crazyMIman
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nice plants
Harvest Time: A Tutorial
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Cap'n Jack
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I recognise that plumber and horse combo...
From a house in a more temperate climate.
From a house in a more temperate climate.
Cap'n Jack
Member
To the calcium deficient dude..
Epsom salt...
And a copy of "Marijuana garden savers guide"
Epsom salt...
And a copy of "Marijuana garden savers guide"
ganjaluvr
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Fucking beautiful man.. now thats a work of art right there if I've ever seen one. Absolutely beautiful man.. excellent job!
Nice!
ganjaluvr
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lovebubblehash
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have a lemon skunk plant flowering its nearly finished and notided little yellow banana shaped pistils coming out of buds . i seen an article that said sensimilia plants often try to pollenate therselves at late stages of flowering . and to just pull them off when u see them ? im confused and dont want to ripp things of the buds? need help its my first grow 
little yellow bananas hold pollen. they are a bad thing at this point. being nearly finished though there is not much to be done about it. some people do pick them off. i never bother. you may end up with a few seeds. this won't be a problem, other than you will have a few seeds.have a lemon skunk plant flowering its nearly finished and notided little yellow banana shaped pistils coming out of buds . i seen an article that said sensimilia plants often try to pollenate therselves at late stages of flowering . and to just pull them off when u see them ? im confused and dont want to ripp things of the buds? need help its my first grow
lovebubblehash
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i think the plant is finished the hairs are 70 percent brown/orange and can see crystals and buds are crispy and really strong smell i flower for 80 days i flushed it for 2 weeks 11 hours light 13 dark on 400 watt sodium and leaves are starting to go yellow and brown do you think i shud start snipping?
lovebubblehash
Member
will the bud be the same strength and does this mean its sex has changing?
citystars1117
Active Member
My question is the first few pages he has the buds just like on a rope. first few times I grew I used a plastic bag and hung them inside of that....but when the dried they still where like a little wet and soggy. is there any real RIGHT way of doing this?
NEVER ALLOW PLASTIC ANYTHING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH CANNABIS. (not yelling, just wanted to emphasize the importance of this) Plastic is statically charged easily, which gives it the nasty tendency to draw resin glands away from the flower upon contact. Anyone who has used a plastic bag to store cannabis has seen proof of this in the layer of cyristals that remain clinging to the sides. Many plastics are composed of polymers that can bind to resin glands--this becomes problematic when using plastics to perform extractions (especially sub-critical), and furthermore the storage of the extracted product (oil, bubble) in plastic vessels. It is also possible for certain polycarbonate plastics to leech chemicals which are potentially toxic--especially when torched. Plastic is also porous, allowing air penetration. Now you don't have to take my word for it, but from what I have seen, smelled, and tasted, the best bet is to leave the plastic at the store. Glass, glass, and glass. And quality glass too--old/cheap glass (while aesthetically/financially pleasing) may contain led, and although I cannot imagine temperatures rising high enough to allow the glass to leech led (while leaving the contents undamaged), who wants their meds around leds? Not me. Clean glass is the way to go in almost any situation pertaining to cannabis.
There is no "RIGHT" way of doing anything...however there are the RIGHT qualities that must be achieved (which are detailed at the very beginning of this thread)...and one way not to achieve them would be...using plastic!
Fdd2blk...your drying/curing principals are very similar to mine. I begin curing as soon as you can smoke it, yet the stem is still bendy/stringy. This is when the jars come out...the first several weeks of which is extremely labor intensive...mainly because I have found the best results from using the pint size jars...lol I know, this gets even worse because this is what I do...it sounds like way too much work, but this is the only way I have found to achieve an end result that literally looks as shiny as the moment it came off the plant. Every two hours (give or take based on the rate of sweating which is determined by smell/appearance/feel), jars open, buds VERY delicately removed and placed VERY delicately on GLASS surface in a dark, dry environment...there they sit for 15-30 min, again depending on rate of sweat...I like to sweep my nose over the table, and once the "green" chlorophylly smell has faded along with all other initial jar opening burst scents, back in the jar they go in alternate order...and this goes on for the first week to week and a half or so, all depending on feel/smell mostly...after a point, the appearance is unreliable as a gauge to tell you where you're at...because you can literally watch the crystals swell up, then shrink down, then swell even bigger...basically its always changing until you're finished. After the initial week or so of painstaking care not to knock off any trichs or leave any stuck on the glass (I do this by being SOOO delicate when replacing the nugs in jars), I tone it down to every 4 or 5 hours for a week or so, and then to twice a day, and by the 5th week I'm ready to do this once a day...once the buds are somewhat consistently crispy throughout, I will stop replacing them so frequently and simply "burp" the jar for literally a few seconds just to replace the air (which must be dry). By the 6th or 7th week of this bullshit, I have a product that shines like fucking diamonds. I mean the trichs get gigantic, stay solid, and literally look as shiny as they were on the plant. And then to maintain this I store in a cool, dark place, and really don't even have to bother replacing the air more than once every 3-5 days, if that.
NOW I know what you're thinking...I am crazy and have too much time on my hands. Maybe so, but I'm the only one I know who puts this extreme level of care into curing/preserving...and I'm also the only one I know who can get the buds the way I get them...despite having explained in detail my method to EVERYONE I KNOW (who would be worth explaining it to). So that's what brings me here with this long winded spiel about curing...I figure there MUST be others out there who see the value in all this???
Because here is what all this prevents and here is what I don't have an answer to. Ok going to do my best to explain this...you know when bud has been packaged for awhile, even in glass, it gets that dark, fuzzy appearance...its kinda moldy looking, but not mold...its like something bad starts happening to the trichs when the bud is neglected...it basically goes bad...happens because it wasn't properly cured. Ok here is a pic I found as an example...and this is a perfect example because its not as bad as it could be...BUT its something someone is proudly displaying as a trophy bud. http://www.gardenscure.com/420/attachments/latest-news/232602d1208476820-medical-marijuana-delivery-service-makes-debut-resized-gdp.jpg
Well, looks like fucking shwag to me. See all the fuzzy strands where the trichs used to be??? What happened to them??? What is this phenomenon? I have seen it a millions effing times, in dispensaries in CA and CO. I don't know if the trichs get older and this is how they start looking or what...BUT I do know that if ever I am so unfortunate and desperate to smoke something like that, I am quickly reminded of how useless it is to smoke something that doesn't sparkle. Anyway, do you know what is happening and how to explain it scientifically? I don't, and it makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills when other people don't seem to see a problem with this. When cannabis isn't properly preserved/maintained, it loses its medicinal value and becomes (in my opinion) toxic. Please give me some scientific ammo to use as I try to educate others about the importance of applying the same painstaking focus on curing as cultivating.
Sorry about how long this was...this is my first post ever in this forum, or any forum online. I have always avoided them...anyway if I should repost this as a new thread because of its length or whatever, please let me know...this is an issue that's super important to me as the more I see of the medical scene the more concerned I am about the future success of mmj...
Thanks.
automon
Active Member
Thanks. They do even look better in real life. The trichomes look coudy but i don't see a major amber color yet. I am now at precisely 8 weeks and the target was 9 weeks so.. wait.. patience.
The funny thing is realy that the 3 plants all look different and behave different too. Isn't that fantastic. Will they finish together.....
Oh by the way, maybe you know.. I expect actually a period of rain coming soon, as the weather has been very sunny lately. Will that be harmfull for the ripening buds, or is it no problem. I can put the plants inside, but not much sun there you see.
KNUCKLES420
Active Member
How do you cure a very large amount with out using plastic
turkey bags.
Farmer Dee
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How long does this all take from the time the bud is cut to the time it is marketable? Thanks for the great tutorial.
husalife
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Thanks. They do even look better in real life. The trichomes look coudy but i don't see a major amber color yet. I am now at precisely 8 weeks and the target was 9 weeks so.. wait.. patience.
The funny thing is realy that the 3 plants all look different and behave different too. Isn't that fantastic. Will they finish together.....
Oh by the way, maybe you know.. I expect actually a period of rain coming soon, as the weather has been very sunny lately. Will that be harmfull for the ripening buds, or is it no problem. I can put the plants inside, but not much sun there you see.
Im not FDD but just wanted to let you know you should watch for mold in your ripening buds if it comes a good rain.
Its hard for that water to get out of the inside of a dense nug and it will mold. Try to keep the buds dry if you can help it.
Not the end of the world if it does rain on them, just give them a gentle "very gentle" shake to help get that moister out.