Epic 4x4 Flowering Smackdown : 96 Elites vs 288s

[Axion42]

I wanna know the differences between the tastes and high of the flower, I'm old school I cant fuck with the wax and all that, gets me super faded.

 

[Or_Gro]

Looks pretty damn even man, good job what a great journal to follow. Cant wait for the next

Thanks!

Main and probably only significant difference is wattage....you can see it in the grams per watt number.

I’m happy with the job i did matching the lights...

I don’t like the lower yields than last grow, but the decision to train 60+ tops seems to have prettymuch guaranteed shorter canopy and lower yield. Good to know, and makes sense. Next grow, if conditions allow, i’ll shoot for midway between this and prev grow, so 30-40 tops.

 

[WeedSexWeightsShakes]

Hell yeah! You may need another one or two....just to use the garage space a little more efficiently...then another 2x4 for more propagation...then another table & lights....then...

I think what I have is going to keep me busy enough lol.
I’d like to invest in some solar panels

 

[Axion42]

I'm taking pointers of your mainlines as I'm attempting to do this on my current run, not as many tops though like you previously stated.

 

[WeedSexWeightsShakes]

Thanks!

Main and probably only significant difference is wattage....you can see it in the grams per watt number.

I’m happy with the job i did matching the lights...

I don’t like the lower yields than last grow, but the decision to train 60+ tops seems to have prettymuch guaranteed shorter canopy and lower yield. Good to know, and makes sense. Next grow, if conditions allow, i’ll shoot for midway between this and prev grow, so 30-40 tops.

I like having fewer tops for just the ease of trimming fewer bigger buds lol.

 

[Or_Gro]

I'm taking pointers of your mainlines as I'm attempting to do this on my current run, not as many tops though like you previously stated.

If you haven't seen this, fyi,

https://www.growweedeasy.com/mainlining-nugbuckets

 

[Ibn Vapin]

I meant to say to @Norml56 that the bud shot you put up looks great man. Just thought about that when I was looking at OG's pics and chart.

 

[Or_Gro]

I like having fewer tops for just the ease of trimming fewer bigger buds lol.

They grow taller, fill out more 3d space,.. i’m trying to zero in on the sweetspot for these setups...got it bracketed....

 

[Or_Gro]

For those who can’t get enuff of my bs, check out my next grow

https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-monumentally-epic-knockdown-dragout-take-no-prisoners-slapdown-aussie-high-light-vs-hlg-288.988144/page-10

 

[Warpedpassage]

I have a 1/2p of bud from each strain, from the mothers and the culled sisters, earlier in the grow...all of the current harvest is in deep freeze for later work.

Smokes well, i think the uvb effect is noticeable.

I understand it might be to early to say, but do you notice higher or maybe even a slightly different terpene profile with addition of uvb/a?

 

[Or_Gro]

I understand it might be to early to say, but do you notice higher or maybe even a slightly different terpene profile with addition of uvb/a?

Short answer, no.

The bud i kept for smoking did not run under uvb...the bud from the uvb tents is uncured (trying to be as close to “live” as possible) and is now frozen.

When i tasted for potency i didn’t try enuf, in a way that would give a good answer on terps.

It’ll likely be a while till i can bubble and press, but when that happens i’ll try to press some of the non-uv bud too, to taste if there is a noticeable diff.

Thanks for the idea!

 

[Or_Gro]

Here are some add’l pics from trimming with machine:

Trim
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Unscreened Kief
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Hand-Screened Kief (100 micron; 6.5g)
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No time now, trim & buds in deep freezer (-28C) awaiting their day to get thru machine w/ ice water —-> bubblebags...can’t wait!

Time to twist some kief rope...

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@Ibn Vapin , gonna press that kief as soon as it gets to 62% rh...

 

[Ibn Vapin]

@Ibn Vapin , gonna press that kief as soon as it gets to 62% rh...

Looks like you're gonna have some fresh cake batter on your hands when you do. That stuff has a gorgeous coloring to it bro. I'm halfway done trimming my Mgk right now, Hom3grown been giving me a hand, up to 3.03oz halfway thru. Potentially looking at between 6-7 when done, dried and jarred. Rbc going into week 2 of burpage n curing, gonna squish some of that once it's done. Looking forward to both that and what your pressed kief looks like. Have you done a lot of research on pressing kief/sift?

 

[Or_Gro]

Looks like you're gonna have some fresh cake batter on your hands when you do. That stuff has a gorgeous coloring to it bro. I'm halfway done trimming my Mgk right now, Hom3grown been giving me a hand, up to 3.03oz halfway thru. Potentially looking at between 6-7 when done, dried and jarred. Rbc going into week 2 of burpage n curing, gonna squish some of that once it's done. Looking forward to both that and what your pressed kief looks like. Have you done a lot of research on pressing kief/sift?

On pressing, in general, yes, which does touch on it; but not specifically, until earlier this morning: good article:

https://growlightcentral.com/blogs/news/best-pressure-temperature-humidity-pressing-time-make-rosin

 

[Ibn Vapin]

On pressing, in general, yes, which does touch on it; but not specifically, until earlier this morning: good article:

https://growlightcentral.com/blogs/news/best-pressure-temperature-humidity-pressing-time-make-rosin

Reading now but this is a decent article so far. I'll look and see if I can find something more specific to squishing kief/sift in a sec. Pretty sure bman has done it a few times too so may link you a few vids too if you want?

 

[Ibn Vapin]

That pressure guide from Pure Pressure I've seen before, if I had a dedicated grow room I'd probably print that shit out and tape it to the wall behind my press lol

 

[Ibn Vapin]

That's an excellent post OG, very good guide imo. Let's see if I can find you some more specific info ...

 

[Ibn Vapin]

@Or_Gro i think this one is pretty good:

Here's a vid of Pedro making a fucking mess creating some gorgeous hash rosin:

Best I can find without trolling YouTube videos. Next time I see a good one I'll link it to ya

 

[Or_Gro]

That pressure guide from Pure Pressure I've seen before, if I had a dedicated grow room I'd probably print that shit out and tape it to the wall behind my press lol

I copied that and post in threads whenever i need it...

 

[Or_Gro]

@Or_Gro i think this one is pretty good:

Here's a vid of Pedro making a fucking mess creating some gorgeous hash rosin:

Best I can find without trolling YouTube videos. Next time I see a good one I'll link it to ya

Thanks man...seen the 1st one several times and it’s a good one...I’m shooting for bubble like that jar!!!...



2nd one: hope mine turns out more like what you pressed from bud...



vid looks like old cured bud rosin....hopin too, to get closer to 80% after i get up the learning curve....


We’ll see, should be able to get a few oz of bubble to play with...