Prawn Connery
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I know it's all personal preference, and I hope I didn't sound too rude, but manicuring a bud to within an inch of its life doesn't make it any more potent and, IMO, is a waste of good smoke. Those little sugar-coated fan leaves that stick out from the buds are just as potent as the buds themselves.that's a beautiful nug =).
Personally, I trim more than that. The reason has absolutely nothing to do with quality and imo, tightly manicuring buds probably does more harm than good. The reason I do it anyways is that I am somewhat dependent on other mmj patients donating to pay the cost of my grow (free weed is nice). Also the market here is extremely competitive. Primarily catering to a bunch of pretentious little posers who are mostly concerned about being able to impress their friends with how good their buds look.
If it was not for the need to provide better (arguable) appearances as opposed to quality, I would never waste my time with something like that. Unfortunately, arguing with people is counter productive to the goal of using their money to pay for my grow.
Maybe if I was more dedicated I'd turn all my trim into hash or canna-butter, but that's also time-consuming and I have a regular job and normal life, so can't devote myself to my plants 24/7. All my trim gets mulched. I always end up with plenty of bud to smoke, anyway.
It's basically a recirculating system that I have modified for drain to waste. Instead of the runoff draining back into the reservoir, it runs outside to my garden. I wouldn't recommend recirculating coco. It can be done, but there is a risk that bits of coco can clog your pump and lines if you don't strain it properly. Run to waste doesn't waste that much nutrient because you can run a weaker solution with just enough runoff each watering to flush excess salts.1 said:
A number of things can affect bud density, but genetics aside, it is mostly down to heat and light.
If your light source isn't strong enough, or your plants are too far away from the light source, you will obviously end up with airy bud.
However, if your room is too hot, your plants will naturally start to thin out and the buds they produce will be airy, like cotton candy. Hotter conditions tend to promote more stretch.
Overly humid conditions and lack of ventilation can also affect bud density in my experience, so it is important to have a lot of air going in and out of your grow room. If there is not enough air circulation, the plant doesn't get enough CO2 during the lights-on period to photosynthesise, and not enough O2 to respire at night. Bud quality can be severely affected.
Finally, if you treat vertical growing the same as any other form of growing - that is, making an effort to scrog or get all your branches as close to the light source as you can without burning - you will see very good results. The trick is to get the branches close enough to the lights to produce nice, thick buds, but not too close where they start to stretch (air out) and bleach.
You'll get the hang of it after a couple of vertical grows.
. heres a pic- odessy and unknown og clone both lookin kinda sad
