Dry Time?
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DrosForever
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About a week give or take a day or two. It all depends on when you stopped watering before harvest. If you stopped watering a week or a few days before harvest is shouldnt take as long as if you watered the day before harvest. Also the size of the buds play a role too.
uberpea
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This is my method. Drying and curing i think are VERY important, please dont rush this process as much as you want to..
Cut and manicure, hang upside down for 1-2 weeks in a DARK place, less than 80 degrees.
Then you will need to cure them in sealable glass jars for 7-10 days.
My advice: buy some bud for your vacation, dont ruin your harvest
Hope this helps!
Duece.
Cut and manicure, hang upside down for 1-2 weeks in a DARK place, less than 80 degrees.
Then you will need to cure them in sealable glass jars for 7-10 days.
My advice: buy some bud for your vacation, dont ruin your harvest
Hope this helps!
Duece.
lvjay702
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i have to agree with miggzeh. i cut the plant at the at the bottom, hang the whole thing, fan leaves and all for about 3-4 days, then trim the fan leaves off, then hang it for another couple days or till the buds are dry. after that i trim off the buds, manicure them, and then start the curing process in a glass jar. the plant draws sugars from the fan leaves and other leaves as it dries which makes the bud sweeter. thats why i keep them on till they're dried out.
SmokerE
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Is this personal opinion, or is it documented somewhere?
lvjay702
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HOW DO FAN LEAVES FUNCTIONThe large fan leaves have a definite function in the growth and development of cannabis. Large leaves serve as photosynthetic factories for the production of sugars and other necessary growth substances. Most cannabis plants begin to lose their larger leaves when they enter the flowering stage and this trend continues on until senescence (death of the plant).Fan leaves account for the greatest area for the reception of photons on a plant, thus they account for the majority of photosynthesis which occurs within a plant. Cells in the plants leaves, called chloroplasts, contain a green pigment called chlorophyll which interacts with sunlight to split the water in the plant into its basic components. Leaves only absorb about 15% of the solar energy that hits them, the other 85% passes through-- but they reflect all the green light, which means it looks darker below the leaf to a human than it does to the plant because our eyes are most sensitive to the green spectrum (Shipperke, 03.15.2002).Photosynthesis occurs in all green parts of plants. The process has two stages, the light reactions and the Calvin cycle, that convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen. These sugars are later used to power all the processes in the plant, including the synthesis of THC and other cannabinoids (Shipperke, 04.02.2002; Ca, 03.13.2002). Fan leaves possess the greatest number of stomata, which are small pores or valves on the underside of the leaf which water vapor and carbon dioxide diffuse during transpiration and photosynthesis (carbon fixation). Carbon dioxide first enters the leaf through the stomata and combines with the stored energy in the chloroplasts through a chemical reaction (the Calvin cycle) to produce a simple sugar. This sugar is unloaded into the tissues and transported through tubes in the leaf to supply the synthesized food to other plant parts such as growing or respiring tissues like young leaves, roots, and flowers of the plant. meristems (UK Tricky Knome, 03.14.2002).Removal of fan leaves will not only slow growth, but it will also hinder the plants ability to rid itself of toxic gases, and also hinder the regulation of the plants temperature via stomata. Changes in the plants chemical metabolism caused by fan leave removal causes the plant to work overtime to rid ?toxins? with less leaves, as a result the pant may allocate more growth hormones into growing more leaves to make up for what has been lost(Equator, 03.15.2002). Removing large amounts of fan leaves may also interfere with the metabolic balance of the plant. Leaf removal may also cause sex reversal resulting from a metabolic imbalance.There is a relationship regarding the amount of carbohydrates a leaf produces and CO2 intake relative to outside forces. When you have a situation whereby the leaf is no longer productive for the plant for whatever reason that may be - low light, old age, disease, insect attack etc, the plant will discard it. (Thunderbunny as citied, by Nietzsche, 03.13.2002.Plants have two different kinds of vessels in their stems to move stuff around, xylem and phloem. Xylem runs from the roots up the stem carrying water and nutrients. Phloem runs both up and down to move sugars hormones, proteins, etc but mostly sugars. Each part of the plant can be either a sugar source or a sugar sink (Shipperke, 03.15.2002). Phloem moves from sources (areas of supply) to sinks (areas of metabolism or storage). Granted that the flowers can produce some photosynthate, but they are no where near as effective as fan leaves (resin glands significantly reduce light to the tissue they are found on). Flowers are sink tissues, leaves are source tissues. Sinks do not produce enough photosynthate, and are importers. Sources give photosynthate to sinks in closest proximity. Upper leaves bring sucrose to shoot apical meristem and young leaves while lower leaves bring goodies to roots (UK Tricky Knome, 03.17.2002). Remove the source and the sink will be affected (Diels Alder, 03.15.2002).The leaves at the top of a plant tend to supply the top growing shoots. The leaves at the bottom of the plant tend to supply the roots. The middle leaves can go either way as the demand changes. During flowering and fruiting, only the very bottom leaves supply the roots and the rest of the leaves try to get as much energy as possible to the flowers of fruits. For this reason, the more leaves are unshaded and in good light, the more chance the plant has of creating extra storage of energy that will ultimately go into yield (Leaf, 03.13.2002). However Jeast (03.13.02) believes that the rich green leaves emerging from the bud are a sufficient energy source of solar energy for the plants floral development. Therefore the old fan leaves are once again rendered useless and only drain energy from the developing part of the plant (Jeast, 03.13.02).Fan leaves store mobile nutrients, these stored nutrients are essential in the later stages of flowering. When flushing a plant the fan leaves will lose their color quickly. This is because the nutrients are being mobilized to the atypical meristem (grow tip, bud site). Draining your fan leaves with a flushing period will increase floral development (Ca, 13.03.2002). Fan leaves therefore serve as a nutrient deficiency buffer zone for the plant (Higstar, 03.13.2002).Nutrient burn usually causes bottom leaves begin to die however DaGnome (03.15.2002) observed that if you do not remove the leaves then they will absorb damage as premature removal generally results in more leaf loss. However if growing hydroponically under ideal conditions it could be argued that fan leaves serve as a nutrient buffer is a moot point.
SmokerE
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I still don't see exactly in there where it says during harvesting leave the fan leaves on. I do see where it tells you to flush the plant, in essence to use up all stored energies in the fan leaves. Then if that was the case, and a proper flush was administered, and the stored nutrients are used up....what is the point?
I do see maybe where it serves a purpose if you want a really, really, really slow cure.
I do see maybe where it serves a purpose if you want a really, really, really slow cure.
fatass03
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lvjay702
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Hi Im A Stoner! Yeah I See Now That It Really Doesnt Talk About The Fans During Curing, My Bad. Thats A Good Point Though About The Slower Drying. Isn't It True That The Slower It Dries The More Chlorophyll Is Released Makeing It A Smoother Smoke? And The Faster It Dries It Has That Harsh Hay Taste? Yeah I Know Theres A Lot Of Words There, But Dont Let It Overwhelm You Fattass03. You Can Do It!
SmokerE
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This is what I've read....I did watch a video a while back where Arjan from greenhouse seeds takes practically the entire plant and puts it into a box and then goes on to say he'll be drying/curing it for 6 months. I didn't see him take the fan leaves off. Now in some other videos you see him pluck the fan leaves off by hand then trim the plant immediately after, then of course my assumption he did the drying process.
The one he did the dry/cure for six months was the one he was putting into the cannabis cup....I think the video was on youtube...if I come across it I will gladly post it.
