Yeah @Hellraiser i was looking at a bunch of others journals to get an idea and I convinced myself I was rushing as per usual 
but Iāve realized it will be worth it if I wait and Iāve gone this long what is another month or 2! Just gotta teach myself patience little by little right @Smooch530 
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Oooh thatās a nice looking canopy right there @Smooch530 yup easier said than done thatās for dang sure
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Thanks this being my first grow itās hard to judge how Iām doing I can only go off what I seen others do Iām getting excited I know once I get to where u are Iām gonna be driving myself crazy 
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Donāt do it man! Lol It sucks because Iāve resorted to crap bud but hey you gotta do what you gotta do. Itās just harsh or doesnāt taste good. Like thatās the whole reason I like smoking is because itās enjoyable. It makes life more enjoyable. But when I get bunk bud it definitely makes me hate what this industry is becoming. You even have people like the Medmen who donāt want people growing in their homes I think southpark even did an episode about that but I tell you this is something. I can see the fruits of my labor and also I know what went into the bud. Iām making sure that taste and smoothness are huge factors in my crop but in order to do so not only is the growing methods is what it depends on it depends on how you cut and trim apparently @Smooch530 it also greatly depends on the curing process. But I want maximum THC content and for that I need to be patient. I need to let the plant go to maturity which is what Iāve seen in the bud around here they seem to harvest it too quickly. So I will be patient because I know what Iām waiting for. It sucks I tell you but it will be worth it when I canāt even finish the joint and it youāll be able to taste all the terpenes! Just tell yourself āit will be worth itā
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Hereās a couple of pictures with the lights off everyone! She is looking frosty
matches the snow outside I love it!
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It wonāt let me upload my picture with the loupe. Says it canāt be bigger than 2024kb but Iām pretty sure Iāve uploaded bigger beforeā¦oh well lol
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42 days into flower and I found a couple of reveg stems to choose from, Iāll probably plant 2 or 2 of these
Basically they are smaller sucker branches that I normally would clip but since I want to try and save the genetics Iām going to cut them, I need to buy clonex as I heard that really increases your chances on getting roots. Any advice? Here is a plant pic
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She is looking nice and frosty!
Check out my cloning journal for cloning tips and techniques. Lots of ways to clone but for best results an aero-cloner like those made by Clone King or EZ Cloner is the easiest and most successful way to go.
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Thank you @Hellraiser and now that I have a chance I want to ask you about harvest time. 1)Do you personally cut and dry the entire plant or do you cut and separate branches then hang together, and why? Just what you do and why.
Iāve read about the opinions of both as hanging the whole plant it is said you get more flavor and takes longer to dry which is what Iām leaning towards As I do not want the humidity to go terribly low when drying. I plan on having a humidifier going in the room I have the tent in; a cheap one that will run for 18 hours intermediately. And I want a 7-10 day dry time. I donāt want it to dry too fast. I will probably turn off the fan I have inside the tent (which is there for air circulation inside the tent) and leave the one pointed out the tent to create the airflow with the exhaust and thatās it. I live in a similar climate as you which is why I ask what you do for reference.
2)Do you just have the exhaust fan going when drying or do you have fans on the inside going as well?
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Iāve done both, hang entire plant and cut and hang individual branches. I use either method depending on the plant and how I grew it. With my 6 foot tall monsters that are tangled up in a trellis net or 2 - hanging the entire plant is not happening, have to cut the branches off just to get it out of the net.
If I had smaller free standing plants than I would hang the entire plant for the slower dry.
I donāt use a tent for drying, I hang them in my home gym room where I can close it up and keep the humidifiers going to keep the RH as close to 50 as I can, I just run a ceiling fan on low for air movement. Then check the buds daily to make sure they are not getting too dry, feel and pinch a bud and get a feel for how wet it is, bend a smaller stem - it it just bends than too wet, once it breaks more than bends then itās about the right time to start dry trimming.
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Thanks! Definitely going to hang the whole plant then. Also when would you recommend not using silica in my watering @Hellraiser ? Iām watering tonight and I decided not to use silica and just water with jacks mix and molasses
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I usually stop silica at the end of week 5 of flowering, maybe week 6 if I anticipate plant taking longer than 8 or 9 weeks to finish up.
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Perfect! Fed mid day @Hellraiser , ph with just jacks was 6.6 I didnāt want to add ph down for .1 so I left it at that and gave her molasses. Iām thinking after Iām done with this gallon which might be by the end of next week (Friday) it will be my 7th week of flower so I think I should probably start flushing with just water if Iām not mistaken. She does have a few amber pistils but still a lot of white so I still think I have a good 3 or 4 weeks left.
Ppm of water going in was 900-1000
Didnāt get any runoff this time
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Anyone want to take guesses on how much Iām looking at end of harvest? (Dry weight)
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110 grams I say
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My guess is 89 grams.
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Iāll guessā¦ummā¦98g. So how does this contest work? closest without going over?
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Sure @MaD-VapoR that sounds good! Iām excited to see if anyone gets it! I was going to guess Iād say 75 grams!
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