Vermont 2019

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klyphman

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Looks great.

I too am in VT. Central Champlain Valley. Raised beds in my garden, been covered up with a plastic shelter since Labor Day.

My plants are monsters in size, look similar to yours. 7-8' tall with heavy dragon tongue colas flopping every which way. Mountain Mist and Black Domino from msnl (both freebies). Mtn Mist tops will come down tonight after work, but the Black Dom still needs a few weeks. (no pics on my pc, maybe later)

I just bought a bowl trimmer as well b/c I can't wrap my mind around the quantity I'll be getting and processing. My hand hurts just thinking about it. Glad you like yours. Any tips on using it?

Cheers!
 
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Zappa66

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Go slow at first, make sure the two half’s of the dome are perfectly lined up before you start spinning. Feels like you could strip the gearbox pretty easy. Mine is a cheap china copy not a nice one. It’s the Ipower 19”. I also shuffled the washers around to make the blade closer to the mesh for a closer trim.

I love the thing. No way I could do this amount by hand.
 
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BrewerT

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Sadly we got down to 35 last night and they are calling for it to go down to 30f this weekend. Some of my plants had another week or two to finish but Ive learned bud rot is no joke once first frost hits.
 
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klyphman

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Nice. I got busy this evening too. Bowl trimmer seems pretty decent. Not as close as a hand trim, but I knew that going into it. Mine is a 19” Vivosun. Nothing fancy.

Cut off the branches that were leaning out from under the shelter into the direct rain.

I assume you are using a drying rack? Are you concerned about flat spots on the dried buds? (Probably a silly thing to be concerned about, all things considered).
 
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Zappa66

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Yah the trim is good enough. I hand dry trimmed some and it looks better but not nearly by enough to get worked up over at this volume!

I’m using about 9-10 large window screens from the house, have them stacked with cardboard beer boxes in between. Couldn’t bring myself to order a $20 drying rack heh.

I don’t care about flat spots myself, but you can mix yours up twice a day to avoid it.
 
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McLovinVT

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Cut most of my two plants this morning, here in Addison County. Weather is poop, and I have been finding bud rot pretty much everyday. Still have alot of smaller buds that I left. C99 and Critical Kush drying.
 
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klyphman

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McLovin, I’m also in Addison county and am hoping to avoid frost tonight(near the lake) and eek out a few more days of sunshine for the Mtn Mist. The Black Domina def needs more time though, and I’m going to hold my breath, and hope for the best. They are covered from rain and it is plenty windy at my house—all the time. Start of next week looks wet though...

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McLovinVT

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Wow, just found out yesterday that 3 different guys in my area had their plants stolen in the last two weeks. Each case was unrelated as well. One guy had his plants behind 6' chainlink fencing. They cut the lock on the door. Be vigilant everyone if your goodies are still out there. I'm a firm believer that the less people know about your grow, regardless if it is legal, the better.
 
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DarkWeb

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Anyone else get that good frost sat morning? I hit low 20's! Thought I was done, but letting them go longer. I had some wpm when we where getting all that rain. I sprayed baking soda and water on them and haven't seen any more. Last couple of days has been good.
 
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DarkWeb

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I bet that bowl trimmer saves some time. I was thinking about getting one. The trim it does looks good.
 
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Zappa66

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I’m still letting the gth go, looks like it needs about two weeks! I’ll go as far as I can, weather looks good for a week or so.
 
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Zappa66

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Saves weeks worth of trimming but does round off the bids a bit. I can understand the reason people talk shit on them. I wouldn’t put my nice indoor in the thing but when you have pounds it’s the only practical way if you don’t spend all winter dry trimming.
 
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klyphman

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Yeah, I’m liking the trimmer well enough for massive time saving, but I do have some of the tops hanging to dry for my personal stash. ‘Rounding off’ is a good description. Definitely beats em up a little.

Black Domina still chugging along. Will chop some this weekend. I’ve been steadily chopping Mtn Mist throughout the week. Both are starting to purple up. The first round is dried and the nugs are rock solid and super dense. More so than anything I’ve ever grown. A QP fits in a 1/2 gal mason jar with ease. Nothing wrong with dense nugs, right?? (Semi serious question).

I’ve been a bit paranoid about rippers too, thanks for the heads up McLovin. Some people (shaking head)...
 
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DarkWeb

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Have you guys had to clean the trimmer yet? I was thinking it would be a sticky nightmare!

Black domina is awesome...2 more weeks would be nice! But yeah with leaves coming down and all other plants shitting the bed make me worried about rippers too.
 
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klyphman

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I haven’t cleaned it yet, but the grate is looking golden brownish from all the resin. I have had to tighten a few screws on the cheap Chinese manufacturing though, and you do gotta go easy when starting-thanks for the tip Zappa.
 
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Zappa66

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Just put the down east skunk into buckets with 62% humidity packs. Got about 3.5 lbs, lost about a qp to mold unfortunately before I added a dehumidifier to the area I was drying. Whoops! Great skunky buds, Sativa high, liking it a lot. Ghost train haze x r2 poison still rocking it.
 
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Zappa66

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Bit the bullet yesterday and started to harvest the ghost train haze x r2 poison. I think it could have gone a while yet but that’s just how the cookie crumbles. Mid October is pushing it hard in this area. Harvesting in the storm today, hopefully we’ll finish up.
 
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