Please stop flowering

[ZigZag]

Keep the humidity at 50-60%, hang them so there is good air circulation all around and temp about 60-70. Don’t use the fan, it will dry them too fast, and your nugs won’t be as firm. If you need to use the fan then bounce it off an opposite wall so it’s not blowing at your rack. I’ve had to use a humidifier before to get the humidity in the right range. Check out the tutorials on curing too.

[ZigZag]

Bud rot sucks. Even if they are looking fine at harvest they can still get some rot while drying. When I have colas with buds more than 3” across I dry them for a few days and then clip off every other bract to open them up so they dry all the way in. I just hang the clipped bracts- really thumb sized buds from the rack with spring clips to finish drying them. I learned the hard way when I cured some Big Bud buds after drying and put each huge bud into a large mouthed jar by itself. Even at 60% humidity the inside of each was crap. Thankfully all the smaller buds were fine.

[ZigZag]

A scope is a must for checking color on trichomes. Also the light temp should be 5000-6000k (basic full noon daylight).
Otherwise clear or opaque trichomes can appear more amber than they really are. If your lights are full white spectrum your in the ballpark.

[ZigZag]

Yeah I’d agree, you have some fox tailing which is also contributing to new pistols. Some of that might be genetic, but you could try reducing the heat or light intensity a bit and see if that helps.

[Blowdout2269]

Just try to examine the calyxs(spellcheck?) Not the sugar leaf part of the flower.

[golfnrl]

Blowdout2269 I pulled this out of your comment. “Also, make sure that you are checking deep in the bud themselves when examining trichomes.”

Can you expound on this a bit?

I may need to make adjustments . I’ve convinced myself that manipulating the buds somehow is not good for resin production. After reading through this thread me thinks I can improve my methods. I’ve used it seems like every kind of magnifying device but have settled on the loop. Thx for the help.

[SoOrbudgal]

Did you harvest this 90Gizmo?

[3Berries]

Today is the end at 14 weeks they say but it's still going strong so it's still the waiting game. Got a new light and it was a bit too much so I cut out a bank of reds, no dimmer yet. Bubba Kush auto from ILGM. Growing in FF Ocean Forest.

[3Berries]

On my last two photos I did that, cut off the top main colas and went another 10 days or so. One started to hermi so I cut it all then. I think it's worth the effort if you have the time. You defiantly ripen up the smaller lower buds. Which I would save anyway if picked early. So I'm getting better buds there.

[90Gizmo]

This is my first winter growing so I'm learning a whole new set of problems I didn't know about in the summer. I've read of your bucket heaters and I'm sold on the idea. I'm going to do one more grow this winter so I'll try that out. Incremental harvest makes sense to me. My (limited) experience is that the lower stuff thickens up nicely even if it doesn't make new colas. Is it worth it? I'm not in a race to get the next grow in and I think it helps to make a gradual transition (psychologically) from care mode to drying mode.

[3Berries]

I've got an auto just about done but I'm amazed that it is being able to transpire enough water to maintain the VPD at near ideal conditions with just the AC Infinity fan on auto and running either 1 or 2 speed for humidity control. Granted it's a small tent, 30x30x60" and the lighting is around 200w. Being colder has really helped as the temps range from 60f to 75f. Lights off I limit the RH at 75%. This will run the fan at around 2 and cool the tent to 60f.

Bucket heaters are doing a stellar job of maintaining 72f soil temp 24/7.

It's going though about 1/2 gallon a day but starting to see some amber and the smell is less. I'm watching for it to start using less water as a sign it's done. Might just chop off the top too as the lower buds are still quite immature.

I'm using a 50 w led to add heat when needed when the lights are on. Not sure how much it runs.

[90Gizmo]

My prior grow dried way too fast. It overlapped this one but now there's nothing else growing... so now I can slow the exhaust fan way down and keep the humidity up at 50-52%. I pulled a budlette off and dried in my vape pen purely for research purposes. Absolutely this will be my best grow yet. It can't be said enough how great you all are for helping folks out.

[ChubbNugg]

Wow. Kick ash comment Mr.furley. When you are thinking forwards, about the past, that's when you know you're in the Zone !!!

[ChubbNugg]

Sometimes the amber you are looking for is more of a blonde color which you cant really see unless you have a scope.

[Blowdout2269]

90Gizmo - Glad I'm not the only one struggling to keep the RH up, lol.
And ZigZag has a good point. Maybe harvest the tops and level out to canopy for light penetration. Adjust the lights, then harvest the rest or more in another week. That's what I'm currently doing. I'm also running some different drying/curing experiments with these conditions.