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Dimo114
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Harvest Time: How to get good smelling/tasting buds?
#598810 - 11/28/11 10:08 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok, so my ak48 auto's are about to be ready for harvest! 50% of the trichs are milky/amber. I havr been flushing for 4 days now (cut off most of the fans, flushed w/ 2 gal water each, twice). On my last grow, I harvested too earlly and dried the buds too quick, so even after a 3 week cure it smelled and tasted like straw. This time I want to make Sure I do it right. From what I understand I should harvest when all the leafs are starting to yellow, so I know there are no nutrients left in the plants, but how yellow should they get? I am going to be drying in a 2x2x7 closet, in total darkness, at 40-50% RH. The branches will be hung upside down and a fan (blowing away from the buds) will be running 24/7. If the buds take a full week to dry, should I assume I successfully slow-dried them? Is there any ways to speed up the curing process? Do you think a week of curing will do justice?
Thanks in advance, and I know there are plenty of posts about this here and around the web, but there are really no specific answers to these questions...not where I looked anyway
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Dimo114
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Re: Harvest Time: How to get good smelling/tasting buds? [Re: 81renaissance]
#598823 - 11/28/11 10:51 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Umm, thanks. If you read carefully youll see that I know that maturity isnt judjed by leaf discoloration. I have somr really good reasons on why I want to speed curing up. What do you mean by complete the flush? I didnt wait 3-4 months. These are autos. So if you would be so kind as to tell me about this quick cure method, which hurts potentcy, i'd really appreciate it.
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Dimo114
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Re: Harvest Time: How to get good smelling/tasting buds? [Re: Stoneth]
#598837 - 11/28/11 11:57 AM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, thats another thing I dont fully understand. I keep reading about how the syem should snap, but should it snap off or just make the snapping sound, but still hang on by little "strings"?
Stoneth, do you think I can conclude that I properly dried my buds just because it takes a week for them to dry? Also, do you wait untill the leafs start yellowing, after the flush, to chop? Or wait untill they are mostly yellow? I have seen people flush and wait 2 weeks. Is this nessesery to have good tasting bud, or does it depend on other factors? Do you think spraying w/ h20 is a good idea? In my head, it would speed up the flush, but slow down the drying - which are both good things from what I understand.
Sorry for all the questions...got all happy that u responded lmao
Wire5: Yeah quick drying sucks, but putting a taster bud in a paper bag on top of my hps ballast worked better then oven or dessicant for me. I was actually asking about a quick cure method, as in after drying. But I guess thats like asking for a quick grow method lol <.< just gotta let nature do it's thing sometimes I guess
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Dimo114
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Re: Harvest Time: How to get good smelling/tasting buds? [Re: Stoneth]
#598853 - 11/28/11 01:58 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks a lot guys. The reason I thought spraying w/ water would help the flush is cause plants absorbe nutes threw the leafs, so I thought it would be like anti-foliar feed or somethin lol. Guess theres reasons why noone does that. Stoneth you said to add sweetner; do you actually mean something sweet lol? Or nutes w/ sugars? I decided to harvest all the tops at 7 days after initial flush, and let the rest of the plant go for another 10-14 days. Idk how good of an expiriment that is, since I know different parts of the plant mature differently, but if there is a distinct difference im sure ill be able to tell.
As for my question regarding how yellow leafs should be, you guys didnt understand what I meant because I confused u so my bad. I was just thinking that its possible to tell how much nutes are left in the plant, not how ready it is for harvest, by looking at the leafs. Btw, im looking for the couch lock high, which is why I started flushing at almost 50%milky trichs. I just want to make sure my buds taste as delicious as they look:)
Btw, I noticed the tops are begginning to turn purple, do you think if I give them an extra week they will turn compleatly? The coldest it ever got in my growspace is 65F
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Dimo114
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Re: Harvest Time: How to get good smelling/tasting buds? [Re: Stoneth]
#598856 - 11/28/11 02:30 PM (13 years, 1 month ago) |
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Oh gotchu. Would you recomend any in particular? I have some kind of sours (bagseed, but really sour flavor) at 3 weeks flowr right now, and I was thinking of what to add. Also, from your exp. if a plant smells really strong while growing, does it mean the final product will have a strong smell? I can hardly bare smelling inside my closet for too long, but the taster nug I dried smelled like some freshlly cut grass ); tasted like nothingness :o
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