Skybound's Journal

Skybound said:
I alternate between the bloom light and the veg closet, though in bloom I have the best circulation and extraction so I only hang them from my lines in veg while I'm cleaning in bloom. Thin branches are about ready to slow down after about 2-3 days and fat stacked colas at least a day longer in the breezy open air. This gets it all to below 70% quickly, then I slow it down when between 70% and 62%, at which point I try to hold it at indefinitely.
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that's a quick drying method I see other guys doing it that way low and slow is the best mine takes two weeks to dry in the refrigerator lol your next harvest take a branch after I day hanging like you do snip the buds from the stalk and lay them in a tray lined with parchment or waxed paper then into the fridge until dry about a week or more and see what your people think of it makes it smoother!
 
ilikemsticky said:
that's a quick drying method I see other guys doing it that way low and slow is the best mine takes two weeks to dry in the refrigerator lol your next harvest take a branch after I day hanging like you do snip the buds from the stalk and lay them in a tray lined with parchment or waxed paper then into the fridge until dry about a week or more and see what your people think of it makes it smoother!
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Does it require it's own fridge, or is it cool to share the space with other meats and produce?
 
Skybound said:
Paranoid till legalization.

Edit - would it work if in an air tight odor tight ziplock?
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no that wont work it needs air flow well that's out if I had to do it in the house the wife would complain you really need it to be in the garage or back porch something like that no that's not going to work in your situation if you have a closet that's in a cool place will help!
 
The reason I dry in bloom is because it's already set up to deal with the odors. It's more of a priority than a choice. I've been meaning to build a humidor. I have the sensors, PC fans, micro controllers and enough coding skills to put the project together, but I just never got around to it. I'm tossing around putting in a mini split, perhaps some shelving near room inlets in a chilled room might be a happy medium?
 
ilikemsticky said:
when your going to quit growing in a few years
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I'm hoping by 2020 TBH, but that assumes absolutely no major dents in my budget here to then. Growing is getting boring really. Chasing the stupid high goal of hydro high brix will keep it somewhat fun for the time but when, not if, legalization happens, the floor is going to disappear and I don't want to be standing on it when it does, so I need a new lane to travel in. The good thing about that is I can just troll everyone else's journal and speculate about what I'd do, lmfao!!!
 
Shows you how far back I was... I seen you say ALL pot was to strong for you????????? MAN I wish I was in them shoes................. And I was just looking at pics but seen that and had to say Id LOVE love to walk a mile in them shoes..............

I never learnt to read but did see talk of drying time..... Me depends on bud thickness and ambient R/H. I like 10 days till stem snaps,,, then bag and tag with a burping every 2 days till not needed... If the R/H is low and my shit drys to fast,, like winter time,, brown paper bags loosely rolled to slow process,,, if to long I fire a lightbulb/ incandescent, in the tent at the bottom with doors open. And hang shit out to help speed it up? I really should learn to read some.................
 
Norcaliwood said:
Shows you how far back I was... I seen you say ALL pot was to strong for you????????? MAN I wish I was in them shoes................. And I was just looking at pics but seen that and had to say Id LOVE love to walk a mile in them shoes..............

I never learnt to read but did see talk of drying time..... Me depends on bud thickness and ambient R/H. I like 10 days till stem snaps,,, then bag and tag with a burping every 2 days till not needed... If the R/H is low and my shit drys to fast,, like winter time,, brown paper bags loosely rolled to slow process,,, if to long I fire a lightbulb/ incandescent, in the tent at the bottom with doors open. And hang shit out to help speed it up? I really should learn to read some.................
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You must dry with no fan if your initial sweat is taking 10 days. Because I dry in bloom, I have the sweeping oscillating fan frequently blowing straight through my haul. I just let me cheese go 3 days in a mid 50s room, and I think they all went a bit too far. I only got 13 zips, but it smells great, just like Boo Berry cereal from the early 80s with a tinge of palm sweat, lol.

I don't think anybody would want to be cursed with my low tolerance. At no time can I ever really enjoy my high which itself gives it's own feeling of paranoia. I would love to be able to smoke a whole anything with other people, or even myself. Last week I attended a 420 event in my city and I brough 3 jammer doobs of PC with me. I ran into an old crimey and he asked if I brought any goodies and I said, shit yeah. So we worked our way to the fringe and I handed him the fattest one to spark. He took a couple 2-5 hits and passed it to me. Mind you, I did warn him before he even lit it that I am literally only going to take one hit of my own doob. So I took said one hit, but IDK, 5, maybe 10 mins into my lift I ditched that mofo and walked around for another hour alone before calling for a ride. I brought home the remaining 2 doobs and just gave those to another friend yesterday because I'm too nervous to smoke them myself and possibly get caught out there. I don't like being high around non-stoners. Maybe if I had my own land out in the country I could enjoy myself better, but with so many worries in life, I just can't mentally let go of some shit and those demons are always waiting for me to get blazed so they can pounce.
 
Skybound said:
You must dry with no fan if your initial sweat is taking 10 days. Because I dry in bloom, I have the sweeping oscillating fan frequently blowing straight through my haul. I just let me cheese go 3 days in a mid 50s room, and I think they all went a bit too far. I only got 13 zips, but it smells great, just like Boo Berry cereal from the early 80s with a tinge of palm sweat, lol.

I don't think anybody would want to be cursed with my low tolerance. At no time can I ever really enjoy my high which itself gives it's own feeling of paranoia. I would love to be able to smoke a whole anything with other people, or even myself. Last week I attended a 420 event in my city and I brough 3 jammer doobs of PC with me. I ran into an old crimey and he asked if I brought any goodies and I said, shit yeah. So we worked our way to the fringe and I handed him the fattest one to spark. He took a couple 2-5 hits and passed it to me. Mind you, I did warn him before he even lit it that I am literally only going to take one hit of my own doob. So I took said one hit, but IDK, 5, maybe 10 mins into my lift I ditched that mofo and walked around for another hour alone before calling for a ride. I brought home the remaining 2 doobs and just gave those to another friend yesterday because I'm too nervous to smoke them myself and possibly get caught out there. I don't like being high around non-stoners. Maybe if I had my own land out in the country I could enjoy myself better, but with so many worries in life, I just can't mentally let go of some shit and those demons are always waiting for me to get blazed so they can pounce.
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don't ever take acid!:laugh:
 
ilikemsticky said:
don't ever take acid!:laugh:
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just kidding maybe you should try some cbd dominant weed its low in thc that might work for you I no your not going to grow it maybe go buy a bag with some of the money you make from your crop what the hell or there are people on here growing it maybe a little trade would be in order!
 
I hear ya.. I know some peoples that really don't enjoy pot with others...... A doctor overseas did a study with pure thc,,, and they claim 95% or something didn't enjoy pure thc. all that sweats, paranoia, anxieties. If it wasn't for even small amounts of CBD's CBN's? and all the other part of cannabis it wood be downright uncomfortable... So they say???????????

And I know every now and then I get that feeling that isn't comfortable from the buzz I do feel.... Cull it...

That's really where you need to try lots of strains and get a cut from all even if only to throw away cus it ain't the 'one'. Find one''' and work with her..

That's easier said than done,,, hell 35+ years growing aand i till ain't found the one.... But I always been a do it all and it ain't enough... 15 years of heroin use kind of made my tolerances off the chart..... Now here in my 'older' years,,, Ain't doing the dope anymore,, over 15 years clean I still can't get high anywhere close to what I use to get... But I'll keep looking for the one'''''''''''
 
ilikemsticky said:
don't ever take acid!:laugh:
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I've taken plenty of acid and shrooms, but in these later years I admit my mental stability has greatly shifted to the point I won't drink, sniff anything or do anymore psychadelics. I don't mean to imply that I grew up, but I do recognize my own weaknesses and the way my thoughts have been focused these past couple years, doing acid, shrooms or anything that is known to accentuate bad thoughts would be BAD for Skybound.

Norcaliwood said:
That's really where you need to try lots of strains and get a cut from all even if only to throw away cus it ain't the 'one'. Find one''' and work with her..

That's easier said than done,,, hell 35+ years growing aand i till ain't found the one.... But I always been a do it all and it ain't enough... 15 years of heroin use kind of made my tolerances off the chart..... Now here in my 'older' years,,, Ain't doing the dope anymore,, over 15 years clean I still can't get high anywhere close to what I use to get... But I'll keep looking for the one'''''''''''
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I live about a 1/4 mile from a dispensary that has vape oils and buds. I just need to peel my ass off the chair, get to a Dr and get me a scrip. I wonder if DocBud can help a brotha out? lol Are there any other stoner doctors here?
 
The shit I traded some PC for was riddled with half developed seed. The high was okay and manageable, but IDK, it just wasn't right for my palette so I tossed it all in my coco oil attempt which itself came out half assed again, lol. It got me plenty twisted and kept me chink eyed every day for about the last week and a half, but anybody else I gave some to just said they were tasty, lol.
 
Honestly everything you say here about smoking dope fits me perfectly. Been there done that for several decades. Slow learner I guess. Paranoia- what a waste of time! Never mind all the other effects like burning red eyes that make people offer me bandaids for them (actually happened to me one night with some dude at a convenience store), sweats, shakes, heart attacks, endless imaginary health symptoms, confusion, uncontrollable munchies, self doubt and loathing, cloudy hangovers, etc etc.
I’m still looking for that perfect strain too. Mostly it’s an indica vs sativa thing.
I’d never smoke indica unless all the stars were absolutely perfectly aligned. So basically never- and then in only the lightest dose. Being out in the bush isn’t the answer either- the fear monster just pops up anyway, with a hundred different heads ha ha ha.
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The way I feel lately is I need to grow to live, but I don't need to smoke. So I grow for the scratch and just manage my thoughts and emotions with a clear head. If I ever get around to getting a MMJ card, I'll go to a dispensary and chat up the staff looking for suggestions. But I won't even consider growing something that I'd like, b/c I know nobody else would and I can't afford to be my only customer, lol.
 
Skybound said:
But I won't even consider growing something that I'd like, b/c I know nobody else would and I can't afford to be my only customer, lol.
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Hmmmm.... looking in mirror... ::hmmmm: Wanna buy some sativa by the pound cheap?
 
Anybody wanna take a stab at what I'm seeing? I suspect precipitation from using calcium acetate (eggshell/vinegar), and I suspect that it found sulfates and made gypsum. I also suspect there might be some conflicts of the Amino Acids too though. I think I'm just gonna bite the bullet and just dump all of my reservoirs again and mix them all for the 3rd time this week.

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