[FlowerFarmer]

Originally Posted by gmanwho

I think its time for a trimmer. thinking of getting the trim pro rotor. anyone have any suggestions?? seems to get some decent reviews an good for middle an lowers.

Ran a rotor for a while. It'll get the job done for mids/lowers, but I'd advise against it. Just baths the flower around in their own juice and ultimately ruins your nugs. They come out darker and nowhere near as quality as a dry trim. They dry too quicky off the stem and aroma is lost.

My machine was getting beat up and haggard so your mileage may vary, but I just can't bring myself to run anything through it anymore. Perhaps it needs a good cleaning and adjustment but doesn't seem to even cut very well anymore.


I'm a one man band and now I'm going to be approaching things a little differently. I'm cherru picking large tops and stripping fans and hanging.. then attack whats left of the plant and stripping fans and hanging whole (for the most part). This will allow me to reload the room faster then wet trimming, and quality will be way superior, aroma & bag appeal preserved drying on the stem as opposed to de-boned wet to dry on rack... I've took the gamble and splurged on a GreenBroz Dry trimmer (standard size). I'll be sure to keep you posted over the next 2 weeks as I play with it. My crop is coming down now to hang for a week and we'll see how she does.



Awesome show by the way.

[westtexas]

These r old pics....how did the grow finish up? Do u still use the misters w a pH of 5.6... Interested mostly in the pH question...Tia....blessed be he who partakes

[westtexas]

Was referring to last yrs grow...sorry

[SwampyTHC]

I am in awe of your grow my friend outstanding the stardawg looks beautiful adding that to my to do list

[k-grower]

what is that chrome colored thing hanging from roof, something to do that moisture autopilot? how long have you vegged those plants in first page pictures?
big and nice grow

[gmanwho]

Originally Posted by FlowerFarmer

Ran a rotor for a while. It'll get the job done for mids/lowers, but I'd advise against it. Just baths the flower around in their own juice and ultimately ruins your nugs. They come out darker and nowhere near as quality as a dry trim. They dry too quicky off the stem and aroma is lost.

My machine was getting beat up and haggard so your mileage may vary, but I just can't bring myself to run anything through it anymore. Perhaps it needs a good cleaning and adjustment but doesn't seem to even cut very well anymore.


I'm a one man band and now I'm going to be approaching things a little differently. I'm cherru picking large tops and stripping fans and hanging.. then attack whats left of the plant and stripping fans and hanging whole (for the most part). This will allow me to reload the room faster then wet trimming, and quality will be way superior, aroma & bag appeal preserved drying on the stem as opposed to de-boned wet to dry on rack... I've took the gamble and splurged on a GreenBroz Dry trimmer (standard size). I'll be sure to keep you posted over the next 2 weeks as I play with it. My crop is coming down now to hang for a week and we'll see how she does.



Awesome show by the way.

hey flower farmer well i did get the trimpro rotor, abit slower then some of the other "air turning" trimmers. some of the trimmers that use wind to turn the buds around seem pretty abusive. the rotor has these leather fingers that push the buds around. my only grips right now with it is it seems to push the flowers around faster then i would think is necessary. i thnk i may mod the trimmer finger motor with an adjustable speed control.

i would never use it on choice middle an uppers. i ran 15 gallons of lowers in about an hour or so. i do lots of lower pruning throughout the veg an into day 30 of flower. an i still had a lot of lowers to run. 2ndly the trim from the machine was some realllyyyyyyy nice product to run bubble or oil.

i have 3 rooms going, most have no idea about the workload involved. still all within my flowering numbers. the trim pro probably saved about 30-40 man hours, atleast. that time led me to clean, an reload, then relax. i work, alot, so i then can fuck off in between.

i guess what it comes down to is .... whats your time worth??? to each is own. funny part, there was not 1 person who noticed any difference. i shaved atleast a solid day, day an half off trimming.

hey man good look with your new endeavors. be well a bsafe...

[gmanwho]

mr falcon.. love the captains daughter too. they are about an hour from my house.

k grower.... prob the chrome thing is the tempature an co2 sensor for the climate controller.

westtexas, im abit exhausted atm so im trying to remember the 5.6 ph with the misters. maybe i read wrong, but the misters are working well, but i dont ph the misting water. i keep my room at 62-65%rh during lights on an everything is well. as for the ph of 5.6,if your talking about the nutrient solution?? well then i ph to 5.6 an let it ride to about 6.1, 6.2, then add ph down to 5.6ish again an let it ride up to 6.2 again. takes about 4-5 days, sometimes 2-3, sometimes over a week. depends on what going on.


thanks eveyone for stopping in with the praise, its been a ride, still more changes coming an new genetics always revolving.

still need to get some pics up, been doing some additions to the 3rd room, autotop off rezs, water leak alarms with auto shut offs. climate control, condensate pumps for the dehumidifier an new mini split install. sealing doors, prepping for winter. passive intakes with scrubbers. building new veg rooms. setting up a seed tester tent, planning on making some crosses an f2's....... lots of stuff. i need to clone myself....

bsafe everyone ....

[Medium Pimpin']

Dude, you are crushing this run !!
I rock the recharge myself, it def kicks ass and is easy.
Happy Harvey!

[gmanwho]

medium ... ya the recharge is something else. lately when i have time i take a gallon of distilled water, 2-3 full scoops of recharge, 2 tbsp of hi-brix molasses, an bubble it hard for about 36 hrs. i find when you first start to bubble it i only allow say 1/3rd of air flow to the airstone, after 6-8 hrs i can do 1/2 to 2/3rds valve open, 20 hrs its open 100% otherwise it foams all out of the bucket onto the floor up walls etc.... care for a foam party laddies??

cant stress enough how healthy an large the root systems been getting. gotta gete som more photos up over the weekend.

bsafe

[nastynate420]

What do you think about the hanna 83225?