What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[soonboomer]

I agree. I'm an outdoor grower, and the photos I grew last year, as well as the two auto's I harvested a couple of weeks ago, all smell, taste and smoke great........but the nugs are much looser than what you buy at the dispensaries. I've read that lots of sunshine is the best way to get dense nugs, but also that excessive high temps can cause them to be loose. I'm getting mine more shade than I did in previous grows, but it's all just trial and error for me.

[Cronk]

question is.....how do the pros get such dense, crystalline buds when every time I dry and cure my buds are very different looking. dispensary buds are very crystal in structure and have been trimmed so close that there is little hint of sugar leaves, just dense rocks.

is this done with a special finish technique in the last weeks of growth? do they just have a knack for trimming? is their curing technique different that drying and jarring?

I would really like to know

my buds look good and smoke well, they just don't have that pro look. My last grow I discovered cutting all nitrogen in the last 6 weeks or so and using just a bud candy type of nute for bud development. There is enough nitrogen and other stuff to carry the plants after the stretch and this makes them less fluffy, more dense. Still....I need those hard nugs

[LIGrow]

Great analogy...I am a new grower and have been humbled, repeatedly.

[SoOrbudgal]

Hey man don't over think this. Don't fry those little seedlings if they sprout. Read about just basic stuff on your first grow, folks make this too stupid scientific. A low wattage CFL is all seedling needs for first wk or two. If you can make it past 2wks great. But you need to read up on seedlings it's all here under turtorials.

[Puglover1]

I use hygrometers sitting on top of the soil mix or resting on top of two bags that are close to each other. One was cheap from amazon, the other is the one I used to dry my first harvest. I haven't started weed in cups yet but with herbs I only used water, it didn't take that long for them to be root bound. Watch them, if you see a deficiency it's often cal-mag that's needed first. Not sure of your lights/intensity or strain you're starting. Sounds like you have a cannabis grow in progress, or other plants already growing in your tent?

[jiules]

In plastic cups....
I try and have a light directly over all of my plants.. so if I was to take the temperature reading I would have a gauge at the plants top height which would be under direct light.. is this right or OK.

[jiules]

In plastic cups...
I try and have a light directly over all of my plants. So if I was to take the temperature reading I would have a gauge at the plants top height which would be under direct light.
Is this right or OK.

[Puglover1]

jiules The temp under the lights will usually be higher. You want to know the temp at the canopy level/plants' tops. I don't use a tent. What are you using to start the plants in, a cup, pot or fabric bag?

[jiules]

When starting with seedlings and clones in pottingmix that has no added nutrients except for perlite, is it ok to use a 1part hydro nutrient mixed in water from day one b4 the roots have developed? Iast time I done this with clones i used only water until the roots developed but that took 3to4weeks..........
Also I have 3 temperature gauges in tent, 1 directly under lights, 2on front+back tent sides or 3 have different readings, which one do I follow.

[VN1970]

Hello Nebula Haze!
Ive been following your grow with Spyder Farmer vs Mars Hydro LEDs and am anxiously awaiting the final results.
I had decided to purchase the Mars Hydro but came across a brand MixJoy which uses the same components ( Samsung LEDs etc) but is controllable from iPhone via Bluetooth app.
I went ahead and purchased the Mixjoy GL4000s to replace my blurple LEDs for a 4x4 grow tent. This light is powerful and I have to monitor the distance daily for light burn but thus far my plants Gorilla Glue #4 and Barney’s Farm Acapulco Gold are chugging right along. See pic, entering 2nd week of 12-12 schedule. Thanx for your advice and expertise!

[soonboomer]

Delete-wrong thread

[Rwise]

So many different answers here, almost everyone does a bit of their own thing. I take the bud to 55% then to jars for burping headed to 50% for long term storage. Why 50%, mold can grow at 55%, so I go lower.

[Rwise]

IDK, I dont freeze the seed, I do keep it in the fridge, if I was going to use something with it it would be rice, just a paper label in the bag is all I do.

[SnowDog]

My biggest question is about humidity and curing. I can’t get it through my head for whatever reason.

At what humidity is it best to move the bud into a jar for curing? I’ll have a hygrometer in the jar with bud to see where it’s at. Usually > 62% I’ll let it air out another day until it’s 60% @ 75 degrees. Then I’ll start burping containers and let it settle to 58% with Boveda.

Am I on the right track? By-Tor and I would like to know.

[MaxR]

I'm grateful for the answers and info I find online about my question, but, I still can't seem to get a consistent answer in terms of desiccant to seed ratio when storing seeds in the freezer. Approximately, how many desiccant balls to how many seeds? Also, if you have too many seeds, do you run the risk of overdrying them in the freezer? Also I realize that different well-functioning freezers my have different levels of humidity. How does one account for that or is that an issue provided the freezer works well? (i.e.; not too humid/frosted over) Thanks!