Ive got 5 small grows under my belt (1-4 Plants Ea) and all looked and smelled great before harvest and ended up tasting horrible and being harsh smoke, smelling like hay, and not very potent. Ive spent a good 30 hours reading up on all aspects of the whole process over the years and want to do it right to a T this time and have you guys watch me as I undoubtedly screw up all my hard work again! ;P
Last time I flushed 10 days, Checked Trichomes until cloudy and a few amber, dried slow 7-10 Days, started curing when stem snapped but still had moisture inside buds and it was 60% in jars and let it breathe once a day.3 Weeks cure later it still ended up being garbage, not sure where I went wrong but will try to do each part perfect this time.
Here are my grow details:
1K HPS
14 Plants From Seed in 3G Pots
Pro Mix HP
Strain - Female seeds - Skunk Special, Pure AK, Blueberry Cheesecake, Sexbud
Temps - Day(20-26C) Night(15C-20C)
Humidty 50-65%
Nutrients - Pure Blend Pro Bloom Soil
Tap Water - 190PPM
I know the most important things that need to be done right in order are, I have done the research, I just need you guys to watch over my shoulder step by step this time.
1) Flush em! 14 Days before Harvest
2) Trichome Maturity (Cloudy/Amber) / Pistils Red/Brown
3) Drying as Slow as Possible 10-14 Days - Dark, Low Temp, Humidity not too dry
4) Cut in dark before lights on
5) Trim Fan Leaves when cutting down and dry Trim the rest of the sugar leaves later
6) Strain Dependant
Yesterday I started with step 1. I flushed 4-6 Gallons through each plant until run off was 300 or less. I used my Tap Water at 190 PPM, and Ph adjusted it to 6.2 I will watch and measure future run offs to and assume the the rest will be used up and flushed from run off over the next 2 weeks.
Yesterday Week 8 started, Planning on cutting at the end of 9 weeks, I know some plants might be done sooner or later so we got to be getting close pretty quick here.
I will post pictures and report the status before I do anything so I can take into consideration everyones input!
Heres some pictures of them so far. I had a lot of deficiencies, but thats another story and post!
Will pull out the 120X magnifying microscope and start watching the trichomes in the next day or so and report back here.
Last time I flushed 10 days, Checked Trichomes until cloudy and a few amber, dried slow 7-10 Days, started curing when stem snapped but still had moisture inside buds and it was 60% in jars and let it breathe once a day.3 Weeks cure later it still ended up being garbage, not sure where I went wrong but will try to do each part perfect this time.
Here are my grow details:
1K HPS
14 Plants From Seed in 3G Pots
Pro Mix HP
Strain - Female seeds - Skunk Special, Pure AK, Blueberry Cheesecake, Sexbud
Temps - Day(20-26C) Night(15C-20C)
Humidty 50-65%
Nutrients - Pure Blend Pro Bloom Soil
Tap Water - 190PPM
I know the most important things that need to be done right in order are, I have done the research, I just need you guys to watch over my shoulder step by step this time.
1) Flush em! 14 Days before Harvest
2) Trichome Maturity (Cloudy/Amber) / Pistils Red/Brown
3) Drying as Slow as Possible 10-14 Days - Dark, Low Temp, Humidity not too dry
4) Cut in dark before lights on
5) Trim Fan Leaves when cutting down and dry Trim the rest of the sugar leaves later
6) Strain Dependant
Yesterday I started with step 1. I flushed 4-6 Gallons through each plant until run off was 300 or less. I used my Tap Water at 190 PPM, and Ph adjusted it to 6.2 I will watch and measure future run offs to and assume the the rest will be used up and flushed from run off over the next 2 weeks.
Yesterday Week 8 started, Planning on cutting at the end of 9 weeks, I know some plants might be done sooner or later so we got to be getting close pretty quick here.
I will post pictures and report the status before I do anything so I can take into consideration everyones input!
Heres some pictures of them so far. I had a lot of deficiencies, but thats another story and post!
Will pull out the 120X magnifying microscope and start watching the trichomes in the next day or so and report back here.