My perpetual grow journal

[oldjarhead100]

Not me Rosetta I take as many as I can the 3rd week of bloom ,I leave the bottom ones and the small ones that dont block light, haven't seen any bad effects yet lol

[alltatup]

Same here, just what absolutely needs to be removed. I even leave the fan leaves below when I do my modified lollipop to remove unwanted bud sites. Can't have too many solar panels, as long as they don't block the buds!

[D.A.A.S.69]

Hey RosettaStoned, I like your avatar, but your plants look great, and I'm like you on defoliating, mostly just the ones in the way, or the ones I can't tuck.
But everyone's different on that.

[RosettaStoned]

Merry Christmas everyone!
a little root porn this morning and nice shot of my giant pineapple Express and two smaller bc pinewarp x bubblegummer (need to come up with a name for this). With the buckets, they have reached four foot tall. Week four of flower starts tonight. I'll do one final trim under the net/trellis and remove/tuck any fan leaves that are blocking light.

How much defoliation does everyone else do for flower?
I pretty much take out just what needs to be removed. As flowering goes on, I remove anything blocking a major growth site.

[alltatup]

Boveda used to be Humidipaks, so you're getting the good stuff, AND you can re-hydrate them when they go grainy!!! ;-}

[RosettaStoned]

10-4 👍

[oldjarhead100]

I cure and when they reach 62%I will add the humi packs ,the humi should just be there to maintain the 62% RH,

[alltatup]

Stoned, I will balance the back of the lid, opened all the way, against the wall behind it, so I can adjust how much air flows into the jar. Sometimes I turn the lid upside down and balance it on the lip of the jar.

My jars all have one-piece lids.

[RosettaStoned]

Also, they have those humidipaks (integra-products.com) at my "gardening" store. I picked up a few for my purchased flower. Anyone ever use these for curing and storing?

[RosettaStoned]

When you say open, you mean the lid is only screwed on half, third, or whatever your desired amount air flow is?

As far as lids go....do you guys use the metal lid with the separate ring or the plastic lids used for pickles and such. I have plenty of jars from my vegetable canning/pickling but I will have to pick up some lids.

Alltatup thanks for the method, I like hearing how others do it.

[alltatup]

Drying is definitely an art, but it's fun, too. The hygrometers that Nebula recommends are indispensible for me:

https://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Digital-Hygromter-Western-Humidor/dp/B00JXOKQVW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1514112998&sr=8-11&keywords=hygrometer

You will be able to feel the buds re-distribute their moisture once you put them in jars. As I'm trying to handle the buds as minimally as possible, I don't like taking them in and out of jars, unless the RH is super high, so I do this;

During the first two weeks after jarring, I keep the jar lid partially open to maintain the right RH and let them continue to dry slowly. Depending on what the RH is inside the jar, the lid's sometimes half open or 1/3, and as they get dryer, I will just leave the lid cracked open.

I also very gently move them around once a day with a thin metal utensil. This works for me to slowly bring the RH down inside the jar to around 62%. I've never had any mold or problems doing it this way.

[oldjarhead100]

After all you've done curing will seem so easy and you can try one early just to see lol

[RosettaStoned]

Thanks guys! Now I just hope I can get through the drying/curing without anything terrible happening.

[oldjarhead100]

they look fantastic Rosetta good job

[alltatup]

Great trim job, stoned!! They look fantastic!! (I love trimming buds: it really calms me down ;-}