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GroErr said:
For the kief you're using screens, the buckets/bags are for making ice hash.

For caps I use 150-180 micron which produces a good return and clean enough for using in caps. You can use finer screen if you want to smoke it and get higher quality but less yield. 150-160 micron is a good size between yield and quality.

Over time I've found that the best returns come from fresh frozen trim, I use a rough chopper then run that across the screen. Light pressure rubbing it across the screen drops the kief through and lands on a sheet of parchment paper that I lay under the screen.

I bought some stainless screen through e-bay a long time ago, here's a sample below that could make one large screen or two 12x18" which is a decent size:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/100-mesh-150...051375?hash=item3f6c4eecaf:g:rjQAAOSwHjNV-Or3

I made a frame to fit the screen with 1x2" wood I had sitting around. Cut 4x 1x2" pieces to make a rectangular frame around the outside dimensions of the screen. Place the screen between them and screw them together. Done. You get about 3/4" space under the screen with 1x2" wood or 1.5" space using 2x2" wood. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit under the screen and rub the rough ground trim across it. When you're finished lift the screen and you have a bunch of sift sitting on the parchment paper. I use an icing knife from the dollar store to scrape and bunch it up into a pile ready to use.
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Not sure how I missed this but I had been wondering if a DIY would be suitable. I was about to buy the Bubble Box when I came across this post. That is brilliant and easy enough for me too tackle. I am even considering building a mini box for making small amounts of dry sift hash. Thanks immensely. With a few screen sizes I can really have some fun. I have 3 friends that work with wood, a carver, a framer and a brilliant carpenter so I am likely to get some good advice from them.
 
ttystikk said:
That's how they work...

Meteorologists know that to reduce RH, you add heat. The water (usually pure, so it's good for plants) is mostly to show the customer it's doing something lol
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Yeah I can see that with my monitoring system, it's why I don't need the dehuey during lights on, temps correlate to reduced RH. They (dehuey's) suck moisture out and expel heat, but what I found was a pretty significant difference between that older dual-AC/dehuey and the newer more efficient unit. It heats the room but like 4-5F difference between it and the old one.
 
zoic said:
Not sure how I missed this but I had been wondering if a DIY would be suitable. I was about to buy the Bubble Box when I came across this post. That is brilliant and easy enough for me too tackle. I am even considering building a mini box for making small amounts of dry sift hash. Thanks immensely. With a few screen sizes I can really have some fun. I have 3 friends that work with wood, a carver, a framer and a brilliant carpenter so I am likely to get some good advice from them.
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Yeah a simple screen and some spare wood, you're good to go. I have one of those Pollenmaster units (actually 2) but I get a lot more yield off the simple screen build.
 
Been busy preparing new runs while these finish up in the Flower Room, 2x 3 gal Blue Ripper's, Day 64 at the front and the 2x Panama's, Day 57 at the back. Panama's are maturing quick under the citi's, maybe 2 more weeks there. Blue Ripper's are just drying out and will be pulled tomorrow night.

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These are coming up next in 3 gal's. Pheno hunt through some Skunk #1's, started with 10, culled some so-so plants. Down to 3x what I think are decent looking and smelling fems. There's 1x Fireballs back-left corner with made it through the culls and looking good. Need a few days to harvest and clean the room so flipped them to 14/10, they'll start the stretch and show sex faster while I'm waiting for the flower room.

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3x more decent phenos looking like males in 2 gal's. Put them in the 2x2 breeding tent at 14/10 tonight. The one on the left is looking like the keeper SK #1, strongest skunk smell on the stem rub, nice colour and structure, been eyeing it for a while.

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Lots of babies coming up in the veg cabinet. 6x Afghan Kush, 7x Blue Ripper F2 (looking for a male). Couple of Blue Ripper F2-BX1, an Original Afghan runt, couple of small clones, 6x Blue Ripper x Blue Dream F1 BX1, and 6x Columbian Gold. All regs so will be looking for one or two nicer one's per batch to flower out, whether female or male.

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Cheers :bigjoint:
 
GroErr said:
Been busy preparing new runs while these finish up in the Flower Room, 2x 3 gal Blue Ripper's, Day 64 at the front and the 2x Panama's, Day 57 at the back. Panama's are maturing quick under the citi's, maybe 2 more weeks there. Blue Ripper's are just drying out and will be pulled tomorrow night.

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These are coming up next in 3 gal's. Pheno hunt through some Skunk #1's, started with 10, culled some so-so plants. Down to 3x what I think are decent looking and smelling fems. There's 1x Fireballs back-left corner with made it through the culls and looking good. Need a few days to harvest and clean the room so flipped them to 14/10, they'll start the stretch and show sex faster while I'm waiting for the flower room.

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3x more decent phenos looking like males in 2 gal's. Put them in the 2x2 breeding tent at 14/10 tonight. The one on the left is looking like the keeper SK #1, strongest skunk smell on the stem rub, nice colour and structure, been eyeing it for a while.

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Lots of babies coming up in the veg cabinet. 6x Afghan Kush, 7x Blue Ripper F2 (looking for a male). Couple of Blue Ripper F2-BX1, an Original Afghan runt, couple of small clones, 6x Blue Ripper x Blue Dream F1 BX1, and 6x Columbian Gold. All regs so will be looking for one or two nicer one's per batch to flower out, whether female or male.

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Cheers :bigjoint:
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Wishing well. How long you going to keep them at 14/10?
 
SSGrower said:
Wishing well. How long you going to keep them at 14/10?
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Cheers SSG, just a few days to get them started towards stretching and pre-flowers. Longest will be until Saturday which would be ~1 week and I should be able to confirm their sex by then. Some of the phenos are clearly fems but about 1/2 of them are showing nothing so pushing them a bit to show me the goods.
 
These Panama's are maturing fast, Day 62, they've been sitting under the new 200w Citi 1212/90cri COBs, unsure if they have anything to do with it as these are from seed.

The P6 pheno looks only a few days away, really tightened up the previously fluffy'sh buds, hairs have almost all turned and receded, trichs are cloudy, may even be the odd amber in there, nice :) It looks a little rough, the main cola has been too close to the lights, kind of looks like heat stress but temps have been steady 80-81F and the other one didn't get stressed like this one so I'm going with proximity to the lights. The P4 pheno has maybe 10 days or so, keeps tightening up and fattening, that one's going to pull some weight, buds are solid rocks all the way up & down.

Panama P6:

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Panama P4:

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Cheers :bigjoint:
 
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