Third Grow

[dejayou30]

I harvested all 9 plants today on day 50 to save them from the down slide they were on and to save the leaves from becoming too crispy to use for hash. Took me and my partner 8.5 hours to trim. I checked the trichs from each plant and all were cloudy, most were around 10% amber or so. Here are some pics.

First we have the crusty ladies, second is the top row of my drying room, third is the lower row, and fourth is my bin of clippings for hash/tincture.

dejayou30 Reviewed by dejayou30 on 03-31-2008. Third Grow I am at Day 19 of flower in my third grow with 9 Master Kush. My bins drain completely this time around and my roots are super huge which I think I owe to the drainage. I am having some yellowing for some reason, but I just changed the res and upped the PPM to 1100 last night so hopefully they will turn around. The plants really took off in veg which I was not expecting, so I had to tie a few of the plants down to keep them away from the 1KW HPS bulb. The first pic is my whole grow area, Rating: 5

[dejayou30]

The fresh buds are sitting in 50% humidity and 69 degrees. I'm hoping they dry a little slower this time so they aren't as harsh and greenish tasting. Not that it was bad, it just wasn't what it should have been. How long does it usually take for you guys to dry? Do you take smaller buds out of the drying process before bigger buds or do they generally take the same time? I really want to nail this part of the process because I don't think I have it quite yet. Last time I dried around 69 degrees with 30-40% humidity and they dried in 4 days. Do you think that is what made them crispy and more on the harsh side?:wtf:

[Mr. Clandestine]

Great looking haul! :thumbsup: I'm about 7 weeks away from harvest, and fresh out of smoke, so needless to say, I'm feeling the need to comment on just about every successful harvest I see. Impatience is growing...

My buds generally take a few days longer to dry at about 70F and with a lower humidity (in the 20s), but I also wait until the buds are dry to do all my trimming... with the exception of the large fan leaves. Then they go in jars. If you notice that a single bud or group of buds has dried out too quickly, you can always start curing them before the rest and reintroduce some moisture that way. If you have any live fan leaves that can be borrowed indefinitely, they can be tossed inside the jars for added moisture and they won't affect the final smell/taste of the buds.

[dejayou30]

Thanks Mr C. I tried putting a fan leaf in a jar with some overly dried buds last time and it mostined things up but also made the jar and buds smell like fresh cut grass. It mostly went away a few days after I took it out but a little bit of the smell remained so I am nervous about putting any leaves in there. I really just want to dry them right so I don't need any leaves. I guess I will just have to keep a close eye on them.

I was also wondering about fast drying my clippings. I have a fan on the top of the bin in the picture sucking air out for the past two days and the clippings were near dry this morning. Will drying them fast affect the quality of my hash? My reasoning is that since I'm just using the trichs and not the crystals it shouldn't matter, but I don't know if that's true or not. Anyone?

[Mr. Clandestine]

My reasoning is that since I'm just using the trichs and not the crystals it shouldn't matter, but I don't know if that's true or not.

Yep, quick drying often leaves a "green" taste of chlorophyll in the buds and leaves, but since you're not using the green matter, it won't matter. Trichs should be unaffected.

And I've only added fan leaves to the jar a couple of times in the past, when the buds dried so fast that they crumbled to dust when broken up. Adding the leaves helped get some moisture back in the buds, but they were still pretty crispy. I imagine that on buds that aren't quite as dry it would have a more noticeable effect. I don't remember any of those buds smelling like grass WHEN they got smoked, but I'm sure they did while the leaves were in there. I wouldn't keep a leaf in the jar for more than a few days anyway. Eventually they'll begin to attract mold.

Hopefully there'll be no need of that for you this time around, and they'll dry evenly and slowly. Enjoy them when that time comes! :jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

Go Mr C! :thumbsup:

[sublime27]

congrats deja on a fine looking harvest!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[dejayou30]

I have to spread some rep around before repping any of you guys/gal again, so consider this a + rep until I can again. :jointsmile:

I finished mixing my bucket about an hour ago, so only three more hours to wait for the settling. I was thinking that seems long, but I will willingly wait unless someone says otherwise. I think I'm going to get a lot higher yield this time. Last time, I only got 2.4 g out of approximately 3 oz of trim. Like an idiot, I forgot to squeeze out the net after I strained the the leaves out, so I'm sure I lost some yield. This time I made sure to get every last drop of that golden water. :thumbsup: I also strained it through cheese cloth and a fish tank net twice and got a lot of small green leaf pieces, so hopefully it will be more pure.

I am also struggling with keeping my drying room above 40% humidity and the temp around 70. It dropped to 63 last night which seems way low. I tried putting a space heater inside and it was up to 77 in like 45 seconds, so I put it outside the door all day and it was 68 when I got off work, which is what the heat was set on in the house. Not sure what else to do, but I want to make sure and dry them nice and slow this time.

[dejayou30]

Sad, only 2.4 g which is exactly what I got last time! :wtf: It is much more pure this time although still not 100% since I just used the gumby method and no bags. Just kind of sad about the yield. I also saved 10 g of my clippings to use for tincture that I am going to make this weekend! :jointsmile:

I put a cup of water in my drying closet and it bumped the RH to 50% and I turned the heat up to 70 so everything is great in that department.

Now I am going to bed, it is much too late for me to be up!

Peace.

[Weedhound]

I know NOTHING about hash. Whats the gumby method?