70w hps + 17w LED grow

[Guest]

Hey greg. Nice to see you here.

You shold dry your buds as slowly as possible. By my experiences low or no ventilation is best. And if you gonna dry in the growroom, turn your light off!

You should try SOG or SCROG next time... gonna give you better results. AD is perfect for sog.

 

[LED_experiments]

leds are also much better for scrog or sog

 

[Guest]

hello agnes an led_ex,very nice to see you both

will do a scrog or a lst next time,but i will be using black domina.is that strain good for that? but it will probably be in autum if not winter ( if worst come to worst next year,beginning 1.1. 2007)

also,should i redirect the fan so it won't blow on the buds as i dry? and my plan is to cut off the fan leafs and turn off the light for 48h before chopping and also to fill the box with ice as much as posible till the actual chop

 

[Guest]

hey greg nice going with the LEDs! the buds look real good. I also am using LEDs, have a test grow on uk420.com. I knew another guy with LEDs and he also added a CFL 23w. I did a grow with two 70w HPS units and three Red 5w LED arrays which vegged very well but then I got anxious about it and moved it into a 400w HPS. Then got a fourth Red array and vegged 4 plants together but all males. thats my life story. so far. will start again flowering a female from another grow. good luck to us.

 

[LED_experiments]

dave, nice to see you here.
you ment you knew me i didn't add 23W cfl but used 20W energy-saving (with std. MH spectrum)
othervise, i accidentaly discovered your LED DWC diary at uk420. how could that shit happen to you? 4 plants and all male!!!
looking forward to see your next grow. i'd like to see the results from your light.

 

[irie-i]

greg....

turn off the light for 48h before chopping and also to fill the box with ice

why would you do that? i always chop at the end of the light cycle. i think if they sit in the dark for 48 hours the plants will think its time to die, and the trichs will degrade fast.
and ice? never heard of that..please enlighten me!

 

[Guest]

irie-i: i cannot enlighten you since you most definetly have more knowledge about this than i (you and everybody else,for that matter),this is why i post my every decision,so people can enlighten me.i´ve read about growers putting their plants in darkness for 48h,but i have no info why.supposedly the plant will think it all over and will use up all of the sugars avalible,but i have no knowledge of this.ice is for lowering temps ,since a (what i consider) reliable source once said that the lower temps in very late flowering induce some crutial chemical reactions (but i'm not saying this is a fact(he is) ) the temps are pretty high (30-33°C) , maybe this would help. but,please, if you have any other (better) info please let me know since i am new at this still.

enjoy

 

[Guest]

dark period is bull. temps around 30 and above will give you smaller yield, strechy buds...


take care.

 

[Guest]

so no dark period?no bigi.what about the ice? last two days low temps? or should i just leave as it is?

edit:also for the drying,fan off or on (if on,redirected or left to blow over buds?)

 

[CalcioErba2004]

You want air movement when you are drying them so they dont mold up.

 

[4iiii'z]

the dark period
reduces potency (according to tests by advanced nutrients)
reduces yeild, - buds shrivel without light

so, if your weed is too strong & wieghs too much
the dark period is for you.

(*)^(*)

 

[irie-i]

ya man, ive heard of 48 hours of dark when flippin to 12/12, but never before choppin'. and i doubt filling the box with ice will make much of a difference. not tryin to rain on you r parade or nuthin', just sharing my experience

 

[Reverend Willis]

There are tons of growers out there that have been using the 24-48 hours of darkness at the end of the grow. Many folks swear by this method. I'm really surprised you do not know about this method of finalizing plants. It has been used for many years. I learned of this method in 1978 when I first grew indoors. Some folks say it helps -- others are not so sure but I'm curious why you say " the trichs will degrade fast." Please enlighten the rest of us growers as to why 48 hours of darkness will make the trichomes degrade fast. Do they degrade "fast" every night when the light goes out?
I'm always open to learning something new.

 

[Guest]

There are tons of growers out there that have been using the 24-48 hours of darkness at the end of the grow. Many folks swear by this method. I'm really surprised you do not know about this method of finalizing plants. It has been used for many years. I learned of this method in 1978 when I first grew indoors. Some folks say it helps -- others are not so sure but I'm curious why you say " the trichs will degrade fast." Please enlighten the rest of us growers as to why 48 hours of darkness will make the trichomes degrade fast. Do they degrade "fast" every night when the light goes out?
I'm always open to learning something new.

IMO nothing happens to the trics in the last hours. I've checked it under the scope.

OR

We cant see and sence it. Well it's your call if you gonna wait two more days... I'd rather cure them for 2 days longer. Curing is important.

 

[Guest]

well, i didn't turn on the lights today and tommorow is harvest day.i've tried my best to look at the trichs but didn´t get the view i wanted/needed but from what i could tell they were mostly cloudy with some amber and some clear.today would be day 58, they will be in darkness for about 38-40h and i lowered the temps to about 19°C during the hottest part of the day.will post some pics of harvest tommorow.enjoy

 

[Guest]

hello everybody,
yesterday was harvest day,i got three pics (there wasn't much to take pics of)

fan leafs:





bud trimmings:




buds:





smoked a small joint of finger hash,i haven't beed this high in a long time

 

[Reverend Willis]

Way to go, Greg. Ain't it great to grow your own. Good job. Be sure to give a smoke report when it's done.

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

 

[pieceofmyheart]

Good for you!! Ain't it grand?

 

[Guest]

it's fantastic!!!will post a smoke report after at least 14 day of curing,i'm in no hurry but want the best i can get from this batch.also,can i use the fan leafs for butane extraction also or just bud trimmings?

 

[BLunTeD4LifE]

Super nice grow greg.. I thought this would intrest you, its a guy on GrowKind using 365 / 635nm high output leds (3000mcd). Hes flowering the clone with them all the way through.

thats awesome... i never knew this could even be done til i seen these pics!!!