1600Kw vertical grow tent. Hybrid Aero/RDWC build.
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drekoushranada
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Well they don't look hungry to me personally. It has been at 1103 for only a day or so. I am about to go check on them and see if anything changed. I ordered a 60-100x microscope to check the trics. Cant wait until it freaking gets here. How do you dry and cure your product? I been reading the Ganjaluvurs thread for curing on the site.
Jozikins
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Oh, well if it's only been a day or two it is too soon to know. It takes 4-5 days to see the results usually.
I have sooooo many ways of drying and curing, they all work fine, I have tried them all! But if you don't have a pm problem and your temps/rh is just right, as slow as possible is always best. But leaving all the leaves on makes the trim job horribly difficult. My favorite method so far is trimming them into 10" spears with most the leaves still on, but all the big ones off, both frosty and fan leaves are removed that are large. Then I hang them all up upside down (because it's easiest, not because it does anything) and keep them in a room with moving air but no direct breeze, at around 72 degrees at 48-52% humidity in total darkness if possible. They take about a week to dry like this, if you leave all the big leaves on there, it'll take 2 weeks and trimming will take a solid week and will be horrible and unpleasant.
Around here with all the PM I have to break all my plants down to nugs immediately during the harvest, and then I put it on a drying rack that is wrapped in plastic like a grow tent would be, it is just a storage shelf unit from Lowes, and we put window screen on the shelves to support the nugs and let them breath. The nugs dry out rapidly like this and can be very harsh, so I put a humidifier right next to the tent and keep the rh around 60% to slow down the drying process, this gives me dried product in 4-5 days, less if I screw up. I also use paper bags as a inbetween step from curing and drying.
drekoushranada
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That sounds like a plan to me. I have a tester piece hanging in a shoe box to dry. Its now one stinky shoe box!! Lol.. Oh yeah I did my math wrong the ppm are at 1003 not 1103. I gave them a bit more food though. im sure they will enjoy it.
drekoushranada
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Well something strange is going on but good. I raised the food up to 1250 ppm, the ph is between 5.6 and 5.7 I usually kept it at 5.8. Now I changed my light schedule to 11 on 13 off. After this change in lighting the plants are eating and drinking like crazy. I have a feeling that the extra hour of darkness is throwing them in overdrive but I really cant prove what is going on. It is day 48 of flower. I am going to HAVE to chop them on day 60 no matter what.
captainbud
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I just read this entire thread from the beginning. Wow! Great job. My wife is pissed, I have to go to bed now. Rep.
Jozikins
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Haha, thanks for the rep bro. Go to bed, you don't want your wife thinking this is all you do with your spare time, lol. My girlfriend thinks it's cute that I am learning about growing all day, I'm sure if we marry it'll be a different story. haha.
drekoushranada
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Heck all I get most of the time is." When is it going to be done??!!"
drekoushranada
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Oh crap! Well it looks like I need to start that today huh? Lol
drekoushranada
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Well I started my flush. I will do it again in 3 days to remove any residue in the totes.
drekoushranada
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I am just using water. I do have some Earth Juice Hi-Brix Grow part A. Its from when I used it to make my Heisenberg Tea. Would that make slime pop up? Also I would I spot hermied plants im not sure what to look for but balls. Also during these last days can I cut my lighting down to only 600w? That way I can keep the heat way down during these final days before chop? I know its a burst of questions but im stoked about being on my way to finally getting my first harvest under my belt.
Jozikins
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HiBrix part A? I just know of the HiBrix molasses, the grow/bloom nutrients i have never used. Don't put that in your res to flush with. You can't use molasses in hydro... well you can... very diluted, but it's still risky without mixing it into tea. I would use something like Liquid Carboload by AN, the only thing I will ever recommend from AN. You could also use Sugar Daddy or Sweet Raw, same thing as each other. Carboload is really the only carb out there for plants that has something "Special" to it.
drekoushranada
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Im cutting on 09/15/11.. I would let some of them go longer but I have to get ready to move..
drekoushranada
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As always thanks a million J-Man. So what about the lighting part? Cutting it down to only 600w and for the final days should I put a mh back in the mix?
Jozikins
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I don't know about cutting back, I did and cut back to a 400w MH with no lens from a 600w HPS with a lens in my last grow. The MH was to see if i could get more resin, and i've never had stickier plants because of it, but it could also be the strain, I've never grown Blue Dream before this. The 600w was burning out much faster than it should have, so I placed the 400w MH in there and it was much brighter, which means I've been throwing 200w+ out the door every week for 3.5 weeks. Laziness got me again. But I still got fat dense buds and they are all amazing.
You can downgrade, and I don't think you'll see too much loss in weight, I would def use MH to finish up, it's worth the effort, even if there is a slight chance it really works. But if you don't know about downgrading just stick with what you are using, unless the power bill is killing you. As long as you can get the light penetration with 600w, you should be fine, they are still very powerful bulbs.
You can downgrade, and I don't think you'll see too much loss in weight, I would def use MH to finish up, it's worth the effort, even if there is a slight chance it really works. But if you don't know about downgrading just stick with what you are using, unless the power bill is killing you. As long as you can get the light penetration with 600w, you should be fine, they are still very powerful bulbs.
drekoushranada
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Thanks J-Man. I will get the 600w MH up there tomorrow. Im sure they would love it. Plus im sure the temp drop would play a role in the making more resin with using one light. We shall see though.