First attempt at a decent grow

Ballsonrawls

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I like azamax but it didn't kill the cats, just the eggs. Bt has killed the 2 I saw and it's been less then 24 hours. I'll look into the ones you mentioned for next grow! Thanks dude.
 

inhaleindica

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Try feeding Azamax to the roots so that your plants will have Azamax in her system for your worms to suck on. They won't like the taste and go elsewhere. Spray them to kill the eggs as well. Do not feed your plants Azamax less than a month before harvest though. BT seems to be doing the job. Put up some pictures of your girls :)
 

inhaleindica

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seems like salt based sprays burns the white hairs regardless. I get that problem when I spray my plants some green cure to be sure I don't get PM!
 

inhaleindica

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If a few of them got burned then you should be fine. I don't know about all of the pistils being burned. If you don't like the burns you can always dilute the solution.
 

inhaleindica

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Whoa! Dude, these are huge and hanging to the side lol. Your gonna be one happy man bro but not so much when you have to harvest for hours and hours lol. Go go go go go go growwwww!

Another thing to answer your question about the buds smoking bad would be that your drying the buds out too quick. Hang to dry them until the buds feel crispy and the stem bends without snapping. Start curing right then. Slower is better.
 

Gastanker

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Holy monkey balls that's a fucking forest! Well done! Might just have to hit you up post harvest with a donation for some meds ;)
 

Ballsonrawls

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Most definitely! I'm thinking about pulling this week. Hey gas I need drying and curing techniques. Last few branches that broke don't smell. I kinda think I didn't let them dry long enough. I did 8 days then jarred. Thinking I should do at least 12 days, trim, then jar and burp.
 

Gastanker

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From my experience when breeders sell a mix it's generally seeds with mixed genetics. I wouldn't be surprised if your plants are none of those but instead a mix of many of them - pollen chucking gone wild style. And considering they advertise as F1's (first time hybridization) I just might be right. Who cares though. Smells good is smells good regardless of the name and same goes with the high.

I recommend bucking at least all the fan leaves off and cutting many of the smaller branches off of the larger branches before drying (if you aren't doing a complete trim). Dry until pretty fucking dry and crispy. Dryer is better than too moist imo and you would be surprised at how dry the outside can be while the centers still contain quite a bit of moisture. I've fucked up flavor more often with damp bud than with dry bud.

I think you're a bit early though. Don't get me wrong they look great but it seems pretty early in the season to be cutting and I don't know a first time grower that hasn't cut early. Of course if the worms are hitting you hard then by all means.
 

Ballsonrawls

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Damn alright. I'll be patient and leave them. I started flushing, should I continue with feeding? I just am worried about taste cause I'm not sure when to pull. Thank you very much. Been missing your ass lol
 

Gastanker

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Any chance you can get a close up of a bud or two? Hard to tell how developed without being there but it is relatively early in the season. Keep in mind that the 8-12 week bloom period gets a bit skewed when growing outdoors. My personal recommendation, although I understand not a pleasing one, would be to wait as long as you possibly can without having the elements hurt your buds. So as long as you don't see caterpillars, too many mites, p mildew, creepy neighbors peering over the fence... then keep em going. Perhaps I can bribe my wife to let me out this weekend in which case I'll give em a look over if you want.

As for flavor - that's a maturity issue as well as a dry/cure issue. Unfortunately the curing process is kind of a learn as you go process but if you want the best results possible the first time around I would recommending grabbing some digital humidity gauges and using them along with a proven cure pattern (can be found somewhere on this forum).
 
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