First Grow- Aurora Indica

chiefchuckles

New Member
GOD DAMN those buds look good! Can't wait to hear a report on how many grams you got off of those nugs. Keep us posted!

DUDE, they DO have machine trimmers.
-Upside: It cuts down on trimming time. (By a lot)
-Downside: You lose some of the trics, as they are sometimes hard to collect from trimming machines. (your buds will have less crystals on them in the end0

SO, all in all.....I say hand trim for the win! But damn....6 hrs is a good amount of time. >.<
 

curious2garden

Well-Known Mod
Staff member
jessy that looks incredible! I have a suggestion why don't I send you your choice of pie and you can send me a few buds LOL. Ok now I have to look back through your thread and see how many plants total you had and what nutrients you used. The harvest is fantastic. So beautiful and as for trimming it had to make you feel so proud to closely look over what you achieved, very good work! I am wondering if I should get a tent. I could see some benefits to it such as being able to open the window in the room you are working in and not worry about light leaks. Also containing the odor, what size is your tent?

Oh one thing I noticed your AI's have the same purple/reddish color on the stems that mine have.
 

RawBudzski

Well-Known Member
Looking good man, I went AI from Nirvana a few rounds back. Went good, was a nice a dense plant.. Really dense nuggs. I did not favor the low odor so I had to move on, was a great experience though. I have a thread & pix on it here somewhere.
 

Jessy2287

Active Member
Hi All !

The bud is now dry, I trimmed all the stems and only have very clean buds. I used all the trim and an ounce of bud for butter and I still have 91.7 grams left in jars curing ! About 4.5 ounces total. WOW, I think that is a very good first try and a great CFL yield.I have a batch of brownies in the oven and will give a report later in the week end.


The biggest lesson of this grow, Read, Research & Plan.

I spent months studying and planing before I even sent for a seed
Jessy :mrgreen:
 

curious2garden

Well-Known Mod
Staff member
Jessy2287 thanks for the update so good to know. Please be sure to share how you cure and how much you harvested post full cure OH yeah and the ever important smoke report.
 

Jessy2287

Active Member
The curing is going very well. I think 2 more weeks. The nuggets are rock hard and dense. The odor is not like anything I have smelled before. Like a cross between skunk and grapefruit. I like it. The butter is outstanding. Very good for all my symptoms, not the couch lock I expected, but a very relaxing yet uplifting medicated effect. I gave some to a friend that also has Muscular Dystrophy, he likes the brownies also and has a vaporizer. He said the quality is exceptional. I do not plan to smoke any, so a smoke report is hard to do. This may seem odd, but of all the people I know, only one smokes cannabis, and she knows nothing about my grow. I may think of something to tell her so I can give her a little and get a report. I do not think that I have lost much in weight, buds seem perfect and my friend said it vaped well, with a skunky, fruity and hash taste.

My dry and cure process ;

Cut down into branches from main stem
Complete trim, discard fan leaves, saved all trim with "snow"
Hung in my tent at 75 deg with 45 to 50 % humidity for 4 days
Placed in brown paper bags filled with strips of shredded brown paper bags for 3 days
Buds a little crispy and stems bend but do not snap
Clean buds, little or no stems
Place in mason jars

First 3 days removed buds and placed on news print every 12 hours for 2 hours
Next 8 days removed buds and placed on news print every 24 hours for 1 hour
Now the buds are very dry, I should not have a mold issue.

Remember every grow is different, this worked for my plants moisture level, you may need to make changes as you go along

They are now sealed and I just check on them, I plan to give them 2 more weeks and then I may try a vaporizer , my doctor said it would be a good way to go.
 

watchxyouxburn

Active Member
I may try a vaporizer , my doctor said it would be a good way to go.
Vaporizing is definitely the healthiest way to "smoke." On the one that I have, I find setting it to 360 F is about perfect, as long as the bud itself isn't overly dry to begin with. I find vaping AI to give you a kind of flushed feeling at first, mostly warm, tingly ears, followed by deep relaxation/couchlock, but of course, that can vary person to person, plant to plant.
 

apbx720

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sweet grow man! way to go w/ the research. i also am doing my 1st grow and i researched for at least 3 mo 1st as well. ive made a few mistakes, but everything is going pretty good. frosty nugs, but not as big as i hoped at this point. but cant complain. loved the co2 system. do u monitor co2 concentration? what are yr levels?
 

Jessy2287

Active Member
do u monitor co2 concentration? what are yr levels?
Thanks for the good words, no I just set the CO2 up and let it run. The plants looked great during veg and flower, so I think it helped although I have nothing to compare it to.

Some photos of the finished buds, I bet a lot of people think I'm crazy for not smoking this. They look sooooo gooood !!!!!!!!

CFL's do work just fine in my opinion.





 

watchxyouxburn

Active Member
Looks like a job well done to me! I hope they have the medical effect you were looking for. I look forward to your future grows if you so choose to share them on RIU.
 

bullwinkle60

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I use to grow with CFL'S and had a 50/50 mixture of 6500k and 2700k. Always got great bud. Now I use a 400 watt MH/HPS and still get great bud. Your plants are very pleasing to the eye.
 

phamryder

New Member
I'm speechless. I'm working on my first grow. I'm also growing AI. She's in the first days of flower. She vegged a total of 7 weeks under 24hr the first four weeks and then three weeks under 18/6. 18/6 worked way better as I had more roots develop. I currently have a RDWC system under a 400w mh for veg and 400w hps for flower. I keep my temps 75-85 day 65-75 night. Root temps stay at 65-70. Humidity for veg 60-80% 30-50% flower. Haven't posted any pics yet, but all I can say is that she's gonna be a little monster. Keep a look out for my journal as I will start updating it very soon!
 

Deusracing

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I def will. I'm doing the same thing. except mine are in 6-7 weeks veg and i gotta leave for 12 days now. lol. ill keep a watch to see how yours do
 
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