I should know better - but here's the dumb question anyway

[sugarmagnolia]

half the pistils were colored? I thought people looked at the the trichomes not hte pistils. I thought most people had all the hairs turn colored.

anyways: how was the smoke of the Kush?

[booch]

sugar:
i pulled some info from a couple if sites (but before you read that, in answer to your question: the master kush was very up -- to the point where i had trouble sleeping -- i harvested after five weeks of flowering -- i suppose if i waited longer it would've had a more "stoned" effect((it was fun either way))

In the primordial calyxes the pistils have turned brown; however, all but the oldest of the flowers are fertile and the floral clusters are white...Many cultivators prefer to pick some of their strains during this stage in order to produce marijuana with a clear cerebral, psychoactive effect." Robert Connell Clarke Marijuana Botany, pg 140.

"Eventually the pistils start to turn color from pale white to red or brown...When the glands have swelled and the pistil has receded into the false pod, the bud is ready to pick." Ed Rosenthal, The Closet Cultivator, pg 100.

"At the peak of florescence, all but the oldest of flowers have white pistil development...Another indicator is bouquet. When a plant is at the peak of florescence, it has a sweet and musky fragrance. Later, it loses the sweetness." Kayo, The Sinsemilla Technique, pg 125.

"The best way to harvest is to examine the resin glands on each bud. As they turn from clear to amber, that is the optimum time to pick. Buds usually mature from the top down, if grown under artificial light, and you will end up with more high-quality p ot if you pick each bud when ready. However, the plant will not just continue to produces buds at the same rate. Like any other plant, the flowering cycle lasts a specific period of time. If you wanted a further harvest of buds, the plant would need a second cycle of vegetative growth. This can be achieved indoors by simply turning the lights back up to a 24 hour cycle for a few weeks. Outdoors though, you are dependent on the seasons. Frost and long nights will usually kill the plant. Of course, such a strategy is only viable if growing a few plants. If your operation runs on an industrial scale, just drive the combine harvester through the field." (-peter alt.hemp posting)

[Da1KrayzieThug]

Well booch I think ozone generators are a flying piece of shit! haha just playin but no What im planning on getting instead is one of those air purifiers from shaper image. This might be an ozone generator im not sure but it seems a lot more "understandable" as to calling something an "ozone generator" kinda seems like your some scientific super genius fuck. But the air pruifier things should do just fine seeing as they're easily cleanable, no noise, no moving parts (less of a fire hazard in my eyes), and don't use too much energy. And I think from what I remember, the ozone generators were like $300 or someshit when you can get the ionic breeze for like 130 off ebay. Plus it just seems more understandable for an indoor grow. I dunno though I could be wrong, but I don't see anything wrong with the idea.

[Da1KrayzieThug]

Actually I've changed my position on the Ionic breeze thing and I'd actually rather get a bathroom or maybe a few bathroom sized ones (off ebay theyre about $20 a piece) for my setup considering I dont have too many plants going.

[HARDDON]

Da1,

If you think a little bathroom plug in Ionic breeze is gonna handle the stench, think again.

If your shit is gonna be good, its gonna frickin stink.

When I walk into the garage in the morning, the frickin place reaks like skunk and I havent even flowered yet.

I used a charcoal carbon activated filter taped over my exhuast outlet. It works wonders, but the heat builds up a bit because of the reduced air flow.

Right now, i put a serious ionizer into the exhaust pipe, and it works pretty good but you can still sense the weed smell if you know what you are smelling.

If heat isnt a problem, I suggest using a carbon active filter taped over the top of you r exhaust.

Plus, I dont know what flooding a plant with positive ions will do to the trics.

[booch]

harddon:
so you're simply placed the carbon filter over the opening of the exhaust. for instance, let's say i'm venting through a dryer hose to an old dryer ven - now let's imagine this is the same as your set up, you would then cover the dryer vent with the carbon filter?
i've been doing some research and i've seend long, cylindrical carbon filters that look like they would fit at the end of some kind of vent hose (nothing seems to clear). a trip to home depot may be in order.
also, i was pricing squirrel cage fans on ebay (ahhh ebay - everything for the stealth grower). in your humble opinion, would a fan of this nature pull at least most/some of the stink out of a basement.
thanks
booch

[HARDDON]

Gosh I never saw a squirrel fan before.

To ventilate out, you also need to ventilate in. I have a 3.5 sq. ft. space and i use a 250cfm inline 6" fan.

I dont know what a squirrel fan does. I will take a pic of my exhaust this evening and post a pic here for you to see what I have done.

Happy Growing.

[Zandor]

Hey Harddon you can make a carbon filter that takes the air out of the room from the side and returns it back to the room. No loss of airflow and it will still clean the air. Just a thought, that's what I do about odor. One Large Fart fan 5 16x24" filters and 6 pounds of active charcoal. One wood box and everything is inside the room clean and quit. cost me less then 100 bucks and lasts for 6 months then I just change out the coal and it's good to go again. Change out cost is about 30 bucks.

[HARDDON]

Well come on now Zandor...

You grow forests...not plants.

[HARDDON]

Here is my meager attempt at odor control. It works for my little setup.