Harvesting week :)

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Ray Band$

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1. Should I flush if I don't have a good drying room? I don't want it to get mold so I was thinking I would just let her go dry for a couple days before harvest to make the drying process easier?
2. Another thing I read about was leaving her in pure darkness for 3 days before harvest to let the buds fatten up, is this true?
3. Can you mess up on wet/dry trimming or is there no "right way" to do it?
 
xSwimToTheMoon

xSwimToTheMoon

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1.I may not understand the question. But your flush shouldnt have much to do with drying. The buds will be saturated and in need of a good dry regardless.
2. I belive this is done to encourage resin production
3.there is no right way, but I like to dry my plants in one piece. then trim. (Though someone new can most likely trim more thoroughly with it wet.)
 
ÉsÇ420PoT™

ÉsÇ420PoT™

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Flushing is a lot of the time personal preference as I know a lot of growers who dont flush. Personally I think anyone who doesn't flush, is a ding dong.. But that's just me... Flushing will have nothing to do with drying, what flushing does, is washed out all the salt build up within your plants and grow medium. This just ensures a tastier, smoother smoke.
Flushing has nothing to do with molding. Now when drying, you want it to be in a controlled environment such as what you grew it in.. If you don't have an adequate drying unit/area, then mold may be an issue (depending on the temps and humidity while drying)
Do yourself a favor, make a nice drying unit, the potency of your end result has a lot to do with how you dry and cure your buds.

Leaving it in the dark and not feeding makes the plant think its dying, thus speeds up production. It is a good tactic.
Ya theres many ways to skin a cat in this sense. Personal preference big time on this.
When i first started growing, I use to trim the entire branch/buds and dry, then cure.
But now, I only trim off the big fan leaves, and leave the rest on there while it drys. (Please make sure your drying in complete darkness) then when the stem cracks (5-7 days of drying) I do a more extensive final trim, then start the curing.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
 
GrowinDad

GrowinDad

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I like to trim as much as possible before drying. I tend lately to cut leaves a day or two before harvest just to break up the work. I do think dry happens faster if the fan leavees are off.

I made a drying box that works great for me. Just a big Amazon box with a 4" duct fan attached to an aged out carbon filter for exhaust and odor. I cut a few slits out at the bottom of the box along the sides for intake. And then I took some wire hangers, strecthed them out, and put them in as hanging poles. I use a little garden wire/twist tie type stuff and hang the branches from them. If I want to speed things a bit, I throw in a little desk fan blowing at a side or the stuff propping up the filter in one corner. Voila!
 
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Ray Band$

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xSwimToTheMoon said:
1.I may not understand the question. But your flush shouldnt have much to do with drying. The buds will be saturated and in need of a good dry regardless.
2. I belive this is done to encourage resin production
3.there is no right way, but I like to dry my plants in one piece. then trim. (Though someone new can most likely trim more thoroughly with it wet.)
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First of all thank you for your reply and how does a drying room smell? & and more resin production would mean more thc, right?
 
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Ray Band$

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ÉsÇ420PoT™ said:
Flushing is a lot of the time personal preference as I know a lot of growers who dont flush. Personally I think anyone who doesn't flush, is a ding dong.. But that's just me... Flushing will have nothing to do with drying, what flushing does, is washed out all the salt build up within your plants and grow medium. This just ensures a tastier, smoother smoke.
Flushing has nothing to do with molding. Now when drying, you want it to be in a controlled environment such as what you grew it in.. If you don't have an adequate drying unit/area, then mold may be an issue (depending on the temps and humidity while drying)
Do yourself a favor, make a nice drying unit, the potency of your end result has a lot to do with how you dry and cure your buds.

Leaving it in the dark and not feeding makes the plant think its dying, thus speeds up production. It is a good tactic.
Ya theres many ways to skin a cat in this sense. Personal preference big time on this.
When i first started growing, I use to trim the entire branch/buds and dry, then cure.
But now, I only trim off the big fan leaves, and leave the rest on there while it drys. (Please make sure your drying in complete darkness) then when the stem cracks (5-7 days of drying) I do a more extensive final trim, then start the curing.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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The reason i'm worried about flushing is because I don't have a good drying place so I don't want her to be freshly watered right before harvest. And the way i'm planning on flushing if I do is just taking her completely out the pot and just submerging her roots in a bucket of water for a little
 
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bigsteve

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1. Flush 10-14 days before harvest. You want to leach the nutes out of the plants' system to avoid a chemical taste left by some nutes. I suggest not letting a plant go dry before harvest as that will make harvesting more time consuming. Reason is that small sugar leaves will curl up and stick to the buds and be harder to trim.
2. I've heard this rumor for years but don't know of anyone who does it. If you fell like experimenting try leaving one of your plants in the dark for a couple days and compare. I'm betting you will soon give up that idea.
3. The "right" way to do it is whatever gets the job done the way you want it as quickly as possible. I run a perpetual grow harvesting 2 plants a week and I'm concerned about speed. I've found the quickest way to harvest is to lop off larger branches and immediately trim off all the sugar leaves for trim. Removing the sugar leaves is faster and easier when you harvest and trim immediately.

Works for me, BigSteve.
 
xSwimToTheMoon

xSwimToTheMoon

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Ray Band$ said:
First of all thank you for your reply and how does a drying room smell? & and more resin production would mean more thc, right?
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My house smells rank when I dry. The whole thing. my little brother came over when I was drying last time, I moved the plants into the empty tent and ran my filter and exhaust. no prob.

And I belive it's the resins that account for most of the signature smell and taste of the plant. "Thc" is in the trichomes :) along with other sweet acronyms.
 
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Ray Band$

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bigsteve said:
1. Flush 10-14 days before harvest. You want to leach the nutes out of the plants' system to avoid a chemical taste left by some nutes. I suggest not letting a plant go dry before harvest as that will make harvesting more time consuming. Reason is that small sugar leaves will curl up and stick to the buds and be harder to trim.
2. I've heard this rumor for years but don't know of anyone who does it. If you fell like experimenting try leaving one of your plants in the dark for a couple days and compare. I'm betting you will soon give up that idea.
3. The "right" way to do it is whatever gets the job done the way you want it as quickly as possible. I run a perpetual grow harvesting 2 plants a week and I'm concerned about speed. I've found the quickest way to harvest is to lop off larger branches and immediately trim off all the sugar leaves for trim. Removing the sugar leaves is faster and easier when you harvest and trim immediately.

Works for me, BigSteve.
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I would have to flush by taking her out the pot and submerging the roots in water so I think I would have to do it right before harvest. I don't think I can regular flush because i'm using miracle-gro soil and I read that flushing mg will open all it's time released nutes which I guess would potentially hurt more than help
 
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Ray Band$

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xSwimToTheMoon said:
My house smells rank when I dry. The whole thing. my little brother came over when I was drying last time, I moved the plants into the empty tent and ran my filter and exhaust. no prob.

And I belive it's the resins that account for most of the signature smell and taste of the plant. "Thc" is in the trichomes :) along with other sweet acronyms.
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You think 1 small plant would stink a lot? & if it has a low yield would there be a lower chance of mold?
 
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bigsteve

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Flushing with MiracleGro is no problem. I use a 5 gallon bucket with an oven screen on top. Put plant on the screen so the runoff goes into the bucket. I flush a 3 gallon pot with 3 gallons of water. Some use more. Leave the pot draining until dripping is done. Then tip the pot gently so you can develop a feel for what a full pot feels like. Tip the pot every day and file that info away. Determining when to water via pot-tipping is the easiest way to monitor water use I know of.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 
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Ray Band$

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bigsteve said:
Flushing with MiracleGro is no problem. I use a 5 gallon bucket with an oven screen on top. Put plant on the screen so the runoff goes into the bucket. I flush a 3 gallon pot with 3 gallons of water. Some use more. Leave the pot draining until dripping is done. Then tip the pot gently so you can develop a feel for what a full pot feels like. Tip the pot every day and file that info away. Determining when to water via pot-tipping is the easiest way to monitor water use I know of.

Good luck, BigSteve.
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Thank you for the help, I don't think i'm gonna go through with it because she already has some nute burn and I don't wanna risk it
 
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kushholic

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Ray Band$ said:
First of all thank you for your reply and how does a drying room smell? & and more resin production would mean more thc, right?
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A drying room should stank to high heavens but that is a good sign .....as far as the dark period goes a very experienced person that has 20 Years experience told me it does produce more resin but due to the resin not having time to mature and is clear it is a waste of time. Cloudy and amber are what I
Ray Band$ said:
First of all thank you for your reply and how does a drying room smell? & and more resin production would mean more thc, right?
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