Harvest Time: A Tutorial

Thanx for the read fdd& thanx again rasta! I only cured part of my harvest outa fear of ruining it.well its been curing since the 1st or so&this morning i took a sample!fork me! So much better than the brwn bag dried weed!thanx again rasta!

hey fdd is my plant done yet????? lol just kidding very nice thread helped me out a bunch i have two to three weeks to go i cant wait to take my time buy a 40 of budweiser and trim my bitch its been almost three months i cant wait any longer im going crazy smoking this shit mexican brick while i have this beautiful plant sitting in my closet but as they say hard work and patience always pays off in the end by the way WTF are you really going to smoke all that weed........ i know i would lol

has anyone ever used ily coffee tins for curing? they are air tight just metal...

awesome threat. this is definitely going to help me out when my time comes to chop 'em down. thanks fdd.

so I let my bud air dry for around 80-90 hours. the outsides where sticky and not too moist almost how i would like a bag to be. I have jar'd it and will check and burp daily. If you shake the jar and the buds are all stuck in one lump would you assume they are too wet and need to be laid out for and hour or two (or day) or is it ok if you take em out and re arrange them everyday and burp them is it pretty safe to say they will not mould

how long did u dry it for?

How long guys? Jack herer

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The only sure way to tell is look at the trichs through a jewelers loupe...

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close up would be better, but i reckon 12 days

hi pal - again another fantastic sticky that takes all the worry away. cut yesterday - hanging in a 1mx1mx2m grow tent, temps 65-69f / 60-70%rh.
i was wondering about air exchange ?? currently i have an oscillating fan rotating on a medium setting at ground level ( branches hanging from the top ) and an extractor fan set to come on for every 15mins per hour ........what do you think ?? is the extractor needed or will it speed up the drying process to much ??

I started flushing yesterday, i guess 10 more days until is done!!

dannydj said:

hi pal - again another fantastic sticky that takes all the worry away. cut yesterday - hanging in a 1mx1mx2m grow tent, temps 65-69f / 60-70%rh.
i was wondering about air exchange ?? currently i have an oscillating fan rotating on a medium setting at ground level ( branches hanging from the top ) and an extractor fan set to come on for every 15mins per hour ........what do you think ?? is the extractor needed or will it speed up the drying process to much ??

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That humidity is high..try to get it down or you may develop a mold problem!

just read all this today in one sitting should help me loads cheer's

I saw somewhere 600w is for 6'x6' 400w is for 3'x3' so 250w will be fine but I would get a switchable ballast & for $175 thats the price you'd pay at a store. I've seen 400w cool tubes w/ ballast & an hps bulb on ebay w/ a final bid from $70 - $135 so ya might wanna check ebay first,

Hey FDD Im been going thru this informative tag...However After pulling all info together..im hatching a Harvest Plan as below-BIT I WANT YA ADVISE as im sure the Harvest/Curing will fluctuate as i go....(this is my first Grow/Harvest).....

1. Harvest Whole plant (as ive got the room) Trim some of the Big fan leaves.
2. Hang upside down for a few days.
3. Harvets into Branches and remove All Fan leaves and Trim.
4. Hang for a few more days
5. Once outsides of BUD are Dry Stick them in Jar 20~22h Closed and 2~4h Open...if after 24h Something is up the Get to point 6.
6. Brown Bags at the ready for 24h. (then back to Jar) repeat as neccessary.
7. After 7 days these should be well on there way to Smokeable happiness

Timing Points 1~4 should be around 5 days and then the curing side 7~onwards....

Can you see any flaws in this or any advice....Ive grown a Real bushy 'Mostly Sativa' its Supa Skunk (50days flowering) im on day 28 but want to get BEST advice...

As a side Question Ive read many times that No watering for final 72 hours helps use up the sugars for a better Smoke?

Looking forward to your advice/help!

the ready pictures look way past ready, isn't hint of amber and when their milky white show when their ready.

Kant said:

are those all branches from your tree of life?

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its also i think , bro,,,,

curing is easy...just put it in jars(hermetic jars, those used for keeping vegetables etc in water for the winter in the old days) when it's dry enough to smoke
and just smoke a little everyday, and leave the jar open a while(during grinding and rolling for example), that way you 'burp' it(moist air can escape)
and everyday you can smell the nice smell(wich is stronger in a jar then from abaggie in my experience, maybe just because it's in it for longer)

thanks. I need more info. though... How many days hanging and how many days curing?!

Thank you a lot

Just to get things straight, because I think I'm getting close to cutting.

I have the 30x microscope, so what I'll be looking for is amber colored crystals, correct?

Yes, a lot of the hairs have turned brown.
A lot of the smaller leaves surrounding, and in, the main bud have started to curl up.

Sorry for no pics, but I'm at work right now and went and bought the microscope at lunch.
Hoping to get an answer, check for it when I get home, then check it out under the scope.

Peace