smokedareefer said:

To defoliate or not to defoliate?

Growing up I've always heard that you should prune away the big fan leaves to maximize light to areas & increase airflow. This was obviously 20 plus yrs ago & I know things have changed so after reading about it online I'm left even more confused. My plants are at day 40 of flowering & are chock...

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Drying your buds to 62% air humidity is the easiest way I've found to get a guesstimate of when I've removed approximately 75 to 80 % of the moisture. Its approximately the same thing! Maybe if you remove 80% of the moisture of the original weight your bud is going to be too dry and you should have stopped at 75% or 76% by weight. And just maybe 62% air humidity is just perfect. Boveda and boost think 62 is a good place to be.

And please you keep saying air humidity isn't the same as bud moisture. Im well aware of that and i used an example of a hay moisture tester that doesn't measure the moisture of the hay but the area around it.

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MIMedGrower said:

It’s dry when it’s dry. The 20-25% result was weighed after we decided the weed was fully dry. Not going by numbers but feel. When weed is jarred too early it is known in 6 hours when I always check for the first burp.

The fact that they aren’t all the same density and dry different times is why I don’t believe your method is very accurate. I can’t go by the humidity monitor in my dry closet.

sometimes some of the plants buds are dry and some are not yet but they would measure the same humidity over a basket.

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smokedareefer said:

Actually quite the opposite. mmg was saying dry is a 70 to 75 % shrink, even in the good old days. Im saying mine was ready for cure at 62% air moisture. Basically almost exactly as his high of 75% .

I wet weighed this particular run just to see what my shrink was. Still have half sitting in vaults at 62%. Fairly dense nugs so it was exactly what @MIMedGrower said it should have been only i use a meter.

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smokedareefer said:

Through in a hygrometer when your happy with your next batch to cure.

Id be interested to see where it is on the meter.

My bet is your not too dry and close to 62%

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Anthem said:

I just got to love this thread and the path it has taken. I now have a better understanding of some of the weights people claim to pull. Wet weight, cure for 5 days and weigh before trim, it goes on. For the guys weight stuff any other way than final trimmed, fully cured weight welcome to the "Who Has The Biggest DICK Contest". Been at this long enough to know what is legit and not legit. Just needed to figure out how some get their outrages yields, now I know. I guess this run will be over 5 pounds a light if I part take in the contest.

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PiffinOut said:

Im not a distributor by any means but from a recreational users point of view.. Dry/smokeable weight is the only weight that is important. Every other wetter weight measurement is a mirage. The only time anyone should be weighing their flower is after its reached a point where you could successfully smoke it or store it without it molding. That means humidty, proper leaf trim etc.

Tbh I see such bad ettiquette within the community where growers seem to exagerate their grows as a means make their dick seem bigger in the community cock measuring competions. How do we expect to get better as a community when we cant even agree on the right time to weight the fruits of your labor for analysis.

Fact of the matter is, if you couldnt get a reputable dealer to pay for your produce because its to wet or wasnt cured right, then your weight doesnt matter and nobody cares. Its like talking about the weight of corn but all the corn is rotten on the cob. Nobody cares. All that matters is what your weight is at after it is fully cured... the weight once the process is complete... the "final cut".

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Anthem said:

That Trim job would not fly in Cali if you want top dollar

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smokedareefer said:

Lol, I haven't sold cannabis since I was putting it into nickle and dime bags 40 years ago.

It's to give away and to use up the best I can. Want an ounce? Or maybe 8 grams of rosin at a time. Montana laws now say I can. Seriously... tried contacting veterans organizations ... dead ends.

If 50 people were to walk up to my front door I would give them each an ounce and if one of them complained about the fir, I'd ask for it back.
90% of our personal turns into rosin.

Ps: the vault in the picture is a kilo harvested on Oct 12. One of the meters went from 62 to 63 while I snapped

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MIMedGrower said:

If the meter went up it’s still drying huh.

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smokedareefer said:

Just an average. Lol
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growsince79 said:

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Lol, I haven't sold cannabis since I was putting it into nickle and dime bags 40 years ago.

It's to give away and to use up the best I can. Want an ounce? Or maybe 8 grams of rosin at a time. Montana laws now say I can. Seriously... tried contacting veterans organizations ... dead ends.

If 50 people were to walk up to my front door I would give them each an ounce and if one of them complained about the fir, I'd ask for it back.
90% of our personal turns into rosin.

Ps: the vault in the picture is a kilo harvested on Oct 12. One of the meters went from 62 to 63 while I snapped

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smokedareefer said:

.80 gpw.

4 plants each under a 1000 hps in 16 x 13 x 12 room.

7lbs +

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smokedareefer said:

Just visit the nearest VFW bar. I'm sure you will find plenty of puffers there.

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Flexnerb said:

That's on my list, my second covid shot happens tomorrow. There was a vet pushing the legal vote here before the election.. tried to contact him . Sheit i cant give the stuff away. And now that im legal we can grow 4 more

Montana medical cannabis system questions

how does it work? i have a friend thats a new card holder but everything about this system here is so hush hush that it dosen't seem legal at all. my friend was asked on the application if they were going to use a provider or if they were going to be growing their own. they responded on...

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smokedareefer said:

Dude you got the v ac. c. ine! Wow!

Any after effects?

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MidwestToker said:

Never weighed a wet harvest ever and been doing this for longer than a lot of people have been born.

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