How to scrog up bushy nl#5xhaze girls?

[Mr.Hush]

YAY yesterday was closet armageddon

Dawn's trichs were looking good enough:
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The lower regions were less ready, but ready enough to not warrant leaving them on for another few days:
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One last glimpse before chop, ah she was looking ruffled and ready to go
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Documenting it all went downhill after we had a nice smoke of the scissor-resin
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But the hanging up part was really a visual trip and lots of fun too
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610g wet weight off Dawn - minus a handful of budparts that came off during trimming, which we decided not even to weigh as they're going to get smoked soon enough
And some 80g trichome-rich trim, which will get canna-oiled I think.

Oh and Dusk got finished off in the end too, we didn't even bother weighing haha, maybe another 3-4g dry - those last buds from the undergrowth were really fluffy

Last week's harvest - the rightmost clothes hanger in the closet pic - has come down to 24g, in part due to drying but also because 4 of the 17 colas met a quick-drying, quick-smoking fate lol

It's now at 74% RH and set to cure slowly with 62% Boveda packs.

slightly woozie cheers!

Excellent work... Looks like I'm next!

 

[calliandra]

And here it is, the whole harvest (minus a few tidbits here and there ) back in the closet where they grew


When I air the jars I'm turning on the vent so I keep the odours under control - at the mo they're almost overwhelming I guess that will subside in a week or so... it will be time to start a new couple of ladies then too!

SO the grand total! =180g
Dawn -- the 6 jars on the left -- added up to 150g
Dusk -- the 3 to the right -- contributed 30g
she was smaller than she looked -- that became clear when I harvested her.
Also, I do believe Dawn would have yielded the total (and more) alone had she had the space to grow out more - lesson definitely learned!

Whew!
All's well that ends well, eh
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by, held hands in scary situations, gave wise advice, expanded my horizons and cheered me on when I was sceptical!
I'm pretty sure this grow would have turned out a bit differently without you!
Cheers!

 

[ligrow]

Really nice harvest!!
I wonder in your whole cycle. Do you pull the fan leaves that black beaches for buds?

Also growing in net. I'm into 4 weeks, I can tell I would not harvest as much as you did.
Trying to figure it out. If you can share your experience to me that would be awesome.

Happy grow

 

[calliandra]

Really nice harvest!!
I wonder in your whole cycle. Do you pull the fan leaves that black beaches for buds?

Also growing in net. I'm into 4 weeks, I can tell I would not harvest as much as you did.
Trying to figure it out. If you can share your experience to me that would be awesome.

Happy grow

Thanks
What I did is pretty much documented in this thread - check it out and feel free to ask if you have questions, I'll do my best to answer them

Yes, I did defoliate - and lots too, to help side branches grow up into an even canopy, before I switched to flower.
It was a good thing in my situation, because the whole grow was influenced by the mistake I made of planting 2 into a pot & the space meant for only one. Also, I had my lights too far down in early veg, so the plants grew very bushily - it was tight! lol

A while into flower, the plants started defoliating themselves - that was an effect of their not having enough space in their roots to maintain all of their leaves.

By the way the leaf drop stopped when I started watering them juust a little every day. My explanation is that because I have a no-till soil and thriving soil food web, the more constant ideal conditions allowed the microorganisms to actively provide nutrients more constantly too. Just as an aside haha

Anyway, I didn't defoliate in flower.
I had lots of budsites actually in the screen that were shaded by the leaves above.
But I didn't want to lose too much of the leaf mass, since the leaves are needed for photosynthesis - which gets the whole nutrient cycle going. No food, no flowers So I decided to stay on the non-invasive side of things and just let them do their thing.
Was that better than if I had removed them? I don't know, but I'm happy with the results
HTH

 

[TheStickMan]

And here it is, the whole harvest (minus a few tidbits here and there ) back in the closet where they grew

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When I air the jars I'm turning on the vent so I keep the odours under control - at the mo they're almost overwhelming I guess that will subside in a week or so... it will be time to start a new couple of ladies then too!

SO the grand total! =180g
Dawn -- the 6 jars on the left -- added up to 150g
Dusk -- the 3 to the right -- contributed 30g
she was smaller than she looked -- that became clear when I harvested her.
Also, I do believe Dawn would have yielded the total (and more) alone had she had the space to grow out more - lesson definitely learned!

Whew!
All's well that ends well, eh
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by, held hands in scary situations, gave wise advice, expanded my horizons and cheered me on when I was sceptical!
I'm pretty sure this grow would have turned out a bit differently without you!
Cheers!

Lovely!
I really like the dark reddy/orange colours on the buds!
And I agree, Dawn would have probably yielded more on her tod, but it would have been plain evil to have killed Dusk! lol it is definitely a learning curve, and we all will learn something new on every grow, at least it is fun learning!
180grams eh? I am a bit gutted that I guessed 177grams, I was way out!
Well done on a great grow, I've enjoyed following along and seeing it unfold, and Thank You for sharing it with us all! Here's to the next one!
Cheers

 

[ligrow]

Thanks
What I did is pretty much documented in this thread - check it out and feel free to ask if you have questions, I'll do my best to answer them

Yes, I did defoliate - and lots too, to help side branches grow up into an even canopy, before I switched to flower.
It was a good thing in my situation, because the whole grow was influenced by the mistake I made of planting 2 into a pot & the space meant for only one. Also, I had my lights too far down in early veg, so the plants grew very bushily - it was tight! lol

A while into flower, the plants started defoliating themselves - that was an effect of their not having enough space in their roots to maintain all of their leaves.

By the way the leaf drop stopped when I started watering them juust a little every day. My explanation is that because I have a no-till soil and thriving soil food web, the more constant ideal conditions allowed the microorganisms to actively provide nutrients more constantly too. Just as an aside haha

Anyway, I didn't defoliate in flower.
I had lots of budsites actually in the screen that were shaded by the leaves above.
But I didn't want to lose too much of the leaf mass, since the leaves are needed for photosynthesis - which gets the whole nutrient cycle going. No food, no flowers So I decided to stay on the non-invasive side of things and just let them do their thing.
Was that better than if I had removed them? I don't know, but I'm happy with the results
HTH

Thanks for your reply with that much detail!
Sorry I didnt go through all thread before I ask. It take me times to read in English, but I definitely will go through this thread.

I think what you did, really point out the mistake I made.
I did not defoliate when veg, in about three weeks into flower, I pull off almost every fan leaves.
this is what she look right now
https://www.rollitup.org/t/scrog-help.896830/page-3#post-12353121

Wish I can have my scorg like you did. really good thread also, I am going to finish rest of it right now.

 

[calliandra]

Lovely!
I really like the dark reddy/orange colours on the buds!
And I agree, Dawn would have probably yielded more on her tod, but it would have been plain evil to have killed Dusk! lol it is definitely a learning curve, and we all will learn something new on every grow, at least it is fun learning!
180grams eh? I am a bit gutted that I guessed 177grams, I was way out!
Well done on a great grow, I've enjoyed following along and seeing it unfold, and Thank You for sharing it with us all! Here's to the next one!
Cheers

Yep they're still changing in aspect whilst curing.. if I understand correctly the chlorophyll is supposed to fade with time too (on my first "grow" I didn't get to cure that long haha)

LOL yeah actually, we were joking around whether to "reduce" the yield so it matched your 177 perfectly haha -- but my son won over, since he had tipped 180 a while back and wanted to be the winner
Of course, neither of you were correct to the gram, since 4 colas went "missing" right after harvest -- but hey close enough! I'm really impressed, since I do not have that gift of being able to eyeball amounts

 

[calliandra]

Thanks for your reply with that much detail!
Sorry I didnt go through all thread before I ask. It take me times to read in English, but I definitely will go through this thread.

I think what you did, really point out the mistake I made.
I did not defoliate when veg, in about three weeks into flower, I pull off almost every fan leaves.
this is what she look right now
https://www.rollitup.org/t/scrog-help.896830/page-3#post-12353121

Wish I can have my scorg like you did. really good thread also, I am going to finish rest of it right now.

Ah cool you have a thread on it -- I'll check it out!

 

[TheStickMan]

Yep they're still changing in aspect whilst curing.. if I understand correctly the chlorophyll is supposed to fade with time too (on my first "grow" I didn't get to cure that long haha)

LOL yeah actually, we were joking around whether to "reduce" the yield so it matched your 177 perfectly haha -- but my son won over, since he had tipped 180 a while back and wanted to be the winner
Of course, neither of you were correct to the gram, since 4 colas went "missing" right after harvest -- but hey close enough! I'm really impressed, since I do not have that gift of being able to eyeball amounts

Yep once the chlorophyll has more or less faded, it will be a nice light green or greyish colour depending on the strain! I'm going to cure a nice big bud and stash it away for ages to see how good it gets!
Well,well done to him, I'm not a sore loser! lol
Where did those colas get to?!!
Is it too early yet to do a smoke report?

 

[Abucks]

And here it is, the whole harvest (minus a few tidbits here and there ) back in the closet where they grew

View attachment 3615731
When I air the jars I'm turning on the vent so I keep the odours under control - at the mo they're almost overwhelming I guess that will subside in a week or so... it will be time to start a new couple of ladies then too!

SO the grand total! =180g
Dawn -- the 6 jars on the left -- added up to 150g
Dusk -- the 3 to the right -- contributed 30g
she was smaller than she looked -- that became clear when I harvested her.
Also, I do believe Dawn would have yielded the total (and more) alone had she had the space to grow out more - lesson definitely learned!

Whew!
All's well that ends well, eh
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by, held hands in scary situations, gave wise advice, expanded my horizons and cheered me on when I was sceptical!
I'm pretty sure this grow would have turned out a bit differently without you!
Cheers!

That is frickin awesome! Love to see a great grow, and a happy grower! Enjoy your harvest, it will make all the frustration and anticipation worth it

 

[calliandra]

Yep once the chlorophyll has more or less faded, it will be a nice light green or greyish colour depending on the strain! I'm going to cure a nice big bud and stash it away for ages to see how good it gets!
Well,well done to him, I'm not a sore loser! lol
Where did those colas get to?!!
Is it too early yet to do a smoke report?

haha the ongoing smoke report states that they're getting better daily
Dusks buds were good to smoke pretty much right away but are improving in smootheness and richness of high.
Dawn is strong but a bit harsh and makes me not want to smoke her much before she settles a bit.
So, maybe in 1-2 weeks, I'll do a test smoke with a friend or so
Will report back!
Cheers

 

[whitebb2727]

Haha cool, tis noted

Actually, I think I've tripped myself on the canna oil thing - I froze the sugar leaves from Dusk thinking ice hash and then added Dawns cuttings to it... so now, I really don't know lol
you have to decarboxylate the weed for the thc to become effective since the oil apparently doesn't reach that temperature for long enough -- but when the leafage thaws, it'll go mush
ladida I think I messed that one up

It will be OK. I freeze my trim to and then bake then canna oil.

 

[calliandra]

It will be OK. I freeze my trim to and then bake then canna oil.

ohwow thats good news!
Do you thaw before baking, or just spread the frozen greens onto the cookie sheet and in she goes?

 

[whitebb2727]

ohwow thats good news!
Do you thaw before baking, or just spread the frozen greens onto the cookie sheet and in she goes?

Spread on a baking sheet or cookie pan and in the oven.

 

[calliandra]

Spread on a baking sheet or cookie pan and in the oven.

Awesome thanks, will do that then!

 

[whitebb2727]

Awesome thanks, will do that then!

No prob. Your in for some fun. It takes a couple or few batches to get the kinks worked out. Remember sometimes it can take a couple hours before the full effects hit you from edibles. I've screwed up a couple times and had too much. Lol. It can be uncomfortable and a little scary.

 

[Resinhound]

No prob. Your in for some fun. It takes a couple or few batches to get the kinks worked out. Remember sometimes it can take a couple hours before the full effects hit you from edibles. I've screwed up a couple times and had too much. Lol. It can be uncomfortable and a little scary.

I make a vegetable glycerin concoction with sugar leaves.The glycerin has a natural sweetness to it,with no flavors.I add a teaspoon of the concoction to a cup of hot water and It makes a very plesant herbal tea that keeps me medicated for about 4-6 hours.Sometimes ill use bud as well,the fun part is figuring out how strong your current batch is...so I start out with less and see how I feel in 2 hours.Lets just say I learned from experience to start low dose and work up..lol