Who's Got The Fostiest Buds? Let's See How Frosty A Bud Can Really Get?

WestDenverPioneer

WestDenverPioneer

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TheYokel said:
Harvested tonight... more CFL goodness:
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@TheYokel do you have a loupe to check the trichs? From the pics it looks not ready for harvest. The trichs play games with the lights especially when they are clear. What it looks like in the pic is the flash reflecting in heads of the trichs but they are clear. You can see straight through to the flower behind it, green flesh.
 
TheYokel

TheYokel

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WestDenverPioneer said:
@TheYokel do you have a loupe to check the trichs? From the pics it looks not ready for harvest. The trichs play games with the lights especially when they are clear. What it looks like in the pic is the flash reflecting in heads of the trichs but they are clear. You can see straight through to the flower behind it, green flesh.
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I do sir. I harvested this one early at like 10-15% amber... closer to 10%. This one was for me, and I don't like a whole lot of amber. I have another plant coming down in a day or two, and I will try to get a pic of the heads for you.
 
TheYokel

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Here's tonight's girl I just chopped down.

I tried to adjust the flash to get a better resin pic for you. I don't have a camera and all I'm working with is an iPhone5 here, lol.

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I hope that one looks better :)
 
TheYokel

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And yes, as always... CFL goodness.

Edit: Holy shit, look at the bottom of the leaf on the right side in the first pic.

Hang on... i gotta get a close-up of that, lol.
 
MuckyDucky

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lol... yea... I only have hair falling to my waist all of the time..... then there are all of the critters.... hair??? What hair???
 
Hot Diggity Sog

Hot Diggity Sog

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How do you guys get your buds to dry so dense and tight looking? The little bit of leaf material on mine dont wrap the bud like yours. As an experiment, i shaped a bud after 3 days of drying by gently squeezing it and that worked very well but I obviously got a lot of resin on my glove which is not cool.

Maybe I'm just not trimming close enough.
 
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TheYokel

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Hot Diggity Sog said:
How do you guys get your buds to dry so dense and tight looking? The little bit of leaf material on mine dont wrap the bud like yours. As an experiment, i shaped a bud after 3 days of drying by gently squeezing it and that worked very well but I obviously got a lot of resin on my glove which is not cool.

Maybe I'm just not trimming close enough.
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I trim pretty close. And if it's a leaf I can get to the base of the stem, the whole sugar leaf comes off. I dunno, I'm weird about leaves.

As for drying/jarring... My buds are all 3g or less usually unless it's a big cola (and then it's not much more than 6g), so mine dry on the stem pretty quickly. I will hang it for 36-48 hours depending on bud size, and let it get a nice firm, almost crunch to it. I don't let the stem snap, but the bud will have a crisp to it.

Throw it in a jar for about 8 hours and the stem will sweat some moisture back into the bud. Throw the sweat'd buds into a brown paper bag for about 8-12 hours, then back in the jar. Usually after the first trip in the bag they are good to go. If it's a big one, it might sweat twice.

That's about all I do, really.

Edit: And I wouldn't shape my buds... I like my trichs right where they are. :)
 
Hot Diggity Sog

Hot Diggity Sog

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TheYokel said:
I trim pretty close. And if it's a leaf I can get to the base of the stem, the whole sugar leaf comes off. I dunno, I'm weird about leaves.

As for drying/jarring... My buds are all 3g or less usually unless it's a big cola (and then it's not much more than 6g), so mine dry on the stem pretty quickly. I will hang it for 36-48 hours depending on bud size, and let it get a nice firm, almost crunch to it. I don't let the stem snap, but the bud will have a crisp to it.

Throw it in a jar for about 8 hours and the stem will sweat some moisture back into the bud. Throw the sweat'd buds into a brown paper bag for about 8-12 hours, then back in the jar. Usually after the first trip in the bag they are good to go. If it's a big one, it might sweat twice.

That's about all I do, really.

Edit: And I wouldn't shape my buds... I like my trichs right where they are. :)
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I'll keep trying then...I'm bound to get it right sooner or later. Thanks for the response.
 
WestDenverPioneer

WestDenverPioneer

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Hot Diggity Sog said:
How do you guys get your buds to dry so dense and tight looking? The little bit of leaf material on mine dont wrap the bud like yours. As an experiment, i shaped a bud after 3 days of drying by gently squeezing it and that worked very well but I obviously got a lot of resin on my glove which is not cool.

Maybe I'm just not trimming close enough.
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They grow dense and tight. Hanging them to dry will often allow the sugar leaves to curl up and hug the flowers. Some strains I leave the sugar leaves on, some I remove them. If they aren't dense when you cut them they won't be dense when you dry them.
 
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