Sqwheels' Perpetual 2L Hempy + Moms

GAM3R,

That's exactly what I'm thinking...but I have to remove those leaves and dry them...I'm trying to find best way to do that without getting it all over my fingers

What kind of hash are you talking? Mr.Krip has a vid in his journal shows how to make it with dry ice...that's what I'm talking about.

All tips/tricks are welcome...

btw, :welcome: to my journal

:peace:
 
Trim the sugar leaves and save. If your scissors get gummed up, get a 2nd pair. Keep on soaking in alcohol (rubbing) while you use the other. I'm sure you know about wearing gloves.....when they get stuck up, put them in the freezer and the hash will peel right off, make a ball and keep adding to it, then swap gloves. The tiny leaves don't have to be dried, just bag and freeze. A quart sized freezer bag is a good place to start. When ready to make hash pull out of freezer and do dry ice or gumby hash, both are easy. Being frozen helps the trics fall off easier.
 
Hmm, I just scrape scissors with a razor blade and wipe it on the edge of a med bottle. Eventually balling it all up.
 
OG,

Ya, I've done all that... the only thing new to me is the freezer thing, I didn't know freezing it would make it flake off. I always end up picking and peeling it off as much as possible and rolling into a ball. It tastes bad and burns badly. the chlorophyl taste is soo strong. I really want to try the dry ice method I saw on youtube. turns it to powder then you have press it.

Won't I get mold if I don't dry them before storage?? ...as little as I grow it's gonna take a while to accumulate enough to do the dry ice thing.

Thanks for the info :high-five:
 
Hi Bass,

Ya, I've done it that way...not what I'm talking about. See the video I posted.
 
Cool video! I want to try that, too. Great stuff going on, Sqwheels! Hope you are well. I want to make hash eventually, but right now I use my trim for baking (cookies/brownies). Edibles are great. Have you done them? I have a nice thread on making canna oil for brownies (or other cooking with oil recipes). Just another idea for you. :)
 
Hey, Sqwheels! I haven't been gone that long and can't believe how quick your journal is moving and how great you're doing! +REPS!!!

Also, sorry if I was the cause of any confusion on the origination of GLR, but just help clear things up, I did originally hear about GLR in Twelve's journal and when I switched to GLR, posted in my journal that it was largely based on the success I've seen from "others" here on 420. However, the article I posted (that you re-posted) was re-posted from another web site and not from Twelve's journal, which is why I didn't credit the source of the article.

Also, I did the dry ice method on my last round of making hash, and don't see any reason (yet!) to use any other method. I love it! :Love: It's quick, easy, and relatively clean. And, it was the best hash I've made, so far!

Keep up the great work! :welldone:
 
Hi Bass,

Ya, looks like the best method I've seen so far...I can't wait till I have enough trim to try it.

MrGMT,

ya, CRAZY!!
Your garden is a jungle!! Great Grow...I'll be watching

OG,

Thanks for the info...but shouldn't the trim be dry for this particular method? the maker doesn't go into how exactly it's made. there is a lot left out...like how much dry ice? he said he used 3oz of trim...it's gonna take me several harvests to get that much

Hey X,

Nice to see you...ya I really want to try that. Yes I've tried edibles, I'm on the fence about them. I can't regulate the dose as easy...sometimes they're too good, if you know what I mean. I'll go look at your thread :high-five:

Hi Mr.K,

Things are growing right along...I'm having a great time at it. Thanks for the +reps, much appreciated :Namaste:

"GLR", ya that whole thing was just a misunderstanding/not thinking on my part...I never intended on reposting that word.doc, but the topic deserved more thought/discussion (started up in 420fied's journal) and I was happy to share the info I'd found that I thought made good sense about the theory...I just didn't think to make any references when I was collecting any of the info. I appoligized to T/12 for the oversight, it certainly wasn't any kind of intentional slight...

I never was very good at book reports :rofl:

You'll have to fill me in on the details of how exactly you made your hash...the video was cool, but I still have a few ???

:peace:
 
Hi Folks,

Ok, so I'm a little dissappointed. My first 4 Wonder Woman harvested are completely dry now...23.8 g. That's all. The next 4 are almost dry, but they won't weigh any more than that. Really good smoke, I don't have any complaints there.
but,
I'm gonna have to rethink this...if I can only grow 8 or so months of the year I've got to bring the finish product numbers up some. At this rate I won't have enough to last thru the summer. And I already know from past experience that my current setup won't let me grow in the hot summer months.

So...I'm hoping the 6 armed PE that's in flower now will produce more, but probably not. Her branches range from 9-13".

I think I might have to veg a little longer to get a bigger plant into flower...these 8 Wonder Woman were only about 5-6" going in and finished between 11-14"...really nice plants, heavy/dense closely packed nugs, just covered with trics, all the way up the stalk, but small overall.

Also, I should probably switch to the 400w HPS I have...just worried about the temps in that room. I knew 400w MH wouldn't grow monsters but I need something more.

Definately have some things to reconsider around here...

Any thoughts you may have are always welcome.

:thankyou: for looking :peace:
 
sqwheels said:
Hi Folks,

Ok, so I'm a little dissappointed. My first 4 Wonder Woman harvested are completely dry now...23.8 g. That's all. The next 4 are almost dry, but they won't weigh any more than that. Really good smoke, I don't have any complaints there.
but,
I'm gonna have to rethink this...if I can only grow 8 or so months of the year I've got to bring the finish product numbers up some. At this rate I won't have enough to last thru the summer. And I already know from past experience that my current setup won't let me grow in the hot summer months.

So...I'm hoping the 6 armed PE that's in flower now will produce more, but probably not. Her branches range from 9-13".

I think I might have to veg a little longer to get a bigger plant into flower...these 8 Wonder Woman were only about 5-6" going in and finished between 11-14"...really nice plants, heavy/dense closely packed nugs, just covered with trics, all the way up the stalk, but small overall.

Also, I should probably switch to the 400w HPS I have...just worried about the temps in that room. I knew 400w MH wouldn't grow monsters but I need something more.

Definately have some things to reconsider around here...

Any thoughts you may have are always welcome.

:thankyou: for looking :peace:
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Sorry to hear you didn't get the yields you're hoping for and I do have a suggestion....

As I recall, you have a legal grow with plenty of space but wanted to use 2 L's simply because they're easier to work with.

Since you'll have a tough time maximizing the space while staying within the maximum allowed number of plants growing SOG style, perhaps you should consider going to a slightly larger container (maybe 1-2 gallon if they're workable for you?), veg the plants longer, and grow larger plants? You could also do a SCROG to help fill up the space.

Also, the way I made my hash was EXACTLY the way he shows in the video. I used a 220 bubble bag and shook out the trich's on a large, glass picture frame I had cleaned with alcohol beforehand.
 
Hi sqwheels.

I think you and Mr. Krip are on the right track. Larger pots and longer veg times should help.
I know the disappointment of not getting the yield that you expected.

I was just thinking that not growing in the summer heat (don't blame you for that) is a good solution for you. With that said, you really do need more yield.
Not only will you need smoke during the summer, but smoke enough to get you through your first harvest of the fall. I'm sure you have thought about all this, sooo what to do to get there?

Just thinking things over.

Space doesn't seem a problem...your room is great.
You have good lighting and air
If your limited by the number of plants you can legally have.
What you can physically handle. Thank goodness I have THsea.
Growing plants strains with better yields

After all that.......I think your and Mr. Krip are right. Bigger pots and longer veg times. If I can think of any thing else, I'll let you know. :high-five:
 
OldMedMan said:
Also you could TOP and FIM them so they would stay short and fat and have more yield. :high-five:
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With bigger pots and longer veg time. Understanding a little bit about your needs, I think you can't really avoid it and need to go with longer veg times. Understandably this creates more bud sites in general.

I take it you can't handle 5 gal buckets of water. But one thought in that direction might not require too much handling really. The 5 gal buckets with 6" netpots make it easier to handle if you went hydro via flow n gro or dwc or rdwc. You would need to set up pumping water in/out so you wouldnt have to lift. That isn't too hard to do if you have RO water nearby so you don't have to do any real lifting.

I don't know what you can get out of 1 gal hempy. But obviously it would be more if you added to the veg time and certainly with a top/fim.

I'm sure you'll work it out. Just come up with ideas on thing you think you might be able to handle and get feedback. I'm sure you'll get good thoughts from folks here and be able to decide.

God Bless.
 
Thanks guys---for the thoughts and suggestions.

My new plan of attack will be along those lines.

Slightly bigger pots, slightly longer veg w/ topping to get more colas, add the HPS in the flower room, as long as it doesn't get too hot in there.

I think my Wonder Woman mom is gonna produce a bunch...maybe I'll just bonsai all my plants and then flower them. Haven't quite decided yet, but that sounds like what I'll end up doing.

Thanks for the advice... :high-five:
 
Hi Folks,

Here's another Monday Update...

Thru the week I did a few things...harvested the last 4 Wonder Woman and just wanted to note the roots, this first one is of the rootball I pulled out of the 2L after it dried out for a couple days. It was compact but not rootbound at all.
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next is after I shook all the mix out of them...7 root bundles here from 2 different angles, they were still slightly moist and looked healthy to me
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It's been about 2 weeks, sorry I don't have my notes in front of me...can you see the little roots? water in a glass...a tiny bit of diluted clonex mix from the cloning I did that day, other than that I just kept the water level above the bottom 2 nodes.

this first one was taken 2 days ago...
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and today...you have to look down into the water, they are about 3/4-1" long now
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Once they start, they really take off. The other one hasn't gotten any roots yet, just tiny little hairs and what looks like a mild case of small pox, there weird bumpy spots all over the stem

Group shot of clones, all cut the same day...they are just about ready to leave the top off for good, two of them have been a little slow to respond.
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a couple close ups
WW
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PE
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Here's the PE I UBT'd to get that clone...she has responded nicely and is growing 4 little arms...I'll bonsai her as she grows up
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And the OG seedling ... about 3 weeks old now. I can't believe how much stretch there is between nodes, at least 1", but if I move the light any closer, she shows signs of tip withering so I have to keep it about 2" above her. As soon as I can UBT her for a new clone I will, then move her to 12/12 to determine sex.
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In the flower room...
a six armed PE 33-35 days 12/12, she needs that 45 day defoliation, man she's bushy with leaves
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and Wonder Woman bonsai mom, 7 days of 12/12... she just showed me her flowers on Friday...maybe there is something to the GLR helping them to flower quicker...I don't know for sure, but she's got lots of bud sites.
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I had to repot her, I put her in a 7"sq x 9" deep...she's got another 2-1/2" at the bottom for growth now, hopefully that will be enough, I don't want to repot again
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there was no way she was gonna like being in that 6" for another 60-70 days, here's what she had for roots
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Here she is after repot and I think what you call LST...I used bread ties and pulled her branches down and tied them to rubberbands I put around her pot, it seems to work well and they can easily be loosened and moved to accomidate growth. This let in much more light to the center and smaller sites...she's gonna be a bitch to defoliate in another 2 weeks :) I took several...I think she's pretty
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:green_heart:

Happy Growing Everybody
 
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