dwc? direct water something??? lol Hydro term? I am terrible at these abbreviation things… lol
Deep water culture
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Yes type of hydro i love it
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I know… I hear it works really good!!! I used to grow outdoors a really long time ago, so just trying to get this growin indoors thing down!!! Would like to try hydro someday tho.!!! Light expert guy told me it works insanely good for pot!!!
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I use the paper bay and love the way it turns out… go for it my friend 
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I’m pretty good at it myself …. lmao
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I use an amended coco based soilless soil called roots organics. I water every other day with quarter nutes to significant runoff. I am assuming it’s 10-30% runoff as it all goes down a shower drain… I run 2.5 gallons through a 10 gallon fabric pot right now. I do this based on recommendations made by folks during my first grow and some articles garrigan65 posted. I was under watering and overnuting
The 2day method has worked for me so far.
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Generally it’s a good idea to cut down your plant at the end of a dark cycle. 48 hours of darkness is used to help the plant migrate nutrients from the canopy to the roots. This is desirable to reduce any off or harsh flavors.
I would also strongly suggest washing your harvest before drying. Use 1 cup of 3% peroxide in 5 gallons of water and soak for 10 minutes. Rinse and hang to drip dry before drying.
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thanks for the advice @myfriendis410! I had not heard that about putting plant in full dark for 2 or 3 days… I heard that I should not put that plant in the dark for 1 or 2 or 3 days before I harvest, because that will make the trichromes go crazy, turn more amber, mature like crazy…, and that plant is already at 30% amber trichromes or more??? I assume that is true, as a few people that have experience growing told me this… What do u think? Of course, I do not want the smoke to taste harsh at all though!!! Did not know that the 2 or 3 days of 24 hour darkness, help to make the buds not taste harsh!!! Does make sense though. Hmmmm
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@Majiktoker, @Niala, Someone had mentioned that u 2 might know the science behind putting plants in 24 hour darkness for 2 days or so right before harvesting ??? I have heard that it helps to get the nutes out of the buds, so the taste is not harsh? But, I have also heard that the 1 or 2 or even 3 days of total darkness right before harvesting, makes the trichromes go kinda crazy and mature like crazy. I have one plant that is really mature, and does not need the trichromes to turn more amber, as at least 30% of thrichromes are amber already! I thought that the best way to get the flavor of the buds to not taste harsh is to flush with water with no nutes in it before I harvest? Thanks in advance for the help!!!
Yes, what @Myfriendis410 said is also true, so you’re going to want to find the best happy medium for your harvest. You don’t want to ripen trichs, yet you want smooth smoke. So maybe you only put her into dark for one day before harvest instead of two.
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Thanks again @raustin!!! That is pretty much exactly what I was wondering about… So putting them in the dark right before harvest does both things then… Makes the smoke not taste harsh, by pushing any left over nutes back down into the roots, and it also makes the trichromes go a bit crazy and “ripen” even more, and faster… So, maybe one full day of darkness might be good for that plant…, and for plants that are not so mature, 2 or even 3 days of total darkness right before harvest would be best? If these statements are correct, I am learning what I need to know!!! lol Thanks again!!!
Yes, you learned it well. That’s exactly what I would do.
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So i have also heard many times, that I should not trim the leaves off of autoflower plants? Right? So when and how does everyone that grows autoflower plants trim off leaves that they do not want on the buds? @OldSkunk, @raustin, @garrigan62? Not sure who grows autos? It is a lot easier and better to trim/manicure leaves off while plant is still growing, I think… I was thinking I would trim most of the leaves off that I do not want on the buds, right before, or the day that I am going to put the plant in the dark? Putting the plant in the dark is going to shock it anyway! Right? That is why the trichromes go all crazy, and mature or turn amber/darker, it is because the plant kinda goes into shock or survival mode, and tries to mature asap, so ALL the seeds would/will be ready to grow, or be mature enough to grow, except my plants do not have any seeds…? Can not trim leaves off after putting the plant in the dark while it is still alive, because one has to be able to see to trim leaves off, and one needs light to see, and the light will make the plant suck the moisture/water, (with a little bit of nutes still in the soil and roots), from the roots back into the buds… Right?
So, the main question here is: When does everyone that grows autoflowers trim the leaves off of their autoflower plants, and the buds? Perhaps this should be a new topic actually… Hmmm
I have grown white widow autos. For the most part, I just let them go. The exception was defoliating when they were kinda running into each other. I have always run overstuffed grows - a lot of plats in small space, so some defoliation was necessary here and there. They didn’t seem to mind it.
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Thanks @Sixpackdad! So, u just did all your trimming of leaves and manicuring of buds after the buds are basically dry, but before curing? Do u use glass jars for curing? I heard some people use oven cooking bags… for curing? I do not have many large glass jars… Meant to go to the local thrift store and see if they have any decent sized glass jars…, but forgot till just now… Got a few days before curing though…
@heybudletsparty, when I cut the plants down, I trim all leaves, sugar leaves, and bud manicuring right then - probably 90% of the overall manicuring. Then they go into the paper bags for 5-7 days. When they are dry and the branch is brittle, I take them out of the bag and then cut the individual buds off the branch. I do any manicuring still required at that point and then they go tino the wide mouth quart jars for curing.
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@Sixpackdad, so u trim leaves… right after u cut the plant away from the root ball? Hmmm That makes sense. Then the water/left over nutes will not go back into the buds… I guess… thanks again for the advice!!!
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Sorry, I don’t grow autos, but I would imagine it would be the same as photos.
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I trim the fan leaves right after my last watering before harvest which is usually 2 days. I grow autos in case I run out of my go to meds like Chronic Widow for pain, so I’m not too picky about them @heybudletsparty.
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