Poor Man's Harvest Instructions needed

[Prodaytrader]

ok to make things perfectly clear, you guys are on board with my assessment that the harvest is likely unusable for anything other then edibles right? I mean, it doesn't take a genius to realize it's not worth smoking, huh?

As for the other comments, all very true. My biggest hurdle was with cold this time around but that was fixed just prior to these guys going into flowering. Unfortunately it was too cold for them not to get stressed. There were other gaffs too on my part.

Next time I will definitely start flowering these suckers at around 12 to 18" tall. I knew they were too big even when I started flowering this time around.

Hopefully I can get this mess cleaned up soon enough and get started on round 2. I am a bit concerned about all the damn pollen in my garage now. I suppose it's too much to ask that pollen dies after a week or two, isn't it? A majority of my grow space can be vacuumed and wiped clean but what can I do about any remaining floating pollen specks? I'm afraid that since I did this in my garage, I am never going to be able to get rid of 100% of the pollen. I suppose I could blow out a good portion of it with an air compressor or something, but how could I possible wipe down all my tools, cars, and what all that normally occupies ones garage? Any chance Lysol works?

[Prodaytrader]

LOC NAR -

On that canopy comment, can you expand? I was thinking, that next time I would indeed start flowering at 18" but I was also thinking that once I started flowering, I would also prune back any new growth at that point as well. In fact, I might even prune back all vegetation other then perhaps fan leaves that don't look like they will produce bud. I was talked into not pruning anything back but obviously I let them get too big. Would I have been better off clipping the tops and lower vegetation to ensure the plants don't outgrow their space? I believe my grow space is slightly smaller then most at 2x3x7. Obviously that space only allows plants of so big a height so next time I should aggressively prune to make sure the plant doesn't waste energy or block the light.

My wife thinks I should take a pair of scissors and clip everything into a giant crock pot with 2 cups veg oil. I tried this once before with 4 sticks of butter and a 1/2 an Oz, that really turned out bad. The green and seriously nasty butter made me gag so hopefully using veg oil will come out better. Any other thoughts on how I should covert this?

[warlord98]

I just went through the same thing from bag seed and lack of knowledge.Always look ahead and remember all the little mistakes. I chopped everything and made cannabutter. It wasn't bad at all. Rice krispy treats!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Prodaytrader]

I'm off to the races with Doc Grannies method of olive oil and a pressure cooker. There is a ton of thc on there, it's just spread across a bunch of seed and stem. I'm pretty much just cooking the hell out of everything and will then freeze off the olive oil. I suspect it will be plenty potent.

[LOC NAR on probation]

In good spacing of the plants the canopy at about 2 feet blocks all light from the floor. Any more than that is wasted.

Now side lighting and mylar can help with this problem but only so much can be done.

The biggest thing is to know your strain. Know how much the stretch will be so you know when to put them in.

As far as trimming. Trim away in veg but stop about a week before flower. With enough time I have seen one plant in veg 3 months and no more than 36 inches tall container and all produce 5 pounds of bud.

Look into the trimming method of the Phototrons. Not that you can get that from a tron. Just the method is sound.