Just a little journal............

[SittinStoney420]

Mand how do you dry and cure ur buds?

Yes Yes Im also interested .......

Mand your grow is looking great, dont worry about the droopy tips, how i figure it, as long as the smaller leaves arent droopy then you have nothing to worry about. The shade leaves fall of anyways right?

Is there a way to change your thread title? Ive always wondered..

-SS

[Powder Puff]

I think she mentiond earlier on, that she only dries them.. lol..

She won't go "Hollywood" by curing them..! lol

Or, am I wrong mand?

[mand]

Hello Buk, SittinStoney, PP

The drying is just hanging them up in a dark, dry and ventilated place.
The buds are hung in a wooden shed during summer and they dry in about a week or so, but this time of year it's not too good in there so I dry them in the "pantry". I have an oldish house that still has a pantry and it's a pretty good place to dry them

Hmmmmm curing ............ well I just tend to put them in a draw in open paper bags for a week or two and that's it. To be honest I never really did understand "curing", and yes the buds my be a little harsh smoke compared to some I have smoked but it never really bothers me.
Anyway after a week or two I just put them into storage jars, tins, tubs, anything I have lying around. I was thinking of freezing some but to be honest I went off that idea



As for the resinous leaves and small buds, I put them in a shoe box, chop them up quite finely and force dry them for a few days on top of the ballast thingy. It drys them out easliy but that ends up quite a harsh smoke, but like I said it doesn't really bother me I'm used to it.


I'll just put a pic of drying buds from a couple of grows back



Oh SittinStoney , I'm sure they will be ok with the leaves, they are still growing decent looking new growth, albeit slowly because of the tempreture



love mand xxx

[mobay]

Hello Mand your doing a damn good job what # grow is this for you? you just keep it coming, you make it look so simple. keep up the log so we can see how it's done.

[mand]

Hello Mobay It is simple love .................. well as long has everything goes straight forward, it's when the problems start that's when I get stumped
Talking of which, the droop is still there, looks worse today but I am just going to finish this grow off, I maybe might even put the MH back in there and see if that improves matters
However I am going to get a new HPS bulb for the next grow, just incase that is the cause.

How many grows ? ...................... Well I started growing indoors at the end of 98 and I average 2-3 grows a year, I'm not sure exactely maybe 18 - 20

It's a constant thing with me Mobay, I always seem to have a grow going on.
I don't smoke everyday, maybe 2 or 3 times a week but when I do smoke I smoke prehaps more than I should so I do get through it


Oh I'll just add two pics the first is the first boy, and the second is "little runty" ............... I feel sure she is a girl


love mand xxx

[BkSkillz]

-cant get enough of your thread mand must say enjoy every update thoroughly..keep up the good grows!

[scobbie]

:stoned: mand ,mand ,mand ,your just one of those people whos grows just get better and better ,i love your threads hen top notch ,i say top notch:stoned:

[BILL THICK]

How are ya? your thread and your grow are really something. You have got a great ability to capture everyones interest and a wonderful personality ta boot. I enjoy your post immensely. Sorry about my last post to ya , hope it wasn't taken wrong I was a bit blazed to say the least :stoned: but would not ever intend to do anything out of color you know thayt I'm sure . Was just being a bit goofy lol . All is well here . Things have got much better for me in recent weeks although I haven't been growing , had to shut down . I miss it alot but I can still enjoy the boards . Got to run but wanted to say hi . Enjoy your post as always , your the bomb !!!! :thumbsup: :dance:
peace to ya
Bill

[mand]

Hello BkSkillz , Hello Scobbie , Thankyou very much guys .......... However I have the feeling that this grow is prehaps going to be even more of a dissapointment than the last one
Once again I have swopped the HPS for the MH in an attempt to try and bring some "life" back into the plants, they are just looking far too "limp".
One thing for sure (even though I am still not convinced it is the problem) I will definetely buy a new HPS bulb before starting the "Widows"

Once again Thankyou for the nice words, they have cheered up quite a dull day for me




Hello Bill Oh dear Bill I have just looked back and found that I didn't reply to you're last post, I'm really sorry about that love. I do like to reply to people who have taken the trouble and effort to post, I really have no idea how I missed it ............................. Sorry

Anyway Bill, I'm glad to hear you are well and I hope that you are settling in to you're new home . I just hope that the suspension of you're growing is just a temporary situation

I have to say Bill I just noticed how many veiws there are on this thread, to tell you the truth love I find it quite "scary" . I wouldn't mind if I was producing some really great grow with "humungus" harvests, but I'm affraid it just doesn't seem to be happening .

It's very nice to hear from you Bill ..................... oh by the way, if you have that motorbike on the road ................. be carefull



love mand xxx

[latewood]

hey sweetie, been busy...just droppin' in, to see what you're up to...later.lw