GrowerForOne
420 Member
Hey CannaFam - Need to vent. I posted this to Instagram, but people tend to just click the likes and not read the post LOL
So, I can understand that the first grow can be pretty difficult with a lot of ups and downs, but damn! This grow has taken a turn I didn’t see coming at all. I don’t count the last few months as a waste or wasteful in any shape or form because I have learned soooooo much, but I’m not feeling all that cool about the prospects of this first harvest. I hope they can be salvaged.
So I cut the Bum Wine and the Northern Cheese Haze last week and put them in the other chamber of my grow cabinet to dry. They reeked and lit up my bedroom pretty good, but other than that, I figured all was well. I surmised that the intake fan provided enough air circulation and the humidity levels were, at least what I thought, were good. What I didn’t realize, or at least what I think contributed to the fiasco, was my exhaust and proximity to the light. Even though little to no light gets to the other side, the temps from the light probably do affect the temperature on the other side, a factor that I never considered until I looked at just how bad a condition the buds were in. And with the exhaust, I think it killed the humidity - I didn’t place a hygrometer over there to monitor. Just a couple of mistakes in a very long list of them.
Anyway, I opened the chamber yesterday to check them out and the Bum Wine looked “off.” I took it down and, no shit, it was like Thanos had snapped his fingers; everything nearly crumpled to dust. The buds were very light, really airy with no heaviness or density at all, and they were crispy. I’m talking crispy. Colonel Sanders KFC Extra Crispy. If I weren’t high at the time I probably would’ve cried LOL! But, if there was any silver lining, they still smelled AMAZING!!
After a bit of research, I found a trick about cottonballs and tin foil so I went ahead and jarred them for cure. There were only a handful of nugs to do anything with but what the hell, right? I’m thinking they may be a bit too far gone, but I’ve come this far with them, might as well see it to the end, right?
And if that wasn’t bad enough, then I had to go to the other end of the spectrum. I go to check out the Haze and it’s looking ok, nothing like the Bum Wine. I start trimming leaves and after a while, I start smelling something funny. Now, it’d been raining earlier and I had heard the lawn care folks out too, but I didn’t think they’d been cutting grass or anything. So I smelled my shears and there it was; my buds smelled like wet grass. I instantly knew that I’d cut them too early , even though the trichomes looked like they were ready. The outsides of the buds were slightly crisp (which is good), but the interior of the stems weren’t. So with great reluctance and sadness (after taking another bong rip to drown my sorrows), I finished those up and jarred them as well, but they’re nothing but grassy smelling buds. I burped them this morning and they smelled just awful. I don’t think that ever goes away does it?
From the start, I wasn’t expecting a yield of any size really due to the small pots but to have damn near nothing is a bit disheartening. All in all, I don’t think any of this harvest is good for any smoking, sadly, but are they still viable for edibles, tinctures or anything like that?
Thanks for any tips, suggestions, words of condolence or just plain pity
So, I can understand that the first grow can be pretty difficult with a lot of ups and downs, but damn! This grow has taken a turn I didn’t see coming at all. I don’t count the last few months as a waste or wasteful in any shape or form because I have learned soooooo much, but I’m not feeling all that cool about the prospects of this first harvest. I hope they can be salvaged.
So I cut the Bum Wine and the Northern Cheese Haze last week and put them in the other chamber of my grow cabinet to dry. They reeked and lit up my bedroom pretty good, but other than that, I figured all was well. I surmised that the intake fan provided enough air circulation and the humidity levels were, at least what I thought, were good. What I didn’t realize, or at least what I think contributed to the fiasco, was my exhaust and proximity to the light. Even though little to no light gets to the other side, the temps from the light probably do affect the temperature on the other side, a factor that I never considered until I looked at just how bad a condition the buds were in. And with the exhaust, I think it killed the humidity - I didn’t place a hygrometer over there to monitor. Just a couple of mistakes in a very long list of them.
Anyway, I opened the chamber yesterday to check them out and the Bum Wine looked “off.” I took it down and, no shit, it was like Thanos had snapped his fingers; everything nearly crumpled to dust. The buds were very light, really airy with no heaviness or density at all, and they were crispy. I’m talking crispy. Colonel Sanders KFC Extra Crispy. If I weren’t high at the time I probably would’ve cried LOL! But, if there was any silver lining, they still smelled AMAZING!!
After a bit of research, I found a trick about cottonballs and tin foil so I went ahead and jarred them for cure. There were only a handful of nugs to do anything with but what the hell, right? I’m thinking they may be a bit too far gone, but I’ve come this far with them, might as well see it to the end, right?
And if that wasn’t bad enough, then I had to go to the other end of the spectrum. I go to check out the Haze and it’s looking ok, nothing like the Bum Wine. I start trimming leaves and after a while, I start smelling something funny. Now, it’d been raining earlier and I had heard the lawn care folks out too, but I didn’t think they’d been cutting grass or anything. So I smelled my shears and there it was; my buds smelled like wet grass. I instantly knew that I’d cut them too early , even though the trichomes looked like they were ready. The outsides of the buds were slightly crisp (which is good), but the interior of the stems weren’t. So with great reluctance and sadness (after taking another bong rip to drown my sorrows), I finished those up and jarred them as well, but they’re nothing but grassy smelling buds. I burped them this morning and they smelled just awful. I don’t think that ever goes away does it?
From the start, I wasn’t expecting a yield of any size really due to the small pots but to have damn near nothing is a bit disheartening. All in all, I don’t think any of this harvest is good for any smoking, sadly, but are they still viable for edibles, tinctures or anything like that?
Thanks for any tips, suggestions, words of condolence or just plain pity