Harvest Time: A Tutorial

R3DROCk9

R3DROCk9

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aye all...i like a gooey, dank finished product--not too dry...im here in SoCal righ now, and most ppl have extra dry, almost crispy buds for my liking....any advice on temp and humidity for sticky, gooey fruits. or any other ideas and opinions about how to maintain this type of cure...thanx
 
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fdd2blk

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R3DROCk9 said:
aye all...i like a gooey, dank finished product--not too dry...im here in SoCal righ now, and most ppl have extra dry, almost crispy buds for my liking....any advice on temp and humidity for sticky, gooey fruits. or any other ideas and opinions about how to maintain this type of cure...thanx
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just don't dry it as long. ;)
 
red662

red662

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howdy would u trim leaves a week r 2 before harvest so the buds get more light? someone said to me to trim leaves of im growin bbbc and there very bushy so trim the leaves and leave only the brances with the buds and a small few leaves for the last week r 2? would u do this r hav u heard of anyone doin it?
 
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fdd2blk

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red662 said:
howdy would u trim leaves a week r 2 before harvest so the buds get more light? someone said to me to trim leaves of im growin bbbc and there very bushy so trim the leaves and leave only the brances with the buds and a small few leaves for the last week r 2? would u do this r hav u heard of anyone doin it?
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the buds receive their light thru the leaves. leaves collect light and convert it into engery that goes into producing buds. you need all the leaves you were given. ;)
 
Vedder6

Vedder6

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im about to cut my plant in about a week... going to be following this guide but im just wondering about the process.... after i chop her down, clean her up (trim leaves, etc), is that when i hang her up - and for how long, before i place into jars??
is it: chop, trip, hang upside down for 1 day, trim buds off & then place into jars after?
 
Darwood

Darwood

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Good post brotha, breakin it down to the nitty gritty. I like the little tips about not layin the bud on a surface for too long or the leaves will stick to it and make trimming more of a pain. First time i've heard that anywhere, and i'll surely remember that! Thanks for some new info man
 
poplars

poplars

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so I'm definitely going to do it this way this year. trimming dry doesn't allow for the moisture fluctuations that are required to make a good cure.... so now I'm just trying to wrap my head around doing it this way vs hanging up the whole plant for a week or two until completely dry then trimmin... it seems that for me to be able to do this with my outdoor (I know it's possible since you do it) I'd have to work all day non stop for 3-4 days. which is cool by me if I'm getting the best cure possible, I guess it's just a little intimidating to go from hanging a whole plant up dry to going branch by branch wet trimming hanging with string all across a room carefully sorting every one out so they don't get mixed up... sounds like I"m gonna have a busy/fun harvest.... if there are any other tips I"d love to hear them, besides what you already posted in the beginning of this thread.
 
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fdd2blk

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poplars said:
so I'm definitely going to do it this way this year. trimming dry doesn't allow for the moisture fluctuations that are required to make a good cure.... so now I'm just trying to wrap my head around doing it this way vs hanging up the whole plant for a week or two until completely dry then trimmin... it seems that for me to be able to do this with my outdoor (I know it's possible since you do it) I'd have to work all day non stop for 3-4 days. which is cool by me if I'm getting the best cure possible, I guess it's just a little intimidating to go from hanging a whole plant up dry to going branch by branch wet trimming hanging with string all across a room carefully sorting every one out so they don't get mixed up... sounds like I"m gonna have a busy/fun harvest.... if there are any other tips I"d love to hear them, besides what you already posted in the beginning of this thread.
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put a few inches of water in a 5 gallon bucket. when you start to harvest each plant, trim each branch off individually. placing them in the bucket as you go. as if they were roses in a vase. only trim off enough to fill the bucket. take it inside and take out a branch at a time, as you trim them. this will prevent any wilting. you can leave them in the bucket like this for several days. there is nothing worse then being stuck with a pile of wet weed on the table. this will prevent all that. ;)
 
poplars

poplars

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fdd2blk said:
put a few inches of water in a 5 gallon bucket. when you start to harvest each plant, trim each branch off individually. placing them in the bucket as you go. as if they were roses in a vase. only trim off enough to fill the bucket. take it inside and take out a branch at a time, as you trim them. this will prevent any wilting. you can leave them in the bucket like this for several days. there is nothing worse then being stuck with a pile of wet weed on the table. this will prevent all that. ;)
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hell yeah that's a great idea. I'm definitely going to do this the only thing making me a little reserved against it is my plants being outside during cropper season, I like the sense of security having them all hanging dry ya know... but I guess that's one of those things I'll have to get over to get that epic cure...


also as you trim each branch do you hang them immediately or do you let them rest a certain way? have a mini-hanger above your trim station t hat you put into the main dry area every so many branches? guess its kinda a redundant question since I could make something like that myself, but since you've refined in the art of fine curing high quantities I really want to learn as much as I can.
 
poplars

poplars

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fdd2blk said:
i hang mine immediately.

laying down wet buds to dry cause them to flatten themselves.
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hmm since I don't trim in the same room as I hang I'll probably have to figure something else out.... I think I"ll setup a line near the trimming table and after it fills up go back and put everything in the dry room... sounds legit to me anyways.

hows your grow goin bro? have you seen mine this year?
 
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upstate

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Was wondering how much time left i have until these are done. Just start of week
six flowering, some buds on the plant are way more developed then others...

These are hollands hope, which is an outdoor strain grown indoors, they got so freakin', big probably shouldn't have vegged them for 4 weeks then into flowering, could have done 2 or 3, and maybe the high would be more manageable.

Anyways do you think my buds so far look decent? I'm kinda worried a bit, i just started seeing a decent amount of trichrome around the leaves but nothing to frosty, does that mean it sucks or does that not show up towards the end?


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I have a picture that includes droopy leaves, I think its from nutrient burn, some of the very tips of the leaves are like yellow burned. Is that nutrient burn?

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Thanks man!
 
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