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New grower... she’s looking good though
- Thread starter Yamkoos
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Cocho
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What I do when it comes to drying and curing, is... I keep it real simple.
At harvest day, I trim away all of the larger leaves, not the sugar leaves (the leaves covered in tricomes, sticking out of the flower/bud itself), but the larger ones that catch the sun.
When I've gotten rid of all the "excess" leaves, I chop it. I make the cut at the base of the main stem, right above the soil. Then I hang the whole thing upside down from a hook, from the sealing inside my tent.
But since you're growing it outside, I would suggest finding somewhere "protected", and preferable a place where it stays dark (or kind of dark), with a stable temperature, with air circulation (wind) and not to humid.
Then I leave the plant there for X amount of days. There's no right answer here.. so what I do is feel it. I feel the plant.
When the branches "snap" as I try to bend them, maybe even make a "crunching" sound, and/or the buds feel like popcorn. Firm and dry, but not brittle. Then it's time to harvest them and put them on a jar.
What I do next is placing a plastic bag underneath to catch what ever falls down, and I start trimming the rest of the excess leaves from the buds. Make them look a little bit more like "store weed". But I don't really care about that stuff.. I do it more to store the trimmings, which I either make hash out of, or dissolve in butter and bake into a Brownie or something like that.
Anyways.. when I've trimmed it all and put it on jar(s). I tend to start by monitoring the jars. If, or when, the inside of the jar starts "fogging" up, due to the excess moisture still inside the buds, I loosen the lid of the jar and leave it like that for about an hour. Then I close it again. This is keep on doing every 3-4 hours if I'm home, or whenever I can. Until the jar stops fogging up. Then I just leave it like that for a while. Maybe I'll "circulate" the weed inside the jar, make sure to move stuff around to aerate the buds.
This is my super simple process, but it works for small scale projects. For larger projects your might want to invest in a drying rack, or some more efficient trimming tools. Because trimming 1 plant alone can take 2 hours, easily.. so just imagine having to trim 4-6 plants alone.
Anyways.. good look to you. And congrats on a nice looking plant!
PS! I would say she has about 1 month or so left from what I can tell from the pictures.
- C
At harvest day, I trim away all of the larger leaves, not the sugar leaves (the leaves covered in tricomes, sticking out of the flower/bud itself), but the larger ones that catch the sun.
When I've gotten rid of all the "excess" leaves, I chop it. I make the cut at the base of the main stem, right above the soil. Then I hang the whole thing upside down from a hook, from the sealing inside my tent.
But since you're growing it outside, I would suggest finding somewhere "protected", and preferable a place where it stays dark (or kind of dark), with a stable temperature, with air circulation (wind) and not to humid.
Then I leave the plant there for X amount of days. There's no right answer here.. so what I do is feel it. I feel the plant.
When the branches "snap" as I try to bend them, maybe even make a "crunching" sound, and/or the buds feel like popcorn. Firm and dry, but not brittle. Then it's time to harvest them and put them on a jar.
What I do next is placing a plastic bag underneath to catch what ever falls down, and I start trimming the rest of the excess leaves from the buds. Make them look a little bit more like "store weed". But I don't really care about that stuff.. I do it more to store the trimmings, which I either make hash out of, or dissolve in butter and bake into a Brownie or something like that.
Anyways.. when I've trimmed it all and put it on jar(s). I tend to start by monitoring the jars. If, or when, the inside of the jar starts "fogging" up, due to the excess moisture still inside the buds, I loosen the lid of the jar and leave it like that for about an hour. Then I close it again. This is keep on doing every 3-4 hours if I'm home, or whenever I can. Until the jar stops fogging up. Then I just leave it like that for a while. Maybe I'll "circulate" the weed inside the jar, make sure to move stuff around to aerate the buds.
This is my super simple process, but it works for small scale projects. For larger projects your might want to invest in a drying rack, or some more efficient trimming tools. Because trimming 1 plant alone can take 2 hours, easily.. so just imagine having to trim 4-6 plants alone.
Anyways.. good look to you. And congrats on a nice looking plant!
PS! I would say she has about 1 month or so left from what I can tell from the pictures.
- C
MeEasy
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I don't know what the % is but there's alot of 1st timers that don't even make it to harvest so just making it is a win. Now looking at what you were able to get out of that win, thumb size buds hell they're bigger and prettier than my 1st indoor grow 4sure (I don't remember my very 1st grow) most of mine were about half the size of my pinky. That's after growing for 33 years before that. That's my honest opinion, you did twice what I did on my 1st ðŸ‘🌲😎