Grow diary mission impossible (low to medium budget lol)

[BearWater]

the ACI controller is back up and running @Rama777 has yours come back online? Now im getting way off readings! My Dehu is reading at like 58% in the room and you can see where my ACI is sitting I trust the Dehu’s numbers more than the wifi controller at this point.

 

[Thatoneguyyouknow_]

Im wondering which is better? 60ish degrees and 55-60%RH OR 60ish degrees with 60-65% RH. My dehumidifier fluctuates quite a bit (it’s nice and does its job!)

thats going to depend entirely on the density and structure of the flower lol. I tend to dry closer to 50% for larger/denser buds with a tighter structure. If i get looser or airier, or less resinous buds ill dry closer to 60%

Generally i try to make it take about 10 days to dry the flower. But accept anything between 7-14 with satisfaction usually. Usually im drying at a cool room temperature of 65-68f, with RH of 50-55%, but im also not a stickler for getting the details perfect. If its a bit warm and dry ill hang the branches closer together or leave more fan leaves on em, or lower air circulation, and vice versa.


Still glad i dont rely on anything wifi or digital to help run my grow In a similar way, to when i climb in a work truck, and notice it has hand-crank windows... Much preferred. I even still prefer mech timers to digital. When they break, im rarely not able to fix them either lol. Same with LED drivers. I tend to buy cheap panels because i have stockpiles of everything id ever need to repair a driver, hell i could make one from scratch in a pinch with a linear supply if need be.

I measure temperature and humidity with my skin lol. If i dont break a sweat working in there, its fine. The cool thing about being one of the few species of organism outside plants and horses that transpires moisture through their skin, is that you can develop an incredibly accurate sense of temperature and humidity differentials both if you want to. You just need a frame of standard reference, kinda like training yourself to have perfect pitch simply by memorizing a single note, like C or B or something, because of the consistent intervals between the rest of the notes you can accurate infer all of them based on that single, consistent, memorized reference point.

Fun loosely relevant fact:
You can actually train yourself to sense magnetic north from any location accurately without needing stars or the sun too. You just have to memorize the particular sensation of a particular reference point, and it works because of the iron content of your blood. It's actually part of Navy Seal training so you can navigate even if you lose your instruments during a deployment.

 

[BearWater]

thats going to depend entirely on the density and structure of the flower lol. I tend to dry closer to 50% for larger/denser buds with a tighter structure. If i get looser or airier, or less resinous buds ill dry closer to 60%

Generally i try to make it take about 10 days to dry the flower. But accept anything between 7-14 with satisfaction usually. Usually im drying at a cool room temperature of 65-68f, with RH of 50-55%, but im also not a stickler for getting the details perfect. If its a bit warm and dry ill hang the branches closer together or leave more fan leaves on em, or lower air circulation, and vice versa.


Still glad i dont rely on anything wifi or digital to help run my grow In a similar way, to when i climb in a work truck, and notice it has hand-crank windows... Much preferred. I even still prefer mech timers to digital. When they break, im rarely not able to fix them either lol. Same with LED drivers. I tend to buy cheap panels because i have stockpiles of everything id ever need to repair a driver, hell i could make one from scratch in a pinch with a linear supply if need be.

I measure temperature and humidity with my skin lol. If i dont break a sweat working in there, its fine. The cool thing about being one of the few species of organism outside plants and horses that transpires moisture through their skin, is that you can develop an incredibly accurate sense of temperature and humidity differentials both if you want to. You just need a frame of standard reference, kinda like training yourself to have perfect pitch simply by memorizing a single note, like C or B or something, because of the consistent intervals between the rest of the notes you can accurate infer all of them based on that single, consistent, memorized reference point.

Fun loosely relevant fact:
You can actually train yourself to sense magnetic north from any location accurately without needing stars or the sun too. You just have to memorize the particular sensation of a particular reference point, and it works because of the iron content of your blood. It's actually part of Navy Seal training so you can navigate even if you lose your instruments during a deployment.

Great read TOGYK! Thank you for your insight! Your first paragraph hit my situation’s nail on the head : ) I doubt anything in my harvest would be classified as “dense nugg” but it’s close lol. I’ve got a lot of lower larf so I plan of pressing a lot of it : )

I wanted to join the navy when i was young! I drown proof trained and everything lol! (Thats a longer story lol)
I have a good friend who was the equivalent to seals in the Marines (he rolls his eyes at them) lol. They are all ont he same team at the end of the day but do those goy rib each other hard so its funny.

 

[Putthataway]

the ACI controller is back up and running @Rama777 has yours come back online? Now im getting way off readings! My Dehu is reading at like 58% in the room and you can see where my ACI is sitting I trust the Dehu’s numbers more than the wifi controller at this point.
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Put it on Bluetooth. Does it change. I think you posted about the other day and I couldn’t find the post to respond. Mine seems to be working although I noticed a 2-4 degree difference in temperature on my hydrometer.

 

[BearWater]

Put it on Bluetooth. Does it change. I think you posted about the other day and I couldn’t find the post to respond. Mine seems to be working although I noticed a 2-4 degree difference in temperature on my hydrometer.

I’ll try that! My Dehu and AC combined aren’t a very consistant number either though lol! Thanks man

 

[jadins_journey]

I’ve got a lot of lower larf so I plan of pressing a lot of it : )

Do you have access to some Everclear? Works great on the larf as well

 

[BearWater]

Do you have access to some Everclear? Works great on the larf as well

I think I can get the lesser potent stuff? Would that do the trick?

 

[Oldchucky]

Just my two cents! I would go with 99.9 iso! It’s a long drop down from Everclear, which I know you can’t get to the next level! Nick has a tutorial on it! But it’s up to you!

 

[BearWater]

Just my two cents! I would go with 99.9 iso! It’s a long drop down from Everclear, which I know you can’t get to the next level! Nick has a tutorial on it! But it’s up to you!

I was typing you in when you responded! ok I wasn’t sure If we could get it here in cali. It looks like the lesser proof stuff but not the high octane shit IDK.

Thanks for your cents chucky!

 

[Oldchucky]

Yeah, no Everclear! You have to go out of state to get that! And the next lowest is probably 151 rum, maybe! 99.9 iso You can get all day long here!

 

[Oldchucky]

151 might work OK if you’re not planning on distilling it down to an oil! If you’re just shooting for a Tincher, I think you would be good! Good luck, brother!

 

[jadins_journey]

I was typing you in when you responded! ok I wasn’t sure If we could get it here in cali. It looks like the lesser proof stuff but not the high octane shit IDK.

Thanks for your cents chucky!

figured there might be a law banning the stuff where you guys are.

 

[BearWater]

figured there might be a law banning the stuff where you guys are.

yeah we got our priorities locked in over here! if you ever need a free needle shoot up kit though let me know! (j/king)

 

[BearWater]

151 might work OK if you’re not planning on distilling it down to an oil! If you’re just shooting for a Tincher, I think you would be good! Good luck, brother!

Thanks chucky! I’ll probably go the iso route. We’ll see though! I’ll keep you guys posted : )

 

[Oldchucky]

I was looking and you can actually buy 200 proof food grade ethanol online and have it shipped to your house. It’s expensive at 75 bucks a gallon, and there is a 5 gallon minimum, I think! But that’s still cheaper than Ever clear from what I’ve seen! I didn’t know you could have it shipped here! If you’re just curious, you can check out the Culinary solvent website! A lot more expensive than Iso but some people are willing to pay up! Kind of nice to know that it is available in Cali if you want it!

 

[BearWater]

I was looking and you can actually buy 200 proof food grade ethanol online and have it shipped to your house.

Ok im listening!

It’s expensive at 75 bucks a gallon

ok im not made of money but im willing to check it out for some decent end product

and there is a 5 gallon minimum, I think!

god damnit!

That was my thought process reading down your post I think, for this first round. I may just press fresh flower that seems like the most simple form of “concentrate” I can make, next to some bubble hash : )

 

[Oldchucky]

I agree! But I was kind of surprised it is even available without any real big hassle! Maybe someday when you get that 10 pound outdoor grow in the jar!

 

[BearWater]

I agree! But I was kind of surprised it is even available without any real big hassle! Maybe someday when you get that 10 pound outdoor grow in the jar!

Oh yeah fore sure! The shit you can just grab at a “cash and carry” VS the holiday market down the street! Thanks for looking into it!

 

[BearWater]

IT RAINED AT MY PLACE LASTS NIGHT/THIS MORNING!!!!! just enough to knock the dust down and get the street wet!

Pulled two stems of nugs from two different plants yesterday out of the dry room. One plant may come out and put in tote to cure (its dryer than the others). The other nugs came from the “blueberry” smelling plant. That bud still needs some time to dry and didnt dry that fast just sitting in the garage. But got me that head change and im ready to get the next round going for an even better end product : ) im just going to keep getting higher and higher guys!

On the topic of curing. I can put the weed once dried into a small tote right? I dont have jars or grove bags. what I did in the past was just buck that shit into turkey bags and burp them over the next few weeks.

 

[BearWater]

XX’s and one Raskals in their 3 gallons. New soil. Hopefully will be able to swing some build a soil gear coming up. In the mean time they got water only today for the water in. And will hit them with the nutes I have their next required watering. (Room in progress)