My Very First Grow
- Thread starter shiva
- Start date
hi there... i'm guessing you haven't read my entire journal?
the box is in my garage and my house is detached so i open the garage door and let the flavour flood out!
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! B E A UTIFUL
p.s. that aside, i have a bathroom extractor reversed and sucking air into the box constantly 24/7 at the bottom and a vent at the top to allow bad air to escape.
the box is in my garage and my house is detached so i open the garage door and let the flavour flood out!
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! B E A UTIFUL
p.s. that aside, i have a bathroom extractor reversed and sucking air into the box constantly 24/7 at the bottom and a vent at the top to allow bad air to escape.
Can any of you advise when you think i may have to harvest these babies???
The main buds on the tops of the plants are nicely covered in crystals but the smaller ones below I may have to leave flowering after I've harvested the top buds...
What does anyone think of this and check out the latest pics... tried to get as close as so you can see the thc crystals...
Also, if anyone can advise on the easiest, cheapest way of getting the most out of the clipped leaves when harvesting that would be great.
The main buds on the tops of the plants are nicely covered in crystals but the smaller ones below I may have to leave flowering after I've harvested the top buds...
What does anyone think of this and check out the latest pics... tried to get as close as so you can see the thc crystals...
Also, if anyone can advise on the easiest, cheapest way of getting the most out of the clipped leaves when harvesting that would be great.
Attachments
babygro
Well-Known Member
You've got a while to go yet Shiva. A rough guide to ripeness and 'readiness' is to watch the pistils, once about 70-90% of them have turned brown its about ready. For a more accurate guide and better understanding of harvest times take a look at the post I posted earlier -
https://www.rollitup.org/59084-post13.html
This is probably the more accurate way to tell - to look at the colour of the trichomes or 'crystals' as you like to call them
I'd say you have at least another 3-4 weeks to go yet, probably longer.There is a cheap way of making hash from the 'kif', I'll look it up for you.
TillthedayiDIE420
Well-Known Member
if they turn brown i heard you've waited to long, when they have turned red like yours have... dont feed them eny more... just plain water... but ur only in the 5th week so id give her 2 more weeks of nutrients... then for the last 2 weeks just plain water... and 2 days before you harvest shut ur lights off... u wont regret it!
You've got a while to go yet Shiva. A rough guide to ripeness and 'readiness' is to watch the pistils, once about 70-90% of them have turned brown its about ready. For a more accurate guide and better understanding of harvest times take a look at the post I posted earlier -
https://www.rollitup.org/59084-post13.html
This is probably the more accurate way to tell - to look at the colour of the trichomes or 'crystals' as you like to call them
There is a cheap way of making hash from the 'kif', I'll look it up for you.
Thanks Baby, yet again, forever helpful... I thought i'd have to leave them a while yet but wanted to make sure... trichomes, yep - thats what i meant! lol Amazing how I ever got them this far! Lots of love and attention paid off.. it has definitely been worth it! Ive not had any since last August! I think it may just be the best smoke of my life!
I'll bear it in mind... would also definitely advise you read babygro's link too about flowering...really helpful!
Cheers dude!
babygro
Well-Known Member
There are literally hundreds of different ways of making hash, some simple, some complex, some easy some hard. For a small quantity, this ones hard to beat. It's small, it's cheap and for small quantities will probably give you the best result for the least cash.
Skunkworks
At its basic level, hash making is simply sieving the kif or 'trim' through ever decreasing micron screens until all you're left with are the 'glandular stalked trichomes' which contain the highest concentrations of THC and then pressing this into a 'hash' by heat friction from the fingers. Don't expect large quantities of hash either, it takes about 10ozs of trim to produce about 1g of hash, but it's highly concentrated as you can imagine and somewhat more potent than the 'soap bar' you might be used to
roor23
Active Member
shiva mad good job dude. Ur buds look beautiful. I have a question about ur air circulation. In my grow room I have 1 fan on three plants. Is that sufficient or what> ? I thinjk these are dying and im gonna start a hydroponics system do you think one or two fans is gonna cut it how did you configure all that?
TillthedayiDIE420
Well-Known Member
Not bad, and u grew it under a 200w fluro? looks decent
hi mate... it really does depend on your grow area, mine is basically a small enclosed wardrobe which i custom built from melamine. If yours is enclosed I would advise (and speaking from my newfound experience)...
Buy a cheap bathroom extractor fan and the correct electrical wire and fused plug and reverse it and install it into your growing area so that instead of extracting air it will be sucking fresh air from outside into your growroom.
If you make sure you have a vent near the top of your growroom area then the bad air will be expelled through it, keeping a constant fresh supply of air running through the room.
The stems on my plants are well chunky, really really strong and that was with one bathroom extractor fan running 24hours every day of the grow.
Best of luck - any more questions - just ask!
Yeah I certainly did and thanks for compliment! I was very optimistic but really a little loving care every single day, monitoring moisture in soil and ph values goes a long way!Not bad, and u grew it under a 200w fluro? looks decent
I was a total newbie to growing when i started this journal but i did research it for about 3 months beforehand, deciding what kind of lighting, conditions etc so i will advise read up before you start and best of luck!dude your plants look mighty fine! thanks for the journal, I am starting my first plants in over 25 years (old-timer) but I thought it would take me 2 or 3 tries before I could get results like yours. maybe I will get lucky and get it right first try
the widowman
Well-Known Member
hi shiva a good choice iv'e grown shiva shanti 2 and its a good smoke. use a 20w halogen for seedlings til there 6in with three sets of leaves then cook them under a big hps light
i may have to try that later - i guess it produces a differnt kind of plant huh?
Spartan Grower
Active Member
I am about to start growing hydro for the first time what straind should i use, i have about 13 diffrent brands 3 or which have no names. which schould i start out w/? Skunk Red Hair, Auraura Indica, Skunk#1, White Rhino femanized, White Widow, Purple Haze femanized, Ice, Cyrstal, Shiva Skunk
roor23
Active Member
So you used one of those bathroom extractor fans and it worked for you? Where did you put it exactly? how do you get the air in with an extractor fan how do you reverse it
Hi Roor. Hi mate... if you imagine one of those bathroom extractor fans on your bathroom ceiling and it's drawing the condensation out of your bathroom probably through a duct to the outside of your house or into your loft or something, well mate, all you have to do is cut a hole in your growroom door the same size as the fan, and simply push the fan into that size hole but literally flip it 180° so it's fitted on technically back to front so it still works as an extractor but instead of suckin bad condensation out of your bathroom it will be suckin fresh air into your growroom! Just screw it on, then wire it up, attach a duct and if poss get the duct to suck in fresh air from outside... hope this makes some sense! If not, let me know and I'll post a pic!
So you used one of those bathroom extractor fans and it worked for you? Where did you put it exactly? how do you get the air in with an extractor fan how do you reverse it
p.s. I positioned it low enough so initially it sucked fresh air onto the new seedlings stems... as they got bigger and thicker it just served to circulate fresh air through the space and push bad air out the vent at the top - hope this helps - if still confused ill send you a pic