Hey guys, I just want to let yuhs all know, along with the new scrog update, and the photos of the scrog and my Crystal clones for next grow,
Im going to be doing a follow update on the outdoor Crystal & Dominican Republic Plants, The Crystal plants i know for a fact finnish up late septmeber, early october, im going to let it go for as long as i can, im gunning for atleast 10 weeks, if the weathers on myside that week, But I ordered a 100X L.E.D Scope which should be here for me by Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 to give me a better judgement on when to harvest the buds outdoors, and Indoors..
Some key points I took notes on for befour and after harvest, seems to do wonders for the people who done this, but here they are,
- 1 - 2 weeks befour harvest of plants, add all-natural sugar to the flush (Filtered water), which should add atleast 20% in size to the buds, also adding more THC glands,
- 48 - 72 Hours of complete darkness, Which is 2 to 3 days of complete darkness, after the 2 -3 days, the plants get cutdown in the morning, This is to give the effect the plants are dying with no sunlight, and they relase all their THC glands on top of the buds, (Now to me this seems greedy for me to do, The strain is Crystal, is called crystal because of the crystals alll over the buds, its coated in it if its done right), but hey, there can never be to much THC glands:),
-Lastly, befour harvest, the day the plants are going to be cut down, I plan to cut them down in the morning, around 8:00am, For the reason being, that i read that when a cannabis plant is at its full majority, and all its THC glands have grown fully and started to change from clear to cloudy to amber, Cutting the plant down in the morning will ensure that the marijuana THC glands are at its highest peak of the day, meaning for a stronger bud, cut the girls down in the am, not the pm, dont be lazy, haha.
Now, for the harvest of the outdoor plants, which is going to happen in 1 month, maby a month and 2 weeks, but anyways when there cut down, im going to wrap them in newspaper with holes in it, in the woods transport them to the place where im going to trim asnd manicure the buds, carefully manicuring the buds with clean sterial brand new trimmers, placing the tops and mainstem buds in onebox, and lower spindly buds in boxtwo, once there all trimmed and manicuring,
Im going to be putting them in my drying room, a 12ft x 10ft spare room, with 2 double-sized windows on each wall, one window has a complete Intake, Exhaust Air conditionair, i think 1200 BTU's, Then I have 1 large sized 10gallon De-Humidfier, A 5gallon Humidifer, Over 6 Oscalling fans all 12 to 16" big, and 4x Hygro/ Temp Digital meter, Inside the 12ft x 10ft room, i have 12 clothes lines going 10ft across the room, 6 lines on top, and 6 lines on bottom, spaced apart for maximum air flow, and movement..
Along with that I have a 5ft High, 3x3ft curing station i designed and made myself, made from 4- 4x4s, with 2x4s cut on a 450 angle, bracing the 4x4s to the 3x3ft wooden frame, made from 2x4's.The 5ft high, 3x3ft station has 5x 3x3ft Homemade screens, made from a 3x3 wooden frame, and 1x Thick heavy duty - rip / tear residence screen streched over the wodden frame, Also this stattion fit a 16" Circular highspeed an underneight for the best air movement..
Now, my plan for harvest time and drying time is going t go like this..
- Cut down at 8am in the morning by end of september, early october,
- Manicured carefully untill all buds are finnished, then off to drying room they go,
- Place freshley manicured buds on drying lines and let dry for 12 to 14 days, (2 weeks), Or untill stems crack instead of folding,
- After 2 weeks of dring on lines, all buds when ready, and stems crack, go on the 3x3ft screens for the first cure phase, this cure is going to last 10 to 12 days, just about 2 weeks,
- After the screen, the buds go in a brown paper bag for 7 days only, then into the mason jars untill they are smoked, lifting the lids on the jars atleast 3 to 6 times a day for 15 to 25 minutes at a time.
This will ensure for a nice, crisp, potent, tasty,and beautiful bud, givning that the manicuring/ drying/ curing/ and jared in mason jars, this will take no less then 5 to 6 weeks befour any of the buds are smoked.
So this is my lil spill on whats goin on with me folks, im going to check the outdoor plants now, and take lots and lots of photos too, Im going to do anice full update on whats going on, whats planned for them, and what happined so far to them along with new photos of the outdoor plants, Indoor SCROG, and Indoor Clonesfor next grow,
So please folks let me know whats up, and what you thinking about the grow show so far? Im not a scary person, people can comment, i want yuhs to comment i love reading comments and opinions on my grow op, it doesent look good when i have over 4000 views and under 200 posts lol, help me out folks :)
CaperFarmer! Peace & Much Love THCFarmers:)