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I couldnt really find this on search. Is there any advantage to chopping and hanging upside down versus a more gradual death by stopping feeding and letting it dry up until the right moisture content to go into cure.
It's a good question, there are a variety of ways to harvest.......at once, as a process.......leave all the leaves on......I've cut plants whole at the base and put them in water for a few days, like you would put flowers in a vase.....and yeah I remember the whole "hang 'em upside down with the roots intact" thing long ago, whether you spray the roots with a little water for a few days, or not.I couldnt really find this on search. Is there any advantage to chopping and hanging upside down versus a more gradual death by stopping feeding and letting it dry up until the right moisture content to go into cure.
A lot of the smell thing, the terps.......I'm learning that it's also about process. It's not like they smell great, more and more up to bagging it. There's that initial hay-like smell, wleven after a few days of curing......that's why it's more like a month or so......things transform, terps serm to reveal themselves and improve over time. That chlorophyl breakdown and starches to sugars thing.......and I'm no scientist, but i think that's all more of a transformative process over time. So i wouldn't worry if during a final week of flushing, maybe smells are not quite as strong......Aint there a standard method which 95% of the growers accept as " a good/legit way to do it" ?
I am in that phase and i dont know if i am doing it right tbh.
I am flushing since 2 weeks now, every 3rd day or so i give like 400ml water. The smell of the tent has gone since i do that, now im not sure anymore if it was a good idea...
Test smokes (7days in dry tent, 2days in jars @62%) of the first cuts were very smooth.
I feel like soil would get on the budsi was told when i was just a wee lil lad by an old stoner from the 70's that the you should hang them upside down with the roots attached
i have yet to try it tho
not if u rinsed them offI feel like soil would get on the buds
I've had my carbon filter leak charcoal tried to wash it off and wouldn't come off. For some reason cannabis seems to be sticky.not if u rinsed them off
Most people above are saying it's a bad idea i'd say don't do itI was thinking like in rockwool. The block would go dry in a day and then it would seem to delay the initial dry a little longer. All in dark like a dry. Maybe throw out some trichomes under stress? Dunno. Similar to hanging with roots. Maybe help break down chlorophyll?? Just discussing.
Hanging upside down only helps dry matter fall to the ground less trim ,plus benefit of more drying space,bad idea to leave plant in growing site to dry.I couldnt really find this on search. Is there any advantage to chopping and hanging upside down versus a more gradual death by stopping feeding and letting it dry up until the right moisture content to go into cure.
I think if you didn't dry upside down, the buds would dry weird from gravity, being upside down helps them stay tight against the stem.Hanging upside down only helps dry matter fall to the ground less trim ,plus benefit of more drying space,bad idea to leave plant in growing site to dry.
That's funny. Of course, way back when a lot of people thought that THC flowed within plants, and would "swell up" the buds when a plant was hung upside down......actually, I'll bet a lot of people still think this is true......not if u rinsed them off
Yeah, I hang upside down (not with the roots of course) because the small leaves protect the resin glands as they wilt and surround the buds. Plus it gives buds that nice, rounded look, they don't get smushed.....I think if you didn't dry upside down, the buds would dry weird from gravity, being upside down helps them stay tight against the stem.
Everyone's youth was "back in the day" .... ;) . But yeah, I agree with the slower dry thing, although mansion jars might be a little too big and fancy.......he he he....I hang upside down for few days with sugar leaves still in place as it drys bit slower, move to screen mesh table few days follow by mansion jars. I'm old school ...funny how many didn't understand tricomes back in the day, I did as I was taught by hash makers