Thanks jingo. Planning on chopping 2 of 3 tomorrow night. As that’s my first window with time to do so. The third will most likely be next weekend as it’s behind the other 2 by about a week. I’d love to hear advice from any of you reading this on the best practices for chopping. Wait til fully dried out? Then chop? Do I bother throwing it in the dark for a day or two? Input is greatly appreciated. My sincerest thanks in advance
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Yes. If you are going to harvest tomorrow night, they should be in the dark until then. I always thought this was silly bro science... But I have recently seen it proven that this is effective. It has been proven in multiple experiments from some of the cannabis industry's leading experts. Jorge Cervantes, Mr. Soul from Brothers Grimm Seeds, Adam Dunn, and several other High Times Cannabis Cup winners.
Thank you. Unfortunately I’m already at work and won’t be able to pull them out of the light for another 8 hrs so maybe I’ll just chop Monday morning as I’m off on Monday and that will give the plant more time in the dark.
I personally like to trim wet with the plant normally hydrated. The reason for that is I like to take off one entire branch and trim it at a time and if I let it go without water first it'll be so limp it'll be really hard to hold onto and trim.
That’s something to consider. Thanks
I wet trim one branch at a time as well. I immediately freeze the trim for use in making water hash
So, I wet trimmed the two plants and have them in a paper bag- instead of smaller paper bags I like to use the large yard waste bags and just cut it down to a quarter of its height. Now a question.... for odour control I have the bag in my tent. The key issue is I still have one plant going in there. Will this affect the drying plants negatively since they won’t be in complete darkness for drying? Some light does penetrate through the 2ply paper bags. If it’s an issue I’ll have to find a cardboard box to place the bag in as it will provide the extra level of protection from the light or maybe I’ll just end up chopping it early- at least that’s the type of high I enjoy most. I’d love your input folks!
I used to dry in a tent inside a box, sometimes I just hang the bud up even with the lights on. It's not ideal, but the quality of the stuff you grow is generally better then what you buy even if you don't handle it in an ideal way. Starting out you do what you pretty much have to do to get things harvested.
When I was drying smaller Lots I would make hangers inside of a cardboard box and I would hang the weed up high in the box with the top closed and have openings across the bottom for air to flow through across the bottom not too much light gets in way and it kind of controls humidity better than a paper bag in my opinion. But really, you have to just figure out a way that works for you in your environment and that's the key your environment.
When I was drying smaller Lots I would make hangers inside of a cardboard box and I would hang the weed up high in the box with the top closed and have openings across the bottom for air to flow through across the bottom not too much light gets in way and it kind of controls humidity better than a paper bag in my opinion. But really, you have to just figure out a way that works for you in your environment and that's the key your environment.
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Mate they are looking fat and frosty as hell! Nice job.
I’m with Jingo on box rather than bag. I don’t like the bag method. I’ve had rot in a bag once. A cardboard box in your tent with holes either both sides or top and bottom, and you’ll be golden [emoji106]
I’m with Jingo on box rather than bag. I don’t like the bag method. I’ve had rot in a bag once. A cardboard box in your tent with holes either both sides or top and bottom, and you’ll be golden [emoji106]
Thanks jingo. I actually saw some harvest pics the other day in a thread on here showcasing exactly what you described. I considered trying it out but because some parts of my plants were extremely dense I decided to wet trim and break them down to minimize the chance of rot. I’m thinking my next grow will most likely triple at the very least (based on strain selection) so maybe I’ll give it a go on my next round. Thanks again for always being around and offer your insight throughout my grow. It’s been greatly appreciated on my end! Cheers
PS last night I vaped a smaller bud and it was just amazing!!! Just as good as any top top shelf bud I’ve had that I paid a serious premium for! I’ll have weight posted in here before I get stuff into jars.
PS last night I vaped a smaller bud and it was just amazing!!! Just as good as any top top shelf bud I’ve had that I paid a serious premium for! I’ll have weight posted in here before I get stuff into jars.
