Hempstar 3 Stage LED Grow

rasputin71

rasputin71

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The first one I let go dry, and it certainly helped with the ripening/finishing. The last ones I harvested I drowned during their last day of 12/12. The next ones I harvest I plan to let go under the lights longer, until they are ready, and the I will drown them and leave them under the lights until they quit drinking, and then put them in the dark and keep them drowned. I also cut and hang my plants whole and dont trim the fan leaves until after 5 - 7 days hanging but my dark/drying room is unusually cold/dry.
 
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medicine21

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...and while we wait for dunit to trim up his nuggs :weed:, Rasputin, which method out of those in your experience provides the ripest most resiny buds?
 
shand

shand

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dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit dunit BATMAN
 
dunit

dunit

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Well sorry for all the delays. Way too much going on and not enough time. On top of it apparently the last person who used my Trip Reaper broke it and forgot to mention it so its been hand trimming which I detest. Not that it doesn't prodce the best results, it just happens to agravate my condition. Kinda glad I am hand trimming because the crystal on these things is just outright freaky and would hate to lose any in the tumbling process. Here are some preliminary pictures. You will notice there are only 8 plants in the pics and I was running 12. That's because I stripped the nugz off four plants and threw them in the reaper until I realized it wasn't working so now have to hand trim a bunch of individual nugz that are already off the plants :wall:

Of course these aren't final trimmed but I go through and get off all the big leaves and rough trim first and then do a final manicure after. At least with most of the foliage gone you can get an idea of what the bugs look like.

My initial reaction is that for such small plants that weren't pruned properly and had nute lockout during the critical 7th week they nugged up pretty good. Certainly impressed with the penetration of these lights as even the nugz at the bottom are nice and hard.
 

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dunit

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Gonna start a seperate thread when I find the time but here's the 9 Purple Kush that just went 12/12 today :-)

Gonna try to run the next thread a whole lot more consistent because my updates were all over the place on this one.

Only running nine as they are bigger plants and in bigger pots. That is a 4x4 flood and drain table they are in.

In my experience Purple Kush stretches a bit and gets quite bushy so hopefully I've nailed my coverage area a
little better on this one as had a fair bit of wasted space in the last one
 

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dafoo

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Looking good man


dunit said:
Well sorry for all the delays. Way too much going on and not enough time. On top of it apparently the last person who used my Trip Reaper broke it and forgot to mention it so its been hand trimming which I detest. Not that it doesn't prodce the best results, it just happens to agravate my condition. Kinda glad I am hand trimming because the crystal on these things is just outright freaky and would hate to lose any in the tumbling process. Here are some preliminary pictures. You will notice there are only 8 plants in the pics and I was running 12. That's because I stripped the nugz off four plants and threw them in the reaper until I realized it wasn't working so now have to hand trim a bunch of individual nugz that are already off the plants :wall:

Of course these aren't final trimmed but I go through and get off all the big leaves and rough trim first and then do a final manicure after. At least with most of the foliage gone you can get an idea of what the bugs look like.

My initial reaction is that for such small plants that weren't pruned properly and had nute lockout during the critical 7th week they nugged up pretty good. Certainly impressed with the penetration of these lights as even the nugz at the bottom are nice and hard.
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mad dog bark

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dunit said:
Check your junk file for the activation message. Thats where mine was
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yep that where message was. top man thanks.
see you doing less plants this time around. are you vegging these ones longer? or just a tall/bigger strain. wot size you looking at growing to? you aiming for 1 1/2 - 2 oz a plant this time around?
 
Cereall

Cereall

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dun dun dun

yes the anticipation is killing me too!

anxious to see some quality led bud and your final weight.. more excited for your next grow as im sure you learned a few things about these lights to improve for next time!
 
rasputin71

rasputin71

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surgedup said:
what was that final weight there dunit ...... anticipation is killing me
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I would expect he is trying to let them dry. He only posted a pic 24 hours ago, and they weren't even harvested yet, just trimmed. I still dont understand why people trim fan leaves before harvesting or drying.
 
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medicine21

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I trim and manicure before drying because it is much easier to do so with wet rather than dry buds. I wear a mask but I still sneeze and wheeze for 2 weeks after harvest after trimming for 3 hard days. I think I'd croak if I manicured dried buds...
 
rasputin71

rasputin71

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medicine21 said:
I trim and manicure before drying because it is much easier to do so with wet rather than dry buds. .......
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I have done it both ways, and I disagree. Most importantly, the final product is better if you dry it with the plant intact, IME. I won't hijack any further though.
 
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