
FYI - Most main colas were in the 9" to 11" long range - the big ones having maybe the circumference of a champagne flute.
TODAY's VERSION of the Rack 'n Sack uses the wire rack but in such a way as to allow me to hang my colas in the bags rather than laying them out on the racks. This means that the air flow is presumably better and the initial trimming was much faster as I was able to leave more of the colas intact.
See what I mean?
I just cut a piece of 2" x 1" hardware cloth to fit in the bag - with the ends poking through the duct tape reinforced sack. The hanging bag, surprisingly, keeps it shape very well.
The secret to easily loading the rack was to keep the long edges of the hardware cloth free from sticking out wire with about 1" of clearance to either side of the bag. I could then slip my hand in to the side and feed my hooked cola up onto the rack.
Here one is all loaded - This one has spikes sticking out of one size because I needed to optimize the hardware cloth piece I had. In this case I could only load from the "smooth" edge. The above version was the improved (2nd) result.
In either case - this worked very well. The bonus is that the little bits of frosty twinkle toes buds & trim, cold be tossed into the bag and lay loosely and evenly spread on the bottom of the bag under the hanging colas.
OF COURSE - if you have BIGGER COLAS this system requires deeper sacks then the 14" tall ones I used. In my case I got the last 3 plants in 2 bags
and these have joined the first 2 hanging off our sloped ceiling. The fact that I could easily load 3 plants into two bags, whereas last time, each plant required it's own bag, suggest that this 2nd version is more efficient. The plants, incidentally, had all the same yield and sizes of colas - roughly 6 oz. wet, per plant.
Hey - not for everyone but at least I gave you something to read and photos to look at

Enjoy ,
Crow
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