last week was dreadful weather so I got this bright idea to fire up the 600 watt HPS to speed up her progression.
This did not work out well, as after 3 days she started to wilt, but only one bud...go figure.
I had the light at least 18 inches away from the impacted bud.....anyhow, to hell with the HPS, I'm going to finish her up in the sunshine, just hope we get some more sunny days like today.
One wilted bud? Could be caterpillar damage, look for the most wilted or dry part of that bud and dig in to it a little bit, see caterpillar damage? If you do, you got to start digging around until you find the little thin green fucker, and pull him out.
Last couple years I had great success with just vacuum sealing the jars after3-4 weeks of curing in the jars and storing them in a pitch black environment. If I opened the jar for any reason it was vacuum sealed back up and put back in its always dark location. The last jar I opened was just as fresh as the day i sealed it. with a great taste and Very strong smell. Might have to just keep with my own method that has seemed to work well my itself. Might by a couple to try them and compare the jars in a year of storage to see if their is a difference.
CO2!!! Store it for years, flash frozen in time!
I couldn't do that to him doe... so ill just keep tellin his dumb ass take them suboxones and stop shotting china white..
Some junkies never stop man, it's just a fact of life. I wouldn't let him help you trim unless you know he is well stocked up right now. Hope he can get off of it though, opiate withdrawl is pretty shitty man.
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Here is as shot of the outdoor girls, they have been moved from the herb bed closer to the garage, due to the pending snow tonight. They will be moved into the garage and all but the one in the first picture in the front are coming down Saturday. Our first outdoor grow was fun and challenging with all that Mother Nature threw at us, especially in the month of September. Thanks to all here for answering my newbie questions and happy harvesting to everyone. See everyone next year!
I feel your pain! I have to move all mine in tonight. We brought them indoors yesterday morning to hit them with a bug bomb that requires 4 days before harvest, so I just shot myself in the foot. I'll be bringing them in every night for 3 more days. Today I hope to bring down my 5 biggest plants, hopefully I can get them all in CO2 without staying up all night!
What do you use to seal your jars? I've been thinking of picking up a food saver vacuum thingy and a jar attachment. My plan is to put a couple packs into long term storage.
Fill your jars with CO2!!! Seriously, I'm going to have to post some pics of how effective it is tonight. All my buds I packed away 2 days ago, soaking wet, in sealed plastic bags, are just as fresh and spry as they were growing on the plant. No wilting whatsoever, like I said, it's literally freezing them in time!
I've been growing since 2009, and I still take stuff early from time to time, I did this season too, it was sadly one of my biggest plants. It sucked because I had a lot of orders already made for it, it's a local favorite. It's important to remember, cannabis builds flowers, fattens up, and already looks ready, but it still needs to go through a ripening process. The ripening process is where your buds get denser, sweeter and stinkier (too a certain point, over-ripened flowers lose their terpene profile), the trichomes change color, and your plant over all starts displaying fall colors. You'll notice a halt in pistil growth in most strains, while some Sativas may produce pistils until long after they are ripe. you will see some yellow, some red, some purple, and in some you won't notice much difference in color at all. Just squeeze a few nugs off each plant to check for density, and look under the scope at the trichs.
