The Ultimate Growing Competition

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Kushash

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Here's where I'm at mid-bud on one of the outer tops. With the lighted loupe I can see amber in those shady areas too.
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Great crystal!
I'm curious about swelling calyx's.
We check many things to find the right place to chop.
The swelling of the calyx is an important part of finishing. I assume that is the case for most strains. There may be strains that have less swelling than others.
Is watching for the calyx to swell a tool that you use to determine when to harvest?
 

H.A.F.

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Great crystal!
I'm curious about swelling calyx's.
We check many things to find the right place to chop.
The swelling of the calyx is an important part of finishing. I assume that is the case for most strains. There may be strains that have less swelling than others.
Is watching for the calyx to swell a tool that you use to determine when to harvest?
I guess that depends on strain. The skunk tends to swell and foxtail, but these were abused. There was a noticeable "swelling" a few weeks ago, then it calmed down. But instead, these have just kept slowly putting out pistils instead of it coming in waves.

I have read that moon phases are also in play ;)
 
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H.A.F.

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I have crossed the finish line, and here was the last victim. Much prettier cleaned...
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For you OCD freaks like me, here's some candy :)
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On each plant I have the manicured weight of each limb, right after cleaning, so I can check it against the weight after I wash it. Then just a 20% computation for the tentative weight. I toss all this data once it's dry, but it helps me with the drying process. I even subtract any handles I snip off prior to them going to the dry-room.
 

H.A.F.

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Quick update no number I noticed one of my plants was lacking on the bud for some reason which is weird because the are all the same clones but i think I found out why
Might be a little late, but grafting wax is perfect for that type of injury.
 

Mysturis420

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Have you considered just pruning that limb?
Nope the branch has become half the plant I'm just going to leave it I'm pretty confident I'll still going to get close to my normal yield becuase I'm telling ya that branch is probably going to explode also I'm to far into flower if I chop that branch now I loose the branch and slow the rest of the plant considerably again also the branch isn't small becuase my plants like to even themselves out believe or not that very bottom branch has one of my top colas on it
 

H.A.F.

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Nope the branch has become half the plant I'm just going to leave it I'm pretty confident I'll still going to get close to my normal yield becuase I'm telling ya that branch is probably going to explode also I'm to far into flower if I chop that branch now I loose the branch and slow the rest of the plant considerably again also the branch isn't small becuase my plants like to even themselves out believe or not that very bottom branch has one of my top colas on it
FWIW, I would fix it so air can't get in.
 

DesertPlants

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This comp has definitely resulted in some lessons learned:

1. Other than competitions, no more autoflowers. They are just on too much of a rail.
2. Build walls around my RDWC area. Never had issues before now, but now I am getting cold spikes.
3. Buy some extra drivers to keep on hand in case one goes tits up on me. Never had one die on me this quickly before, but at least Arrow took care of me.
4. Voidwalker LOVES coco. The plant in coco is only about 26" tall and the RDWC Voidwalkers are about 6'2", but the quality of the flowers on the coco plants is WAY better. Never had this big of a difference before here either, but apparently this strain just loves coco.
 

Go go n chill

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I have crossed the finish line, and here was the last victim. Much prettier cleaned...
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For you OCD freaks like me, here's some candy :)
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On each plant I have the manicured weight of each limb, right after cleaning, so I can check it against the weight after I wash it. Then just a 20% computation for the tentative weight. I toss all this data once it's dry, but it helps me with the drying process. I even subtract any handles I snip off prior to them going to the dry-room.
Take the fun right out of it in a fucking snap
 
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