Farm Life With Snype!

[Snype]

Yeah I like all the information that you are giving me. I don't think I will be weaving this time at least. With all the SuperCropping is topping it will just be too hard to figure out all the data. I'd rater do it if I can't keep the plants down by SuperCropping and LST into the PVC screen. I will be setting up the SCROG with PVC any day now. I just SuperCroped before I took these pics and the lights also just came on. Today is day 8 of Flower and those cages are 23" tall. I'm only going to make the screen 3.5' x 8' but I know I would do better with it longer but I don't have the space because I need to move around too. this space is temporary and only for 1 more crop after this one while I'm rebuilding a floor for the next couple of months. No defoliation was done as of yet but I will be pruning within the next couple of days right before I get the SCROG up. Wish I had better pictures with better lighting but in person they are nice.

 

[Crooked8]

They look great, id def shoot for 5 ft wide if you have 1k bulbs. I have to work with a similar situation though. My middle row is a 3x3 and a 2x4 tray under 1k bulbs and i try to spread the canopy as far as possible. On either side i have the 4 x 8s and i try to hit the 5x 10 if i can. Sucks when you dont have the space to move around i know all too well. I have to slide around on my stomach on one of those things a mechanic uses to get under cars. It can be difficult lol.

 

[silver hawaiian]

Excellent info Crooked8, thanks!

And Snype, thanks for the digs!

 

[otis33]

your canopy is lookin full and even in those buckets ...I recently discovered the magic of scrog. I'm still dialing the technique, but am having stellar results thus far.

 

[Snype]

They look great, id def shoot for 5 ft wide if you have 1k bulbs. I have to work with a similar situation though. My middle row is a 3x3 and a 2x4 tray under 1k bulbs and i try to spread the canopy as far as possible. On either side i have the 4 x 8s and i try to hit the 5x 10 if i can. Sucks when you dont have the space to move around i know all too well. I have to slide around on my stomach on one of those things a mechanic uses to get under cars. It can be difficult lol.

The room that the plants that I showed in the pictures is where I sleep. I just finished a 2x3" wall with velcro painters tarp so I don't have to sleep with 3,000 watts in my face anymore. It's been real annoying. My other RDWC rooms are 12 buckets for every 2,000 watts with no SCROG. I gotta figure out if a SCROG can work with all the other lights. I do have 5'x10's for the 6 other systems in my big room and another room where I have 5x8's for every system in that room. I don't know if I will be able to walk around SCROGS in the other rooms so I'm trying to figure it all out. It's very obvious to me now why SCROGS easy yield more.

 

[Snype]

This will sound kind of crazy to some of you but my 3 year goal after this New Years is to harvest 1,000 pounds and retire. In my growing career so far I've produced somewhere around 500 pounds and that took me 20 years. The next 3 years will include 3 indoor locations and some outdoor locations as well. I will be keeping track of all weights to know how I am doing. If I am falling behind, then I will have to catch up by adding more lights and if I am doing better than I thought then I will have some room for errors. Of course I will not be doing this by myself. I have been working on relationships with certain older individuals and teaching them my techniques. I think it is easier to teach people my techniques with people who have never grown and that's what I am doing. People who already grow seem to have many handicaps. The last 20 years has been nothing but practice for what is coming.

 

[silver hawaiian]

This will sound kind of crazy to some of you but my 3 year goal after this New Years is to harvest 1,000 pounds and retire. In my growing career so far I've produced somewhere around 500 pounds and that took me 20 years. The next 3 years will include 3 indoor locations and some outdoor locations as well. I will be keeping track of all weights to know how I am doing. If I am falling behind, then I will have to catch up by adding more lights and if I am doing better than I thought then I will have some room for errors. Of course I will not be doing this by myself. I have been working on relationships with certain older individuals and teaching them my techniques. I think it is easier to teach people my techniques with people who have never grown and that's what I am doing. People who already grow seem to have many handicaps. The last 20 years has been nothing but practice for what is coming.

They don't have their own bad habits that they insist are the way to do..

Best of luck on your goal! I'll be watching

 

[Snype]

Tent Update
Every plant in the tent was harvested by Snypette except KK StarDawg which is almost done. I was surprised how fast everything finished. Today is 63 days. I've also been drying, sweating and curing the pheno's. I just don't want anyone to take what I said before the wrong way about this crop. All the pheno's are really good and most other growers would probably find a keeper in here. As it cures is seems like it is getting stronger. Every pheno has great flavor which is a rare one for me when searching pheno's. I also have to take into account that this was just my first grow with these pheno's and there is no way that I dialed in each individual pheno to the best of my ability. I can probably get more out of them with future grows but I'm already spoiled with what I have. For me to keep something, it is going to have to be amazing. The more MOMs that you have, the more tied down you are because you have to keep these MOMs happy all of the time. I only grow soil MOMs so it is a lot more work for me personally because I hand water everything. I'm very anal on how I want my work done so it can be hard for me to depend on other helpers because not everyone thinks about things the same way. Like I said before, my MOMS don't see stress. That's because the VEG rooms is where I'm at most of the time. That's actually where I am typing this now, next to my WD-40, Lightning, White's and Illuminati:

Look at Illuminati:

It's been 16 days of Veg and I've been working on her every few days. I'm pretty sure those are trichomes on the leaves.

 

[Crooked8]

With 3/4 inch pvc and fittings you can virtually scrog anywhere any size you want. Can it be obtrusive? Oh yeah.

 

[Snype]

Got all my supplies to make the SCROG! Probably going to take me a couple of days to make it. I want this screen looking perfect!

I kept some tent pheno's that I'm going to keep around for further testing which include:

Motorbreath #6
Motorbreath #7
StarDawg #6
StarDawg #9
KK StarDawg

Some of the other pheno's are still around and Snypette is growing them out this run. Also Snypette is going to take over the Oil / BHO side of the business. She is buying a BHOgart and all the tools and pumps that she will need to make high quality oil and shatter. I'm sure she is excited about her new venture and I am excited for her!

 

[Crooked8]

Im excited to see how this goes, following along bud.

 

[Snype]

Just some cool things around here! Here is the wood burning stove that I use to cook all my winter meals. I cook many lamb legs in this oven all day long. I slow cook all my meat for many hours at a very low temperature. The meat falls right off the bone and has so much flavor:

These are some type of African Hens that we just got:

Here are a few pigs but we have many more:

And the hay is all stocked up for the winter for the animals:

How about this sign that we found:

Nothing beats farm life!!!

Taking care of the farm is more work than I thought but it is very enjoyable. Most of the work that I do is not work and is fun.

 

[Crooked8]

You lucky sob. I really want farm life, with lamb legs..........

 

[Snype]

Sweating
Warning, this method can be very dangerous to anyone who doesn't have an understanding of what is going on. It took me years to perfect this method. You can go from top quality to shit very easily if you don't know what you are doing.

Sweating is not an easy method to teach. For those who do not have time to check on the product on a 6-12 hour basis should just hang until the stem cracks. I have ruined many pounds trying to figure this method out but I don't ruin anything now.

The amount of product will determine how you will treat your paper bags. The smaller grocery bag that you see in the pictures will fit around a half pound of buds still on the stems. The bigger one can fit over a pound. I use even smaller bags for 3 oz or less. Even the thickness of the paper will change your method of approach so it's best to become familiar with a specific brand so you can have similar outcomes.

Your environment will also change your method of approach. As you can see there are many variables at play in sweating so it can be very hard to explain to you guys so that you can have amazing results.

The main goal is to hang the trimmed plants and not to let the outside of the buds feel dry for at least 3-4 days but not more than 7-10 days. When I say the outside of the buds feel dry, the plant is actually soak and wet. I leave the buds on the stem but if some are too big to fit in the bag, I cut them in sized that will fit in the bag. I gently stack the branches into the bag trying to let as many pockets of holes as I can by how I arrange the buds. If some of the buds are extra large and dense, I make sure to put those ones at the top of the bag because they will contain the most moisture. Depending on how much product is in the bag and how dry to the touch that it is will determine when the bag needs to be closed. It could take more than a day to close the bag in some situations or in other situations you may have to close the bag right away. It is very hard to explain. What your goal is in this stage is you don't want the outside of the product to be soak and wet. You want it to be very slightly wet. You are opening the bag until the top product in the bag feels dry to the touch. Then you close the bag. When the product at the top of the bag feels wet again, open the bag and repeat. If you do it right, the product won't be ready to leave the paper bag for 5 days to 2 weeks.

As it gets harder for the product to get wet, you fold the bag closed as far as you can. When it can't wet up in the bag anymore, you apply this same technique in a jar which can take another 2 weeks. You know you are getting close when the product feels dry but is somewhat spongy. In all these situations I don't the product ever feel too wet. It takes a lot of experience but that's the main goal. Try it sometime.

You lucky sob. I really want farm life, with lamb legs..........

I believe that anyone can have farm life if they make the right sacrifices. Those sacrifices may include going far way from your past.

 

[Crooked8]

I love the paper bag technique. Snype, not sure how far you are from a home depot but they have those grass clipping/yard waste paper bags there. HUGE. I love em. They're like double thick too so they seal even more. Ive fit like 3+ in em. Paper bag of any form is the ticket though to a perfect cure. I agree they need a watchful eye. Cant let it get too dry or bam flavor loss.

 

[silver hawaiian]

Agreed, definitely dig the paper bag method. Probably worth pointing out that seasonal conditions (winter, summer) play a big factor in how often to check back/how open to leave the bags. Great method!

Snype, do you use any sort of hygrometer to measure RH within the containers once you seal 'em up?

Great stuff per always in here

 

[Snype]

WD-40
Day 17 Veg

 

[Snype]

White Lightning
Day 17 Veg

 

[Snype]

Illuminati StarDawg / Nag Champa Kush
Day 17 Veg

 

[Snype]

The White / Triangle
Day 17 Veg