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[Hayduke]

I prob shoulda said that I didn't know what 18 degrees meant because I'm another lazy American, and ya I still havn't learned the metric system either lol. But I still think 64.4 F is a little low, isn't it? You want between 70 and 80, preferably the lower end. But that sounded much lower to me before - 18 - I'm sure you're prob fine.

Yes it is a touch low...but I would take it over 80 any day. The real issue, I believe, is relative humidity...If it is a little high, a fan to circulate. If it is too dry...well, it is always too dry here when I dry.

 

[greenfirekilla420]

I have no intake fan what so ever all fans run are exhaust fans. I open the 3 vent ports on the tent when the light is on or both the fans on and when shut I close all three of the vent ports for light tight reasons. I have the diy pencil holder carbon filters on the socks for intake lights off on the stanely fan. I have it set to come on every 15 minutes and then off for 15 minutes. I don't have a thermometer sadly it broke sometime during veg. I keep my house around 73 degrees though so pretty cool. I also run my lights 949pm to 949am to beat heat a bit better. Next year I'm planning on adding another stanely fan that way I can use my 4" inline as an intake fan so I can ditch the diy carbon filters on the socks. Hope this helps my man.

 

[grow4joe]

grow4joe - a dry box is just any box that you can close, cardboard is said to be better than plastic but I doubt theres much difference. Just cut some holes on either side and put something in ther that you can hang the buds from. Or put a screen in there and lay them on it; you can fit more in there this way I find. Make sure not to have direct ventilation or light. vwa-la, dry box. I'm gonna hang my next ones in the grow room though. I think that might be better anyway.

Peace

YES!! I have just made one, took like 5 minutes! Thanks groputillor!!
also by doing this i now have my light back on in the grow tent warming things up while the buds sit in their new temp home for now, although im really feeling dis carboard dry box!!!...might just carry on if things work with it, and build up on it with odour stoppers and shit like that haha
I used a big pram box, about 34'' tall, 17'' deep and wide, plenty big enough for me
Ive used 3 bamboo sticks simply pushed through some holes i made with a screwdriver and ive layed a cardboard piece over the bamboo to hold my loose buds. There are holes on each side at the bottom and ive got a small 7'' desk fan blowin air around but not directly through the vents if that makes sense.
here are some pics
Ive thoroughly checked my buds this morning and all is well apart from some of the buds feel 'crispy' but are still wet in the middle, they went like this before i cut them down, should i srpay with a lil water or just leave em be? other than that things are going much better today


thanks fot the help.

oh and also, i have some small farty buds that have just been sitting in my boiler cabinet quick drying, when will these be good to jar?? they have gone dry but the middle is still a little damp its only day 2 but like i said they real farty!

wow just realised how long this post is! sorry if i pissed anyone off.

.G4J.

 

[grow4joe]

Yes it is a touch low...but I would take it over 80 any day. The real issue, I believe, is relative humidity...If it is a little high, a fan to circulate. If it is too dry...well, it is always too dry here when I dry.

thanks for looking out, things should be a bit warmer tonight now ive made this temp box, ill heat it up before i go to bed then they will 'go to bed' i managed to bring things up slightly last night to around 20 which is an ok temp for night i think, the nights have been getting real cold over here!

p.s. that post i done a minute ago looked bigger in the small box than it actually does on the page!!! shoulda had that after!! im just rabbling along!!!

 

[DST]

thanks for looking out, things should be a bit warmer tonight now ive made this temp box, ill heat it up before i go to bed then they will 'go to bed' i managed to bring things up slightly last night to around 20 which is an ok temp for night i think, the nights have been getting real cold over here!

p.s. that post i done a minute ago looked bigger in the small box than it actually does on the page!!! shoulda had that after!! im just rabbling along!!!

Looks like a cool box set up you got there. That bud looks like its going to taste nice and limey, it will be interesting to see what colour it is once its gone through the drying/curing process G4J? Get some post cured shots for the viewers

 

[grow4joe]

Looks like a cool box set up you got there. That bud looks like its going to taste nice and limey, it will be interesting to see what colour it is once its gone through the drying/curing process G4J? Get some post cured shots for the viewers

Thanks DST, there will be some pics i will upload most probably tomorow, when should i jar them? a few buds are dry on the outside but still sticky as f**k on the inside so i got a bit paranoid and took them back out again and put them in the dry box, also some of my buds went a bit crispy before i cut them down and have stayed quite crispy, but again the inside is still damp, any ideas??

Some good advice from groputillor with the quick dry box, i would nether of thought of that thanks again,

Ive sampled a couple of small buds which have been quick dryed, still a little bit damp but smokeable...and they tasted and smelt really nice aswell even for the quick process.
One plant tastes lemony, real citrus flavour goin on in there with a really great uplifting buzzzzz..really puts a grin on your face!
My special lady, who turned slightly purple is f**king awesome man! well chuffed. tastes, smells and looks a treat and again even for quick drying the little iddy biddy buds they outcome is very good, im not sure what it tastes like, it was really intense and strong, the only way i can describe it is, imagine smoking a lavender plant, the smoke would be really rich and intense i thinks, the flavour i mean, i dont recomend any one smoke lavender or anything, haha just trying to paint a picture for you guys.
it proper f**ked me up....gets you really confused and laughy, gave a bong hit to my friend and his eyes went so red and then just closed up!! you could hardly seem them!!!! so good results from the lads to.
pics will come soon though,


/l\
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.G4J.


Grow4joe does not recomend that anyone try to smoke lavender nor do they try to eat lavender. Grow4jow will not be held responsible for anyone falling ill from smoking or ingesting lavender.

 

[DST]

Thanks DST, there will be some pics i will upload most probably tomorow, when should i jar them? a few buds are dry on the outside but still sticky as f**k on the inside so i got a bit paranoid and took them back out again and put them in the dry box, also some of my buds went a bit crispy before i cut them down and have stayed quite crispy, but again the inside is still damp, any ideas??

First, if some of the fatter ones are crisping up on the outside and still damp inside, stick em in a plastic bag overnight, this will even out the moisture, then hang em back up again. Depending on your drying environment, I normally hang for 5-7 days, then I put them in a paper bag for further drying (5 days) Then I bottle them nugs (opening the jars once or twice a day...)

Lavender: My wife has a real problem with dry eyes, so has eye drops next to her bed. She only woke up one night, half asleep, grabbed the bottle and applied some eye drops....shiiiiiitttttt was the scream (she had only picked up a bottle of Lavender oil and applied a couple of drops to her eye!!!) Not good!!! Especially if they are dry in the first place.

 

[sweetgod420]

6th day of flowering ( 2 flowerz per node)

 

[jayada1]

6th day of flowering ( 2 flowerz per node)

realy wow iam in day 7 and nothin lol what r u doing

 

[sweetgod420]

look how much light density i have , the cabs 100% light tight and it may be the nutes

 

[pfskunk]

hey awsom i knew i made the right choice with the 400w mh i got an enhanced spectrum bulb though for more red i got to find out how to post pics but ther coming soon gettin ready for flower

 

[jayada1]

oh ok yea not using any nuts at the moment got told 12/12 would be enough so nuts u recone ty m8 theses r my pic s ya um to upload pics go advance rply and then manage attatchmeants

 

[jayada1]

sos not in one post somethin went wrong lol

 

[captiankush]

some quick shots of the garden a week into 12/12, I was moving the girls around to see if I could free up some space.


CK

 

[grow4joe]

Thanks for the advice, didnt get the message til this morning but they have been siitin in plastic bags since then, keep checking them tho and i was surprised at how they felt, nice again, my air is very dry where they are drying and i took a few buds out the bags and a couple hours later...dry on the outside, sticky on the in.. so i guess its , air, ive left em' in the bags open inside the dry box and this seems to be doing good.
im not goin to paper bag them but i am going to leave them on some cardboard in the box, as the ones i have on there now are drying well nice.
its strange because only one plant is crisping up and the other seems to be drying perfectly....?
as for the lavender in the eye.....damn! that must've been sore in the morning!

 

[jayada1]

nice pics ya myn about 3 foot and abit

 

[DST]

Thanks for the advice, didnt get the message til this morning but they have been siitin in plastic bags since then, keep checking them tho and i was surprised at how they felt, nice again, my air is very dry where they are drying and i took a few buds out the bags and a couple hours later...dry on the outside, sticky on the in.. so i guess its , air, ive left em' in the bags open inside the dry box and this seems to be doing good.
im not goin to paper bag them but i am going to leave them on some cardboard in the box, as the ones i have on there now are drying well nice.
its strange because only one plant is crisping up and the other seems to be drying perfectly....?
as for the lavender in the eye.....damn! that must've been sore in the morning!

I am sure they'll be right G4J Just keep yer peepers on them. Have you checked the airflow in the box, or have you rotated the hanging bud around in the box? It's interesting that one is drying faster than the others...??

 

[DST]

sos not in one post somethin went wrong lol

Did you get any signs of sex yet J?

some quick shots of the garden a week into 12/12, I was moving the girls around to see if I could free up some space.


CK

Fat plants CK, very nice.

I am sure they'll be right G4J Just keep yer peepers on them. Have you checked the airflow in the box, or have you rotated the hanging bud around in the box? It's interesting that one is drying faster than the others...??

 

[grow4joe]

I am sure they'll be right G4J Just keep yer peepers on them. Have you checked the airflow in the box, or have you rotated the hanging bud around in the box? It's interesting that one is drying faster than the others...??

yea man they should be cool, just getting worried, i dont got to explain myself im sure you guys know what its like!
Yea i take the hanging buds out on a regs and usually turn the hangers around, the loose buds i gently shuffle about and the larger loose buds i turn over, the fan is on and swaying constantly but not directly through the holes only partially breezing one side, i reached in the middle and when the fan rotates to the box you can feel a very gentle, cool breeze come in, its very soft, i shouldnt even think it would move toilet paper, although i havent tested it with mine cause its like sand paper and wouldnt move if blew on it!!!!
anyway, so the air feels good, i forgot to mention that ive got the central heating on so my place is warm, the fan blows cold air in but it stays around 23 so i think that is ok, drops to around 20ish at night if i turn CH off.
The buds ive had in baggies, should i leave them in overnight aswell or would this cause mold?
yea i know its weird that one crisped up on the actual plant, before i harvested to, did i mention that they are two different strains, would this also cause one to dry quicker?

once again, sorry to for the long reply and the questions, i worry....
you should see what im like with my son!

Peace >> (for those who didnt know)



.G4J.

 

[DST]

yea man they should be cool, just getting worried, i dont got to explain myself im sure you guys know what its like!
Yea i take the hanging buds out on a regs and usually turn the hangers around, the loose buds i gently shuffle about and the larger loose buds i turn over, the fan is on and swaying constantly but not directly through the holes only partially breezing one side, i reached in the middle and when the fan rotates to the box you can feel a very gentle, cool breeze come in, its very soft, i shouldnt even think it would move toilet paper, although i havent tested it with mine cause its like sand paper and wouldnt move if blew on it!!!!
anyway, so the air feels good, i forgot to mention that ive got the central heating on so my place is warm, the fan blows cold air in but it stays around 23 so i think that is ok, drops to around 20ish at night if i turn CH off.
The buds ive had in baggies, should i leave them in overnight aswell or would this cause mold?
yea i know its weird that one crisped up on the actual plant, before i harvested to, did i mention that they are two different strains, would this also cause one to dry quicker?

once again, sorry to for the long reply and the questions, i worry....
you should see what im like with my son!

Peace >> (for those who didnt know)



.G4J.

No worries G. Personally I wouldn't leave them in a plastic bag overnight (if that's what you mean by baggies). The worse case scenario if you hang them and they dry quicker is that your bud may be a bit harsher (ok, so you may loose a % or so for those officionados) but nothing that is going to kill you.) but you can win that back in curing.

, good smoking G,

DST