BluPitt
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Evenings will definitely get cooler in the house/tent so it’s good to know that I’ll be in a good range with temp and RH for a slow dry.
The Real Truth About Slow-Drying Your Harvest
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Evenings will definitely get cooler in the house/tent so it’s good to know that I’ll be in a good range with temp and RH for a slow dry.
Ganjagrandaddy
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Now comes the anxious waiting. lol. soon be enjoying your own , cared for Cannabis
Hard bit then is.... , Do you grow the same again ? or treat yourself to some variety and differing highs ??.
I can highly recommend Barneys Farm Seeds. Great catalogue and some beautiful genetics . Never had a bad or wrongly advertised strain so far and are so forgiving and hardy. personal experience of their end product is top notch. Red diesel or Liberty Haze as easy , productive "feet wetters" for their genetics to start you off but they are honest in their adverts for strains so enjoy having a gander ( for hours on end......) at the budporn and choices. Good luck.
Hopefully see a smoke report of your success on this one in the strains forum. Get some pics and journal and enter the comps , in it to win it and there are always some great prizes. As a new grower you can enter comps after 50 likes . hopefully see you on the shortlists for votes soon.
How much do those c vaults cost are you in Canada by chance ?Hey hey
From what I understand, you really want to cure them a minimum of 2 weeks but can get benefits with curing up to 6 months!
Have you heard of cvault? I’ve got 2 of them ready to cure my first harvest to perfection!
Hope that helps
SlyTown420
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They run $25 USD for the small one so $33 CAD.
damnit. it did. thank you for letting me.know . i did struggle to post it too. not sure what happened but......
here goes again , sorry
So cont.........
No nutes for last week of the grow to force her to start on the stores in her leaves .Dont flush at all. ( Will keep feeding when the plant needs it the most in her cycle ( flushing is a huge myth gone mad!)).
Remove Her as complete as possible inc root ball.
Hang Her uncut with NO LEAVES removed yet. She will cannibalize over the slow drying period and convert anything left into carbs for her precious flowers. Hence one reason no need to flush. It is leaf matter containing chlorophyll that creates the harshness to dried too fast weed. If you also trim wet then so much leaf matter gets left in the finished buds by way of sugar leaves trimmed off and not plucked once dried.( Not everyone's before i get lynched...).
Hang her in good circulating air with a fan assisting to move the air around but not the plants. The idea is to exchange the air to avoid any chance of mildew spores finding a good home. The ideal temp for me is below normal room temp around 18-19°c ( I use my attic space so has cold air for most of year coming through eaves)
The rh is not a big issue if you keep the clean , fresh air circulation going and the fluid will eventually be used up by her last breaths of love to her buds ( No chops or trim keeps the networks of mobility for the fluids open , allowing for all fluid to be used up rather than trapped within the chopped stem/leaves to rely on evaporation to remove it.
This slow dry to snappable can take between 10 and 14 days easily but does make up for it with not needing long to final cure.
Once dry then the trim removes all the leaves at their base , even within the buds that are growing outward( makes sense when you do it !) , which is a real pain in the ass but the sugar leaf and trim make amazing hash easily so no waste of trichromes at all.
A longer more frustrating trim is a small price to pay not smoking "alfalfa" after all that love and hard work to get those terpenes active. Result is always a great success using this way and the science supports a lot of the concepts too. Please research any of the methods for a more comprehensive and understandable explanation than my ramble. lol
hope it helps. peace
a couple of low and slow dried buds from my last barneys farm grow as an example. good luck and enjoy
all down ,dry and ready to trim
So sorry when you cut axe her. You lesve on all leaves even big fans when hanging ?
And one more thing please how many grams wet can you do or put in? Do you trim wet and put the buds directly in the vault right from chopping ?
Wonder if putting a few ona de odourizer blocjs out in room
Would be enough to take the darkness away a bit . Ona are great .
SlyTown420
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Here you go!
Might look into it the large sized one or two mediums ? Thanks how many times have you used it ?
SlyTown420
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I've used mason jars but I am moving to these--everyone swears by them.
Ganjagrandaddy
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no worries mate. I personally leave everything as it seems she can use those leaves well too. It is all about keeping her pathways and immobile factories working as long as possible after being up-rooted. Stress being starved of light , nutes and normal cycle is high for her. trimming wet halts her ability to use the chlorophyll she stored for this whole reason. It seems logical that if the plant hits enough "removed" storage depots , her response will be panic and potentially induce a quicker "death" .This means she can no longer convert the goodies saved for a rainy day moving it through her system. Any chlorophyll left gets trapped and creates a harsh taste once dried. Trimmed-in sugar leaves ,if too big, also can affect this. "Pluck em out and hash em." philosophy for any removed material.
good luck
