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Nice harvest Ryky. I only pulled 8 oz. from my white widows. Have you noticed the LED buds are stronger than the HID?

thanks harley. i only weighed 2 plants so it could be anywhere b/t 8 to 10 oz. the bottom 2/3rds of the plants had hardly any smokable bud. fluffy stuff which will be turned into hash. i think the lack of deep penetration of the LED, letting them grow au naturel without pruning/defol, and 4 plants in too small of a tub/area are all the causes.

when you say stronger do you mean more potent? when i do use HPS, i've never used an enclosed hood so i'm not losing the UV. i think the UV is the key i'd like to add more to the next grow. more UV=more trichs. so yes, more potency.

RKY

Well March puts you down to 2.5 oz/mo which should still be enough for most people AND you'll have a new harvest in time for my birthday! (j/k)

I love Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco but the only thing in DF that interests me is the theatres and museums. Penasco used to be a kind of hidden gem spot but it's getting built up more. I hope it doesn't lose it's feel. Now I'm craving Posole...

You can learn, when I first went to Mexico I knew how to say hi, bye, 1-12, good morning/evening and the menu at taco bell. Now I have the vocabulary of a 3 year old! Seriously, you learn the phrases you need/use most and build on it. Unlike france, they don't care if you speak bad Spanish if you tried.

One of the downsides of the UC model is the rigidity of the PVC so it's hard to adjust/move once it's set but for smaller areas or an area where you KNOW what kind of spacing works best for your style, it's actually a good thing.

Oh, I didn't know the details/restrictions for your state...


Have safe trip my friend!

Ya I meant potent. I will have enough buds after this upcoming harvest that I want to try a new method of growing some sites call it mainlining and others call it fluxing. Basically it's topping at the first node creating two main shoots then toping those shoots to create four main shoots and then topping again to create 8 main shoots and so on and so forth until you reach the desired number of main colas. This method creates uniform buds on all the shoots and with a little LST you can open up the plant to much more light. It also creates an even canopy. I am watching a grow now that has just started with this style and I will see how well it works before I try it.

Harley09 wrote:Ya I meant potent. I will have enough buds after this upcoming harvest that I want to try a new method of growing some sites call it mainlining and others call it fluxing. Basically it's topping at the first node creating two main shoots then toping those shoots to create four main shoots and then topping again to create 8 main shoots and so on and so forth until you reach the desired number of main colas. This method creates uniform buds on all the shoots and with a little LST you can open up the plant to much more light. It also creates an even canopy. I am watching a grow now that has just started with this style and I will see how well it works before I try it.

Harley, I believe Mainlining and Fluxing are two different methods. Light Addict has a fluxing grow and the idea is good and I think it would be best used for a SCROG. I would like to try it sometime.

Mainlining, the use of a manifold to deliver equal amount of H2O and nutes to all the growing sites is what I am doing now and I really like the results so far.

gr865 wrote:Mainlining, the use of a manifold to deliver equal amount of H2O and nutes to all the growing sites is what I am doing now and I really like the results so far.

I don't think that's how plants work. A non-mainlined plant should still get everything it needs "to each site." Imho, it's not a case of disproportionate distribution. To me, mainlining is just selective topping/pruning and LST training While it does open things up, so would LST without the pruning. The pruning does trade 1 large cola for multiple smaller colas, so would selective topping without the LST. Of course, mainlining also trades time, since it takes so much longer in veg to get your "manifolds" the way you want them. If, for example, over the course of a year you spend 3 months extra on the manifold training then you could have had another harvest instead. I hope you get good results but I doubt it'll translate to more yield over a year. I also hope you prove me wrong so time will tell.

Hey Rky,

Just had a quick question for you in regards to your comment about the "non-smokable" smaller fluff you harvested. Have you ever tried using that material in a vaporizer at all? Since everything is all ground up, and you really don't smoke the vegetative matter, rather cook off the cannabinoids, flavonoids, turpenes, etc., I am wondering if this would be a good way to utilize everything??

I'm gonna have a lot of that as well, and just thinking out loud here!!

Thanks,
ICB

Curt,

There is always, edibles, bubble hash, RSO is a very good one.

GR

ItsCurtisBaby wrote:Hey Rky,

Just had a quick question for you in regards to your comment about the "non-smokable" smaller fluff you harvested. Have you ever tried using that material in a vaporizer at all? Since everything is all ground up, and you really don't smoke the vegetative matter, rather cook off the cannabinoids, flavonoids, turpenes, etc., I am wondering if this would be a good way to utilize everything??

I'm gonna have a lot of that as well, and just thinking out loud here!!

Thanks,
ICB

The lower down you get the less good stuff in it but I wouldn't throw away the smaller fluffy popcorn stuff. You can vape it, extract it or cook with it.

Thanks guys...as I've mentioned tonight on a couple of other posts, I have about 16 grams of fluff and trimmings to use. I kept a little of it to try in my volcano, the rest is now in mason jars in my freezer to play with after Thanksgiving.

SME, your observation that the lower buds have less of the good stuff on them was spot on...after spending a couple of afternoons trimming three plants, I definitely noticed this visually as well as by the sticky fingers (or lack thereof!!) compared to the top buds.

I think I will be in a good position to evaluate the effectiveness of how to use this fluff best...vape, cannabutter, or bubble hash....I'll be using the same material for all three applications!

Thanks for the advice as always!
ICB