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[MEGA]Community Growing advice, tips, tricks, & experiences Part 4

I agree they look good. Don't worry about going over the top with the trimming as these days when people buy weed they still expect some of the smaller sugar leaves to be there. Whatever you do, do not throw away your trim, since there will be a surprising amount of hash you can get from it. People have been shocked at how useful what they once thought was junk could be. Some growers even sell there trim to people to make hash with since they can still make a profit (or save money on weed) from it after a making some ice hash, BHO or traditional hash with it. If you can't be bothered with it now, at least save it in the freezer for a later date (preferrably not dried but it doesn't matter that much if you have).
 
If I had known about the curing process before... I would have never started growing. Don't have a month to spare.
 
You don't need to cure. It is optional - in fact hardly any dealers actually do cure their weed and I wouldn't expect them to. For the weed you keep, allocate yourself a month's ration and cure the rest so that it'll tide you over until you do finish curing it and you don't have to go without. Even a few days to a week of curing is better than nothing though, even if you don't go for a whole month.
 
Buds are almost dry! I'm giving them another day or two. The seem to have lost a bit of their smell in the last day so lets hope curing fixes that problem.
 
I just bought some Seedsman Skunk #1 myself which should be arriving tomorrow. It's the actual original skunk #1 that came from Sam the Skunkman and is a stable IBL. So I'm planning on pollinating a good female with the combined pollen from all the best males and then making a few thousand seeds to distribute to friends for free. I'd love to cross it to perhaps G13 Haze after cubing it.
 
I'm so upset we didn't get at least a pound. We yielded so little... how do we yield more? Our buds were small, few and far between. So upset :(
 
^ there's no one way to yield more. I'm sure your ventilation system could be improve and you could use a better training technique like scrog.
 
Wait, you had over 300 grams of bud from your very first harvest? Hey that's great! Definitely considering growing.

1gm/watt is considered the maximum yield reachable, no? Even if I reach .3gm/watt for my first harvest, I'm considering the job done!
 
^ gram per watt measurement is not really accurate, but you can exceed definitely exceed it. Vegging for longer also helps but like I say, there's no one thing that will improve your yield massively. There are so many factors that makes a good grower that getting distracted by one thing in pursuit of a great yield will usually not help. That's how nutrient/additive manufacturers make they're money, as they exploit growers looking for a quick fix. But yeah, it's not a bad result, although I think he's more dissapointed at the value of it more than whether or not it's a reflection of how well he did for a first timer (I am just guessing).
 
Hey so... I'm in the midst of curing. One batch is a bit too moist and it's starting to concern us. We don't want it to mold. How long should we leave the jar open to dry it out?
 
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Also, Should I be concerned about the leaves turning purple?
 
PsychicBuBBLe said:
Hey so... I'm in the midst of curing. One batch is a bit too moist and it's starting to concern us. We don't want it to mold. How long should we leave the jar open to dry it out?
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If that's the case then you didn't let it dry enough (I didn't think you left enough time myself to be honest) and you need to take the buds out of the jar and put them on a screen (you could make one out of a cloth from natural fibres like cotton or cheese cloth) to let them dry out further. All you need is one little bit of mold that spreads and will ruin all the buds in a jar and potentially make you ill if you come into contact with it (I'd be more concerned about destroying the buds). I would have made sure you gave the buds at least 10 days, but preferrably a few days longer than this. They may appear dry, as I was saying, but this doesn't mean they're as dry in the centre - you need to make sure all the stems are dry enough to 'snap' when bent, not just some.

I'll answer the other questions later when I get back if nobody else has done so by then, but to answer Joshe's question, no the purple stems are not a concern. Nice plants by the way!!
 
Your welcome. One thing though JoshE - those 'stems' are actually called petioles and go that colour for many plants (might sound trivial but there's a big difference). I can't actually see the stem, but if it were purple then it could indicate that the plants are being subjected to cold weather e.g. at night or they're suffering a K deficiency since both cause this effect.

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How long does it take before you can tell whether a plant is male or female?
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Don't bother waiting for the sex to show. Use something called the 'genefinder' method. What you need to do is take cuttings from each plant (don't forget to label them!) and move them to a separate area with 12/12 lighting. The cuttings should show their sex quite soon after and will indicate the sex of the plants from which they are taken.
 
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Thanks AE. Problem solved.

Does anyone have direct experience with using 600w HPS vs 1000w HPS? Is the yield significantly distinguished?

I'm talking about 1 bulb for 1 tent 5 x 5 x 8
 
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Artificial Emotion said:
Your welcome. One thing though JoshE - those 'stems' are actually called petioles and go that colour for many plants (might sound trivial but there's a big difference). I can't actually see the stem, but if it were purple then it could indicate that the plants are being subjected to cold weather e.g. at night or they're suffering a K deficiency since both cause this effect.
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That actually makes sense. It's been pretty cold here and it's been raining non stop. Not a lot of sun either. I might give it a scoop of Thrive and see if that makes any difference :)

Thanks again.
 
PsychicBuBBLe said:
Thanks AE. Problem solved.

Does anyone have direct experience with using 600w HPS vs 1000w HPS? Is the yield significantly distinguished?

I'm talking about 1 bulb for 1 tent 5 x 5 x 8
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Yes the yield is significantly greater. 600W HPS bulbs, shortly followed by 600W MH bulbs are the most efficient, but that's not to say a 1000W bulb won't yield more and give more dense colas that are larger.

JoshE said:
That actually makes sense. It's been pretty cold here and it's been raining non stop. Not a lot of sun either. I might give it a scoop of Thrive and see if that makes any difference :)

Thanks again.
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So the stem and not the petiole is purple?
 
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