gorilla ganja
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Stay diligent, fight the good fight!
What he said.
Keep safe and keep at it. All the seasons hard work comes down to this harvest time.
Best of luck brother.
Peace GG
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OVERGROW THE JUNGLE!!!! 2016
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What he said.
Keep safe and keep at it. All the seasons hard work comes down to this harvest time.
Best of luck brother.
Peace GG
Purple Jungle
Member
Thanks for the encouragement 
Has anyone here had good results with fresh frozen plants? What's the best way to process them?
I really want to keep it to the woods, that's why I went along with alcohol...
Has anyone here had good results with fresh frozen plants? What's the best way to process them?
I really want to keep it to the woods, that's why I went along with alcohol...
Purple Jungle
Member
Got woken up by extremely violent winds. Hoping that things at the spot are doing fine... I will try to get a few more hours of sleep before I go. The weather the next few days should be partially sunny and windy, so I might be successful at drying outside 
gorilla ganja
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I don't have any experience with fresh frozen plants. But I am watching with interest. I have thought about using the freezer many times but always ended up drying.
As far as drying outside, strip off fan leaves and mold and break down into small branches. then hang out on rows of string in the sun if possible. Don't be to picky out in the field, you can clean it up later if needed, but getting rid of the big leaves and stems will help it dry faster.
If they get some decent sun and wind they can dry out in a few days.
Even if it gets half dried you can deal with it easier and continue to clean out stems and any moldy buds. You might be surprised at what you can get off those plants as far as decent bud still.
Peace GG
As far as drying outside, strip off fan leaves and mold and break down into small branches. then hang out on rows of string in the sun if possible. Don't be to picky out in the field, you can clean it up later if needed, but getting rid of the big leaves and stems will help it dry faster.
If they get some decent sun and wind they can dry out in a few days.
Even if it gets half dried you can deal with it easier and continue to clean out stems and any moldy buds. You might be surprised at what you can get off those plants as far as decent bud still.
Peace GG
PDX Dopesmoker
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Current mood: guerilla greenhouse 2017.
Guerrilla growing in an abandoned mineshaft is entirely feasible if you can figure out how to supply electricity.
Purple Jungle
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Proud of my guerilla shack skills
Proud of my guerilla shack skills
GDP's hanging, Blue Dreams in the ground.
Will follow GG's advice and break plants down to smaller chunks and I will move what's chopped elsewhere before the weekend.
Yet to check the BD's under the microscope, but I gotta chop them early next week, same procedure.
Proud of my guerilla shack skills
GDP's hanging, Blue Dreams in the ground.
Will follow GG's advice and break plants down to smaller chunks and I will move what's chopped elsewhere before the weekend.
Yet to check the BD's under the microscope, but I gotta chop them early next week, same procedure.
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I know what you did last summer
That's pretty rowdy
Purple Jungle
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I know right, I just set all my albums to private, thinking that photos will disappear from the posts, but they are still there. I wanted to keep them off until I am confident that things have settled down, I might have to delete them..That's a stolen billboard vynil ad
cause long story short, I was left with no other options... Took me 2h of night time craziness until I managed to take it down off a billboard by the road, hanging on the billboard and hiding from the traffic Being broke ain't no joke...
That's pretty Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles of you right there
Purple Jungle
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gorilla ganja
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That's a stolen billboard vynil ad
I know being broke ain't no joke, but do you really need any more heat or stress at this time?
One more tip from one guerrilla to another, grab green sheets instead of white. maybe a dollar or second hand store. They can be found cheap. And maybe build any more shacks under some forest cover. It looks like you have some awesome forest to hide in.
Edit: Forgot to mention, if your in a dollar store they have mesh laundry sacks that are great. Once you've half dried the buds you can stuff them in these breathable sacks and hang them under a large tree or tarp to continue too dry, if rain is coming.
Best of luck with the harvest. I can only watch now, I have 6 inches of snow on the ground already up here.
Peace GG
Purple Jungle
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I wrote a huge post, but I lost it, cause I started typing earlier, kept the page open for a few hours, finished just now and I got this message...
I gotta check on my GDP that's been in an airtight barrel since last night, so long story short:
Tarps are not available where I am at, plus I only have 100 bucks left... I have bought 5 vinyl billboard ads earlier, but ended up not using them cause the vendors have put all of their contact info on the back side. I am unable to come up with another solution or a place to dry, so I am going back to them, I will smudge the ads and vendors info with acetone... whatever the end result is, fuck it, at least I need rain protection. I was gonna build a proper shack, but didn't due to a variety of reasons, one of them being that I would have left a nice fat track to the spot. Good that I didn't!! (the footprints by the spot). I will look up the laundry sacks, great idea!
I decided to let the Blue Dreams go another week, they are beautiful and the smell is of another world. Pics soon.
Purple Jungle
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I realize I haven't checked in in a while and I want to write a proper post... but damn, I am busy as hell. Trimmed a few kilos of GDP and have been binning lots of bud since, went through every single bud a few times... Washed an entire garbage bag of moldy bud with alcohol...
The GDP that is saved as of now... turned out to be a not too good smoke. Lost color because of the high humidity I assume and also the taste is weird so far, like some schwag shit. Haven't had that before, I don't understand why, it's been ages since I cut it, chloro should have been out of the picture by now. It's still relatively moist though, as the RH is 80-90%, I have a fan blowing straight at it to keep away the mold.
My camera is acting up, the Blue Dream is stunning. I am letting it go until the end of the month at least. Almost no mold there
compared to the kushes. The few kushes that I didn't chop and freeze are to be washed with alcohol... they are devastated.
Being pressed by the prospect of losing year worth of work, I found a place to dry Dehumidifier, fans and heating!!!!!! It's a rather small room and I am not sure yet if I should hang branches or make some sort of shelves... I have around 40 plants still in the ground.
Movie's downloaded, time to trim, good morning Vietnam.
The GDP that is saved as of now... turned out to be a not too good smoke. Lost color because of the high humidity I assume and also the taste is weird so far, like some schwag shit. Haven't had that before, I don't understand why, it's been ages since I cut it, chloro should have been out of the picture by now. It's still relatively moist though, as the RH is 80-90%, I have a fan blowing straight at it to keep away the mold.
My camera is acting up, the Blue Dream is stunning. I am letting it go until the end of the month at least. Almost no mold there
compared to the kushes. The few kushes that I didn't chop and freeze are to be washed with alcohol... they are devastated.Being pressed by the prospect of losing year worth of work, I found a place to dry
Dehumidifier, fans and heating!!!!!! It's a rather small room and I am not sure yet if I should hang branches or make some sort of shelves... I have around 40 plants still in the ground. Movie's downloaded, time to trim, good morning Vietnam.
I realize I haven't checked in in a while and I want to write a proper post... but damn, I am busy as hell. Trimmed a few kilos of GDP and have been binning lots of bud since, went through every single bud a few times... Washed an entire garbage bag of moldy bud with alcohol...
The GDP that is saved as of now... turned out to be a not too good smoke. Lost color because of the high humidity I assume and also the taste is weird so far, like some schwag shit. Haven't had that before, I don't understand why, it's been ages since I cut it, chloro should have been out of the picture by now. It's still relatively moist though, as the RH is 80-90%, I have a fan blowing straight at it to keep away the mold.
My camera is acting up, the Blue Dream is stunning. I am letting it go until the end of the month at least. Almost no mold there
Being pressed by the prospect of losing year worth of work, I found a place to dry
Movie's downloaded, time to trim, good morning Vietnam.
That sounds like a lot of work all by your lonesome. Stay at it
Purple Jungle
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I give my best 
Should I be worrying about sub zero Celsius temperatures? Next Tuesday it might get to -1 during the night for a few hours.
Should I be worrying about sub zero Celsius temperatures? Next Tuesday it might get to -1 during the night for a few hours.
I'd be pulling everything you can out. At -1 there will be microclimates, some above freezing and others below. You might get lucky. The thawing and freezing and thawing again causes havoc. Plant material starts breaking down fast. More good cannabis is destroyed during and after harvest. Going through all that work and losing part of a crop is a bitch.
Purple Jungle
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GG, I'd love to hear your opinion as well, cause this situation really complicates things, I am not ready to pull everything. Yesterday I did one rack to test my idea out, so that's where I am at with it, I might be able to finish by Tuesday... somehow
I found different people having plants do OK below 0
Blue Dream is sativa dom, right? It would make sense that is not as well suited for such temps?
On the other hand, sub zero temps would not last more than a few hours at worst.
Another local weather forecast quotes +2 as the minimum for that night.
I found different people having plants do OK below 0
Blue Dream is sativa dom, right? It would make sense that is not as well suited for such temps?
On the other hand, sub zero temps would not last more than a few hours at worst.
Another local weather forecast quotes +2 as the minimum for that night.
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Strains are so hybridized now, even if they're sativa dominate no way to know how they'll react. I find with mold, frost, hybrids do better then sativas or Indicas.
If you're short on space on time worrying about it won't help, fix it next year. At least we'll all learn a thing or two. As far as the quotes above I'd take them with a grain of salt. I can imagine the plants being insulated by snow would be the best option, if they don't mold when it melts. But I'm a perfectionist, I want my plants to be perfect.
With the frost I'd expect lower potency, less terpenes, but you'll still have harvestable material which should make fine hashish. Guerrilla farming, if you pull through with a % of kill buds and don't get ripped, harvest is a happy time.
I'm outdoor, not guerrilla, in a medical state. I got hit by a couple rainstorms, most of it came out fine. But when I'm trimming the big top colas, I'm finding them marbled with mold. Nothing pisses me off more then ripping apart my nicest tops to separate the good from the garbage.
The tray idea ia good, getting creative and saving money is essential. One year when I went guerrilla I had to hang my entire harvest in my room. Bought some cheap twine and strung it everywhere. When I woke up there was a cola 6 inches from my nose. I'd have to roll off the bed, crawl around on the floor to get my clothes and get to an area I could stand up. It was great!
If you're short on space on time worrying about it won't help, fix it next year. At least we'll all learn a thing or two. As far as the quotes above I'd take them with a grain of salt. I can imagine the plants being insulated by snow would be the best option, if they don't mold when it melts. But I'm a perfectionist, I want my plants to be perfect.
With the frost I'd expect lower potency, less terpenes, but you'll still have harvestable material which should make fine hashish. Guerrilla farming, if you pull through with a % of kill buds and don't get ripped, harvest is a happy time.
I'm outdoor, not guerrilla, in a medical state. I got hit by a couple rainstorms, most of it came out fine. But when I'm trimming the big top colas, I'm finding them marbled with mold. Nothing pisses me off more then ripping apart my nicest tops to separate the good from the garbage.
The tray idea ia good, getting creative and saving money is essential. One year when I went guerrilla I had to hang my entire harvest in my room. Bought some cheap twine and strung it everywhere. When I woke up there was a cola 6 inches from my nose. I'd have to roll off the bed, crawl around on the floor to get my clothes and get to an area I could stand up. It was great!
