Colorado Growers Thread

[ME TED]

I use a radio shak scope60-100x. works great!!!even on the plant just takes practice. I'm gonna try the Hermit's method.
PEACE

 

[Balazar]

that shit is crazy!!!!!

How do you keep your roots from cloging the drains? I have a major problem with it. Roots will grow so dense they grown right down the drain tubes and clog them causing the buckets to overflow.

 

[StrictlyGateway]

How do you keep your roots from cloging the drains? I have a major problem with it. Roots will grow so dense they grown right down the drain tubes and clog them causing the buckets to overflow.

ha! i'd say that's a very fair question Medmc303. How DO you keep your drains clear? hell, how do you get any water in there...looks like a solid mass of goodness to me .

 

[MacGyver420]

How do you keep your roots from cloging the drains? I have a major problem with it. Roots will grow so dense they grown right down the drain tubes and clog them causing the buckets to overflow.

very carefully....



lol!

well first of all my dwc buckets arent recirculating so theres no drains to clog, only airstones - ive heard its okay to cut roots away that clog drains in NFT or recirculating systems just dont go crazy with it
and
to be honest with you im concerned that the roots on that plant grew too large myself there are 2 4inch airstones (running of a 45l air compressor) inside that root mass, you can see the 2 lines of tubing in the picture but the airstones are deep inside roots just grew all around them

i can still fit about 3 gallons of water into that bucket though so no worries! i do have to add about 1/2 gallon of water per day though because she drinks so much

i have to manually change resivors every week but since i only have 3 flowering plants right now (read legal limit) its not a big deal!

 

[Medmc303]

yes you can have a caregiver and grow yourself. you cant have your spouse as your caregiver because you'll be over your plant count in the house. I have a caregiver and I have my own crop its completely legit aslong as you stay to your numbers. I personally think this is the best becuase you can find a caregiver that gives you say a free oz a month thats a oz a month for free while you wait for your crop and a variety. that picture wasnt mine. I believe its on the first page. I have no clue how you would keep the roots from clogging the drains. If anyone is in the boulder area let me know we can get together I'm chill seems like everyone else is too

 

[MacGyver420]

ATTENTION COLORADO GROWERS



i wannna know how you guys cure your stuff when harvest time comes around so that it is a slow, quality cure

upside down hanging method for around 4 days to glass jars for a week or two is best ive come up with so far but to me things still dry too fast

 

[MacGyver420]

yes you can have a caregiver and grow yourself. you cant have your spouse as your caregiver because you'll be over your plant count in the house. I have a caregiver and I have my own crop its completely legit aslong as you stay to your numbers. I personally think this is the best becuase you can find a caregiver that gives you say a free oz a month thats a oz a month for free while you wait for your crop and a variety. that picture wasnt mine. I believe its on the first page. I have no clue how you would keep the roots from clogging the drains. If anyone is in the boulder area let me know we can get together I'm chill seems like everyone else is too

hey med the picture is mine i was tryin to explain it to ya in that post above!

 

[guest123]

ATTENTION COLORADO GROWERS



i wannna know how you guys cure your stuff when harvest time comes around so that it is a slow, quality cure

upside down hanging method for around 4 days to glass jars for a week or two is best ive come up with so far but to me things still dry too fast

4 days! I find one week is usually the minimum if I cut the branches close to the stalk, can be much longer if you leave the plant whole... ambient humidity around 50, no moving air, temps in the 70s. Some people seem too jar it very wet here... I learned in a very humid environment though, maybe a wet jaring is not as dangerous here cause so many folks are doing it.

 

[funkfingers]

I usually dry it for 5-7 days on a screen, and put it in a jar for 24hrs or until all the moisture from the stems redistributes itself to the rest of the herb. Then I take it out of the jar for another 12 hours or until it starts to get dry again, then back into the jar till all the moisture redistributes itself again. I then will take the lid off the jar once a day for several hours and repeat this process until the stems are dry enough to snap.

I should add, I trim when the plants wet, leaving the herb on small manageable branches, dry them on the screen like this. I then remove the branches before they go into jar.

This method seems to work pretty well and takes about 10 days. If I really want to cure it to the full potential. I'll leave it in the jar after
the stems are dry enough to snap, for a month or more, without opening the lid.

 

[funkfingers]

Pretty sure you can't have a caregiver and grow yourself, unless say you divvy up the 6 plant number,say you grow 1 veg and 1 flower, while he grows 2 veg 2 flower. You are only allowed to grow 3 flower and 3 veg per patient if you are a caregiver.

 

[alphaguru]

unless of course you have a higher plant count etc....

 

[Spacecadet01]

unless of course you have a higher plant count etc....

I second that...higher plant count is KEY!

 

[feltonmuggs]

Drying and curing, the FeltonMuggs way

So here's my method as it stands at the moment - I feel my curing process starts with the flush, at least 2 weeks of straight water that's I leave sitting for 24 hours to help eliminate chlorine and other additives and get the minerals and nutrients our of the plant. I don't even start to look at the trichs until the hairs are about 50% red. I'll chop when the trichs are 60-80% amber ( I like my meds narcotic and heavy for relaxing effects ).

Once chopped, only trim the large fan leaves that are easily accessible. I hang them from a round tomato cage for around 4 days until the stems are dry but not quite snapping yet. From the cage I do my one time real trim, get rid of all the fan leaves and collect the leaves with trichomes on them for a future use (tried BTO before with mild success, thinking of gettin the bubblator or bubble bag once my trich trim builds up to a decent amount).

So now we're down to the trimmed nugs that drop straight into a brown paper bag for 24-48 hours until the stems snap. And after the brown bags, can 'em and burp once a day for 5 minutes to make sure all no moisture returns.

Don't have a lot of pics to show results at the moment, a couple of my canned ISS in my current crop folder if you care to take a look. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions for improvement.

Thanks for letting me share

Good vibes, FM

 

[rmccinc719]

funk fingers is right. you cannot grow your six plants and then expect a caregiver to grow 6 more in your name. it's one or the other. plant counts based on doc recomendation are also part of that grey area every one talks about so you still have to be carefull. it's all good till they procetute you. then theres no grey area and they are going to go stright to the six plants as the laws states. this is the advise that robb corry and other top lawyers are recomending. your best defence is a positive offence don't even give them reason to look at you funny.

 

[Balazar]

For curing you can trim however you want. I trim the fan leaves and the larger leaves around the colas then hang upside down for a few days until the outside is fairly dry. Then I split it up into open mouth jars with lids. I open the lids every day for about 20-30 minutes until the stems snap when when you bend them. This seems to work well for me especially in the dry winter months.

For personal use do you really need more than 3 & 3? Variety is nice to have but in harvested usable medicine I know I can't use all of mine.

 

[funkfingers]

I usually puff around an ounce a week and 3 and 3 is not enough to keep me supplied perpetually. I'm not sure if clones count or not but I think they should re-evaluate the #'s maybe make it 6 and 6 or 8 and 8. So that if you were capable you could provide your own medicine all year round.

 

[StrictlyGateway]

Regarding the growing & having a caregiver....my atty, who is part of the handful that specializes, says absolutely. there defense is that there is downtime and you need somebody to fill in gaps.

the plant number thing is actually written into the law. i would agree that a very documented medical condition should be part, and 6 plants in flower vs. 99 would be easier to justify. the actual amendment is very short, an absolute must read IMO.

 

[StrictlyGateway]

ATTENTION COLORADO GROWERS



i wannna know how you guys cure your stuff when harvest time comes around so that it is a slow, quality cure

upside down hanging method for around 4 days to glass jars for a week or two is best ive come up with so far but to me things still dry too fast

Hey Mac420, I too got sick of the quick dries we have here and decided to combat it in the following manner...it has worked beautifully.

i purchased a grow tent that i use exclusively for dry/cure.
inside, i have a circulating fan (sometimes 2) on at all times. then i bought the CAP humidity controller. i plug an exhaust fan in for dehum (could use an actual dehum, if you want obviously), and a cheapy room humidifier. this way i can set humidity @ 50% and just wait....it works wonders, really. i hang my harvested and trimmed plants on branches. when the nug is not mushy and feels dry (which it does even @ 50%) i will cut the buds off the branches and put them into rubbermaids, i prefer long rather than tall so buds at the bottom aren't squished as they re-soften, then i sweat. cure is underrated.

 

[aceofspades]

Here's one for you, I have been growing these 6 plants, just vegging, since Aug. 1st. I just recently got the hang of cloning and I am at the stage now where clones are being flowered to tell sex of each (hopefully) Mother.
Unfortunately that was not the case and I have sorted the males from the females. But fortunately only 2 ( maybe ) ended up being males so I have 4 females.

My #5 plant has pre-flowers that it developed in veg, and now that the clones are sexed out my #5 turned out to have balls!!!

Has this ever happened to anyone? Should I ditch the #5?

Here are a few pics of said clones.

Hard to tell I know but it is ball ridden.

Here are the females

Now could it be that this strain which is California Skunk by Amsterdam Seeds is not stable causing the plant to react this way, or were the clones stressed and turned on me?

I have some femenized seeds that I want to drop and clone, so atleast I have backups, just thought I would get my experience with something a bit cheaper.

Ace

 

[funkfingers]

ditch the fem seeds, they are almost impossible to mother out without problems. IMo they are a scam.

most clones when they are stressed will throw nanners , not exhibit male characteristics from the flip.