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[Mota Mortal]

my hash was water hash pahut,


always use quality stuff to get quality in return ,
dont add shitty shade leaf etc , it will degrade the end product ,
sows ear , silk purse deal ....

Yes!, Don, I've been passed bubble that had sugar leaf/extraneous matter...
the whole shebang was stirred within an inch of its life and the leaf matter ground into dust and was incorporated into the bubble mix

it was fucking horrible, and that's being nice
Its like us...Garbage in Garbage out...
more bubble porn please...

 

[Mota Mortal]

Hey mate, I don’t like wasting anything so I’ll give you my little run down but I don’t grow 100 plants lol.
You’ll need a “trim tray” or equivalent to trim all your plants (dry sift) and you’ll also need hash bags. Both available online overpriced but well worth it.

I first make butter with all the leaves that haven’t gone back Into the soil. (Clarify butter or ghee)
I then use all popcorn buds and good trim for water hash.
I use all the dry sift collected while trimming also for hash.
I make temple balls with the hash.
Then obviously the trimmed flower.
4 products (butter, dry sift hash, water hash and flower.
Never using solvents and all done organically.
Hash is fairly straight forward if you have the equipment and the most important are trim tray or a screen to collect trichomes and hash bags or silk.
Potable washing machine also very handy but doable without.
Hope that’s helps and makes sense.
You’ll seriously get some much dry sift from trimming 100 plants.
Good luck.

Nice advice Fronk ,
the only thing I can add is a reduced temperature in the area making the bubble makes life easier,
The nimbin cup hash winners used a cool room to process and it showed in the final product

 

[Fronk]

Found a couple more shots.

 

[budsnblunts]

Hey fullas. Half my plants are pretty heavy into flowering. I'm battling mealyleaf, black sooty mold and soon bud rot. I can't prune much more from the bottoms off. Has anyone used derris dust late into flowering before? I have only found a spot of mold on one plant but the ones just coming into flowering still have two months. I need a new spot.

 

[budsnblunts]

Sounds like potassium bicarbonate is the go for bud rot. Anyone else used this before? Next year I'll be trying greencure i think. Helicopters are now out. Keep safe

 

[anoydas 666]

cure for bud rot, cut n chuck.

 

[Donald Mallard]

cure for bud rot, cut n chuck.

yep seems to be how it works ,


you will only get lucky on dry years buds,
otherwise without correct amount of airflow,
your crop will always suffer im afraid ,
ive had to learn the hard way also ...



you need a better, more open spot ...

 

[Brother Nature]

Sorry to hear about the rot mate. Has it not been dry down by you BnB? Been nearly 45 days up here without a lick of rain, luckily we're not on tank water so hasn't hit us as hard but of course the heat and dryness presents a whole different raft of problems. Having a lot of stressed out plants in the guerilla plots. Best of luck any ways man, hopefully you don't have to chuck them all.

 

[budsnblunts]

Thanks fullas. No rain here either mate. But i am about 5 metres away from a swamp/spring. I use terraces and the problem with evaporation is it runs strait up the hills.. problem being the only water source around for awhile is a have all forms of life in the patches to. I'm jus being careful before i have a problem. Although i did find one spot. I'm not a big fan of chopping rotting buds out because it seems like you just have to keep it up until you realize you've got one fat bud left hahaha... If it becomes a problem i will chop early. Read some awesome stuff about potassium bicarbonate. I haven't had any plants stress but we have had a really strange year.. hope you fullas all have a successful harvest.

 

[kickarse]

We got plenty rain if want some, i'll swap ya for some SUN

its the coldest summer i've ever seen, wet as buggery as well
caterpillars everywhere, mostly moths, will be a real mouldy finish probably

be no Indian summer this year, we had a good run for a while tho
back to the early 80s weather now

no sativa's outside again for a long time I think, be real cold for a while I reckon
winter went for 7 months last year, burned more firewood than ever

need some more Co2 lol

yeah cut and chuck works good

 

[Pumpkin]

hey kickarse... you don't need to support your plants for flower? If I grew like that my plants would be just broken branches on the ground! You must have pretty strong branches on your strains. Looks fucking awesome hey!

Cut and chuck sucks. Maybe try some wettable sulphur? Might be worth a shot anyway.

 

[kickarse]

hey kickarse... you don't need to support your plants for flower? If I grew like that my plants would be just broken branches on the ground! You must have pretty strong branches on your strains. Looks fucking awesome hey!

Cut and chuck sucks. Maybe try some wettable sulphur? Might be worth a shot anyway.

Yes and no
I just cable tie the branches to the trunk, a few inches from where they join, and hope for the best lol

On top of a hill looking down a 30km valley,it gets a bit windy
they get smashed to pieces if I cage them

 

[Pumpkin]

Can you show me how you cable tie with some closeups. I'm pretty curious, never heard of that before. I kinda get what you are saying though, they always split at the trunk, if that is supported well, should be fairly good to go. If you have really long heavy branches they can break anywhere though.

Cages certainly do damage stems and are a good place for mould to infest. I use the plastic bean mesh for that reason, although it ain't perfect, but has a bit more flexibility and damages branches less. I feel if supports can move with the branches that would be the best bet. I think I could make my supports more loose and let them move more with the plants to prevent then needlessly cutting in, or providing a defined structure. I think there is a balance there somewhere. All the best support is gentle yet flexible

I imagine some sort of elastic mesh would be ideal, that stretches greatly but prevents breaks. Ideally elastic that stiffens under great stress. I'm not smart enough to invent such a product, just saying it could be pretty sweet.

I think there are few outdoor growers that are immune to wind. Those tin fences will help a bit though to baffle it. I used to have shade cloth walls once upon a time. 80% shade on the walls. They were tremendous and baffling the wind. The support could be a little more aggressive then because shit wasn't getting thrown around nearly as much.

Certainly something I'm still learning about though. And the taller your plant gets the more hectic it is. Creating support if you are looking at 3m plus stats to become a logistical nightmare. But I don't get the chicken wire thing that seems popular in the states. That shit's gonna cut your plants to shreds surely and possibly cause more breaks. I tried something like it once... and thought it was a pretty shit idea.

And since I am still in a chatty mood, that's why I am unsure topping is a good idea with big plants. It makes a very major weak point in your main stem that can split very easily. Half your plant's weight is on either side. I've had trouble with that before. I love topping plants and think it increases yield to a point. But you better support that split. Cable ties or whatever would come in handy then just to keep those two main branches from separating.

Out of curiosity also, I've had massive reveg plants outdoors that are branchy as fuck with zero support that have done amazing. The reveg joints are much stronger in my experience than a from seed joint. No idea why, they just seem more flexible and tolerant than when you go from seed and have early internodes that split easily. Clones also where your branches are no longer aligned on the main trunk are marginally stronger. Reveg branches are considerably stronger than both. Just my thoughts, no science applied here, just a healthy amount of hearsay

 

[Fronk]

 

[Donald Mallard]

we have had to consider many things you mention pumpkin with our later season grow ,

with cyclones etc ,
eventually i did some research to find out what other folks did with tropical growing ,

like the thais etc ,
start late , keep plants smaller , seemed to be the way to go with my local at least ,
re cages they are great for support , but its a good idea to cable tie the branches to the outer part of the cage if you have windy conditions ,
and prune everything inside the cage to zilch ..

 

[gatts]

I had a spot that was a super exposed valley, i use to start seed super early indoor and then plant out as soon as it warmed up. Girls got big! Then I would absolutely butcher those birds, hack them right back. Nice strong branches to support new growth before they turned. Anyway good luck KickArse.

The other thing I use to do was plant pigeon pea around plants.

 

[arsekick]

Well I did take take some pics, but lost them when me computer shit it self
had to make another email and profile

will have another go soon lol

 

[Donald Mallard]

darn that sux man ,
good to see you back anyhow ,


long live the new pc ...

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Was it a Windows PC that shit itself? Try Ubuntu, it's free and way more stable than Windows and your PC will run faster.


Nice plant Fronk.

 

[Fronk]

I thought I’d share this one again at day 62.
Oaxaca 79 x Panama (gift from ace).