First Grow - White Widow Fem - Soil - LED

[Muzzybuds]

Looking great Chikita!! Bet you are getting excited now!!

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Looking great Chikita!! Bet you are getting excited now!!

Thank you! I am SOOO excited!! I'll be starting the 2 week flush tomorrow at 49 days of flowering/7 weeks. I'm hoping to harvest around 30-40% amber trichomes.

 

[Muzzybuds]

Do you have any close up trich shots?

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Do you have any close up trich shots?

Not yet, but I have tried! Lol, my little handheld microscope makes it hard. Right now I'm seeing a lot of cloudy trichomes and a amber or 2 on shortie, and a bit more amber on big mama.. might go for the chop at 50% amber on one and 30% amber on another

 

[Muzzybuds]

My girls were taking freakin ages to amber up! Probably only about 10-15% amber when i chopped but i wanted an energetic racey high anyway. Still waiting to smoke some. I really wasnt happy with how the bud turned out after drying. They seemed quite dense before the chop but went really fluffy during the drying. And lost a lot of terpenes by the smell of it

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

My girls were taking freakin ages to amber up! Probably only about 10-15% amber when i chopped but i wanted an energetic racey high anyway. Still waiting to smoke some. I really wasnt happy with how the bud turned out after drying. They seemed quite dense before the chop but went really fluffy during the drying. And lost a lot of terpenes by the smell of it

Oh wow! I think I'm going to try 2 different techniques for drying and curing..1/2 the old school way of hanging and curing and the other 1/2 slow drying in fridge and curing

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

My girls were taking freakin ages to amber up! Probably only about 10-15% amber when i chopped but i wanted an energetic racey high anyway. Still waiting to smoke some. I really wasnt happy with how the bud turned out after drying. They seemed quite dense before the chop but went really fluffy during the drying. And lost a lot of terpenes by the smell of it

Oh and how did you dry/cure them?

 

[Muzzybuds]

Oh and how did you dry/cure them?

Yeah i really want to try the low and slow method! I think i will try it next time around as i have an unused small beer fridge that would be perfect for that! Just didn't get round to blowing the cobwebs off it for this harvest.

I just follow a very standard procedure. I hang them upside down on coat hamgers in my flower tent with a fan on low on a bucket on the floor to circulate air and i have my extraction fan on low (carbon filter is an absolute must where i am!)

After 5-7 days, when the smallest stalks snap, i cut all the nugs off individually them loosely chuck them in 1 litre jars. After a day i lay all the buds back out for 20 minutes and repeat that process for 1 more day. Then its just a case of burping the jars for a couple of minutes a day for a week or so, then only every few days for the next couple if weeks, rotating the jars before i open them to free up all the buds.

I watched alot of tutorials before my first grow and i think this is a pretty universal way of doing it, but also a complete mixture of all the little bits from all the videos i watched

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Look at all the amber on this bud!! It has way more amber than the rest of the plant.. only day 48 of flower!!!

 

[Guru02]

Looking good!

 

[Muzzybuds]

Crikey! She is deffo gonna put you to beddybyes after afew zoots

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Crikey! She is deffo gonna put you to beddybyes after afew zoots .

I know! I'm going to chop them at the same time, around 9 weeks or when Big Mama has 50% amber trichs or more and Shortie with more a bit more cloudy trichs than amber.. if everything goes as planned (a girl can dream)

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Looking good! .

Thanks Guru!! Have you started a journal for your next grow? I'm interested in seeing how that bag seed turns out.. I have a stash of random pretty seeds I've found along the way and might try my hand at them outside next year

 

[MustgVagabond]

Yeah i really want to try the low and slow method! I think i will try it next time around as i have an unused small beer fridge that would be perfect for that! Just didn't get round to blowing the cobwebs off it for this harvest.

I just follow a very standard procedure. I hang them upside down on coat hamgers in my flower tent with a fan on low on a bucket on the floor to circulate air and i have my extraction fan on low (carbon filter is an absolute must where i am!)

After 5-7 days, when the smallest stalks snap, i cut all the nugs off individually them loosely chuck them in 1 litre jars. After a day i lay all the buds back out for 20 minutes and repeat that process for 1 more day. Then its just a case of burping the jars for a couple of minutes a day for a week or so, then only every few days for the next couple if weeks, rotating the jars before i open them to free up all the buds.

I watched alot of tutorials before my first grow and i think this is a pretty universal way of doing it, but also a complete mixture of all the little bits from all the videos i watched

Do you wash your buds? I've heard a lot of people swear by buds washing.

 

[Muzzybuds]

Do you wash your buds? I've heard a lot of people swear by buds washing.

No ive never tried it. I watched one video on youtube but i got scared and had to turn it off. Seems unnecessary to me. What does it do, anyone?

 

[MustgVagabond]

No ive never tried it. I watched one video on youtube but i got scared and had to turn it off. Seems unnecessary to me. What does it do, anyone?

SweetSue and DocBud swear it improves the taste and pretty much everything else associated with smoking. I'm planning on washing half of my next harvest to see if there is any advantages for me being a solely indoor grower.

 

[Muzzybuds]

SweetSue and DocBud swear it improves the taste and pretty much everything else associated with smoking. I'm planning on washing half of my next harvest to see if there is any advantages for me being a solely indoor grower.

Awesome! Can't wait to see your results!

You have to use a specific solution to wash them in?

 

[MustgVagabond]

Awesome! Can't wait to see your results!

You have to use a specific solution to wash them in?

I've heard different things, so don't quote me. I think it's like a cup of baking soda and a cup of lemon juice in a bucket of hot water, a bucket of cold (as cold as your faucet gets) and a 3rd bucket if you have mold or have used insecticides of water and H2O2 mixture (this bucket is used first if it's needed). Then just dunk and swirl (hot bucket), then drunk and swirl (cold bucket), then dry, cure, smoke.

 

[Muzzybuds]

I've heard different things, so don't quote me. I think it's like a cup of baking soda and a cup of lemon juice in a bucket of hot water, a bucket of cold (as cold as your faucet gets) and a 3rd bucket if you have mold or have used insecticides of water and H2O2 mixture (this bucket is used first if it's needed). Then just dunk and swirl (hot bucket), then drunk and swirl (cold bucket), then dry, cure, smoke.

I just read an old thread by Hiker back in 2013, outlining Doc Buds technique. I am sold! Props @DocBud!! I can't wait to try this on my next harvest! Only 3 months to go....

 

[KitasCountryRoots]

Bud Washing