first grow done, thoughts and advice inside **PIX**

coocoo

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So all this research and equipment and time and blood sweat and tears resulted in semi-success I guess.

The hardest thing was the drying and curing process. There was no nute burn, no over watering, Lst this and top that...all that stuff was simple and easy.

New growers tend to overlook drying and curing....It is THE hardest thing to do....simply because there is no straight answer or a yes or no....it's one of those things where you have to do it to learn.

All weed smelled the same, when I was younger and my friends had it or some random people smoking you get that whiff and you know it's weed. Unfortunately, this doesn't.....3 diff strains and none of them really smelled like what we know as weed. Why? ahhhh that's the problem...no one knows....I've done endless searching and got everything from it's the strain to overdrying to wait till it cures.....The stuff has been curing for about 1.5 weeks I would say. It has lost it's grassy smell and now it just smells like.....I don't know what....but..not the weed you know from the streets.

That was the biggest blow I think to see the product infront of you but doesn't smell right....why? I have no idea.

Keep going? or give up was something I never thought about....until now....seeing all your hard work not yield something that makes your friends say wow...is rather..... disappointing.

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So all this research and equipment and time and blood sweat and tears resulted in semi-success I guess.

The hardest thing was the drying and curing process. There was no nute burn, no over watering, Lst this and top that...all that stuff was simple and easy.

New growers tend to overlook drying and curing....It is THE hardest thing to do....simply because there is no straight answer or a yes or no....it's one of those things where you have to do it to learn.

All weed smelled the same, when I was younger and my friends had it or some random people smoking you get that whiff and you know it's weed. Unfortunately, this doesn't.....3 diff strains and none of them really smelled like what we know as weed. Why? ahhhh that's the problem...no one knows....I've done endless searching and got everything from it's the strain to overdrying to wait till it cures.....The stuff has been curing for about 1.5 weeks I would say. It has lost it's grassy smell and now it just smells like.....I don't know what....but..not the weed you know from the streets.

That was the biggest blow I think to see the product infront of you but doesn't smell right....why? I have no idea.

Keep going? or give up was something I never thought about....until now....seeing all your hard work not yield something that makes your friends say wow...is rather..... disappointing.

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Wow, looks nice man!
Next grow, I bet you'll be so proud to put that soda can next to the bud for a size reference :)
That's funny you mention younger and smells....... I remember when I was about 11 or 12, and my dad used to like going to boat shows, car shows, drag races, almost anything to do with boats or cars, and my mom and dad took me to the Oakland coliseum one year, and as we walked by some bleachers over in a corner, I remember smelling something funny, that I had never smelled before, and before I could ask what it was, my mom said something like 'oh hell, somebody just lit one up'......... Which I didn't think too much of, since she would occasionally smoke a cigarillo, and my dad regularly smoked cigs, but it wasn't until I was close to 15 or maybe 16 when I had a friend from school, that I would go to his house, and we used to drive his brother's second car and smoke his cigs while he was at work, and I soon got my first taste of the wacky t'baccy.
Regarding your smell... Is it possible you dried it a bit too much or quick? I remember reading about sticking a lettuce leaf, or some diff. things in your cure jar to re-hydrate a bit, or maybe just wait a bit more and see if it will come back.
I cut off a little popcorn bud last week, and quick dried it on top of the vent on my computer monitor, and it smelled, and smoked good, just like the stuff my ex-father in law pays for......( Don't get me wrong, the stuff here is nothing like I used to get in Cali or Oregon :( )
 
I'M going through the same thing, the no for sure dry and cure sucks!!! I'M hoping in that months time the smell comes out in the cure. Wishful thinking I guess!!
 
Wow, looks nice man!
Next grow, I bet you'll be so proud to put that soda can next to the bud for a size reference :)
That's funny you mention younger and smells....... I remember when I was about 11 or 12, and my dad used to like going to boat shows, car shows, drag races, almost anything to do with boats or cars, and my mom and dad took me to the Oakland coliseum one year, and as we walked by some bleachers over in a corner, I remember smelling something funny, that I had never smelled before, and before I could ask what it was, my mom said something like 'oh hell, somebody just lit one up'......... Which I didn't think too much of, since she would occasionally smoke a cigarillo, and my dad regularly smoked cigs, but it wasn't until I was close to 15 or maybe 16 when I had a friend from school, that I would go to his house, and we used to drive his brother's second car and smoke his cigs while he was at work, and I soon got my first taste of the wacky t'baccy.
Regarding your smell... Is it possible you dried it a bit too much or quick? I remember reading about sticking a lettuce leaf, or some diff. things in your cure jar to re-hydrate a bit, or maybe just wait a bit more and see if it will come back.
I cut off a little popcorn bud last week, and quick dried it on top of the vent on my computer monitor, and it smelled, and smoked good, just like the stuff my ex-father in law pays for......( Don't get me wrong, the stuff here is nothing like I used to get in Cali or Oregon :( )

lol funny shit bro. and yeah next time we'll see what happens with the drying.
I'M going through the same thing, the no for sure dry and cure sucks!!! I'M hoping in that months time the smell comes out in the cure. Wishful thinking I guess!!

hey I'm on the wishful thinking bus with you lol what strains did you grow?
 
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