First Grow! Sealed/Closed Room, 2400 watts, CO2, Mini-Split AC, SmartPots, Dehum!

[legallyflying]

Thanks man. I was doing research awhile back and did read in several places never to buy an off brand unit. I heard the samsungs were suspect as well at times.

 

[medimaker]

Its a mitsubishi 9000 Btu mini split.
http://www.mitsubishicomfort.com/en/consumer/product-solutions/product-showcase/indoor-units

Mine was custom ordered because i requested one with all the filters in it....the platinum enzyme deodorizing one, the carbon filter, etc.

I was told mitsubishi makes the best mini splits out there due to the efficiency of their inverter technology. It also qualifies for the eco tax credit.

Thanks!
I'm currently using a dual hose 14k but at the moment. Plan to upgrade someday.

 

[legallyflying]

I think you will find a dramatic reduction in power usage with the mini if you can upgrade. I read that the portable AC units are the least efficient way to go.

 

[xivex]

Update! Day 71 Flowering, Day 131 Total...
Scoped the plants today, sativa phenos could probably go a bit longer, but I am harvesting entirely at once this time after a long dark period. Indica phenos are ready. The sativa phenos hairs are finally starting to receed, and all the plants now have fat fully formed milky looking trichs. Even the sativa phenos. I now see a few amber trichs on most of the Indica phenos buds I scoped. A few, could be a couple more...Everything is looking fat and chunky with swollen calyxes and hard buds. The hairs are a light orange color, almost whiteish still, but slight colorations can be seen if you look closely, its like a whitish orangeish tanish colored pistils on the buds. So they have changed color, but it is nowhere near the reddish orange shade that the jock horror genetics displayed. Interesting! I scoped several plants in various places today and decided this is their last watering. I've been giving them nothing but plain RO water for about the last 10-14 days or so. That is my flush, I won't be doing any 9 gallons of water through each 3 gallon container stuff...just fed them the plain RO water last 10-14 days. So today gave them a thorough saturation for their last lights on period. They will run their full day length today and after lights off I will unplug all the lights. I'll leave them in the dark from tonight until Wednesday AM. Wednesday AM I will chop chop!

That'll be a 60 hour dark period total.

This time I'm going to use the dry-nets only because I have them setup and haven't ran any lines right now. In the future, I"m only doing drying lines from now on, no more sitting in dry-nets...squashed sides of buds suck.

Gonna try to cut big ass branches this time and less smaller pieces, as I belive that this should help give the final product more flavor and aroma. If my plants weren't so fucking tall I'd hang the entire plant, next cycle when I LST them better this won't be an issue and I will be hanging the entire plant ala Shrubs and Jesus. Thanks guys! One Love.

So, for trimming I"ll be doing only fan leaf removal while wet. Anything that doesn't have a long ass petiole on it doesn't get touched. That means any sugar leafs get left on for now. Again, doing the shrubs method of letting it dry completely before trimming (other than the fan leaves).

Got my dry room ready at 71F and 45% rH. Gonna shoot for a 7 day drying period this time. The Jock was dried too fast imho. Part of that was my fault by cutting small pieces to dry and not larger branches. Live and learn, once again..


So my LSDs will have run 71 days after lights off tonight, and by the end of the dark
period and chop chop time, they will go 73 days total. A hair longer than Lumi's last cycle LSD grow that he harvested at 70 days....

COMMENTS? THOUGHTS? IDEAS?

Thanks RIU!

X

 

[xivex]

Update! Day 73 Flowering, Day 133 Total... HARVEST DAY!!


So today I harvested all 7 of the remaining LSD plants in one fail swoop. Got them hanging in my two dry-nets in my walk-in closet. Thermostat sitting at 71F and humidity at 50% rH.

I cut much bigger branches and mega pieces this time. I only trimmed off the large fan leaves or sugar leaves that stuck way out on a stem. Less trimming, more whole plant chunks.



Got my trim chilling in the deep freeze. Gonna pull some bubble hash outta my 4 bag set from Payload Extractor bags ready to roll and have already practiced on it with the jock horror trim. Got a tiny ball of hash, but it was fucking good! Got me lit!

Can't wait to see what the weight will be when these all finally dry!!

Thanks,

X

 

[xivex]

LSD Bud Pics, Jar Shots, and dry weight to come in a week or so.

LSD Smoke Report to come end of first week of April. Stay tuned!

Probably not much action in here until then...Thanks so much to everyone for your help and guidance through all this. I certainly wouldn't of had near this result without all of your help! +REP GUYS!

I particularly want to thank LegallyFlying, Illumination, and Shrubs First for putting up with my noob ass and all my dumb moves and stupid questions. Thanks a ton you guys!

XiveX

 

[legallyflying]

Awesome dude. Its all fun and games until its harvest time, then its time to actually fucking work. To be honest, I think your seriously out of the newb category. Whats on deck now?

 

[xivex]

Awesome dude. Its all fun and games until its harvest time, then its time to actually fucking work. To be honest, I think your seriously out of the newb category. Whats on deck now?

CLONES CLONES CLONES! Got something brewin'...gimme about 3 weeks or so... Round 2 will be coming up toward the end of this month, I'll post the link in this journal for round 2 when it starts, but gonna start it in a new thread.

STAY WITH ME HOMIES!

XiveX

 

[legallyflying]

Nice yo. I fuckered around and then decided to grow different strains this time around so I'm only in the first week of vegging. I've got endless sky clones but they are showing all kinds of fuckered-up-ness that I am attributing to TMV So that mother has to go into the trash.

Going to pick up 6 super lemon haze clones after work though. I'll probably veg and flower 5 of them and mother one. Got one week old headband, sugar black rose, and channel plus as well.

 

[JimBro]

Sweetness. Nice job, X. Looking forward to the dry weight and smoke report.

 

[Illumination]

LSD Bud Pics, Jar Shots, and dry weight to come in a week or so.

LSD Smoke Report to come end of first week of April. Stay tuned!

Probably not much action in here until then...Thanks so much to everyone for your help and guidance through all this. I certainly wouldn't of had near this result without all of your help! +REP GUYS!

I particularly want to thank LegallyFlying, Illumination, and Shrubs First for putting up with my noob ass and all my dumb moves and stupid questions. Thanks a ton you guys!

XiveX

There are no stupid questions...is only stupid to not ask when you do not know...it is fun to help bro...you are in with some awesome guys who know their shit....I feel honored to be thanked along with LF and Shrub's....I really like Shrubs big time know him personally and he knows his shit...But LF I gotta give it to you...you are a great read...you crack me up all the time and that is a welcome rarity here...you one cool as mf'er that I hope to be able to meet and party with.....

Xi I gotta tell you....YOU HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FIRST GROW!!!!

Now get a seal a meal and send me some of my fave (so far) strain!!!

Namaste'

 

[Someguy15]

Hey man just droppin in to see the final yield. I'll be tuned for this secret clone army haha

 

[xivex]

Update! Day 1 of Curing!!

So today ended my full 7.25 day drying in a drynet, temps at around 70F, 45% rH. No fans. Whole plant chunks minus fan leaves. The were crispy on the outside and the stems were close to snapping, wanted to go a full 7 days tho as last time I did 4 days on the jock and think it dried too quick. So I was using a humidifier and dehumidifier at the same time to keep it 45-55% rH this time... Hope it worked. Got the Caliber III's chillin' in jars right now...rH% is still climbing, but its in the 50's on most jars, so hopefully by tomorrow it will be 60 and I'll be right on target!


I just got back from manicuring my buds. Took me all fucking day. Good news is its done. Bad news is, I didn't weigh it yet, so final numbers still to come in a week or two after its cured solid and I feel like pulling it all out and weighing it then...plus, I want to buy a REAL scale. Digital, accurate to 0.1, measures in 0.1 grams, ounces, or pounds, accurate to about 4-5 pounds as that would be more than enough for any of my harvests... Been looking around. Seems like I can get a lab grade digital one for $180 or so. Looking at this from A&D Weighing who is ISO 9001 Certified so this bitch would be lab grade and then some imho..

http://www.americanweigh.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=2270

What you think?

Anyhow, on to the good stuff! The pics..

Ball 2L Wide Mouth jars hold a shit load...I'd say 4 ounces per jar if completely full. Mine are about 80-90% full in most of em..

Yield guesses? I'm gonna guess 1.5 - 2 Lbs. The scale will tell! One of those jars is jock horror (in the back side)..




Random LSD Nug Shots..this nug is super dense! I'm a sloppy trimmer, yes I know, trimming sucks...





THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? IDEAS?

Thanks Everyone.... X

 

[DJSOUNZ]

That looks amazing..compared to my cup and some ffof....wow

 

[tumpuh]

Looks like PH swing...must have been too low for some time.,,,then when it leveled out...BIG DINNER and some burn. Maybe keep your water around 7 7.5 after adding everything...If the soil is peat based...it will tend to cause PH to lower..especially if there is lime added.
Looks good though!

 

[Illumination]

Update! Day 1 of Curing!!

So today ended my full 7.25 day cure at around 79F, 45% rH. No fans. Whole plant chunks minus fan leaves. The were crispy on the outside and the stems were close to snapping, wanted to go a full 7 days tho as last time I did 4 days on the jock and think it dried too quick. So I was using a humidifier and dehumidifier at the same time to keep it 45-55% rH this time... Hope it worked. Got the Caliber III's chillin' in jars right now...rH% is still climbing, but its in the 50's on most jars, so hopefully by tomorrow it will be 60 and I'll be right on target!


I just got back from manicuring my buds. Took me all fucking day. Good news is its done. Bad news is, I didn't weight it yet, so final numbers still to come in a week or two after its cured solid and I feel like pulling it all out and weighing it then...plus, I want to buy a REAL scale. Digital, accurate to 0.1, measures in 0.1 grams, ounces, or pounds, accurate to about 4 pounds. Been looking around. Seems like I can get a lab grade digital one for $180 or so. Looking at this from A&D Weighing who is ISO 9001 Certified so this bitch would be lab grade and then some imho..

http://www.americanweigh.com/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=2270

What you think?

Anyhow, on to the good stuff! The pics..

Ball 2L Wide Mouth jars hold a shit load...I'd say 4 ounces per jar if completely full. Mine are about 80-90% full in most of em..

Yield guesses? I'm gonna guess 1.5 - 2 Lbs. The scale will tell! One of those jars is jock horror (in the back side)..

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Random LSD Nug Shots..this nug is super dense! I'm a sloppy trimmer, yes I know, trimming sucks...

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THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? IDEAS?

Thanks Everyone.... X

Looks awesome...gonna be high longtime...lol

I never thought to tell you but lsd for the most part is not rock hard buds...more airy like white widow...but I like that so never thought to say....again great job my friend...

Namaste'

 

[xivex]

Thanks for the compliments guys! Watch for some hash to be pulled soon. Thinking maybe this weekend. Got tons of trim chillin in the deep freeze right now. Gonna leave it in there to dry for several days than pull bubble hash using my 4-bag payload extractor bag set.

Oh and lumi i had heard that about the buds man. I got a good mix tho. Some very thick some more airy like you say.

Oh and dude..the smells of some of these phenos....got one sativa pheo smells like herbal black licorice. Awesome. And one that smells dieseley almost its unusual for sure...

Most of the indica phenos were typically sweet earthy musky. Not my fav smell truth be had..

 

[Bonzi Lighthouse]

Looks sweet. Gotta love the Caliber III.

I just Tare an empty jar... close enough... I've just about stopped keeping track of everything.

 

[Someguy15]

Looks sweet. Gotta love the Caliber III.

I just Tare an empty jar... close enough... I've just about stopped keeping track of everything.

Gotta know your yields to know when things are suffering. Or to see added value of additions imo. But being exact to the gram, well that's not a big deal at all. I think you got about 1.5 lbs there, if I had to try to guess. Most of the plant smell gone from the 7 day hang? How do you feel about trimming it dry (have you tried trimming wet for comparison) was it more of a pain in the ass from your experience? Don't think I have space to hang whole plants, or know if it's even really possible with scrog but I'm curious if the slow dry is worth the extra work.

 

[Illumination]

Looks sweet. Gotta love the Caliber III.

I just Tare an empty jar... close enough... I've just about stopped keeping track of everything.

Mine just arrived today!!! So Bonzi it is helping with the cure my friend? Seems really accurate as they say ...I got it form cheap humidors for $17.99 as well...that is where you got yours as well?

So is it easier not having to guess?

Namaste'