Dragons Flame Mac Dragon bx1 in Updated RDWC System

Observationist · Feb 9, 2023

Moe.Red said:
For me the answer to reaching 4 pounds in a 4x8 was fewer better buds. Over an ounce a bud dry. Tanned all the way to the bottom.

Sure makes trimming easier.

Getting buds in the right density with room to breathe like outdoors is the answer. Growing mini trees. If yield is the #1 goal. Sometimes it's not.

I need to up my air flow.

But not too feasible right now.

Thanks.

#1 quality
#2 yield from a productive perspective.

Moe.Red · Feb 9, 2023

Observationist said:
I need to up my air flow.

But not too feasible right now.

Thanks.

#1 quality
#2 yield from a productive perspective.

Define quality

Observationist · Feb 9, 2023

Moe.Red said:
Define quality

Potency
Smoothness of smoke
Taste
Bag appeal
Smell/terpenes
Effects

If I don't hit all of these points, I don't want to call it a product and put my name behind it.

AND consistently mass produce it...

And some of these are personal preference

Observationist · Feb 9, 2023

Fuck- editing it for some other points

Moe.Red · Feb 9, 2023

I’m not high tonight not gonna write another stoner soliloquy of innuendo.

There are things you can do to tune your grow in any of those directions. Way too many to list. Thc % is nearly all genetic tho if you are a successful grower. SLG could probably not have increased his thc on this grow.

Observationist · Feb 9, 2023

Haha, nah this grow is great don't mean to highjack the thread.

Just digging at info from y'all knowledgeable folks lol

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 10, 2023

Moe.Red said:
Love ya man, this is not an indictment at all. Just trying to explain in my own feeble way.

Yup, you got your point across brother. I totally see how and why you are teaching this, thank you for taking the time to mentor me!

I guess I am looking for a bit of advice as I continue to wait. Took a closer look this morning and def seeing more amber but is it enough? My gut tells me no, but what exactly does a lot of amber look like? I have def seen photos with more amber than what I am seeing, I am just surprised to see her ripen so slowly. I always thought the process was much quicker.

So all of December and January in full flower, almost 10 days in Feb now, near as I can tell I'm approaching the middle of the 10th week. Surprisingly, she took about 1/4 - 1/3 gallon of water this morning. My gut says wait, but I don't want to pass a point where thc continues to degrade with no further benefit. Going for full on couch lock, am I there yet?

Moe.Red · Feb 10, 2023

If you had UV, I'd tell you to run that to finish her off quicker.

Since you are making rso out of this for edibles (are suppositories called assables?) I'd probably say take her this weekend, and add CBN if you do not get as much couchlock as you would like. Keep the best, highest buds separate from the rest and do a blind test to see if you can tell a difference.

I got a few grams here of CBN I can share with you when I send the twist lock stuff if you want. You can buy it pretty cheap too. I think it's like $10/gram for 100% CBN. You are only adding at a 5:1 max ratio of THC:CBN (more like 10:1 for normal meds), so a few grams will last you a long time.

The other thing you can do to induce more CBN out in the cure is to not cure in the dark. Light will also degrade THCa to CBN.

It could be perfect the way it is tho, just need to try it for yourself.

Snicklefritz88 · Feb 11, 2023

Nicely done! I'm trying my first scrog right now with Mac Dragon bx1. Hopefully I can get results like yours. Anything I should know? Here's my setup.. budged her for 14 weeks put her in the flower tent and put a scrog net over her so I didn't have it under a net in veg.

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 11, 2023

Snicklefritz88 said:
Anything I should know? Here's my setup.. budged her for 14 weeks put her in the flower tent and put a scrog net over her so I didn't have it under a net in veg.

Looks like you got it dialed in pretty good bro, only thing I could say is she is a light feeder all the way. Seems like she likes at least 9 full weeks of flower, and a tad bit more as well.

Moe.Red · Feb 11, 2023

Snicklefritz88 said:
Nicely done! I'm trying my first scrog right now with Mac Dragon bx1. Hopefully I can get results like yours. Anything I should know? Here's my setup.. budged her for 14 weeks put her in the flower tent and put a scrog net over her so I didn't have it under a net in veg.View attachment 1329723

I got one piece of advice, get that dirt out of those buckets, you want just water and nutes at this point.

Just kidding of course, they look nice.

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 11, 2023

Still waiting today, she drank almost 1/2 a gallon over night. More amber but still not enough. Will try to get some current bud shots later, working on getting my new grow room finished, almost done!

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 11, 2023

New room almost ready

Snicklefritz88 · Feb 11, 2023

SweetLeafGrow said:
Looks like you got it dialed in pretty good bro, only thing I could say is she is a light feeder all the way. Seems like she likes at least 9 full weeks of flower, and a tad bit more as well.

I like taking them a little longer myself. I have 4 Haole Moonshine plants in week 9 of flower and because of the different phenos some will definitely go longer than others.

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 11, 2023

Here's some current bud shots. Maybe tomorrow will take her down.

Cool_Beans · Feb 12, 2023

How you looking dude?

Madmax · Feb 12, 2023

He’s probably in trim jail

Cool_Beans · Feb 12, 2023

Hope he didnt get EMP'd by a chinese spy balloon. I think they were flying around out his way.

SweetLeafGrow · Feb 12, 2023

Hey Fam!

Been super busy getting my grow room finished, textured and caulked yesterday and painted today. Got some more painting to do tomorrow, install some outlet covers and I am good to f'n go! Kitchen is finished, waiting on my friend to come over and hook up the gas line for the stove, my sexy wife is very happy and already moving in, and well, as they say, happy wife, happy life. My 6 month nightmare is officially over

Finally, this week I will be setting up my new 5x5 and building the new 4 site RDWC system, probably starting on Wednesday. The clones have been inoculated with h2o2 and are currently running sterile in my aeroponic cloner. The roots that are hanging into the water look fantastic, the upper roots that were brown are still brown but I have to assume everything but the plant in there is dead. I was thinking of raising the water level to get the rest of the roots submerged, just leave that pump and sprayer in there stirring everything up instead of an airstone. It's only a matter of days before they go in the system.

I ordered low level h2o2 test strips so that I can make sure I have zero ppm in that bucket before I introduce them to a live system. I have to go to the big city on Tuesday for Dr. appts and figure on Wednesday I can replace all the water in the clone bucket with fresh RO only, run that for a day or two and test for h2o2, rinse and repeat if necessary, all while I am building the system, getting the new light unboxed, etc.

I had planned on harvesting the Mac Dragon today but I'm too tired now so gonna get after it tomorrow. I did look at the trich's again this morning, not much change and she is still drinking, about 1/2 gallon today. She definitely looking ripe.