My FIRST grow GO HYDRO (PICTURES)

motif said:

yo im back and everything seems to look good, ill try and get some pics up tomorrow~stay tuned.

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First Day of VEGGING for the sprouts

48 days of Flowering in the cabinet

the last picture is a poor attempt of trying to show you some bug sitting on a clay pebble, i dont think it is parasitic. i think its a stinkbug? anyways i was wondering if he may be harmful or helpful?

also, i topped the tallest sprout a 2nd time today, and topped the other minor branches on it. Im expecting to get like 8 main colas (hopefully shell turn out to be female!)

and the other 3 sprouts were topped today, for the first time

Lookin good motif, plenty of healthy budding going on there.

mammath, what are some things to look for when knowing its time to start my last 7 days of flushing?? i KIND OF understand the hairs turning clear, to milky, to amber concept...

also, how should i cure the buds? should i cut the whole branch off and hang them, or should i cut the whole damn plant and hang it??

branch by branch the buds need breathing and drying room!!

motif said:

mammath, what are some things to look for when knowing its time to start my last 7 days of flushing?? i KIND OF understand the hairs turning clear, to milky, to amber concept...

also, how should i cure the buds? should i cut the whole branch off and hang them, or should i cut the whole damn plant and hang it??

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It's actually the trichomes I think your talking about mate not the stigma, (hairs).
These are the resin glands that many people use as a guide.
You will need at least a 30x Loupe to see them.
Here's a crappy chart:


Other ways are by looking at the stigma and when a large percentage of them are brown it's ready to chop. When buds are ready to chop they look done.

I've dried both ways. Full plant hang and individual branches. As long as there ia a good air flow around your buds like Chucktown said, and there not squashed
up together either way is cool.

Mammath said:

I've dried both ways. Full plant hang and individual branches. As long as there ia a good air flow around your buds like Chucktown said, and there not squashed
up together either way is cool.

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i forgot who wrote this, but i read it here somewhere...

One way to cure them is to get a shoe box, or any kinda cardboard box and tie string across the open end of it. Then hang the buds on the string so that they dangle inside the box. Then put a fan blowing over the top of the box, but not in the box. This way fresh air is passing over the box and pulling out air from inside the box.

I think the objective of this is to not blow air directly on the buds which would dry them out too quickly.

What do you guys think???

oh yeah also the cardboard is supposed to retain the moisture better or something....

motif said:

i forgot who wrote this, but i read it here somewhere...

One way to cure them is to get a shoe box, or any kinda cardboard box and tie string across the open end of it. Then hang the buds on the string so that they dangle inside the box. Then put a fan blowing over the top of the box, but not in the box. This way fresh air is passing over the box and pulling out air from inside the box.

I think the objective of this is to not blow air directly on the buds which would dry them out too quickly.

What do you guys think???

oh yeah also the cardboard is supposed to retain the moisture better or something....

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Yeah I like this idea, that's how I will be drying my buds from my current grow.

looking really good. i'd give them 2 more weeks before i start flushing.

fdd2blk said:

looking really good. i'd give them 2 more weeks before i start flushing.

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i started to flush yesterday with just pH'd water, but im still gonna go another 2 weeks. Im gonna maybe pluck a nug and taste test and the other purpose of flushing now, i thought with all the nute burn and shit, a good flush might get rid of salt build up and what not.

ill give it another 2-3 days flushing with just water, then back to the nutes.

I ordered another batch of nutes which should be here friday or saturday...

and now for some PICS! shitty quality tho, ill try using my gf's shitty digi cam instead of my phone cam next time

they have 3 to 4 weeks to go. at least.

FDD you been experimenting?

chucktownskunk said:

FDD you been experimenting?

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better quality pics

they have 3 to 4 weeks to go. at least.

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that would mean i would harvest around April 5th-12th

7 days to dry.....

she'll be ready the 19th, the day before hmmm..........

Motif,

Great JOB! I didn't read the whole thread but the last several pages with pics speak for themselves. I will stick with FDD on this and say to keep up with the nutrient schedule for another 2 weeks. Flush for 7 to 14 or whenever most of the leaves are yellowing and dying off. If the leaves are turning it is because it is not finding nutrients from the roots, this means a smoother smoke. Most of the time 7 days does it in hydro.

The hardest part is the last bit of waiting. Drying and Curing are the most important part. It takes time/experience to get it right. I cannot hang my plants, so I have a bud dryer. Its just a rubermaid with some pc fans, DIY carbon filter and drying racks inside. (NO HEATING ELEMENT). I dry for 72 hours in my dryer. Then 72 hours in closed paper bags. Then to the jars. IF after the first 8 hrs in jars they are too wet, I just put it in the dryer for 1/2 the day then back to the jars. Usually they are dry by the 7th and doing thier thing in the jars. Pack your jars loosley! burp for 20 min twice a day. Pull them out if they get to moist. If they are "just right" (takes time to get this right..LOL) then just turn them in the jar and blow into it a few times and then let it sit open for a bit. so:
1st week in jars burp twice a day for 20 min. Out of jar if too moist.

2nd week open once a day for 5 minutes or so.

3rd week I might open the jar 2-3 times all week

4th week, might open it once. by the 4th week of curing it should smell/taste BOMB!

Hope that answeres the questions you posed me. (by pm) Good job on the grow. Looks like you have perpetual in mind. Its the only way to go!!

what should the temperatures be when im drying my buds?? should it be done in complete darkness??

motif said:

what should the temperatures be when im drying my buds?? should it be done in complete darkness??

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Room temp is fine. (usually 70-80) If it is cooler it just takes longer to dry. Keep fans off of them directly but move air around them. (make sense?) Always in a dark place. Same once they are in jars. Light degrades THC once the plant is killed.

motif said:

i forgot who wrote this, but i read it here somewhere...

One way to cure them is to get a shoe box, or any kinda cardboard box and tie string across the open end of it. Then hang the buds on the string so that they dangle inside the box. Then put a fan blowing over the top of the box, but not in the box. This way fresh air is passing over the box and pulling out air from inside the box.

I think the objective of this is to not blow air directly on the buds which would dry them out too quickly.

What do you guys think???

oh yeah also the cardboard is supposed to retain the moisture better or something....

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this is the method i plan on using, i dunno where i will do this though, i guess somewhere in my room? OH i can put it under my desk when i transplant the sprouts to flower chamber

im going outta town today till sunday, i poured out the water i was flushing with and now made a stronger dose of nutes im gonna fill up with fat for the time im gone. Wish me luck!

good shit, I'll be starting my first grow in a dwc sometime in the next week