TLO Scrog, 600w MH + 150w HPS, 6 plant indoor attic grow

U wash your organic produce before u eat it don't you?

The more I see the less I know, first washing roots, now the tops

I was expecting a lot of people to think that was a dumb and crazy idea. I'm still going to try it. I will log results. If it doesn't work then I'll know

Hope I caught you before you did dat.
The baking soda makes no sense.
Hot water melts the capitate glands wax cuticle and cold water will make the trichs brittle.
You will lose potency.
I'll post this fast, then explain.

Nothin' crazy about it.
There's bug poop, powdery mildew, mold spores, pet hair, dead skin cells, dust mites, all kinds of pollen, (ragweed, pine, etc.)

I have washed my buds for years.
However, the best method I have found is tepid water. 60 - 70 F. is ideal.
Add about a half pint of 3% H2o2, (Hydrogen Peroxide)
That kills and helps wash away the PM. (There's always some buried deep in the buds)
I used my eyeclops to take 100X pictures before and after the rinse.

I worked for that resin.
Not about to risk losing any.

With room temp. water, you can thrash the shit out of it and lose nary a cap.
But, use cold water?
Hope you have bubble bags standing by.
You just made some hash. :)

And wax caps start to melt at ~95 F.

Now, please explain to me the whole fizzy thingee.

Why on earth would you do the NaHCO₃ and lemon juice thing.
NaHCO₃ + Citric acid = NaHCO + CO₂ and (a gummy mess)

The actual, for anyone following along in the text book, is:
H₃C₆H₅O₇(aq) + 3 NaHCO₃(s) → 3 CO₂(g) + 3 H₂O(l) + Na₃C₆H₅O₇(aq)
But whose counting? :D

Just does not make sense to me.
What am I missing, Cap?

Aloha,
Weezard

Haven't done a thing yet... Back in a bit... Thx

So I did take down the SLH tonite
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And then I ground it up and put it in my washing machine. jk.

Weezard I will post the logic (or lack there of) on the thread on bud washing I started.

Tonite I trimmed as I usually would
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I decided to try weezards advice on washing for a small sample of the plant, maybe 10%.
I forgot to grab lemon juice and baking soda from the store tonight. Wouldn't want to wash after they had begun to dry I don't think. I will try the lemon juice/ baking soda wash in the near future on another sample.

I washed a pretty small sample, did not visually see any "shit" in the water. PPM on the wash before putting the buds in was 72. After washing the small sample the PPM was 89. Something came off the buds into the water, not much. I am real curious to see if the washed bud smokes/tastes any different. Cool test. Backed off a little with the small sample test :).

Very interesting, watching from cover

:)
Well this morning the washed buds look fine, I probably should have washed them all. Drying now the same as any other weed. The answer will be in the smoke for me.

I enjoy testing crazy ideas that sound good. The dude who came up with this is a pretty damn good grower, Doc Bud. Granted he is way into foliar feeding, all the way through flower pretty much. I can see where the idea began, if I was spraying bat shit, worm shit, fishy shit on or near my buds, I would want that washed off before I smoked it.

Now I just have one lady left. It's finishing slowly but surely. I killed the HPS and will finish it under the MH only. One week I guess.
Buds are really looking cool. Loads of resin. It's very interesting to me how the plants react to the MH vs. the HPS during flower. The buds that were directly under the MH have much more resin production. U can see difference with the naked eye, it's cool.

I will post some pics tonite, they should come out good with only MH lighting in there now.