My First Grow!

Foolet

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Do not. Change. A thing. :blsmoke:
Haha, I am changing my set-up completely. I am moving to the inside of a big screen TV within a few days. The TV is about 4 foot tall and 3 ft wide. This will allow me to grow about 4 plants at a time and like 3 ft high. It is 100% light proof as of now, but once I install the fans I will need to try to patch up the light leaks. I am going to use cardboard to make a square around the fans with one spot open to allow the transfer of air.
 
Haha, I am changing my set-up completely. I am moving to the inside of a big screen TV within a few days. The TV is about 4 foot tall and 3 ft wide. This will allow me to grow about 4 plants at a time and like 3 ft high. It is 100% light proof as of now, but once I install the fans I will need to try to patch up the light leaks. I am going to use cardboard to make a square around the fans with one spot open to allow the transfer of air.
I forgot about your TV project. That sounds like it will work great. I'll be sub'ing that grow for sure
 

Foolet

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Thanks highlife! I will put up pictures soon but does anyone know if I should stop giving nuted water and start giving only clean filtered water? My plant is an auto flower and is almost 60 days old but as you can see I entered flower A LOT later then most people.
 

jasonw3

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Hey foolet my first auto (critical from feminised seeds.co.uk)is 11 weeks today and still doesn't look quiet ready but I've put her in 48hrs dark to see how it goes thought I would let you know help you judge yours. I stopped nutes at week 8 and regret g it doughty but at least o know you won't taste any in the bud :)
 

Foolet

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Hey foolet my first auto (critical from feminised seeds.co.uk)is 11 weeks today and still doesn't look quiet ready but I've put her in 48hrs dark to see how it goes thought I would let you know help you judge yours. I stopped nutes at week 8 and regret g it doughty but at least o know you won't taste any in the bud :)
Oh, wow! Yours is 77 days old and still in flower :) I hope mine stays in it for a nice long time, more bud the better. I am growing purely for profit. I plan on selling all the bud except a few grams, then making the rest of it into hash.
 

jasonw3

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It's only gona be around half oz it's only a ft tall but I got another two ready within week or two which are both 2 1/2ft to 3ft which are rammed with buds :)
 

Foolet

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It's only gona be around half oz it's only a ft tall but I got another two ready within week or two which are both 2 1/2ft to 3ft which are rammed with buds :)
how much you think I'll get out of mine, each? and you should post pictures!
 

jasonw3

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I got plenty of pics but I don't have a pc there all on my iPhone :( so as soon as I get on a comp I'll upload them all.
 

jasonw3

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Plants looking good mate I'd say you got two weeks looks like there's fresh White pistils and there's not much receding back into the bud I got told you want 60%+ receding back into the bud and look out for it to swell and I also seen an article on here somewhere that says if you want a more in the head high buzz harvest early and if you want a more body relaxing buzz then leave it a bit longer
 

Foolet

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Plants looking good mate I'd say you got two weeks looks like there's fresh White pistils and there's not much receding back into the bud I got told you want 60%+ receding back into the bud and look out for it to swell and I also seen an article on here somewhere that says if you want a more in the head high buzz harvest early and if you want a more body relaxing buzz then leave it a bit longer
Oh wow, only 2 weeks left before harvest? Shouldn't I stop giving nutes then? Also how much do you think I'll harvest?
 

C.Indica

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Plants looking good mate I'd say you got two weeks looks like there's fresh White pistils and there's not much receding back into the bud I got told you want 60%+ receding back into the bud and look out for it to swell and I also seen an article on here somewhere that says if you want a more in the head high buzz harvest early and if you want a more body relaxing buzz then leave it a bit longer
What he meant to say was; Ignore the hairs, and harvest based on Trichomes.
To check trichomes, get a 30x-60x magnification lens, personally I just use a sherlock, but this takes a steady hand.
To get a speedy, energetic, sativa high, harvest when all the trichomes and their heads are milky white, with several beginning to turn amber.
To get a slow, couchlock, sleepy, indica high, harvest when all the trichomes have turned white, and about 50% or more have begun to turn amber.

Trichomes are the little crystals, and their "head/ball" has the highest concentration of THC in the entire plant. But they are very, very tiny.
When they turn Milky white, they have filled with beautiful THC and are psychoactive. Before this they are basically useless.
When the Milky White trichomes begin to turn Amber, the THC is literally degrading/decomposing into CBN, which gives the couchlock sleepy high.

Hairs were just an old school gardener's trick to harvest "close enough"
Since then we've learned a few tricks.

Stop giving them fertilizer about a week before harvest, and switch to pure water.
Or alternatively, feed them up until the end, and Water Cure your buds, which will remove any contaminants, fertilizer, and impurities from the bud.
 

jasonw3

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Couldn't say mate pics are deceiving I look at my pics and it looks like there's more than there actually is but I will get pics on tomorrow definitely of pre harvest first chop etc
 

jasonw3

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Ok I'll have to get myself one of them *60 magnify glass then for the next two. Whats eater curing I'm intrigued by this.
 

Foolet

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I don't have any magnify glasses !!! AHH!! I am going to have to harvest this one based on hairs. I want the uppit energetic high. About 5 or 6 hairs are amber on my main plant but also on my youngest. Should I wait till about 20% are amber then harvest?
 

BMWEATER

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sometimes you can tell when the plant gets that overall golden look...like its been tanning out there. If you go through some grow journals you notice right before harvest some of them have this golden/tan glow....or you could get a magnifying lens. I for my part am going to go with the golden tan strategy lol
 

Foolet

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I believe my oldest plant is ready for harvest. I am only going to give it fresh ph'd water from now on. What is the minimum time I should "flush" my plant for? I plan on using most of the top for a nice extra large nug then the rest into smaller 1g nugs.
 

swantip

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One week after flush is the minimum. Two weeks is optimal.But at least 50% of the hair should be amber before you consider to harvest.otherwise there wont be enough thc to smoke
 
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