I'm curious to see how it handles the full capacity too, I have a few redundancies incase it all goes tits up, the only downside to using a normal fridge is they get too cold for the chlorophyllase to be active enough to break down the chlorophyll, they go into complete shutdown below 12° and the average home fridge is between 3°-6°, so he would have preserved terpenes microterpenes and flavonoids but would still have the hay smell and harsher smoke.
I would love to hear how the bowl trimmer worked/works out. I'm thinking about picking one up but have been stalling not knowing how practical they are and how much they trim that doesn't need to be trimmed...?Hey Randy
Glad the plan hit the mark for you, seriously, feel free to hit me up anytime down the line if you’ve got questions. I enjoy condensing and cross-referencing this stuff, and between AI and my own digging I’ve built a pretty broad base. I do double-check anything I pass on, though, learned the hard way that AI can be sharp but also confidently wrong if you don’t already know enough to catch it. Textbooks for depth, AI for clarity is how I approach it.
On the Trivium: I’ve been reading and researching on and off for over 15 years before I even put seed to soil. Tried hydro once a decade ago but my knowledge (and method) back then was terrible and it put me off. Since then I’ve focused more on soil and ecology, and the Trivium framework just naturally fit the way I process information, what, why, how. These days with AI, it’s never been easier to test frameworks and fact-check across systems.
I actually started my seeds today. Rolled them in a bit of sandpaper to lightly scarify, then gave them a 20-hour soak in dechlorinated water with a drop of Trivium and kelp. After that, into peat pellets, holes dusted with mycorrhizal root booster. Put down 40 and I’m hoping for 36 to pop. Here’s a picture from today
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How did your trim go? I know the pain of that grind, trimming is easily my least favorite part of the whole process. Last run it took me close to 30 hours, and by the end I never wanted to look at another pair of scissors again. This time I’m investing in a bowl trimmer to save my sanity. View attachment 2522962How much did you manage to pull in the end, and how’s the quality looking?
Anyway, stoked we’re bouncing ideas like this. It’s rare to meet someone who digs into the deeper layers of thinking rather than just swapping recipes.
Thanks man I appreciate that, I'm really quite proud of what we have managed to achieve, we broke through the known ceiling with relative ease.
I will let you know on the bowl trimmers I'm still deciding if I want to get one or not as it gives you beautifully trimmed buds but it takes off a lot of the exterior terps, trichomes and pistils, so you end up with much more smokable and good product in amongst your leaves and if your like me and don't do anything with your trimmings then it's a lot of wasted goods.
11c?Quick update:
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Day 4 of being in boxes in the fridge the boxes are wicking too slowly so I will transfer the bud to paper bags and add a dehumidifier pack, humidity rose from 65% to 90% in the first 2 days and lowered to 85% after 3 days but I will need the fridge space in 10 days so I will be moving to the faster method, I have placed a wireless sensor in each box to measure humidity but I may need to purchase more one for each bag.
I smoked some of the velvet drip and the flavour and high are insane, tastes like sherbet and hits like a truck and that's before any proper cure.
Any questions?
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Yeah the fridge temp reads as 11° but inside the boxes is between 13-14° and top of fridge is 15°
Whrn buds are fully dry.and you break it up then you noticr the difference with fridge and normal drying. Everybidy that tried mine comments smells
I honestly can wait for that stage, how many days does yours take from entering the fridge to fully dry? I approximate 12-14 days based on current water volume and wicking ratio but that may reduce to 10-12 days in paper bags.
+£4k per year
Around that time 10-15 days. Depends on my outside temps as well since fridge has to work harder when room is 30c compared to 18c.
That makes sense I was curious to how the room temperature would effect the working function but it seems relatively unaffected so far.
Half my arm and fist size it was a big boy main bud from purple there is photos of it from end of grow. I put it whole inside bad idea...
Jesus dude! that's about 5x more than I expected to ever see in a small fridge
, there was me worrying about too much plant matter, that looks like a good 3-4kg wet plant, do you dry them at all before stacking and did you not have issues of moisture buildup on the areas that where touching each other?
It was close to 250g dry.Jesus dude! that's about 5x more than I expected to ever see in a small fridge
That bud is a monster I'm not surprised it went a lil mouldy inside did you manage to save much of her? Such fat calyxes on it never seen any pop that size
Deffo try fridge curing with bovida packs and glass jars apparently it will keep them fresh and flavourful for +12 months according to multiple AI sources.
I can't get over how jammed your fridge is
