What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[Rwise]

Its in the window, now what do you want? Couch lock needs more amber.

[SoOrbudgal]

No some strains keep producing hairs right up to harvest but only a few there should not be alot of stand out white pistols. Hang in there most of those will dry up.

[Vaibag]

It looks like my plant is days away from being ready to harvest and I was just curious if every single pistil on every bud on the plant have to be curled and dark orange/brown before you can harvest?
95% of the trichomes on all buds are milky white with about %5 of them being amber.

[3Berries]

Yes acetone is a great solvent for sticky resin. I soak my one hitter in them and a quick bit or scrubbing and flush with water they are clean as new. It pulls the resin out an leaves behind the carbon from the ash. I keep the acetone in a jar as you can reuse it until it gets saturated.

Then if you want you can evaporate the acetone and you have some nice sticky resin.

[Puglover1]

3Berries Would acetone clean glass hitters, Chillums, or bong pieces without issue? I use 91% ISO in a jar but after rinsing in hot water, using Q-Tips, 'spitballs' and brushes it seemed like the inside of the glass was still oily or sticky, coated. They don't stay clean and clear for very long at all after usage.

[RagWeedDWC]

I use isopropyl Alcohol 99% mainly because it cleans the resin off really well, and my bride has a tendency to use my snipping tools outside...

[transcend]

Yeah I was thinking hand sanitizer or equivalent should do the trick hopefully

[3Berries]

When I use trimmer scissors I clean them with acetone to get the resin off. Pretty sure that will kill the germs too.

[Puglover1]

transcend, I believe that is sufficient. I mostly used my thumb for defol, trimmers for topping. If I cleaned the scissors afterward I either used ISO, or some free sanitizer they were giving out when COVID hit. A local distillery switched to making that kind of alcohol for a while.

[transcend]

Is a thorough wipe with rubbing alcohol sufficient?

[3Berries]

I use my thumbnail....

[Gingerbeard]

Necessary, no.
Good practice, yes.

[transcend]

Is it necessary to sterilize your tools when topping/defoliating?
I've read things that say it's best to as it will reduce the risk of infection at the cut sites?

[Jroc]

Hello Brothers and Sisters. Can somebody please tell me what's going on with this girl's leafs she is growing in Superb Soil from pot4pot no nutes just ph water 6.1-6.8. everything seemed ok a couple of days ago now this good grief but I am ok. Can we fix this?

[Vaibag]

Not sure if this helps but 2020 summer I moved two indicas late august inddors under lights as weather was too damp and bud rot started on a few branches. started them indoors with lights 24 inches high, and within a week put em at 16 where i thought sweet spot is. saw no negative issues at all, and bud rot stopped. Mu buddy did the same thing this summer, planned, with a wedding cake - and the only issue he had was to fit it in the tent. looked a lot smaller on the deck so some spread branches got sacrificed. that experiment was big success in our opinions. he did nothing other than move it indoors. Bad conditions in Halifax Nova Scotia for bud-rot this past summer so may plan on some special outdoor plants coming in and train em to a size that fits. have fun.

Thank you very much man that info greatly helps and gives me relief at the same time 😀
I had a few issues from seedling and then in veg, finally sorted it all, flowering going sweet for 5 weeks then nothing but rain for last week and a half with another week and a half of it left to go - pissed me off big time haha.
Everything seems fine since I put it under a 150w 2700k CFL 3 days ago, buds still growing like they are getting actual sunlight.
That’s good to hear yours ended up a success, such a bummer growing for 3.5 months to have it turn out crap.
From what I’ve learned so far there’s always a solution and you adapt to the environment you’re given.
Thank you man I’ve been having a great time with the plant!
was amazed/proud AF when I got my first 5 finger, then 7 finger, then when Santa delivered pistils on that very day and a week later I almost had tears of joy when the flowers appeared 😀 I never thought it would actually be fun growing and seeing it grow 👍🏻