Thanks Shed. All the schedules are for weekly so I just assumed you would nute once a week and water with plain if needed in between. Is that not usually how it’s done? I’m new to synthetics in general as I use organics, which is monthly, for all my veggies and fruit trees.
When you say "weekly" do you mean they have a Week 3, Week 4, etc. schedule? That means feed every time.
Yes that what it says. Oh shoot, really? So they just mean feed that every water for that week? Oops
Rock on baby girl. I promise I will do better next time. That’s why I’m here, to learn how to be a better plant mama.
They will be at 110 days from germination so I feel they should be ready. I will try to get some more trich pics before then.
Thanks! I’m pretty happy for my first “no clue what I’m doing” grow! Now if I can just keep from ruining it during the dry/cure!
Looking scrumptious. My indoor plants close to thatHey everybody who’s following, how’s it going? I’ve been checking my plant every day and I think I decided I’m going to go ahead and harvest on Sunday. There’s a couple reasons I think it’s time. Let me know if you agree.
#1-The buds don’t seem to be getting any bigger, and I can maybe see some foxtails starting. No new pistols have appeared in a few weeks. The old pistols are completely shriveled up. The lower leaves are progressively yellowing.
#2-The temps going to drop for the next week with chances of rain so lower temps and increased humidity will help with my “box in a shed” drying method. It was 85F today and super dry and I don’t want to try to dry in that. This is prob one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to wait much longer.
#3-While I’m not sure if I see any amber trichs I do see what appear to be some degraded ones so maybe mine just aren’t going to turn amber. Or the LED light just isn’t the best at judging color. Or maybe I just suck at reading them, idk.
I checked my hyrogmeters with the salt slurry test, and they are pretty on, so will try to monitor humidity with venting/closing the large box I got to hang my plant in. I’m going to leave most leaves on to help slow the dry. All that abundance of sugar and single leaves it has in the buds should add a lot of moisture. Can add a humidifier or wet towels as needed. The 12x12 shed has one of those spinning vents in the roof and side vents so it will have some ventilation.
If anyone has any other ideas I’m open to suggestions. Wish me luck everybody!!
Hey everybody who’s following, how’s it going? I’ve been checking my plant every day and I think I decided I’m going to go ahead and harvest on Sunday. There’s a couple reasons I think it’s time. Let me know if you agree.
#1-The buds don’t seem to be getting any bigger, and I can maybe see some foxtails starting. No new pistols have appeared in a few weeks. The old pistols are completely shriveled up. The lower leaves are progressively yellowing.
#2-The temps going to drop for the next week with chances of rain so lower temps and increased humidity will help with my “box in a shed” drying method. It was 85F today and super dry and I don’t want to try to dry in that. This is prob one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to wait much longer.
#3-While I’m not sure if I see any amber trichs I do see what appear to be some degraded ones so maybe mine just aren’t going to turn amber. Or the LED light just isn’t the best at judging color. Or maybe I just suck at reading them, idk.
I checked my hyrogmeters with the salt slurry test, and they are pretty on, so will try to monitor humidity with venting/closing the large box I got to hang my plant in. I’m going to leave most leaves on to help slow the dry. All that abundance of sugar and single leaves it has in the buds should add a lot of moisture. Can add a humidifier or wet towels as needed. The 12x12 shed has one of those spinning vents in the roof and side vents so it will have some ventilation.
If anyone has any other ideas I’m open to suggestions. Wish me luck everybody!!
Looking scrumptiousHey everybody who’s following, how’s it going? I’ve been checking my plant every day and I think I decided I’m going to go ahead and harvest on Sunday. There’s a couple reasons I think it’s time. Let me know if you agree.
#1-The buds don’t seem to be getting any bigger, and I can maybe see some foxtails starting. No new pistols have appeared in a few weeks. The old pistols are completely shriveled up. The lower leaves are progressively yellowing.
#2-The temps going to drop for the next week with chances of rain so lower temps and increased humidity will help with my “box in a shed” drying method. It was 85F today and super dry and I don’t want to try to dry in that. This is prob one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to wait much longer.
#3-While I’m not sure if I see any amber trichs I do see what appear to be some degraded ones so maybe mine just aren’t going to turn amber. Or the LED light just isn’t the best at judging color. Or maybe I just suck at reading them, idk.
I checked my hyrogmeters with the salt slurry test, and they are pretty on, so will try to monitor humidity with venting/closing the large box I got to hang my plant in. I’m going to leave most leaves on to help slow the dry. All that abundance of sugar and single leaves it has in the buds should add a lot of moisture. Can add a humidifier or wet towels as needed. The 12x12 shed has one of those spinning vents in the roof and side vents so it will have some ventilation.
If anyone has any other ideas I’m open to suggestions. Wish me luck everybody!!
They look scrumptious. I'm lucky I can use my tent to dry if need be there's an empty closet but that will piss off the wifeHey everybody who’s following, how’s it going? I’ve been checking my plant every day and I think I decided I’m going to go ahead and harvest on Sunday. There’s a couple reasons I think it’s time. Let me know if you agree.
#1-The buds don’t seem to be getting any bigger, and I can maybe see some foxtails starting. No new pistols have appeared in a few weeks. The old pistols are completely shriveled up. The lower leaves are progressively yellowing.
#2-The temps going to drop for the next week with chances of rain so lower temps and increased humidity will help with my “box in a shed” drying method. It was 85F today and super dry and I don’t want to try to dry in that. This is prob one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to wait much longer.
#3-While I’m not sure if I see any amber trichs I do see what appear to be some degraded ones so maybe mine just aren’t going to turn amber. Or the LED light just isn’t the best at judging color. Or maybe I just suck at reading them, idk.
I checked my hyrogmeters with the salt slurry test, and they are pretty on, so will try to monitor humidity with venting/closing the large box I got to hang my plant in. I’m going to leave most leaves on to help slow the dry. All that abundance of sugar and single leaves it has in the buds should add a lot of moisture. Can add a humidifier or wet towels as needed. The 12x12 shed has one of those spinning vents in the roof and side vents so it will have some ventilation.
If anyone has any other ideas I’m open to suggestions. Wish me luck everybody!!
Thank you! I was actually just thinking of I could dry in a fridge at a higher temp. I’ll have to read the article later, I’m at work right now supposed to be working, LOL just taking a quick break to check to see if anyone has chimed in!
Weather is always a consideration for when to harvest, but I wouldn't harvest early to time out the drying. Indoor environments can always be manipulated in terms of RH. If the plants are still drinking as fast as they have been, I'd wait on the harvest. Besides checking trichomes, a plant that is drinking much less is getting ready for the chop.
Sorry couldn’t resist! But back to being serious, it’s hard to tell if she is drinking “like normal”. Our weather has been a little crazy lately. Almost 90 today, (feels like 110 in the sun despite high winds) few days ago it was in the 60’s. It’s been up and down like this for the last few weeks, and off and on windy. She hasn’t drank as much as I would expect given the last couple days in the 80’s with wind and low humidity. I’ll try to get some more trich pics tonight if the wind dies down.
Thanks Shed. I had seen a post where someone else used a dorm fridge, and the small freezer up top collected and froze any condensation so I’m hoping this will work as well. I will monitor humidity very closely with my hygrometers. It’s also why I am drying some in the traditional way as well. This first plant was supposed to be a learning experience, so I guess I will learn whether it’s going to work or not LOL. I’m just trying to make the best out of the circumstances I have, being as I’m limited to drying outdoors in the shed. After your input, I think I will take one of the paper bags with the smaller buds out and put them in the box with the hanging buds. Just to add another element. I have 3 remote hygro/temp meters I can monitor from the house, and I tested all of them with the salt slurry test and they’re pretty accurate.
Looking good you'll be toking soonOk I decided to split the difference and harvest 1/2 the plant. I definitely saw amber on the bigger buds. I tried to take some pics which i have posted below. All using natural light. The pics don’t always show it good because of the magnification it’s hard to get all them in one shot.
I’m going to try 3 different dry methods. 2 low and slow in a dorm fridge. One jar with screen top and two paper bags. And 1 hanging in a box in the shed.
I did do bud washing before and hung to dry for a hour.
I cutoff the top and the second biggest branch.
Not sure if I trimmed right? The low and slow method says to leave the sugar leaves on but these were so very leafy I went ahead and lightly trimmed.
I only removed fan leaves from the ones I hung in the box.
Just showing what I did with some of my fan leaves.
