Did I go to far with trim ?

DeadHeadX

DeadHeadX

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I’m a trim minimalist and like to leave more fan leaves. They’re important. But yours look like they’re doing well.
 
Cpappa27

Cpappa27

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Oh you mean defoliating haha Im over her baked thinking you're trimming finished product :eyesmoke:. Yeah the defoliation doesnt look bad but I steer away from defoliating anytime during flower, unless the leaves are almost ready to fall off from fading. Nice plant BTW
 
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Autoflowercafe

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Cpappa27 said:
Oh you mean defoliating haha Im over her baked thinking you're trimming finished product :eyesmoke:. Yeah the defoliation doesnt look bad but I steer away from defoliating anytime during flower, unless the leaves are almost ready to fall off from fading. Nice plant BTW
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It’s my first ever grow
 
LewberDewber852

LewberDewber852

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Autoflowercafe said:
Thanks a ton I’ve read and watched so many videos I feel like I’ve taken a short horticultural course
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Lol it’s only gets more involved. Be prepared. What’s worse is now when u talk to folks about gardening in general you’ll end being asked why or how you know so much about the subject :blsmoke:
 
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BrassNwood

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Autoflowercafe said:
Thanks a ton I’ve read and watched so many videos I feel like I’ve taken a short horticultural course
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Now comes the really hard part to get right.
Dry and Cure.
It is hot and dry come fall harvest in Southern California and all that great smelling weed was turning to shit and the jars when opened all smelled like lawn clippings and smoked like swallowing live flame. Harvest after harvest was the same. Great smells as I was trimming and crap a week later when dried. Not any better after 2 months in a jar.

777 is the holy grail of old school drying and meant 7 days at 70 degrees and 70% humidity. I grow outside and have either the garage or an old shed to dry in. No such environmental control possible. Local Temps can be 60s to 100s F and humidity is 60% most of the time but can drop to 8% when the wind is wrong. "Santa Ana Winds". So once i figured out what was wrong (Drying to fast) I cooked up a way to slow the dry that I've kept on using for the last 10 years and 40 harvests with no fails. It all comes out high quality goods. If local humidity is 70% and higher don't try this.

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Banshe said:
so it's been 24 hours and its still 52% humidity in the ja, Damn...still feel sticky tho, guess i messed it up, i did wait until stems snapped tho, is it pointless to leave them in the jar and try cure them at this stage
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BrassNwood
Stems snapping is to dry and that needs to be removed from general drying lore.

A lot depends on your local humidity. If your not drying at 70% humidity extra steps are needed to stay in range as the dry is the most critical step. Blow the dry and no cure can happen.

I only take down off the plant what I can trim up in 10 minutes as longer then that and it wilts and makes trimming that much harder.

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A jar of denatured Alcohol to dip and clean the scissors in keeps them from gumming up. Cut so each branch has a built-in hook.

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Hang until the smallest popcorn buds firm back up. In my low 12 % humidity this can happen in just hours.

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Strip all the buds from the major branches, cut into thumb sized nugs and bag them.
A pair of grape scissors works best for this.

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Stack bags in new clean closed trashcan overnight.

Set back out during the day. They'll spend less time out and exposed as the days progress. Stir the bag contents a few times a day.

This slows the dry and made all the difference in how my end product started to come out. Soft and squishy = needs more time exposed. Stiff and almost crunchy = needs more can time. At the end of 7 to 10 days you want to be at 65-62% when the can is first opened in the morning as that is your best read. I suspended a humidity gauge at the top of the can.

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At that point it is perfectly dried and can be placed in jars with no pesky burping needed.

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Half gallon mason jars with a 60 gram size 62% Boveda humidity pack for insurance and a 60 day cure will give you as good as it gets.

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This works in low humidity zones and will get you a can of mold in Florida hurricane season.
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sandman83

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That trash can is a great freaking idea to keep the RH up during the cure. Just gotta be on top of the air exchange and mold eh?
 
TCH

TCH

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Autoflowercafe said:
Damm I’m afraid of the drying part of this
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It's intimidating, but ya gotta do it. Prep the area now and start working on stabilizing the temp and humidity so when you chop, it's much closer to ready and it's a little less of a gamble with your crop.
 
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