Free_Palestine420
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I'm not a newb as I have been playing around with cannabis cultivation for about 15 years. I've always lived in a non-friendly state so I never got serious. When I was under 21, I would grow about 4-5 photos a year in a closet or extra bedroom turned grow op, lol. I even made shatter a couple times, years ago. My point in all this filler is that I'm not newb but I am def still novice. I can veg and flower my girls like a pro, but when it comes to drying and curing, it seems to always be the fucked point. Enough background bs, sorry:
I grew 1 Sky Stomper 2.0 and 2 of the freebies (which are CDLC x Sour Stomper). I chopped Sky Stomper at 69 days based on trichome color. I chopped the other 2 at 71 days based on trichome color and pistil color. Swollen calves were noted also. I did branches instead of the whole plant. They were big clusters with all fan leaves gone and trimmed but not perfect yet. My drying tent was kept at 60-65f and between 58-63% rh. I have a portable AC hooked into my ac Infinity controller as well as a clip on fan on the lowest setting blowing against wall away from hanging plants. I kept the buds drying for 7 days, that's when they felt dry on outside but still sticky on the inner. Everything I read recommended 7-10 days in that dialed in environment. After I took them out of dry tent, I did a final trim and put the buds into grove bags and heat sealed the grove bags, as instructed by grove team. I got lil hygrometers in my grove bags just to be on the safe side. I check them multiple times daily, without opening bags of course. It's staying in the 58-62% rh range. All that being said, I popped open 1 of the grove bags, to check on progress. At that time, the buds had been in the grove bag for 7 full days. Oh, once I got all the grove bags heat sealed, I put them back in the dry tent and keep the temp at 60f and the rh between 60-65% rh.
When I opened the bag that had been curing for 7 days, it didn't have much smell at all. No hay or grass smell, just nothing really. I broke down a lil piece of the bud and it's not ready yet, and the smell is def there, just on the inside I guess. I am hoping that this is just the way they smell at this point of the curing process. I really hope. From what I can read and from my limited experience, I did everything like I was supposed to. My genetics are top notch, my growing environment was dialed in, my drying and curing regime is by the book, as they say. I know I ramble, but hopefully I made enough sense to get a helpful reply or 2. Thanks in advance guys and girls... Signed,
Harambee Hashashin
I grew 1 Sky Stomper 2.0 and 2 of the freebies (which are CDLC x Sour Stomper). I chopped Sky Stomper at 69 days based on trichome color. I chopped the other 2 at 71 days based on trichome color and pistil color. Swollen calves were noted also. I did branches instead of the whole plant. They were big clusters with all fan leaves gone and trimmed but not perfect yet. My drying tent was kept at 60-65f and between 58-63% rh. I have a portable AC hooked into my ac Infinity controller as well as a clip on fan on the lowest setting blowing against wall away from hanging plants. I kept the buds drying for 7 days, that's when they felt dry on outside but still sticky on the inner. Everything I read recommended 7-10 days in that dialed in environment. After I took them out of dry tent, I did a final trim and put the buds into grove bags and heat sealed the grove bags, as instructed by grove team. I got lil hygrometers in my grove bags just to be on the safe side. I check them multiple times daily, without opening bags of course. It's staying in the 58-62% rh range. All that being said, I popped open 1 of the grove bags, to check on progress. At that time, the buds had been in the grove bag for 7 full days. Oh, once I got all the grove bags heat sealed, I put them back in the dry tent and keep the temp at 60f and the rh between 60-65% rh.
When I opened the bag that had been curing for 7 days, it didn't have much smell at all. No hay or grass smell, just nothing really. I broke down a lil piece of the bud and it's not ready yet, and the smell is def there, just on the inside I guess. I am hoping that this is just the way they smell at this point of the curing process. I really hope. From what I can read and from my limited experience, I did everything like I was supposed to. My genetics are top notch, my growing environment was dialed in, my drying and curing regime is by the book, as they say. I know I ramble, but hopefully I made enough sense to get a helpful reply or 2. Thanks in advance guys and girls... Signed,
Harambee Hashashin