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Hey 420 , here I go again [emoji94][emoji91][emoji94] FF Super Soil 2 x Zurple Punch in one tote 2 x White Wedding Cake and 2 x Strawberry Field in other tote. The below process is of the last 7 weeks , hopefully flipping in 2 weeks Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

Sorry guys, not much to update on here - just harvesting as plants are maturing. Do not have much left in the tent anymore. Some dry bud pics, I always struggle to take nice bud pics though and these are not the best but hopefully help give you guys an idea. Frost on all 3 is pretty good, particularly the sugarcane (duh) and frosted apricots. Slurricane is also frosty but I feel a tad less than the other two. These are not macro photos, just taken with a cell camera and then cropped. These are also not the biggest buds / colas, just reached into the jar to take out what I could get. I will admit that weight wise, none of these 3 are exceptional yielders but not terrible either. I have had other plants yield less. They also do not produce huge colas, unlike the cheese and LSP which I grew this time around. You can click on the picture to open it and zoom in a bit too. Sugarcane: Slurricane: Frosted Apricots:

but.... bud is around 80% water... how can you preserve the weight...without preserving water weight as well?

So had a great day. Lots of people were not expecting to see that in the shop today. Owner had an “interesting” day, in all the good ways. Still feels completely surreal, seeing as a year ago I started growing for reals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

high temperature does accelerate drying (you should avoid all over 26, same rule as for flower. I prefer to dry at 20).. but the main component is RH. if you can keep that at 60%, things will end good. If your RH goes below 50%, you are toasting your weed and curing will stop when to dry, till you have moisture levels back into range again, 58-68%, sweet spot is 60-65%.. I aim for 62% (Boveda bags ^^). If climate goes to dry, I put buckets of water with cotton cloth hanging in the buckets to accelerate vaporization or in the dry tent i fill the floor with water (tray) and let ventilation run on humidity control alone. needs not much air flow. "Forgot ^^ and over 68% you will have mold forming.. very clear no go zone.. let those dehumidifiers run!!" My own drying procedure is rather simple. First day I like it a bit more dry, 50% RH. Second day I try to set it at 60% and then take plants depending how heavy they are. Anything dry before 5 days passed.. I kinda failed. Anything later.. better job done. I hang whole plants or put buds on dry racks.. depending on the climate. When it is rather humid, I dress the buds for racks to dry on. If more dry, I hang whole plants to slow down drying process with more moisture to get rid off. Racks I usually use in combination with a dehumidifier. So we really talk wet humid climate. The better you do your drying and curing, the better the result.. but just the procedure will not turn bad weed to good weed.. genetics always rule ^^

I'm not being a hater or anything, but I work with solder and SMD stations. The fitting of the LED's looks like it's done by hand with a soldering iron... That's not ideal coz dry joints are a real thing.

@Dookie69 What spectrum are the LM301B diodes on the InDorSun light? You can see the light is more of a neutral / cool white compared to the Mars lights which are more of a warm white, I am guessing around 3500K?

So what is Sublimation? Well in short, sublimation is a process during which a solid is turned into a gas, skipping the liquid stage in between. Controlled radiant heat is applied during this process, converting the frozen moisture in the product directly into vapor. Okay, but what does that actually mean? It means you can cure your cannabis through freezing technique, one such famous technique is cyro cure / cyro freeze. "Cryo Cure’s patent-pending cannabis drying and curing process gives harvested cannabis that “fresh from the farm” feeling, preserving the color, smell, and texture lost during the typical weekslong curing process. By skipping the hanging drying process, “Cryo Cured” cannabis evades human error that could ruin a harvest, increasing yield while delivering product to retail shelves faster than ever before in the cannabis industry." HOW DOES THE CRYO CURE CANNABIS CURING MACHINE WORK & CAN YOU STIIL DO IT WITHOUT ONE? STEP 01: FREEZING The first step in the Cryo Cure process is to freeze the cannabis or industrial hemp to -20 to -30 degrees for no less than 10 hours to preserve the shape and integrity. Select Cryo Cure models have a built-in freezer for this purpose, or you can use a separate freezer that’s the right size and specifications for sub-critical temperatures STEP 02: VACUUM PRESSURE The now-frozen product is placed into the material chamber under vacuum pressure in order to facilitate sublimation. STEP 03: SUBLIMATION We already touched on this, this is when sublimation occurs STEP 04 CONDENSATION: The vapor is condensed back into a solid and collected in the ice bank STEP 05 DEFROST: The ice in the ice bank is melted and drained from the ice bank in the form of a hydrosol liquid. Any terpenes lost in the sublimation process can be reclaimed from the hydrosol to be used in other processed products such as vape pens and oils. THATS ALL GREAT BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE AVARAGE JOE As promising and innovating as that all sounds, not all of us have the financial backing to invest on a cryo-freeze machine. BUT that's not the end of it, we can actually take the same principal and apply it using a "FROST-LESS" freezer. The outcome when done right is bigger and fresher bud with enhanced terpene profile & smell. SO HOW CAN WE TRY TO REPLICATE IT? This is what you wanna do.... Grab something like a small cardboard box or plastic container & place under your buds leaving buds open to air. Do not lay it on bare plastic, most of today's plastics aren't breathable in certain temps. Use some type of breathable material. Leave it in the frost-less freezer for two weeks. Don't touch them, if anything grab some tongs(lunch lady style) turn them each side one week each so both sides are exposed(VERY GENTLY TRICHS WILL FALL IN THESE TEMPS). Third week take it out a hour a day before returning it into the freezer, after the 3rd week you may remove it OUT FREEZER & into jars to continue cure for a week+ or as normal This method doesn't not replicate the cyro freeze in terms of speed that cryo freeze achieves at full cure in 24hrs, but it does somewhat replicate the preservation of weight and taste that you will never achieve with hang drying NOTE: A "FROST-LESS" freezer is required, normal freezer will build-up frost on your buds damaging them & I would suggest you try it out with a small batch first

The last few stragglers outside, I love this time of year. The jars are full, your sick of trimming and you just smile as all the season's hard work comes together.

Cut down the Alien OG a while ago and the rest of the plants have had very little issues with WPM since. Veg tent doing well, gonna be moving the White Afghan Skunk into the greenhouse soon. Quite impressed with the Orient Express, filled out to a nice size and had little issues with some of the troubling conditions. The constant rain seems to have stopped and it should be able to be harvested in a few weeks. The Crescendo clones and Dirty Banana seem to be doing just fine. The Sakura looking quite frosty, read that the Pre-98 bubba needs a lot of Veg time to produce big buds, definitely going to do that next time, but I accomplished my main goal of more seeds.

Curing is based on friction, humidity, light and temperature. If you go to dry, your weed will not cure anymore.. how you know when you are done? curing happens when you have enough water still present.. but not enough to let mold form.. the mold not stopping the curing.. but hinders you from smoking it. I had a quick read.. you find all from: makes weed taste better to.. makes it taste like hay. Only way I see to not mess things up. Balance to 62%, put in a vacuum tight container and then freeze it to store... but why pump energy in something that isn't really needed? I cure with bags and have humidity sensors inside the jar. If your bags get crystalline from remoistening dryer batches, just put em in a empty jar with a wet cotton ball. Boveda bags you can use till they hit mold.. then I would dump the bag. A very full bag is also not reducing humidity anymore.. can use those bags also to get more moisture in a dry bag. Once a jar is on 62% for 2 weeks, I take out the bag(s) and sensor and clean lid and top to have a very air tight closure. Then store in a new, unused fridge.. I just don't have on power ^^ dark, air tight and the plastic they use is usually microbe resistant, plus keep temp quite constant inside. The sensors tell you if you are in the green.. over 68% you take the weed out and put it back on a drying frame for 12 hours.. then check again. Let the jars rest for 24 hours before you take the reading.. takes a bit to even out moisture.

Seems to working a charm. Even had my mom excited for the exhibition. Times surely are changing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

144 diodes on 110 Watts? How comes my QBs have 288 diodes and draw 120 watt??? How hot do those diodes get? How much you paid for the light? What numbers you got to hang that light in Germ, Veg and Flower? I have rather big issues to put your numbers together to make sense.. the paint job would have made me send it back. If you can't use a brush, at least use a spray can I see your other lights have cooling integrated.. where does this light get cooling from? I just see a flat case, no ribs or active ventilation inside the lamp, closed case.. weird! Addon Friends bar lamp setup is 5 bars of 120 watts each (600 watt total on a dimmer)... I would prefer that over your setup for a 1.2x1.2 area.. better light spread.

Hey Guys, I will be hosting an event at my local watering hole this weekend, Sunday. Anyone is welcome to come and enjoy. A couple talks about soil and what to do with your left overs, a small 420 giveaway and should be a couple people selling homemade pipes and hemp items.

There is a bit of a debate around this locally manufactured brand centred around value for money. That thread is on the Futurama post under vendors. Anyway. After seeing the InDorSun facility on YouTube (Marijuana SA Chanel) I had a look at their site and found what I was looking for. A thin form light with Far Red to supplement my two existing Mars SP250’s in my 1,2 x 1,2m tent, bringing the power up to 590w. As an added bonus I have connected this 110w light to my inverter for load shedding, to keep the light cycle going. Here are the specs: I placed my order online and had a question about the courier charge. Next day I was contacted my someone from the company and we got talking about other lights in their stable. This led me to having a conversation with their technical guy who actually spoke me out of a more expensive light once he understood my needs. I really like this, it builds confidence and relationships. After one working day my light arrived. Inside it was well wrapped in bubble wrap. Other lights I’ve bought have had custom made foam for the light body and 9mm plywood pieces to cover the LED’s. The LED’s on the Comet are recessed and behind a plastic cover, but still I think the packaging needs to be tougher in case the couriers are careless. The fixture is lightweight and rigid. The Meanwell driver is inside and out of view, and no heat sink is visible. The unit comes with a 3m power cable and has no dimming available. The manufacturer can fit dimming if necessary. The finish on the fitting was a bit disappointing. The protruding bolts should have cap screws fitted and the touch up paint job / scratches would upset some people... The business end of the fixture is covered by some kind of super clear Perspex. You can see the far-red diodes ringed in red. The hanging arrangement is not the most elegant, however each hanging point can be adjusted precisely because the brackets slide within the Chanel. I felt I had to secure the bracket from accidental bumping, that’s how loose they are in the Chanel. Maybe I’m just paranoid. Lucky me. White duct tape. The far red is switchable. Here is the Comet nestled between the two SP250’s: That’s about it, I’ll see how this arrangement improves yield. Local is lekker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes the oil pump is a nice feature, it's like having a swimming pool to your house or sunroof to your car. Gota get the pump

Found a good video describing cryo freeze technology better its actually an ad for cryo cure Cryo Cure Video

heeeeeey!! this looks like my grow style!! large totes with multiple plants, and a hand made scrog net!! lol for a second i thought this was my grow hahaha

Josh D OG and Dog Patch are now both live

I dont think we allowed to link to other forums but there a certain international forum, with this same topic and people getting heated over it, its a few pages long but if you read through it, alot of the people who didn't think would work actually commented back saying it actually works. I agree with all of what you saying hence why i was one of the guys on that forum throwing smoke at the people for the same reasons as you mentioned, the truth is you have to try it, dont know why but it seems to work better than hang dry. And we all agree that slow dry is the way to go, no questions about it but for some strange reason this method has worked for many better than hang drying, and if im too judge on my 2nd try i will have to agree

Freezing will dry up the weed, if you do not put it in a vacuum tight container. Sublimation will always go till the air around is saturated, max it can take on. As storing weed longterm in freezers is common practice... works if done correctly... i never heard it improves the taste, what is a interesting point. As said, willed to test it, as i never tried it nothing wrong with more taste. Question is, how much is such a freezer?

Pushing these diodes at full, no way to cool them down and heat to escape the housing, no help on PPFD or PAR and heights. I really dont see this lasting very long. Your friends light will probably have cooling and no funny quality issues? Price too? Added, a product with a coating, should be powder coated, not painted, or left clean.

I will give it a try.. next batch of harvest I let a plant go freezer and see And a word to water curing... if you have a light moldy batch, this can save the smoke, not the taste. As much as I agree that water curing provides a very smooth smoke in a week.. it also kills all tastes and flavors you had in there.. really.. dump it before you water cure.. or you are very very desperate to just smoke something

Good on you man, taking that step foward in changing the mindset around cannabis and showing your work to people of cape Town. I'm all for the movement of changing people's mind set of cannabis. Because let's be real there's still alot of people that associate cannabis with the wrong ideas and it's our duty as caltivators to change that mind set. So good one man

Outdoor camping store.. way cheaper as the bubble hash machine... and I think is the same.. you just get no 220 mircon bag with the machine..

And were live. Good 420 morning everybody Big thanks goes to Collaborate Cape Town for providing the space Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pricy https://africansmoke.co.za/store/Harvest-Right-Freeze-Dryer-p175437022

They do look pretty edible...

Does look really good! Noice☝☝☝

Thx man , yeah went through a few different grow styles like RDWC , Coco/perlite, FF Greenbag with amendments mostly in flower and then@SkunkPharm introduced me to soil . Last run I did 7 clones per tote and got 649/sqm and 1,4g/w .Ended up with this simple practical style , depends on the clone size il veg 4-8 weeks and then flip Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

I gave my plants it’s first SST yesterday and they all look like it was well received. I did however, have white residue on some of the leaves(hand pour the tea) that made me worry whether I had powdery mildew but after proper inspection, the areas that have this white residue on it was situated where water could be collected by the leaves .eg. Where the stem meets the leaf and in the groves of the leaves. it look more like white paint or baby powder than fungi looking and came off the leaves quite easy. I plucked those leaves just in case but threw them away so don’t have any pics to show.

That's some good looking dank right there, must taste super too.

Hi guys, We have just restocked : - Guerilla Fume - Orange Road with a significant price reduction as well

In theory yes, compared to most techniques / curing methods yes

Exactly, too fast I'd guess and leave behind some of the colour, being the chlorophyll. That stuff isn't great inside you, burnt too. Nothing at all wrong with more taste but as you mentioned, what the cost implications of this taste and are they worth the added?

Signs of a person who is well educated and knowledgeable, you have the complete correct understanding of the dry and cure process Prom. I fully back this up and follow this religiously on my dry and cure. Removing the chlorophyll from the plant can only be done slowly, and if you dont remove it, you smoke it. Makes a harsh and more bitter smoke. Rushing or freezing it, will lock that moisture and chlorophyll in and trap it.

@PromI love the way describe things, and you make your point so much more this way. Also enjoy your similar views of products and life in general

I thought the same thing, very untidy and paint work is so so, I'd never have accepted the light, as is. My opinion only.

It's probly the same way how cryo freeze preserves the weight and taste with full cure within 24hrs. You will have to do some research on cryo freeze to understand the reasons for frost-less freezer, there's a book out covering it very well as on the international forums. I'm not on how's and whys it works except it does. it's a highly debateable topic all over due to its nature. At first I also thought what alot of BS, 15 years growing, I've tried all the curing method out there so ofcuz I thought this was too good to be true but you have to try it to be able to give an opinion so that's what I did and after trying the first time with fail you would think that was enough, however I found out I did a few things wrong the first time, so I did it a 2nd time, I found out why some swear by it , take a gram and try it for yourself and let us know here. I will try it a 3rd time and if it's anything like the last cure, I will only cure this way . If you want to further understand this method search Sublimation using a frost-less freezer, and cryo freeze

Doesn't increase the intial yield it preserves the wet weight of your buds. When you hang dry you can lose up 50% of your weight

How does using this process increase the yield?

Nice dude.

What a pot of kak. The crosses I’ve grown from you were awesome. Especially the Glamberry Or this glamberry. Tuff as nails. Same pot and soil since august. Baby flower, reveg, cascading beautiful. Keep on man, got your back. The internet is full of assholes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Week 11. Ladies are into flower mode with one deciding to go purple. Temperature dropping fast overnight on the reservation so we'll see what happens.

This is one of the moms(X1). A better picture of the the clone army. There are 3 plants that have not stretched as much as the others, all came from X2.

Just phenomenal work. Love your cooling setup. Top notch.