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DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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UPDATE: Starting week 8 today, and all is well. Kosher Sorbet, Orange Kush Cake, and Banana Punch OG are getting really nice dense buds. I think Early Lemon Berry, and Dosi Whoa! may be late finishers at the 9-10 week range. .. we shall see. We are going to do a dry trim this time around to see if it cures better, and makes for an easier harvest on this scale. We’ll be dialing back the feed to ~ 600ppm as we finish up. F6FA0FAC-2C21-48F0-A62D-E2F5FC71575C.jpeg3E5DD881-0259-4A69-8C56-CC10401C10A7.jpeg11EF7C38-D307-46B9-8E31-C60210ADE9CC.jpegEAADBDBC-4AC7-4464-BE56-6995E6647579.jpegFA4ACB4A-4CE6-4B8D-9EAB-94685884F51C.jpeg47AB13DD-6B39-485C-AB1C-3B140EB17A39.jpeg
We've also been dropping temps as much as possible. ~59 during lights off, and 71ish during lights on. We're still having some cooler weather which is helping a lot. Im going to raise the lights up a bit this last week or so to mimic Fall. In other news, Im sure all of you have been affected by this Worldwide crisis we have going on here. It has not affected us too much. We don't leave The Compound for days at a time, and only for essentials. We bought a half a cow from the neighbor who is a rancher, stored 90 gallons of fuel, got extra ammo, and stocked the shelves with non perishables. We live pretty remotely, and have lots of quail, dove, deer, turkey if the shit gets really bad.... and squirrels, rabbits if the shit gets really, really bad. Also have a garden going for some fresh veggies. Toilet paper was the least of my worries... I have plenty of fan leaves. :) You guys stay safe out there!, and do your part of social distancing, we will get through this!
 
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ianc4990

ianc4990

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
UPDATE: Starting week 8 today, and all is well. Kosher Sorbet, Orange Kush Cake, and Banana Punch OG are getting really nice dense buds. I think Early Lemon Berry, and Dosi Whoa! may be late finishers at the 9-10 week range. .. we shall see. We are going to do a dry trim this time around to see if it cures better, and makes for an easier harvest on this scale. We’ll be dialing back the feed to ~ 600ppm as we finish up. View attachment 4518648View attachment 4518649View attachment 4518650View attachment 4518651View attachment 4518652View attachment 4518653
We've also been dropping temps as much as possible. ~59 during lights off, and 71ish during lights on. We're still having some cooler weather which is helping a lot. Im going to raise the lights up a bit this last week or so to mimic Fall. In other news, Im sure all of you have been affected by this Worldwide crisis we have going on here. It has not affected us too much. We don't leave The Compound for days at a time, and only for essentials. We bought a half a cow from the neighbor who is a rancher, stored 90 gallons of fuel, got extra ammo, and stocked the shelves with non perishables. We live pretty remotely, and have lots of quail, dove, deer, turkey if the shit gets really bad.... and squirrels, rabbits if the shit gets really, really bad. Also have a garden going for some fresh veggies. Toilet paper was the least of my worries... I have plenty of fan leaves. :) You guys stay safe out there!, and do your part of social distancing, we will get through this!
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Do you run vpd?
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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ianc4990 said:
Do you run vpd?
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As close as we can possibly do. Especially during veg and early flower. After that, we venture off the chart and start dropping the RH. This run was very good, and we stayed dead center of the VPD for a good part of the run. But now we are dropping temps and RH in these last couple of weeks. We're in the yellow, but not the red. Kinda have to adjust every day. Like yesterday was 24% RH on the intake, and today it rained all day and its currently 89% outside, but maintaining ~51% in the room. Just have to do the best we can. The good news is the rain is moving out, and dryer air moving in tomorrow for the next week or so, and we can get it back down to 41-43%. The 3 DH's are working overtime.
 
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DoubleAtotheRON

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Flatrate said:
Now that is an update! Outstanding my friend.
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Thanks man!.. we’re looking forward to getting this done, and take a break till late August. As you know, growing on this scale is a “no days off”.. and we been going hard since last August. We’re going to just keep some mothers in there over summer. We can control the heat with just 3-4 light running, but not 18.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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Woof!... Man, what crazy times we're in. This crop is coming to a close, and my normal trim crew wants to work, but Im hesitant to have 3-4 people I rarely talk to come out and trim. I have another home on my property that my parents stay in during the summer. They have a winter home in AZ. They just arrived, and they are pretty active. They're over 65, and are on lockdown by County law, so they may need something to do... and that something to do may be trimming LOL! As you can see, this is going to be one of those "Eating an elephant one bite at a time"... it can be overwhelming during these uncertain times. SO!.. we are going to try dry trimming this round. I hear that you have more of a window to trim since dry hanging will "cure", and time is not so much of an essence compared to wet trimming and hanging, (IE), they can hang longer and not dry out so fast. If any of you dry trimmers have any advise, I'd sure have an open mind. We'll have 4 people available 24/7... I just need to think out the process I guess.
 
Joedank

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@DoubleAtotheRON .
I always clip off big water leaves.
hang dry in the largest pieces possible. until the stems on small buds snap.
then clip the buds off the stick into big totes. The black ones with yellow lids from Home Depot. i place a hydrogomer in each bin ( cheap on amazon)
Then “burp” them daily. the moisture in the larger buds comes out and diffuses.
then at 55-60% humidity I put in turkey bags or vac seal bags for longer holding (11dashes on the bag fits back in the tote)
I don’t like the way the bodeva humidity pack remove the smell but the other brand I heard works better.
I try to “cure” for a week or two at least but in bags the buds are perfect for 2 months or so. i put in the freezer if holding longer. Or bury the totes in Mendocino lol.
hope that helps I have done Hundreds of pounds that way. It always turns out better than wet trimming.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

DoubleAtotheRON

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Joedank said:
@DoubleAtotheRON .
I always clip off big water leaves.
hang dry in the largest pieces possible. until the stems on small buds snap.
then clip the buds off the stick into big totes. The black ones with yellow lids from Home Depot. i place a hydrogomer in each bin ( cheap on amazon)
Then “burp” them daily. the moisture in the larger buds comes out and diffuses.
then at 55-60% humidity I put in turkey bags or vac seal bags for longer holding (11dashes on the bag fits back in the tote)
I don’t like the way the bodeva humidity pack remove the smell but the other brand I heard works better.
I try to “cure” for a week or two at least but in bags the buds are perfect for 2 months or so. i put in the freezer if holding longer. Or bury the totes in Mendocino lol.
hope that helps I have done Hundreds of pounds that way. It always turns out better than wet trimming.
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Cool. When I get out to the processing room. I’ll post a pic of where we dry. We do have 8 six lb capacity CureTubes we have used for the past 3 runs.
 
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DoubleAtotheRON

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So.. after thinking about it, and knowing that we won't have any extra help on this little project, I think we are going to start Monday. Im going to fill line 1 up one day, line 2 the next, 3 the next, etc. I think that by the time we get to line 5, the other strains that may go 9-9 1/2 weeks will still be in the grow, and that will give us an opportunity by day 10ish of line 1 hanging, we can just do a line a day, fill the line back up until we finish up. I suppose that is one good thing about having a few different strains, is that they all won't finish at once. Thoughts?
 
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Flatrate said:
Glad to hear your parents are at the Compound with you!
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Yep! they are safer here than in a highly populated area like Phoenix. We have neighbors, but they are like a 1/4 mile away, and we can't see them. Im sure they're glad to be back for a few months, but im about to put their asses to work! LOL! Dad can't watch Nascar anyways.
 
ianc4990

ianc4990

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
Woof!... Man, what crazy times we're in. This crop is coming to a close, and my normal trim crew wants to work, but Im hesitant to have 3-4 people I rarely talk to come out and trim. I have another home on my property that my parents stay in during the summer. They have a winter home in AZ. They just arrived, and they are pretty active. They're over 65, and are on lockdown by County law, so they may need something to do... and that something to do may be trimming LOL! As you can see, this is going to be one of those "Eating an elephant one bite at a time"... it can be overwhelming during these uncertain times. SO!.. we are going to try dry trimming this round. I hear that you have more of a window to trim since dry hanging will "cure", and time is not so much of an essence compared to wet trimming and hanging, (IE), they can hang longer and not dry out so fast. If any of you dry trimmers have any advise, I'd sure have an open mind. We'll have 4 people available 24/7... I just need to think out the process I guess.
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Yea, you dont have to get them bag ready trimmed to start the cure process. I hang whole plant for 14 days in 65f 60%rh and then take all water leaves off and snip the buds into jars. Burp the jars just like you would to do reg cure and either trim while curing or finish the cure, and trim completely dry.
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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ianc4990 said:
Yea, you dont have to get them bag ready trimmed to start the cure process. I hang whole plant for 14 days in 65f 60%rh and then take all water leaves off and snip the buds into jars. Burp the jars just like you would to do reg cure and either trim while curing or finish the cure, and trim completely dry.
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That's the plan brother!... we normally have shift crews, that way its not so monotonous. But this year is different as you know. ... we gotta keep everyone safe and healthy!
 
ianc4990

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DoubleAtotheRON said:
That's the plan brother!... we normally have shift crews, that way its not so monotonous. But this year is different as you know. ... we gotta keep everyone safe and healthy!
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The ONLY reason i dont envy the size of your room, is the length of trim jail your tied to. I hope you breeze through everything quickly. None of those beautiful nugs deserve to die on stem!
 
DoubleAtotheRON

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The ONLY reason i dont envy the size of your room, is the length of trim jail your tied to. I hope you breeze through everything quickly. None of those beautiful nugs deserve to die on stem!
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Yeah... last round, Paige was kinda freaking out. We lost about 10% due to time.. Every time she would bring it up, I would just say "we're simply out of time".. and that's just how it goes.. we ran 121 last round with ALOT of lowers/secondaries.. this round we stripped things way down, and only ran 96, so I think this will be good enough for us to run through it smoothly. I think we sold lowers/secondaries to processors at 56 lbs.... they are already knocking on my door, and I really dont think we will have any fresh frozen for them this time. You can see from the top straight down to the soil, and everything looks like its going to make it dry bud. Even the secondaries are pretty damn dense... and Im ok with that.
 
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