Harvest Pictures... and a question (of course...lol)

[Stickyplant]

Okay I just cut these 30 minutes ago!

Here are all five of my tops from my one plant. There were actually 2 others, but they were far smaller (only about 20-24 inches tall with smaller buds) and on the other side of this line.

Please look at the pictures and let me know if it is okay that they dry like this, or should I cut them so each branch dries seprately? I would like to do it jut like this, but I dont want mold either.

Please let me know what you think as this was my first go round.

Thanks for everyone's help in all my other threads.

[the image reaper]

unless its unusually humid in that room, you shouldnt have to worry about molds ... keep a slight breeze in the room, just enough to move the air ... too much fan wiill dry them out too quickly ... by the way, your 'drying room' is nicer than the one I live in ... damn ... :smokin:

[Stickyplant]

Thanks Reaper! For both the grow and room compliments.

There is a vent in the ceiling that should very slighty move the air.

Should I have paper under these to catch any resins? Or is that an urban legend?

[Stickyplant]

Should I have paper under these to catch any resins? Or is that an urban legend?

[LOC NAR1958]

Awsome buds dude. I never heard of resin dripping. Never had it happen. Just need to trim the big leaves off.

[Stickyplant]

Thanks Loc,

That is really the question right? Is there any benefits besides faster drying to cutting off the fn leaves?

I have read to keep them on, and cut them. Zandor posted a thread that Grim posted a link to that stated to keep them on for a more even, all-be-it longer dry.

I am interested on everyone's take.

(I dont think t was Zandor's actual post that stated to keep the fan leaves on... but it was in the tread.)

[mand]

Hello Stickyplant :)
Only how I do it, but I just trim everything down when harvesting them hang up. By the way Sticky, are you hanging them in a dark place because light has a tendancy to degrade the THC value. Dark and well ventilated is best, Oh and it needs to be dry as a damp area could cause bud rot.

By the way love, that is a very impressive first grow, infact it's impressive for any grow ;)



love mand xxx :)

[Stickyplant]

Hey Mand,

I have them hanging in a dark room. During the day it is not pitch dark, but there is no sunlight (no windows) and only small light bleed from another room 2 rooms away, but it is not direct light. You cant see in the room, but again, it is not pitch dark during the day. It has a vent in the ceiling and the air is slowly exchanged in the room approx 2-3 times per hour.

69 degrees 50% humidity.

Thanks for the kind words! It is nice to see and hear how you do it. Is there any reason you cut off the fan leaves?

[LOC NAR1958]

Seems to me and alot of others that it is way more easy to trim when first harvested. I have seen no difference. either way. Only pain in the ass the longer you wait cause it goes limp and wants to wrap around the bud. But try it and let us know what you think.

PS, hello to mand. nice buds.

[mand]

Hello again Stickyplant :), sounds fine to me were you have them ;)

The fan leaves ?, I just throw them away. The resinous leaves and the small buds I just put them in a cardboard shoebox and force dry them, only takes a couple of days but there a bit "eerrgghhh" to smoke :o .

Hello LOC NAR :), I think that was buds of about three or four plants there love. It was one I did about a year ago now, since then I did one that was very dissapointing quantity wise, another that I had to abandon, so I'm very ready for the present one to be completed ............ I'm now smoking the force dried stuff:o


love mand xxx :)

[Zandor]

It's best to trim the leafs off when you dry. You also should trim not only the fan leafs, you can toss most of them anyway. But the small leafs close to the buds should be trimmed as well. That trimming you save for hash and you trim it close to the bud. You prefer to smoke the bud (flower) and not smoke the leaf. When you smoke leaf you are smoking more plant matter then THC but when you smoke the flower you get less plant matter and more trichomes.

a little warmer up to 80f - 87f would be better and get the humidity down to 25% or less and they would dry better and quicker.

After they are dry you trim off the stems and stocks and place the buds in glass mason type jars to cure at room temperature with the lid on tight. Open them once a day the first week for about 20 min then close them back up. The second week you only open the jar if there is still moisture showing.

You should have cured bud in 10 day's to 21 day's. The longer you cure the more mellow it gets.

Hanging them is not required it's just easy for most people.

A little indirect light will not harm them at all at this point. Keep indirect air moving in the room with drying plants.

[florida boy 3]

very nice stickyplant, i agree with mand thats impressive for any grow.

[Stickyplant]

Hey Mand! Thanks again for the input

Zandor, Thanks for your input as well.

Florida boy.. thank you for your kind words.

I am actually going to keep the leaves on for a few more days I think. I am going to cut them off and continue drying them in a paper bag. I am keeping all of the trimmings, including fan leaves and stems. I will grind up the stems and fan leaves into flour and use them to make butter.

This is mostly going to be used for medical/pain managment... so using the scraps for butter is needed and will leave less waste (I hope)

The temp/humidity is now 71 degrees and 44%

I love the input and all the ideas from everyone though! Keep them coming!

Here are pictures today

[Shallow Hal]

all i have to add is >>> GOB BLESS U MAN !!!!!

[The Grim Reefer]

I read an article on NORML and the guide said that if you cure with your fan leaves on, they curl and protect the trichomes like a wrapper/shield. Interesting idea..

http://www.norml.org.nz/article462.html

[Stickyplant]

Grim, that was a good read, and close to what I had read about keeping the fans on.

Thanks for the link! Best of luck with your own war you got happening as well.

[Stickyplant]

Okay boys and girls.
My beautiful plant gave me less in dry weight than I had hoped for. For an all organic grow and for one plant... it is still not bad I guess.

I got 133 grams of dry bud from the 1 plant. No seeds, and I tell you, I took the time to trim off as much stem as I could. In some of my jars, there are ZERO stems!

I may have over dried her as when I read that the stem would "snap" I thought it meant it would snap and break... so I left my plant hanging for 11 days. Now after 12 hours in the mason jars, no moisture.

We will see though.

I also got 65 grams of fan leaves and 39 grams of stems to grind into flour and make butter and cook with olive oil.

That should give me just over a pound of really good butter. Which, for pain management, will give me the equivalent of about 5.7 ounces with my entire grow. 4.6 being pure bud though.

I will post a log soon.

[mobay]

good job sticky, if you over dried your buds, the only thing you have to do is add some of the leaves in with the buds. that will give it that moisture back. good luck.