Densing an Harding buds

kmog33

kmog33

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Most of density is genetics, heat is second. You can give some sats as much light as you want and the nugs will never get as dense as say a GDP. You can only get nugs as dense as they have the potential to be, but most of maximizing the quality of your end result mostly has to do with keeping your environment in line. And if your room is good, usually strains will shine for you.

No one should ever vacuum seal or compress buds to make them more sense.... That's super silly, just get your system in check lol.


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shorelineOG

shorelineOG

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It actually works pretty damn good. You don't flatten your buds, you tighten them as much or as little as you want. Do you own a vacuum sealer? You guys really should stop growing auto strains and feminized seeds also.
kmog33 said:
Most of density is genetics, heat is second. You can give some sats as much light as you want and the nugs will never get as dense as say a GDP. You can only get nugs as dense as they have the potential to be, but most of maximizing the quality of your end result mostly has to do with keeping your environment in line. And if your room is good, usually strains will shine for you.

No one should ever vacuum seal or compress buds to make them more sense.... That's super silly, just get your system in check lol.


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kmog33

kmog33

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shorelineOG said:
It actually works pretty damn good. You don't flatten your buds, you tighten them as much or as little as you want. Do you own a vacuum sealer? You guys really should stop growing auto strains and feminized seeds also.
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Lol I just think that density should be aimed for during growing, not through drying/curing. I only grow autos when I'm vegging photos out, and I've never bought an auto seed, but I have a lot of gifts and testers so I occasionally run them while I'm waiting for my regular beans to grow out. That way the autos get themselves out of the way when you do flip your photos. And fems are cool depending on where you get them from, there's been tons of side by sides with fems vs regs and if I recall, most of the time, the fems turned out better than the same regs seeds, I think because fems are generally selfed from the phenos that you're looking for anyways. I wouldn't suggest breeding with them, but that may just be my opinion, as I don't think there is any proof that this does anything more negative than just crossing regular beans.


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hotshotisdashit

hotshotisdashit

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shorelineOG said:
It actually works pretty damn good. You don't flatten your buds, you tighten them as much or as little as you want. Do you own a vacuum sealer? You guys really should stop growing auto strains and feminized seeds also.
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Ive only grown autos and fem photos. Never grew from regs. The biggest worry is growers say fem strains are more hermie prone. Ive only been growing for about 4 years continually and have only had 2 hermies. And im sure at least one maybe both were from me stressing them and not the fem plant itself. But again ive never grown from regular seeds. So....
 
since1991

since1991

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I think that "density" as a quality to be admired is kinda noobish and really for the newer "dro" crowd. Old timey growers dont really pay bud density as much attention as others. Especially old heads that know what the hell there doing growing some exotic tropic Sativa that certainly never gets "dense" like typical indica indoor hybrids.
 
since1991

since1991

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Taste flavor and quality of high is what i aim for. Sure dense bud structure is cool and all but way down on my list. Its all in the genetics. Its why l love this plant.....you just have so many different qualities in the plant itself. I hope that as cannabis gets "played" with more and more we dont lose any of that variety. Its so cool to germ seeds and see what happens in your particular set up and methods.
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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shorelineOG said:
It actually works pretty damn good. You don't flatten your buds, you tighten them as much or as little as you want. Do you own a vacuum sealer? You guys really should stop growing auto strains and feminized seeds also.
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Yes I do own a vacuum sealer and yes it does squish the buds tighter but I think this thread is about getting them tighter before you get to that stage, I think they are trying while still growing lol. Also auto's and femmed seeds have their place and anyone who says don't grow them is not thinking about the good reasons to do it, like short outdoor season and lack of time space inside re femmed. I've not found an auto I like but still searching, and please explain why femmed seeds are bad?
 
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adamh13 said:
On my last three weeks of flower for my autoflower, I have a bad nitrogen problem which I've tried to resolve the best I can I have flushed and fed up it up on the veg feed I have definitely slowed it down and there's enough deep green vegetation on it for to finish the growth. How ever the main reason I'm here is to find out what you guys do to dense out the buds and make them harder. Right now the buds are thick but I can still feel they are a little "airy" as such. So all I want to know is what do you guys recommended me do because I'm only going to be using nutes for another 8 days or so ?
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You gotta flush and flush some more. I'm gonna start a thread on flushing
 
since1991

since1991

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Autos have their place for sure. I have to admit....for a guy that has been growing for decades.....al kinds of varieties of cannabis.....my knowledge of autos is very very limited. Thats all about to change i think i would like to start delving in the world of autos myself especially outside. I dont know shit about them. I think growers that diss them either have had bad exp with them or just tow the line on the general consensus of autos and havent tried them at all. They are big in Spain....that i do know. Does anyone know why that is?
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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since1991 said:
Autos have their place for sure. I have to admit....for a guy that has been growing for decades.....al kinds of varieties of cannabis.....my knowledge of autos is very very limited. Thats all about to change i think i would like to start delving in the world of autos myself especially outside. I dont know shit about them. I think growers that diss them either have had bad exp with them or just tow the line on the general consensus of autos and havent tried them at all. They are big in Spain....that i do know. Does anyone know why that is?
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Perhaps a short growing season. I do it so their done before the planes fly and people look lol
 
since1991

since1991

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thumper60 said:
spain cali a

spain cali almost same lat ?
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Yeah. That Mediterranean climate. But Cali growers dont grow a shitload of autos like Spain do they? Autos are the norm for Spanish growers. I know the quality of them has gotten better last few years. Ive smoked auto buds. Its damn good.
 
since1991

since1991

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Is there an Auto forum here at riu? Let me take a look see. Iam interested this season coming up for Michigan. I can see some distinct advantages for outside.
 
researching

researching

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As said, genetics play a big role, temps, and light, certain additives / bud hardeners are supposed to work but I cant say definitively that they do. A good nutrient schedule helps I believe too.
 
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big-eared bandit

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You could also try a bio-synthetic nutes in weeks 5-6 with additional light power like everyone keeps advising. If that doesn't help then these guys might be on to something with it boiling down to the genetics....
 
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