What is your biggest question about growing cannabis?

[benben77]

Hi everyone! I'm relatively new to the world of growing cannabis, and I've been encountering some challenges along the way.
Has someone tried any out-of-the-box methods, strange additives, or peculiar rituals that surprisingly led to impressive yields?

[Rootsruler]

I agree with Bluey. Veg time depends on the size of your tent/grow space and what your end goal is. Stretch(the tripling part) can be controlled by keeping the temp humidity levels the same or slightly higher on lights off as they were on lights on. I did this on my current grow and can confirm that, at least for this cultivar, warm nights will keep your plants from stretching out of control. Obviously there are limits to this and other techniques but it can be done.

[Bluey]

You may need to train it well and even top it a couple of times but I'd go as long as you can in veg to fill your space.

[97carloscuellar]

In long flowering plants, how many weeks of growth should be given indoors?
I am planting the Cachalote, a variant of the Moby Dick, and I have read here that in flowering the plant triples its size.
I normally give them 2 weeks of growth. Should I give them less time in this type of strains? Is one week of growth from germination enough?

[Atriax]

Atriax - Here's how I hung them after initial chop.

This is what I ended up doing

[Rootsruler]

Atriax - Here's how I hung them after initial chop.

[SoOrbudgal]

To bad you can't experience a failure to learn by practicing on your first grow. All the infomation is printed clearly and easy to understand right here but you continue to post for acceptance. Still no pictures of the setup or plant. Why?

[Rootsruler]

The whole idea to the low temp/slow dry is mostly to preserve terpenes. Terpenes are layers of films of water with the terpene molecules. When you dry them in temps higher than 72* they will start to evaporate as they are volatile organic compounds. Evaporating terpenes mean less flavor and aroma.

[Rootsruler]

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Don't make so much out of it. You cut them in whatever environment they are in, and adjust the tent back to have higher humidity so plants dry slowly. I used my tent last time and put my exhaust on very low and an indirect fan on low for airflow.

Rootsruler has great advice. The more plant you hang the slower it will dry. When the nugs snap off easily without leaving any string they are ready for jars. You can snap some smaller ones and find bigger ones might need more drying. I feel if they get too dry too fast its too late. If you need to add moisture to your buds a wet paper towel with pure water is better than trying to use those 62% boveda packs imo. They work ok to keep nugs at 62% if moist but I feel they do affect flavor if you try to rehydrate with them. If cured correctly the cannabis ends up at 62 by itself

youre right i am overplanning this. This is my first grow and ive never harvested dried or cured so im planning down to the nth degree to make sure i get it right the first time

I don't see it as overthinking it at all. I also sometimes ask a ton of questions to the point of being annoying but, at the end of the day, I'm prepared for whatever scenario jumps up at me. It's your grow. Manage your product the way you see fit. It can be annoying to some that see the answer as obvious but they have years of experience under their belts so to them it's automatic.

Dry and cure is a blend of science and art. You can learn all the science to it but it's going to take a few runs for you to really get the hang of it. Just learn all you can and observe so that your next runs will be better.

I believe dry and cure is just as important as the cultivation part.

[Ckbrew]

"youre right i am overplanning this. This is my first grow and ive never harvested dried or cured so im planning down to the nth degree to make sure i get it right the first time"

Murphy is watching you intently, chill out before he smacks you down.

[Atriax]

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Don't make so much out of it. You cut them in whatever environment they are in, and adjust the tent back to have higher humidity so plants dry slowly. I used my tent last time and put my exhaust on very low and an indirect fan on low for airflow.

Rootsruler has great advice. The more plant you hang the slower it will dry. When the nugs snap off easily without leaving any string they are ready for jars. You can snap some smaller ones and find bigger ones might need more drying. I feel if they get too dry too fast its too late. If you need to add moisture to your buds a wet paper towel with pure water is better than trying to use those 62% boveda packs imo. They work ok to keep nugs at 62% if moist but I feel they do affect flavor if you try to rehydrate with them. If cured correctly the cannabis ends up at 62 by itself

youre right i am overplanning this. This is my first grow and ive never harvested dried or cured so im planning down to the nth degree to make sure i get it right the first time

[StickyNugsAZ]

Don't make so much out of it. You cut them in whatever environment they are in, and adjust the tent back to have higher humidity so plants dry slowly. I used my tent last time and put my exhaust on very low and an indirect fan on low for airflow.

Rootsruler has great advice. The more plant you hang the slower it will dry. When the nugs snap off easily without leaving any string they are ready for jars. You can snap some smaller ones and find bigger ones might need more drying. I feel if they get too dry too fast its too late. If you need to add moisture to your buds a wet paper towel with pure water is better than trying to use those 62% boveda packs imo. They work ok to keep nugs at 62% if moist but I feel they do affect flavor if you try to rehydrate with them. If cured correctly the cannabis ends up at 62 by itself

[SoOrbudgal]

>You need to create a place that is cool and dark. If you're doing it in your tent then you want to create those conditions. Ideal temp/hum for dry and cure is 60/60.

Terps start to evaporate at 72*.

Ok so suppose I do this. I take the plants out of the tent then set up a humidifier inside the tent to try and create the 60/60 environment while im cutting down the plant. I'm assuming during the drying period im also not using my exhaust fan? then once thats achieved I dry like normal, then trim and put the buds in the jars, then store them in the tent. Also wouldnt the presence of the buds in the jar and the jar being in a dark place adjust the jars internal environment to where i want it?

My gawd would i like to see this oh so fantastic plant that's taken up so much space in this section. All these make believe possible scenarios and what ifs. You must lay awake thinking about a dooms day. Just friggin get it done nothing is perfect showoff grows without fuk ups.

[Bluey]

I dried my last harvest too fast and too dry.

I had to over dry it as I could only burp very occasionally but I really took away from the quality drying it too fast.

It was my first go using an environmentally controlled grow room and I'm sure I had way too much air flow..

The first crop was hit hard by mold and was harvested 3 to 4 weeks too early but what was save was just air dried in low tem high humidity room and its effects were of better quality I guess. 1 jar of about 14 was absolutely stellar. Only good jars in this grow, not great, nothing stellar.

It's good though in a way that it comes on slow and you can build on it nicely. Old skool.

[Rootsruler]

Here's how I do it. Timeline will depend on how big your plant is. This all happens in an environment as close to 60/60 as I can get it. Air movement is critical to keep mold from forming. No direct air on plants. Set up your circulating fan to create a swirl of air in the tent so that air is constantly moving across the flower but not directly at it. Exhaust fan should also be on to move the moisture evaporating from the plants out of the tent.

I cut the whole plant down and hang the plant in the tent upside down. After it's been hanging for a few days I remove all water leaves. After a few more days it should be dry enough to be able to break down the branches from the main stem. I hang the branches and check flowers daily for dryness. I want them slightly crispy but squishy. This means outer portion of the flower is dry and inside is wet. Once they hit this level I remove the flowers from the branches, trim them and put them into jars. I check them the next day and the dry outer part will rehydrate pulling moisture from the center of the flower. If they're too wet still I'll lay them out on a dry screen and let the outside of the flower dry again. Once they're dry I put them back in the jar and check again the next day to see how wet they are. If they're not too wet I leave them in the jar and start burping twice a day the first week and, depending on how dry they are I reduce the burping to once a day. After a couple of weeks they should be at correct dryness. I continue burping for another couple weeks to let them cure and bring out the taste and aroma.

Some people like to remove and the branches from the main stem while the plant is still in the pot. Your flowers will dry a little faster this way and it'll be a little easier to manage but, IMO, it can dry too quickly if you aren't on top of it and the result will be hayish tasting weed.