Cane's and a Double D's....
I just managed to get these 8 to this point without any issues but I could see some just beginning to turn up before the transplant into the chef hats. We should be good from this point onwards though.
Happy growing everyone.
Ok, final one. We have 4 Purple Urkle's from @Weed Seeds Express on the left. On the right we have 3 Orange Cane's and a Double D's....
I just managed to get these 8 to this point without any issues but I could see some just beginning to turn up before the transplant into the chef hats. We should be good from this point onwards though.
Happy growing everyone.
I'm digging those white cloth pots! They contrast nicely against the lovely shade of green.
Are they a sponsor here?
Are they a sponsor here?
Weed Seeds Express
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They look great! Good luck with your further growth!
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Have you noticed that they are all different heights? There's like a 3 inch difference between the tallest and shortest pots lol. I bet if I look closely at the pots I could probably find letters like S, M and L written somewhere. Probably on the inside though which is where the soil is. Hmmm.
Thanks WSE but if they are anything like your GSC then I won't be needing much luck. Easy street.
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Hey 420.
Today is flowering day 4 and we have a lot of very large leaves....
One Purple Urkle blew up! Parhaps I'll have a little bit of that luck....
The other 3 are good....
Orange Cane's with the biggest leaves. You don't need leaves that big!....
And the good ol' Double D's. I'll miss you....
No more messy than most of the starts I have lol. Let's see where these take us.
Happy growing everyone.
Today is flowering day 4 and we have a lot of very large leaves....
One Purple Urkle blew up! Parhaps I'll have a little bit of that luck....
The other 3 are good....
Orange Cane's with the biggest leaves. You don't need leaves that big!....
And the good ol' Double D's. I'll miss you....
No more messy than most of the starts I have lol. Let's see where these take us.
Happy growing everyone.
No worries, I hear that plants love to be crowded so tightly that their leaves lay on top of each other. 
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Better that than an empty tent. We'll be doing the usual trim at 3 weeks anyhow.No worries, I hear that plants love to be crowded so tightly that their leaves lay on top of each other.
Weed Seeds Express
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We got the best geneticsHave you noticed that they are all different heights? There's like a 3 inch difference between the tallest and shortest pots lol. I bet if I look closely at the pots I could probably find letters like S, M and L written somewhere. Probably on the inside though which is where the soil is. Hmmm.
Thanks WSE but if they are anything like your GSC then I won't be needing much luck. Easy street.
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We got the best genetics
mk2SMOKEY
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Hello ProfessorFlora,thanks for the detailed thread.Hey 420.
Time for a Bubble Hash tutorial.
@HashGirl I thought I'd tag you for this one to let you know that I have not forgotten.
So I tried to make some bubble the night before but the supermarket delivery forgot to include my ice which would have made things pretty difficult. So we had to wait to get some more ice which I did last night. I used all the Sativa trim which is from the Double D's, Lemon Bubble and the Orangesicle and decided against using any from the Cakes as I didn't want to contaminate the mix with any mould. I might use it in the future or a may just chuck it out. I haven't decided yet.
Here is what we did with the good trim though.
First off, here is almost all of what we needed to make the hash....
Bubble Bags
2 X plastic tubs
Towel
Metal spoons
Ice
Glass cup
25 micron sheet
I am only using 2 bubble bags just to save on time. You could go wild and have up to 8 bags and have all different grades of hash to marvel at. It takes a long time though and the conditions weren't right for hanging about last night. It was too warm so we needed to move as quickly as possible.
I have just used the 220 micron bag for catching the material and the 25 micron bag for catching all of the hash.
The next thing we need is something to turn into hash. I'm using this trim which is almost dry. You can run trim wet or dry and there is a bit of debate about which is better but that's a topic for another time.
It is recommended to not run large amounts and use around 3 ounces at a time. I don't have the heart to be doing multiple runs and I didn't weight how much trim we have for this. It's over 3 ounces though....
So that is what we are working with. Here's what we do with it.
I put the 220 micron bag inside the 25 micron bag and then fold over the tops. This is to stop any debris getting into the 25m bag. That one needs to stay clean at all times. I then put both bags in to one of the plastic tubs....
Next I put all of the material into the bags. You don't have to do it this way and can mix the material in a bucket without the bags and then pour it through the bags. I have done it several ways and prefer this way....
Now we need to fill the bucket and bag with ice cold water. So first I put one bag of ice into the bubble bags and then I pour a second bag of ice in the tub around the bubble bags....
Then we pour in some cold water so that it covers the material but don't add to much as it'll be messy to stir later and also it'll heat up more quickly. Running the cold tap until it is really cold is advisable....
Now we must leave it for 10 minutes. Time for a quick coffee and a vape.
We leave it to sit to give the trichs a chance to freeze which makes them brittle and fall off more easily. Make sure not to leave it somewhere too warm like in direct sunlight or on any underfloor heating....
Now that the preparation is out of the way it is time for the hard part. Now we need something to stir our mix with. I use a wooden spoon (something which wasn't included in the first pic) which works just fine....
We need to stir the mix well but not too violently. The first stir I find the easiest but it can still be very physical. You can get a washing machine which does all of the hard part for you which I would highly recommend. The mix should be stirred for about 10 minutes and will look something like this....
Then there is another little break. This time I had a 5 minute rest and another go on the vape. After that we stir the mix again for a couple of minutes. The mix should look something like this....
Now it is time to pull the bags from the mix and allow the water to drain from them. Now the second tub comes into play and I use it to set down the bags somewhere clean if I need to. After the bags have begun to stop dripping it is time to pull the 2 bags apart....
The 220 micron bag may never stop dripping as it will have melting ice inside so you will have to decided when you think that most of it has gone through. It's a bit of guess work but don't worry too much as we will be running it again in little while....
Now the next bit can be fiddly and a bit awkward and everyone seems to do it differently but it involves removing the hash from the bottom of the 25 micron bag. What I do is put my hand on the bottom of the bag, grab the hash paste through the mesh and then push my hand up through the bag which turns the bag inside out. As you can imagine, there was no way I could do that and take a pic at the same time lol.
One thing you will need us clean and cold tools. Here is how I keep the spoons....
Here are the bags after I got the hash out....
And here is some hashy water collected in the second bucket. This get thrown back into the mix after the bags have been reset....
I really must apologize as there was quite an important part there which I couldn't take any pics of as my hands were both busy and you have to be really quick with scrapping the hash off of the bags. It sets very quickly and you can lose a lot if you hang around. What we ended up with on the first mix though was this....
Now we put this into the 25 micron sheet with a tea towel underneath to soak up any moisture. Fold over the sheet and towel and press lightly to squeeze out some of the water. It only need to be done lightly....
And once it has been pressed it looks like this....
Ok, not too bad. Now we put the bags back together without making any mess. We want to keep the bottom of the 220 micron bag as clean as possibly so never put it down anywhere that isn't clean otherwise the hash will be full of dirt.
Once the bags are together and back in the bucket we can mix again. This time it can be more vigorous. I pretty much repeat the process but do it for slightly longer.
The next result looks like this....
A bit smaller but very nice still. Guess what we do now? Yep. Everything again. This time the result looks like this....
It still looks nice but has gotten a bit smaller again. By this point I am getting tired and impatient. We do it again but this time it's like an angry cave man....
It's getting smaller and I'm considering giving up. I know that there is more to be had though. We try one more time....
After this one I decide to call it quits and shut up shop for the night. It is now that I am wishing I had that washing machine as I know I could probably get more if I tried but it has been several hours since starting and my arms are knackered lol.
Today I weighed it and it comes in at 27 grams so that is an ounce of bubble hash. Definitely worth the effort but it is hard work.
I did my best to explain everything but if you have any questions then feel free to ask. I'm sure I've forgotten something.
Have a great day and happy growing everyone.
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Hey 420.
It is the end of the first week of flower and the chef hats have not fallen apart yet. The plants are doing well also....
The WSE Purple Urkle's and their explosive growth....
Really impressed with these 4. There's a little difference in appearance but so far there is not much between them....
The Orange Cane's are also doing well. At least I think they are. Can't see much below those leaves....
And Double D's is being Double D's. This one seems a bit less scraggly than the previous two. It would appear that she prefers to grow in soil than in coco as the outdoor plant is also doing better....
So that was day 7. I think in a couple more weeks this tent will be packed out perfectly. I remember the Orange Cane from before had a bit of stretch and also the Double D's is a bit stretchy. I think it will be good though and we could end up with a tidy canopy.
Hope everyone is well and keeping busy.
Happy growing everyone.
It is the end of the first week of flower and the chef hats have not fallen apart yet. The plants are doing well also....
The WSE Purple Urkle's and their explosive growth....
Really impressed with these 4. There's a little difference in appearance but so far there is not much between them....
The Orange Cane's are also doing well. At least I think they are. Can't see much below those leaves....
And Double D's is being Double D's. This one seems a bit less scraggly than the previous two. It would appear that she prefers to grow in soil than in coco as the outdoor plant is also doing better....
So that was day 7. I think in a couple more weeks this tent will be packed out perfectly. I remember the Orange Cane from before had a bit of stretch and also the Double D's is a bit stretchy. I think it will be good though and we could end up with a tidy canopy.
Hope everyone is well and keeping busy.
Happy growing everyone.
Chef's hats for the win!
Looking great Proff, hope you had a good weekend!
Looking great Proff, hope you had a good weekend!
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Cheers, Rex.
The weekend was good but really wet. I haven't checked on any of the outdoor plants for a little while but I know that they don't need a watering lol.
Hope you had a good one too buddy.
About the same, non stop showers, got nothing done on my to do list.Cheers, Rex.
The weekend was good but really wet. I haven't checked on any of the outdoor plants for a little while but I know that they don't need a watering lol.
Hope you had a good one too buddy.
Hit a snag this morning with a top up, batteries were dying in my tds meter. I should have caught it sooner, but nope...kept dumping nutes to get my ppm higher. SMH, put some "newer " batteries in, did a calibration....checked the res again. 3100 or so PPM
, then the automated pump kicked on for a feeding, just about soiled myself trying to unplug it So needless to say, while my res refills today the girls will have a bit of a drought. No harm, just wasted nutes.
So yup- I'll hit that!
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I had a similar problem with a faulty ppm meter. It kept telling me that the res was too acidic so I kept adding pH up. I kept going until something felt wrong but according to the meter it was still not enough. The plants took a really bad turn for the worst and by the time the new pH meter turned up they were a mess. It was reading a ppm of something like 12 lol. The plants didn't die but needless to say they had a little setback.About the same, non stop showers, got nothing done on my to do list.
Hit a snag this morning with a top up, batteries were dying in my tds meter. I should have caught it sooner, but nope...kept dumping nutes to get my ppm higher. SMH, put some "newer " batteries in, did a calibration....checked the res again. 3100 or so PPM
So needless to say, while my res refills today the girls will have a bit of a drought. No harm, just wasted nutes.
So yup- I'll hit that!
As opposed to the imperfect packing they're currently doing!
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You know what I'm like with those mega fan leaves lol. I can't wait to get snippy wid it.As opposed to the imperfect packing they're currently doing!