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Wow. Thanks for your compliment, man! Yes, you can! I don't remember if I mentioned on this thread before, but I do have experience in growing orchids, succulents and all sorts of living things. I've just never grown marijuana or anything completely indoor like this. I enjoyed the total control I had in this tiny grow tent. I think the government did a great job in creating unscientific myths and BS by not funding public research in cannabis growing. I'm sure we all growers made an amazing progress in growing methods, but just because the majority of information tells you to do in certain ways, especially on the Internet, it doesn't mean that is correct. I always want to question the conventional method and find the scientific reasoning. I'm going to warm up the idea for my second grow for about a month and I'll do it "more right" next time around!Originally Posted by labudman
Japonicus
fuckin mint that mate...exce3llent work with the paper towels aswell pal...
HA that is JUST like my cat. Mine is a girl though. She eats fan leaves off the plant, too, but she likes it better when I use the leaves to play with her. Then she gets to tear it up at the end and eat it haha. Mine stays inside, too, I just worry about the bugs I can't see. I know I have pest control, etc.... but I know they're there! Anyways, no problems yet.....and she DEFINITELY knows the sound of that zipper and comes running, too.Haha! Thanks!! Yeah, he is my partner in crime. You know how cats love eating wheat grass and throw up eventually. Well, my cat doesn't throw up from eating cannabis blades. Funny how he hears me unzip the grow tent and rushes into my bedroom, stick his head between the zippers so we can trim lower fan leaf tips. I actually left some leaves on the carcass of the plants so he can eat some for a while. I call it "salad time" and he knows it. I was careful removing cat hair off of my buds, though. Those are like perfect sticky lint rollers... I wasn't worried about him bringing any pest since he is strictly an indoor cat. He is too pretty for outside. He is much better suited in the indoor jungle...
No Guessing Perfect Curing Day 3
I'm determined to make the curing PERFECT so I've bought just enough Boveda 65% packets and small hygrometers from Amazon.
Boveda is made for cigar humidor. Inside the water vapor permeable pouch, there is gel of saturated salt water. If the surrounding environment is drier than 65%, the pouch releases water and raise the RH to 65%. If it's wetter, it absorbs water so it stays at 65%. All my jars have been stable around 65-67%, so I put one Boveda in each jar (there are four 1/2 gal jars). Now all I have to do is to watch for the mold and monitor the RH just in case. Awesome. I bet this is how people cure around here in Bay Area before selling it to dispensaries.
Whew. I think this is probably the first time ever I don't have to worry about things that could go wrong since I started the grow 3 months ago - I can really relax and wait till the flavor and aroma come out. AND I can sleep without that sound of the exhaust fan!
Cheers,
Japonicus
P.S. I'm going to post the same info to the curing/harvesting board out there as well so that more people can find out about this method.
Last edited by japonicus; 11-28-2011 at 01:31 AM.
u nicked my idea lol...what i was gunna do was split the packs i had and cover the buds in a jar with em and keep taking them out every 12 hrs and drying the packs in the microwave again...
LOL! Are you sure microwaving the pouch is a good idea?? That sounds potentially messy... I'd just leave it out to dry for a little if the pouch seems bloated from absorbing too much liquid. What do you think? So, you've used it before, kev?
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good job on that dude
Hahaha! You got that right. Why don't you guess over a pound for the next grow for me? I'm really proud though!!
u can either microwave them or put them in oven for a few minutes get rid of the moisture from the balls mate it says it on there website mate ill find the extract from it
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