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Flying High w. Hawk - 2024 Grow Journal
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Hawk518
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7/31/24 (Harvest Dry Day #8)
Checked the Autos that are drying in the grow tent. Stems don’t make any kind of crack when bent. Will check again tomorrow. Tent still in mid 70s F and 65% RH.
8/1/24
Stems on the Short Nepali Auto starting to crack. Will start trimming them tomorrow. The BlueBerry Glue Auto is still not ready.
8/3/24
Still extremely hot. Severe thunderstorms rolled thru. At least the Photos got rained on. Horrific migraine prevented me from starting to trim the Autos. Guess it will start tomorrow!
Checked the Autos that are drying in the grow tent. Stems don’t make any kind of crack when bent. Will check again tomorrow. Tent still in mid 70s F and 65% RH.
8/1/24
Stems on the Short Nepali Auto starting to crack. Will start trimming them tomorrow. The BlueBerry Glue Auto is still not ready.
8/3/24
Still extremely hot. Severe thunderstorms rolled thru. At least the Photos got rained on. Horrific migraine prevented me from starting to trim the Autos. Guess it will start tomorrow!
Hawk518
Active member
8/4/24 (Harvest Dry Day #12)
Spent 4 hours trimming the Short Nepali Auto. Had to stop once both my trimmers were so sticky that a normal alcohol wipe down wasn’t enough. Soaked them in a cup of alcohol and will deal w. trimming the Blue Berry Glue Auto tomorrow.
Still not sure I really know what I’m doing w. trimming, but it worked out fine last year, so guessing it will be fine this year too. Big difference this year is that I got a trim tray and a magnifying glass / swing light so I can see the buds properly. Looks like a lot of kief, now I just have to figure out what to do with it!!
Filled four mason jars w. the Short Nepali Auto.
Spent 4 hours trimming the Short Nepali Auto. Had to stop once both my trimmers were so sticky that a normal alcohol wipe down wasn’t enough. Soaked them in a cup of alcohol and will deal w. trimming the Blue Berry Glue Auto tomorrow.
Still not sure I really know what I’m doing w. trimming, but it worked out fine last year, so guessing it will be fine this year too. Big difference this year is that I got a trim tray and a magnifying glass / swing light so I can see the buds properly. Looks like a lot of kief, now I just have to figure out what to do with it!!
Filled four mason jars w. the Short Nepali Auto.
Hawk518
Active member
8/5/24
Spent 4.5 hours trimming the Blue Berry Glue Auto. May have waited too long to start trimming and then curing the BBG. The buds seem a bit dry.
The grow tent is now empty. Need to scrub it down, dismantle it, and then move it down to the basement.
Filled 5 mason jars w. the Blue Berry Glue Auto.
Spent 4.5 hours trimming the Blue Berry Glue Auto. May have waited too long to start trimming and then curing the BBG. The buds seem a bit dry.
The grow tent is now empty. Need to scrub it down, dismantle it, and then move it down to the basement.
Filled 5 mason jars w. the Blue Berry Glue Auto.
Hawk518
Active member
8/6/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time. The difference in smell from the buds this year and last year is amazing! These smell great already while the ones from last year smelled hellish for quite a while.
Kind of shocked at how tall the 4 Kingdoms photo has gotten! I’ve got tomato cages around both photos, but the 4 Kingdoms is way taller than the cage already. What do you suggest to help keep it supported?
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time. The difference in smell from the buds this year and last year is amazing! These smell great already while the ones from last year smelled hellish for quite a while.
Kind of shocked at how tall the 4 Kingdoms photo has gotten! I’ve got tomato cages around both photos, but the 4 Kingdoms is way taller than the cage already. What do you suggest to help keep it supported?
Hawk518
Active member
8/7/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
Rained on the Photos. Realized that I need to feed them some GeoFlora Bloom (instead of Veg) this week.
8/8/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
POURED w. rain. Photos might be getting too much rain?
8/9/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time. Humidity is in the low 50% range, so added humidity packs to each jar.
Fed the Photos some GeoFlora Bloom.
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
Rained on the Photos. Realized that I need to feed them some GeoFlora Bloom (instead of Veg) this week.
8/8/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
POURED w. rain. Photos might be getting too much rain?
8/9/24
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time. Humidity is in the low 50% range, so added humidity packs to each jar.
Fed the Photos some GeoFlora Bloom.
mike-or-ozzy
Well-known member
Hawk518
Active member
Thanks! First time growing Autoflowers and first time trying a grow tent. Really like autos!!Congrats on your harvest @Hawk518 , nice variety which is always good to have. Those lids are interesting, never seen them before. Good job Hawk!
As for the lids, check out Island Herbz. They have cure jars and cure lids. LOVE their products!!
This is a prize pack I won from them a couple months back.
Hawk518
Active member
No idea why they went dark. I try their site every time I update my grow journal. Still nothing. Last time I checked, I couldn't find any info on the site at all.
mike-or-ozzy
Well-known member
Thanks for the reply Hawk, that's what i figured happened but wanted to verify with other members. Had a lot of laughs over 4-5 years there and an older member visited me for 13 days one year. He wanted to see the fall foliage, a very generous and fun dude and loved to party.
Hawk518
Active member
8/16/24 (Cure Day #11)
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
Today is Day 11 of curing. At what point should I reduce the number of times / day that I burp the jars? And at what point should I reduce the amount of time actually burped? I’ve read so many different ideas on this that I figured I should reach out here for info.
Burped the cure jars 2x today for about 30 minutes each time.
Today is Day 11 of curing. At what point should I reduce the number of times / day that I burp the jars? And at what point should I reduce the amount of time actually burped? I’ve read so many different ideas on this that I figured I should reach out here for info.
