TSD said:

Just fyi, ants will set up shop around your plants to farm aphids, so be on the look out for them next time. I use organic super soil of my own making well, but still feed nutes after about a month because it's usually used up. I use Dutch Science nutes, powder that you mix with water. They are expensive but they work like a charm. You get out what you put in. Your gal looks like she could fatten up some more so I'd give it a couple weeks if you can. If you go the route of covering at night for frost, make sure to uncover as soon as the sun is warm otherwise you risk encouraging mold to grow. Also remove any dead leaves and debris asap, that is also asking for mold, especially in the fall.

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Bryan_G said:

We have below freezing for the next 3 nights at least and snow most likely tonight, so I just picked it.
I picked a small lower branch last week, hung it to dry and smoked some today to test. It's not as good as some of the better stuff I buy, but it does have a nice fruity smell and a buzz that creeps up on you, I did 2 small hits with my bong and didn't really notice much, then 5 minutes later while working, I noticed I was pretty high.
I bought a scope/magnifier camera for the phone or PC like Santa.ClausHOHOH suggested. It just arrived today but it's useless as I had no choice but to pick the plant but I took some shots after picking, and I can't see any amber trichomes, so it is a bit premature... But it gets me high, and all I put into it was the planter and some plant food, plus I learned a few things, next year should be better.
Thanks to everyone for the tips, they'll come in handy next time.

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Bryan_G said:

We have below freezing for the next 3 nights at least and snow most likely tonight, so I just picked it.
I picked a small lower branch last week, hung it to dry and smoked some today to test. It's not as good as some of the better stuff I buy, but it does have a nice fruity smell and a buzz that creeps up on you, I did 2 small hits with my bong and didn't really notice much, then 5 minutes later while working, I noticed I was pretty high.
I bought a scope/magnifier camera for the phone or PC like Santa.ClausHOHOH suggested. It just arrived today but it's useless as I had no choice but to pick the plant but I took some shots after picking, and I can't see any amber trichomes, so it is a bit premature... But it gets me high, and all I put into it was the planter and some plant food, plus I learned a few things, next year should be better.
Thanks to everyone for the tips, they'll come in handy next time.

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Madbud said:

Don’t see any clear trichs either, she’ll be a zippy buzz. Have you weighed any?

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Ponky said:

You got a little something there. Wonder what that is. I harvest a few days after the plants fall colors. That plants pretty dark still.

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BionicKroniK said:

Welcome to the FARM!

Sorry to hear about the mold problem, other than that, nice plants, good job!

@Bryan_G ...Was that a seed in that pic, where @Ponky was referring to?

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Bryan_G said:

Turns out that was just a curled up brown leaf, there are tons of them on other buds too.
Now I'm having trouble drying. I thought I had the perfect spot, in my office closet, the temp averaged 68 degrees and 62% humidity, then after harvesting, now that the plant is all cut up and drying in the closet, the humidity went to 48% and the temp is 72 degrees, I'm guessing that's too dry and too warm.

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Bryan_G said:

Turns out that was just a curled up brown leaf, there are tons of them on other buds too.
Now I'm having trouble drying. I thought I had the perfect spot, in my office closet, the temp averaged 68 degrees and 62% humidity, then after harvesting, now that the plant is all cut up and drying in the closet, the humidity went to 48% and the temp is 72 degrees, I'm guessing that's too dry and too warm.

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Bryan_G said:

Turns out that was just a curled up brown leaf, there are tons of them on other buds too.
Now I'm having trouble drying. I thought I had the perfect spot, in my office closet, the temp averaged 68 degrees and 62% humidity, then after harvesting, now that the plant is all cut up and drying in the closet, the humidity went to 48% and the temp is 72 degrees, I'm guessing that's too dry and too warm.

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BionicKroniK said:

Right on, glad it wasn't mold.

It's been a really humid year for us here in Hawaii, the temps in our tent runs from around high 70's to 80's with humidity around high 40's to 60's, we have 2 fans in each tent with exhaust fans, I'm thinking we may need couple more oscillating fans, maybe. We also keep our tents open during the day to help keep temps down...During drying, we try to keep the fans aimed directly on the bud, so far we've managed to dodge the bud rot/mold problems, I'm so not looking forward to that!

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Bryan_G said:

It's been a couple of months, how the crop go? Any mold problems?

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Bryan_G said:

Turns out that was just a curled up brown leaf, there are tons of them on other buds too.

Bryan_G said:

Now I'm having trouble drying. I thought I had the perfect spot, in my office closet, the temp averaged 68 degrees and 62% humidity, then after harvesting, now that the plant is all cut up and drying in the closet, the humidity went to 48% and the temp is 72 degrees, I'm guessing that's too dry and too warm.

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Bryan_G said:

I have a new problem. I decided to wet trim and my main top bud has mold or fungus, see pics.
If anyone is still following this thread, I could use some advice.

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BirdLaw86 said:

Get a jewelers loupe or magnifying glass and look at the budds, there are different ratios of colored trichomes that will tell you if the plants ready. Youre looking for some amber and some cloudy whiteish trichomes. Clear see through means its not ready. To my knowledge like 70% cloudy 30% amber is a good ratio.

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BionicKroniK said:

Wow, time flies...No mold problems so far, thanks for asking! We started with 4, lost 2 (Jack Herer) to male dangling parts , just popped 2 more Magic Cookies Autos, with the chameleon GDP still hanging in there...Wild roller coaster ride this grow!

SF1000 goes Organic in our 2x4

Magic Cookies Auto (seedlings) 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 have been placed in a temp plastic cup....And they're off! 👍🥳🙃🤪

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