Semi - Update -- HK's Demise
The reason this is only a semi update is because my freaking batteries died in my camera so I wasn't able to take shots of TH in all "her" glory now that she has my entire grow box and lights to herself... the little sex nubs I see on her are still there getting only slightly bigger and still not looking like what formed on HK. It occured to me earlier today that I had planted TH about a week after HK so as for "sexual maturity" this extra week seems to be making sense...I'm still hoping its a girl though !!!
Anyway, I decided to go ahead and take out HK now as I'm 100% its a male AND don't wanna mess up the one plan I do have left.. I did go ahead and take Wolfmans idea well sorta.. instead of letting the balls develop more, I grabbed the 5 - 7 biggest ones I had and then some smaller ones.. I figure there must be SOME pollen amungst them and if I have to bust them all up and dab my Qtip well then so be it.. Anyway I took a few pics of HK through out the cutting down process as well as a shot of the roots, which I thought were more tangled than it turns out they were still lots of room which is great for TH and then I finished my "ghetto ass drying box" which is basically a cardboard box with a few holes cut on one side at the bottom with my old 12" fan outside the hole and then at the opposite side of the box near the top I cut some passive exhaust holes.. This allows for a perfect air flow from low to high and out of the box.. the leaves have a very slight sway in the box so I know its working perfectly.. So now I'm not worried about potential mold.. I also don't think its going to take tooo long to dry out as its not dense like a bud.. Anyway enough talking my neck is still fuct and I need to lay down.. here's the pics..
HK's Last Shot
Balls, Balls, Balls, Balls, Balls...
Chopped Top to Extract Balls
Everything All Chopped Up
Saved Balls (hopefully with enough pollen to pollinate 1 if not 2 buds)
HK's Roots (well some of them)
Everything Hung up In Ghetto Dryer
Passive Exhaust Holes
Intake Holes with Fan
Well thats about it everyone ! Hope you enjoy my photo cut down and hanging more than I enjoyed doing it ?!? But hey its good experience either way !!
My only questions are:
1) Roughly How long should drying completely take ? (few days ? or a week(s) ?)
2) How often should I be checking ? Few Hrs ? or not till atleast this time tomorrow ?
I ask this because a long time back (3 - 4 yrs now) a buddy gave me 2 lbs of his trimmings and so instead of straight drying them what I did was slowly grind them all down in my coffee grinder into powder then spread it out under a heat lamp (old gecko light) with a fan blowing over it.. Took less than 24hrs that way.. However I'm trying to do this "properly" this time.. I guess if its not dry within 24 hrs I can always do the same take them out of box grind them and let them dry that way .. Either way I have to grind HK down to make the Butane or Iso (whichever route I go as I found 99% ISO at my hydro store) So much to decide, lol
Have a good afternoon,
-Tdot