dogg91702 said:

Happy Friday,

I am going to chop my trees tomorrow and do a bud wash. Question on the drying after bud wash, how long do you allow to hang before putting them in your final drying place? Also do you use light dans while you hang dry immediately after washing your buds? Also there is a lot of dry brown fan leaves should I cut them off or let the bud wash do its job and dry them that way? Thanks

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Ninjadogma said:

Wow Dogg that plant really came through for you! Before you chop, please hang some ornaments in it and snap a Pic, will ya.

Leave those yellow fans on, they help slow the dry for you and protect trichomes underneath.

Okay so a couple Ninja suggestions. Chop in the morning before the sun comes out. Do your post harvest dunk and hang the wet branches outside in the shade to dry all day. Then in the evening move it all to your climate controlled drying space if you have it. For no other reason I think this is why I might be ready to buy a tent.

Some goals to shoot for: RH 50-60 and temp 60-70

A minimum of 5 days hanging before buds snap off easily

Get everything regulated between 58-62% with jars before you move to cure or grove bags. I do it over about 3 days moving the lid partially open to what it needs to stay in that sweet range, shaking the jar periodically for a more even consistency throughout. There's other ways, some people sweat them with paper bags and I've done it that way too. Don't forget to save your trim for rosin, hash or edibles!

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dogg91702 said:

Thank you sir, I have the tent and jars ready. I am going to buy some buckets, baking soda and lemon juice tonight. Set up a string line and be ready in the morning, just got 2 so it should be too bad

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F1cultivator said:

Don't forget the peroxide

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F1cultivator said:

Don't forget the peroxide

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superchola said:

Lol do you cook with backing soda or diesel ???

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dogg91702 said:

Thank you sir, I have the tent and jars ready. I am going to buy some buckets, baking soda and lemon juice tonight. Set up a string line and be ready in the morning, just got 2 so it should be too bad

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dogg91702 said:

First one is done. Will do the 2nd one tomorrow. Thanks for the advice

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Ninjadogma said:

You didn't do a "Christmas tree" pose with it before you chopped? Missed opportunity!

Looks like you got a nice little yield off her. I might have broken the record for lowest yield on one plant. It was a total runt and I'm being generous if I call it a 1/4 oz after I picked out all the seeds (deliberate run). She fuzzed up so nicely I decided to try a reveg and I marked that seed container, "The GOOD Alien."

Doesn't look it through all that fuzz but she's starting her flip. Nice patch of fresh green starting to come up.

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dogg91702 said:

Nice alot of frost on her. I have one more I can do it with. I felt a bit rushed and had to figure out my drying situation last minute but tomorrow I will be more ready, thank you for the help

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Ninjadogma said:

Hey I just thought of this, not sure if you can use the suggestion but if you reuse your dirt a good way to get all the roots out is flip the bag over and remove the whole thing intact, and then just start tickling the bottom dirt with your fingertips. The dirt will fall free and the roots stay out of it. Once you start tickling, you'll figure out how to finish the job all the way up so you are tossing a root mass without wasting the dirt and the dirt you have won't be root ridden that you later have to sift or pick through.

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