LKABudMan Gets Skunky Under The VSF6450 - Sponsored By Vivosun

InTheShed said:
Wow they're dropping like flies in here! Beautiful pair of take downs even if Speck never quite outgrew the name, and that closet is a thing of beauty. :eek: Great work getting the first one out to 10 days hanging!
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Thanks Shed. It's been nice taking our time and going a hanger at a time. Suzy is the last one up, and it looks like we may be starting on her tonight ;)
InTheShed said:
Nice review and well explained! I usually just toss the trim in the salve bin. :hmmmm:
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I usually toss everything in the freezer for bubble hash, but with this little plant this was much quicker and easier.
 
Cindy is in the bag! I spent a couple of hours bucking all of her buds in the @VIVOSUN Trim Tray yesterday. She had been in the drying closet for 12 days and was reading <11 on the wood moisture meter.

I took her a hanger at a time onto my office. One branch at a time, I removed the buds from the stems. I cleaned up a few of the best buds, but left most of them alone. I kept the top buds in one pile and everything else in another. She had some really beautiful buds. Unfortunately, most of the larf was seeded and I found several nanners. Oh well, she's still a lot of nice sticky bud.
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Ready to start bucking Cindy

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Cindy's top buds

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Cindy's top buds

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Cindy's top buds

I put everything in a 1lb Grove bag with a Govee. It started at 58.2% RH and it's at 58.6% RH today. That's a little lower than I usually dry, but it's in the right range (58-62) that I'm looking for and means there is almost no chance of any mold. The Grove bags keep the RH really stable, so at this RH I have no problem sealing this bag for a month to cure. Here is the readout from my Grove bag Govee, which was in my Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto) Grove bag over the last month as she cured.
Grove Bag RH over a month.jpg

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Grove bag temp & RH over 1 month with Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto)

I ended up with 307g of Cindy, or close to 11oz. 137g (4.8oz) was in tops, and the rest was mids and larf. I also ended up with a handful of seeds, with the promise of a lot more! I also scraped a nice pile of kief up from the bottom of the Trim Tray.
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All bagged up, sifting the trim with the Vivosun Trim Tray

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Seeds!

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Sifting the trim

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Kief in the vivosun trim tray collection bin

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Nice little pile of kief

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Holy Trics!

One down and three more to go!

@VIVOSUN #VIVOSUN #LoveWhatYouGrow
 
That's off the hook! A spectacular grow with big meaty buds, free seeds with premium genetics only grown in the bottom fuzz, and fun toys from a big sponsor??? Dude, you got Da juice! That Midas Touch! Making mountains out of molehills... just ridiculous. Congratulations on the harvest Big Dog!
 
LKABudMan said:
Cindy is in the bag! I spent a couple of hours bucking all of her buds in the @VIVOSUN Trim Tray yesterday. She had been in the drying closet for 12 days and was reading <11 on the wood moisture meter.

I took her a hanger at a time onto my office. One branch at a time, I removed the buds from the stems. I cleaned up a few of the best buds, but left most of them alone. I kept the top buds in one pile and everything else in another. She had some really beautiful buds. Unfortunately, most of the larf was seeded and I found several nanners. Oh well, she's still a lot of nice sticky bud.
20230216_112847.jpg

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Ready to start bucking Cindy

20230216_123252.jpg

20230216_123252.jpg

Cindy's top buds

20230216_123345.jpg

20230216_123345.jpg

Cindy's top buds

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Cindy's top buds

I put everything in a 1lb Grove bag with a Govee. It started at 58.2% RH and it's at 58.6% RH today. That's a little lower than I usually dry, but it's in the right range (58-62) that I'm looking for and means there is almost no chance of any mold. The Grove bags keep the RH really stable, so at this RH I have no problem sealing this bag for a month to cure. Here is the readout from my Grove bag Govee, which was in my Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto) Grove bag over the last month as she cured.
Grove Bag RH over a month.jpg

Grove Bag RH over a month.jpg

Grove bag temp & RH over 1 month with Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto)

I ended up with 307g of Cindy, or close to 11oz. 137g (4.8oz) was in tops, and the rest was mids and larf. I also ended up with a handful of seeds, with the promise of a lot more! I also scraped a nice pile of kief up from the bottom of the Trim Tray.
20230216_141800.jpg

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All bagged up, sifting the trim with the Vivosun Trim Tray

20230216_142333.jpg

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Seeds!

20230216_142337.jpg

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Sifting the trim

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Kief in the vivosun trim tray collection bin

20230216_142433.jpg

20230216_142433.jpg

Nice little pile of kief

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20230216_142440.jpg

Holy Trics!

One down and three more to go!

@VIVOSUN #VIVOSUN #LoveWhatYouGrow
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Very nice work congrats on your harvest 👍. CL🍀
 
Congrats on the takedown BudMan! She looks delicious. :Rasta:
 
LKABudMan said:
Cindy is in the bag! I spent a couple of hours bucking all of her buds in the @VIVOSUN Trim Tray yesterday. She had been in the drying closet for 12 days and was reading <11 on the wood moisture meter.

I took her a hanger at a time onto my office. One branch at a time, I removed the buds from the stems. I cleaned up a few of the best buds, but left most of them alone. I kept the top buds in one pile and everything else in another. She had some really beautiful buds. Unfortunately, most of the larf was seeded and I found several nanners. Oh well, she's still a lot of nice sticky bud.
20230216_112847.jpg

20230216_112847.jpg

Ready to start bucking Cindy

20230216_123252.jpg

20230216_123252.jpg

Cindy's top buds

20230216_123345.jpg

20230216_123345.jpg

Cindy's top buds

20230216_123301.jpg

20230216_123301.jpg

Cindy's top buds

I put everything in a 1lb Grove bag with a Govee. It started at 58.2% RH and it's at 58.6% RH today. That's a little lower than I usually dry, but it's in the right range (58-62) that I'm looking for and means there is almost no chance of any mold. The Grove bags keep the RH really stable, so at this RH I have no problem sealing this bag for a month to cure. Here is the readout from my Grove bag Govee, which was in my Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto) Grove bag over the last month as she cured.
Grove Bag RH over a month.jpg

Grove Bag RH over a month.jpg

Grove bag temp & RH over 1 month with Pebbles (Fruit Punch Auto)

I ended up with 307g of Cindy, or close to 11oz. 137g (4.8oz) was in tops, and the rest was mids and larf. I also ended up with a handful of seeds, with the promise of a lot more! I also scraped a nice pile of kief up from the bottom of the Trim Tray.
20230216_141800.jpg

20230216_141800.jpg

All bagged up, sifting the trim with the Vivosun Trim Tray

20230216_142333.jpg

20230216_142333.jpg

Seeds!

20230216_142337.jpg

20230216_142337.jpg

Sifting the trim

20230216_142352.jpg

20230216_142352.jpg

Kief in the vivosun trim tray collection bin

20230216_142433.jpg

20230216_142433.jpg

Nice little pile of kief

20230216_142440.jpg

20230216_142440.jpg

Holy Trics!

One down and three more to go!

@VIVOSUN #VIVOSUN #LoveWhatYouGrow
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great grow awesome dude
 
RedskinnedRhino said:
That's off the hook! A spectacular grow with big meaty buds, free seeds with premium genetics only grown in the bottom fuzz, and fun toys from a big sponsor??? Dude, you got Da juice! That Midas Touch! Making mountains out of molehills... just ridiculous. Congratulations on the harvest Big Dog!
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Thanks RSR. I could have done without the seeds, but other than that I was really happy with this grow. Lots of toys help too ;)
CaptainLucky said:
Very nice work congrats on your harvest 👍. CL🍀
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Thanks CL
Grand Daddy Black said:
Congrats on the takedown BudMan! She looks delicious. :Rasta:
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Thanks GDB and I certainly hope so, but we'll know soon. I need to squish some soon...
spab1311 said:
great grow awesome dude
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Thanks Spab
7Dust2 said:
Sweet harvest
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Thanks Dust, It's a LOT of weed!
 
Date: 2/17/22 Day# 70 of Flower
Strain: Skunk Special fem photo seeds x 4
Grow Space: The Bud Factory - Sponsored by VIVOSUN
- Vivosun 48x48x80 tent
- Vivosun VSF6450 Foldable LED Grow Light @ 75% 18-24" (30-40k lux)
- Vivosun 6" AeroZesh exhaust fan
- Vivosun GrowHub - Controls the light and exhaust & syncs with Vivosun App
- Vivosun AeroWave A6 Clip-on oscillating 6" fan
- 4" booster fan for air intake (Filtered)
- 12" floor fan + Oscillating tower fan
- 4 Site 13g RDWC system + 13g reservoir
- Vivosun 332 GPH Air Pump (14W 21L/min)
- Vivosun 2x4 Air Stones (x4)
Nutrients - Well Water & Bennies (Hydroguard, z7)
Medium - 8" Netpots with clay balls in RDWC system (5x13g buckets)
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm/8.0pH)

Suzy was harvested on Friday night. She ended up being 5 hangers, very little larf, and the biggest buds I've ever seen.
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Suzy Skunk Day# 70

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70 - Harvest day

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70 - One meaty hanger

Of course, that means it was time to clean up the tent. I started by removing any little bits of bud, mostly from Suzy. I got pretty wet, as her huge nutrient straws were still working and every time I touched her she 'cried' on me.
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Big hollow DWC stems

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Reflection of the VSF6450 on a drop of water coming out of a hollow RDWC stem

Then I scooped out as much hydroton from the netposts as possible. Otherwise, when I try to remove the bucket lids it will go flying everywhere. As I did, the EZGro plug came right off. You could even see the original seed shell stuck to the plug.
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Cleaning out some hydroton

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Original seed shell stuck to EZGro plug remains

Always the lest fun part of the grow, it took me several hours on Saturday to clean everything up, scrub it down, and dry it off. I still need to clean out the fans and net pots, but everything is ready for the next grow. Before I start the next grow, I'll put the humidifier in the tent and get it up to 90+ RH in there, just to make sure any pollen is deactivated. I do love it when the tent is all cleaned and ready for the next grow.
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End of the grow - time to clean up!

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End of the grow - time to clean up!

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Skunks harvested top view

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Cindy top view

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Suzy top view

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Sandy top view

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Speck top view

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Skunks last pic

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Cindy stalk and roots

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Sandy stalk and roots

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Suzy stalk and roots

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Speck stalk and roots

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just a dirty tent

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Everything cleaned up and ready to go again

It may be a few weeks until I get the Bud Factory back in action. I'm getting a new 60A sub-panel put in the basement and I'll probably need to get this tent out of the way. @Herbies Seeds has already hooked me up with some seeds for the next grow that I'm really looking forward to. And of course there will be some new @VIVOSUN gear to play around with ;)

Meanwhile, the drying closet is staying above 60% RH easily. I like harvesting in stages, this grow about a week apart. Just when the drying closet starts to get < 60% I put more buds in there to add humidity. I have the humidifier set to 60% just in case, but it has hardly been needed.
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Drying closet 2/20/23

Sandy & Speck are now on day# 10 and I expect them to be ready to go into Grove bags in a couple of days, with Suzy a week behind. It's not very hard to tell them apart. Everything is smelling fantastic in there!

@VIVOSUN #VIVOSUN #LoveWhatYouGrow
 
LKABudMan said:
Date: 2/17/22 Day# 70 of Flower
Strain: Skunk Special fem photo seeds x 4
Grow Space: The Bud Factory - Sponsored by VIVOSUN
- Vivosun 48x48x80 tent
- Vivosun VSF6450 Foldable LED Grow Light @ 75% 18-24" (30-40k lux)
- Vivosun 6" AeroZesh exhaust fan
- Vivosun GrowHub - Controls the light and exhaust & syncs with Vivosun App
- Vivosun AeroWave A6 Clip-on oscillating 6" fan
- 4" booster fan for air intake (Filtered)
- 12" floor fan + Oscillating tower fan
- 4 Site 13g RDWC system + 13g reservoir
- Vivosun 332 GPH Air Pump (14W 21L/min)
- Vivosun 2x4 Air Stones (x4)
Nutrients - Well Water & Bennies (Hydroguard, z7)
Medium - 8" Netpots with clay balls in RDWC system (5x13g buckets)
Water - Carbon-filtered well water (100ppm/8.0pH)

Suzy was harvested on Friday night. She ended up being 5 hangers, very little larf, and the biggest buds I've ever seen.
20230217_165130.jpg

20230217_165130.jpg

Suzy Skunk Day# 70

20230217_165157.jpg

20230217_165157.jpg

Suzy Skunk Day# 70

20230217_165146.jpg

20230217_165146.jpg

Suzy Skunk Day# 70

20230217_165138.jpg

20230217_165138.jpg

Suzy Skunk Day# 70

20230217_165646.jpg

20230217_165646.jpg

Suzy Skunk Day# 70 - Harvest day

20230217_195556.jpg

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Suzy Skunk Day# 70 - One meaty hanger

Of course, that means it was time to clean up the tent. I started by removing any little bits of bud, mostly from Suzy. I got pretty wet, as her huge nutrient straws were still working and every time I touched her she 'cried' on me.
20230218_111259.jpg

20230218_111259.jpg

Big hollow DWC stems

20230218_111735.jpg

20230218_111735.jpg

Reflection of the VSF6450 on a drop of water coming out of a hollow RDWC stem

Then I scooped out as much hydroton from the netposts as possible. Otherwise, when I try to remove the bucket lids it will go flying everywhere. As I did, the EZGro plug came right off. You could even see the original seed shell stuck to the plug.
20230218_112715.jpg

20230218_112715.jpg

Cleaning out some hydroton

20230218_112707.jpg

20230218_112707.jpg

Original seed shell stuck to EZGro plug remains

Always the lest fun part of the grow, it took me several hours on Saturday to clean everything up, scrub it down, and dry it off. I still need to clean out the fans and net pots, but everything is ready for the next grow. Before I start the next grow, I'll put the humidifier in the tent and get it up to 90+ RH in there, just to make sure any pollen is deactivated. I do love it when the tent is all cleaned and ready for the next grow.
20230218_110449.jpg

20230218_110449.jpg

End of the grow - time to clean up!

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20230218_110537.jpg

End of the grow - time to clean up!

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20230218_111705.jpg

Skunks harvested top view

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20230218_111538.jpg

Cindy top view

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Suzy top view

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20230218_111627.jpg

Sandy top view

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Speck top view

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20230218_115729.jpg

Skunks last pic

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20230218_115715.jpg

Cindy stalk and roots

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20230218_115719.jpg

Sandy stalk and roots

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20230218_115722.jpg

Suzy stalk and roots

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20230218_115725.jpg

Speck stalk and roots

20230218_130727.jpg

20230218_130727.jpg

just a dirty tent

20230218_131750.jpg

20230218_131750.jpg

Everything cleaned up and ready to go again

It may be a few weeks until I get the Bud Factory back in action. I'm getting a new 60A sub-panel put in the basement and I'll probably need to get this tent out of the way. @Herbies Seeds has already hooked me up with some seeds for the next grow that I'm really looking forward to. And of course there will be some new @VIVOSUN gear to play around with ;)

Meanwhile, the drying closet is staying above 60% RH easily. I like harvesting in stages, this grow about a week apart. Just when the drying closet starts to get < 60% I put more buds in there to add humidity. I have the humidifier set to 60% just in case, but it has hardly been needed.
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Drying closet 2/20/23

Sandy & Speck are now on day# 10 and I expect them to be ready to go into Grove bags in a couple of days, with Suzy a week behind. It's not very hard to tell them apart. Everything is smelling fantastic in there!

@VIVOSUN #VIVOSUN #LoveWhatYouGrow
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Amazing budman those buds are HUGE congrats
 
LKABudMan said:
Suzy was harvested on Friday night. She ended up being 5 hangers, very little larf, and the biggest buds I've ever seen.
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Congrats on those huge flowers and all those hangers of meds! She must have been done because there was no way you were sick of looking at her yet. :)
LKABudMan said:
Before I start the next grow, I'll put the humidifier in the tent and get it up to 90+ RH in there, just to make sure any pollen is deactivated.
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Great idea. :thanks:
 
InTheShed said:
Congrats on those huge flowers and all those hangers of meds! She must have been done because there was no way you were sick of looking at her yet. :)
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Thanks Shed. I hadn't looked at her all week. She was left alone in the RDWC, which was about 15 gallons down by the time she was harvested. I just finally had room for her in the drying closet ;)
InTheShed said:
Great idea. :thanks:
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:idea:
 
Trala said:
Congratulations on the green massacre!

💚🔪💚🔪💚🔪
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Thanks Trala. Still a lot of work to go, though, with a whole closet of hanging bud. Enjoyable work, but still work ;)
 
Hey LKA, first of all great haul!

You're on fire 🔥 mate, just bam bam bam spitting them out like were stamped in a factory (ok not quite that simple, theres a bunch of work in that result)

Definitely had the loveliest hermed girl I ever did see....haha.

Tell me the groves, which I have a couple, how do you

A. Recommend using them? Like is it as simple as seal and trust the process?

B. Check the temps and RH in them as you did? Was it as simple as a hygrometer? I wondered how you got the chart.

If I ever get divorced Ill pm you for tips setting up a proper RDWC system....just wow. Obviously nailing it.
 
DV8 said:
Hey LKA, first of all great haul!
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Thanks mate.
DV8 said:
You're on fire 🔥 mate, just bam bam bam spitting them out like were stamped in a factory (ok not quite that simple, theres a bunch of work in that result)
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It does get easier every time I run this RDWC system. Most of the work is at the end!
DV8 said:
Definitely had the loveliest hermed girl I ever did see....haha.
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Thanks, they were really lovely, even with a bunch of peens hanging off them.
DV8 said:
Tell me the groves, which I have a couple, how do you

A. Recommend using them? Like is it as simple as seal and trust the process?

B. Check the temps and RH in them as you did? Was it as simple as a hygrometer? I wondered how you got the chart.
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I dry as normal, at 60%/60f for 10-14 days or until the wood moisture meter reads 10-11%. Then I buck the buds and they go into the Grove bags with a Govee hygrometer. This is really only important for the first couple of days. If they go above 64-65%, I'll take them out of the bag and spread them out for an hour or so, then put them back in the bag. If it's too dry (<58%), I recommend a fresh leaf or stem for a few hours.

Once the buds are at 58-64% in the Grove bag the hygrometer is no longer needed. I don't bother to seal my bags either, I just zip them up. I only 1/2 fill the bags at first, and if they are closer to 64% I'll tumble them every day or two for the first week to make sure they're not all sticking together. After the first month I'll combine all the 1/2 full bags into one full bag. Even without heat sealing the bags, the Govee reads 58-62% in the bags for over a year.

tldr: As long as your buds are dried to 58-64%, just throw them in a Grove bag and you'll get near perfect cure with no chance of mold/mildew.
DV8 said:
If I ever get divorced Ill pm you for tips setting up a proper RDWC system....just wow. Obviously nailing it.
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You may be able to get the next best thing. Look into SIPs using a central res. It should be pretty easy to build, and you'll be able to water everyone by adding nutes/water to a single res, and the growth is the next best thing to hydro.

As far as setting up my own system... I bought this from PA Hydroponics ;) I have too little patience for measuring and drilling and fitting things together. This went together in under an hour and has worked flawlessly for three runs now :)
 

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