All Natural Grow - Harvest/Dry/Cure Journal

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 25, 2012

• #1

So tonight marks the 48th hour of darkness my flowers have endured just before their harvest tomorrow morning.

I found two rouge seeds in March and they both happened to germinate. Used viagoro organic soil, Estoma plant tone for vegging Estoma flower tone + molasses/epsom salt water for flowering. (PH@ 6.3) I let mother nature naturally flower them and things have been great despite some pest problems. Caterpillars hit the smaller plant hard and stunted its flowering. The larger plant is in the foreground.

I will continue to update as I progress. Comments and any suggestions welcome and appreciated!!

 

smokinrav

Well-Known Member

• Oct 26, 2012

• #2

Very nice looking girl you have there.

 

FatBluntz

Well-Known Member

• Oct 26, 2012

• #3

wow great job bro!

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 26, 2012

• #4

Just before chopping!

Total Harvest

Main Colas

The Bud Cauldron

Main Colas too big to fit.

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 27, 2012

• #5

24 hours of dry.

Temp: 70
Humidity: 48%

 

smokinrav

Well-Known Member

• Oct 27, 2012

• #6

You do the leaf on dry, eh? I always trim before drying because trichomes spray everywhere when I cut.

Looking good. Be patient. Wait for the cure to bring out all the nuances in the buds.

 

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Ganja viewer

Well-Known Member

• Oct 27, 2012

• #7

Nice grow there! Personally, I would have let them go another week or two, those upper leaves still seemed mighty green and healthy, but to each their own! Nice!

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 27, 2012

• #8

Hey bros I appreciate the feedback! That's exactly what I've been looking for...Alternate suggestions.

Rav - I bought into the thread about 'a better dry is more essential than prolonged cure'. Compared to the other buds that I early harvested, these have a much more pungent aroma. I guess time will tell, it's only been about 30 hours. I plan on trimming the fans Monday night, and then trimming for cure 2 days before jarring...Say Friday. In the jar Sunday night. Does that sound about right?

Viewer - Thanks! I've been hawking over them with my 30x for the past two weeks...I chopped at 10% amber, I don't want any more because a 'stoned' feeling just keeps me apathetic, lazy, and unproductive... I think they had way too much 'N' while flowering.

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 28, 2012

• #9

48 Hours after harvest. I've completed trimmed the buds as they are not officially 'dead'. Temps and humidity have been great to me!

 

cannabis love

Well-Known Member

• Oct 28, 2012

• #10

Very nice!

 

Nightmaresgrowing

New Member

• Oct 28, 2012

• #11

Holy fuck that is a precision trim job! You waited 2 days after cutting to trim the fan leaves, and 4 for the smaller leaves? Do you have a fan blowing in the room or is 45% humidity low enough so you don't need one?

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 28, 2012

• #12

Do you think I over did it? I'm not exactly sure how to execute a proper trim... I just removed all the fan leaves and tried to be careful about it. There were only two plants so I spent about 25 minutes combing over them.

Also I trimmed entirely at the 48hr point from harvest. I have passive air circulating throughout the room but the far isn't anywhere near them. The temps stay between 68-78 with the humidity at 40-50%. Everything looks great so far, smell is strong and musky.

 

Nightmaresgrowing

New Member

• Oct 28, 2012

• #13

Easywider said:

Do you think I over did it? I'm not exactly sure how to execute a proper trim... I just removed all the fan leaves and tried to be careful about it. There were only two plants so I spent about 25 minutes combing over them.

Also I trimmed entirely at the 48hr point from harvest. I have passive air circulating throughout the room but the far isn't anywhere near them. The temps stay between 68-78 with the humidity at 40-50%. Everything looks great so far, smell is strong and musky.

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nah man, they look fricken great

 

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Easywider

Member

• Oct 30, 2012

• #14

4 days dry. Jarred a couple of popcorn buds just to get an idea of how to cure. This is the phase in the process I know the least about...Mostly due to how vague information is on dry/cure. I understand the humidity stages of curing but the aesthetics I'm clueless on.