I do the same exact thing. Except about 4-5 days into drying (they'll still be a little moist) I cut all the buds off and put them in a large tote with 3-4 boveda packs. I'll put the lid on and burp them a few times a day. They're usually ready for a final trim about 7-10 days.
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supdro
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Exactly what I was thinking my room is 56% humidity so I will start hanging with leaves on.it will dry and longer if not that then paper bag then into jars with packs or at least a hydrometer
powerslide
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Which setup/medium can go the longest without checking on it? If i can keep water temps in check i'm hoping i can go 2-3 days w/o checking on it when its rolling good. I'm going to either do the flood and drain or the top drip w/ rock wool most likely. I was originally thinking hydroton is what i wanted to do but i'm thinking about rock wool after reading some of your stuff.
You'd either need to do the mama cube grodans or soil. Hydroton holds no water so that's a no go.
supdro
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I do ebb and flow w/hydroton,lights,fans all automated with timers. I go days without looking at it.
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I didn't see he was going to do flood and drain. My bad there. Thought he was hand watering. Yeah def if he is doing ebb and flo he can go days without issue As long as he has a good reservoir amount.
AlphaPhase
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Ahhhhhhh!!! I'm gonna die from paperwork I swear lol, it's like never endingLmao. Congratulations bro, but the final thing is both of you in an escrow office giving about 1000 signiatures a piece. I've always hated that about closing, but that is what closes the deal
AlphaPhase
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Sometimes I'll throw a boveda in, imo they do work well but I feel 62% is too much rh, I really would LOVE a 59%. I haven't used the boveda for a year or so but they do help for sure if the buds get too dry, I'm not sure if they'd help the cure but it really couldn't hurt I wouldn't think. I highly recommend them for a jar that you're constantly opening
AlphaPhase
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It's such a solid method! I find that if I throw the whole plant in, it'll slow the drying down as well as hold a better rh (from the moisture in the stems), but once I'm ready to trim I cut all the buds off, I can't seem to hold a stem anymore and trim with the buds on it, hurts the hell out of my hands from the nerve pain. It speeds up my trimming about 2x as well when I cut the buds off the stems
AlphaPhase
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Rockwool brother. I just left for 3 days, came back and everything is great (also nice to see the growth after not seeing them for a few days
) - rw blocks by far has been a game changer for the ease and Control, I used to hate cloning in it so I never tried the blocks til recently. I don't think I'll change from using it now. It also gives you some time if a pump fails sijce they hold some water
AlphaPhase
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And last but not least, thank you all!! The ol lady and I can't be more happier the new grow room should be killer!! I'm so stoked to have all the extra space for activities lol.
Everyone needs to put a drive down highway 101 and the redwood hwy on their bucket list, every year I go it just gets better and better, so much to see!
the new grow room should be killer!! I'm so stoked to have all the extra space for activities lol. Everyone needs to put a drive down highway 101 and the redwood hwy on their bucket list, every year I go it just gets better and better, so much to see!
AlphaPhase
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eastcoastmo
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Wow bro, what a beautiful coastline
Vnsmkr
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I like. Looks peaceful
powerslide
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i think i will stick with the rapid rooters for cloning then do the big r/w blocks like you had. Why didn't i do this like 3 grows ago? I only grow during the winter and usually only get 1 or 2 yields. Tornado alley with weed in the cellar and neighbors coming over just doesn't jive. How many gallon res you think i need to let it go 3 days? I have a couple of the rubbermaid totes probably 20 or so gallons. In my last setups they used about a gallon maybe gallon and a half a dayRockwool brother. I just left for 3 days, came back and everything is great (also nice to see the growth after not seeing them for a few days
AlphaPhase
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Wow bro, what a beautiful coastline
So peaceful and serene, man, it feels good to unplug, as soon as you hit the road and the cell service disappears and the phone stops beeping, the only worries are where you're gonna find a gas station and what view you want to stop at
as soon as I got back all the noise entered my head again and ughhh, I'm going to retire out there mark my words!
AlphaPhase
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Rapid rooters are so much better than the rw starter plugs for clones no doubt, hands down. I have trouble rooting in mediums and the rapid rooters never give me an issue.
So for 1 light, you'll probably be using 20 gallons every 4 days or so, maybe less maybe a bit more but 20 should be good depending on how many plants. I do 12 per light with the drippers. I filled the 70 gal res before I left on Saturday and Wednesday I had to fill it up, that's for 25 plants and 2 lights. I drip 2x a day for each tray, so depending on the stage of growth, it would last much longer if only needing to feed 1x a day. My mama plants are on 20on 4 off and I feed them 2x a day (should feed them 3x but don't want them growing too fast since I'm moving soon and have to move them) and the 20 gallons tote I filled before i left was 1/2 to 3/4 filled still. Not sure if the new drippers I have drip less but that's something to consider as well because I could have fed those 8 plants with 20 gallons for well over a week.
AlphaPhase
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My mamas are trucking along nicely, I need to take cuts soon but not sure when exactly (if the house loan doesn't go through that changes things haha) so just kind letting them do their thing for now
Here's a batch of animal cookies vegging up for the next run, they're getting overrun by the mamas
Here's the animal cookies and dosido at 8wks flower, I'm going to chop them in a week because I have a patient that needs it sooner than I wanted but they said 9wks is ok luckily. The top buds are small af, I think it's a light intensity issue since all the lowers are thick and plump. I think cookies are very light sensitive after running every imaginable problem thru my head, that's all I can think of
Here's the double ended mix grow at 8wks. I had to flush these as per patient orders. Meh, if that's what they want I couldn't lie about flushing them and not do it so they look ugly lol. The animal cookies and mendo fade beautiful though, just the black lime does NOT like Flushing whatsoever. It dropped it's leaves fast and went Hella yellow as soon as I dropped the ppm. Mehhh
Here's the animal cookies and lone animal pie. Jesus christ the animal pie I will keep for one more run to test, but that mofo stretched beyond belief. It was the smallest in there and managed to grow a good 10" taller than the cookies. It's nodes are spaced out alot, it's definitely a meh plant right now. I'm gonna run it topped and trained next if the buds come out nice, if not she gets culled and I pop more beans other than that, the animals are killing it, they stacked so nice compared to the slabs. Only difference is the light is air-cooled. Very happy with this batch
Mendo
Black lime
Dosido
Here's a batch of animal cookies vegging up for the next run, they're getting overrun by the mamas
Here's the animal cookies and dosido at 8wks flower, I'm going to chop them in a week because I have a patient that needs it sooner than I wanted but they said 9wks is ok luckily. The top buds are small af, I think it's a light intensity issue since all the lowers are thick and plump. I think cookies are very light sensitive after running every imaginable problem thru my head, that's all I can think of
Here's the double ended mix grow at 8wks. I had to flush these as per patient orders. Meh, if that's what they want I couldn't lie about flushing them and not do it so they look ugly lol. The animal cookies and mendo fade beautiful though, just the black lime does NOT like Flushing whatsoever. It dropped it's leaves fast and went Hella yellow as soon as I dropped the ppm. Mehhh
Here's the animal cookies and lone animal pie. Jesus christ the animal pie I will keep for one more run to test, but that mofo stretched beyond belief. It was the smallest in there and managed to grow a good 10" taller than the cookies. It's nodes are spaced out alot, it's definitely a meh plant right now. I'm gonna run it topped and trained next if the buds come out nice, if not she gets culled and I pop more beans
other than that, the animals are killing it, they stacked so nice compared to the slabs. Only difference is the light is air-cooled. Very happy with this batch Mendo
Black lime
Dosido
Damn Alpha that Dosido looks crunchy! the rest look great to but the Dosido looks like it's rolledMy mamas are trucking along nicely, I need to take cuts soon but not sure when exactly (if the house loan doesn't go through that changes things haha) so just kind letting them do their thing for now
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Here's a batch of animal cookies vegging up for the next run, they're getting overrun by the mamas
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Here's the animal cookies and dosido at 8wks flower, I'm going to chop them in a week because I have a patient that needs it sooner than I wanted but they said 9wks is ok luckily. The top buds are small af, I think it's a light intensity issue since all the lowers are thick and plump. I think cookies are very light sensitive after running every imaginable problem thru my head, that's all I can think of
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Here's the double ended mix grow at 8wks. I had to flush these as per patient orders. Meh, if that's what they want I couldn't lie about flushing them and not do it so they look ugly lol. The animal cookies and mendo fade beautiful though, just the black lime does NOT like Flushing whatsoever. It dropped it's leaves fast and went Hella yellow as soon as I dropped the ppm. Mehhh
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Here's the animal cookies and lone animal pie. Jesus christ the animal pie I will keep for one more run to test, but that mofo stretched beyond belief. It was the smallest in there and managed to grow a good 10" taller than the cookies. It's nodes are spaced out alot, it's definitely a meh plant right now. I'm gonna run it topped and trained next if the buds come out nice, if not she gets culled and I pop more beans
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eastcoastmo
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Man, get your pics in high times bro, they consistently make me moist ha ha ha.