Cannabis Harvesting and Refinement

Hello I just hung up my plant that I had growing in the bush. I soaked it in water first to get rid of little spiders that were on it (not spidermites but these wierd little spiders light in colour sort of whitish) they didn't seem to be doing the plant harm and they have been on it the whole time. Anyway they all drowned and I was quite happy indeed. I shook the plant off and layed it on newspaper for a little while and then hung it up with a fan on low speed blowing it and twirling it around slowly. That got most excess moisture off and I plan to now leave it hanging in a spare room for 2 weeks or until snap dry. I will then do a lock down on the buds unti…

Hey people. I am relitively new to the growing game, but been smoking for 1 year now.... Generally i just hang the buds in the grow room and leave the fans running to get good circulation... Whats the best way to keep the most weight in the buds?? Thanks for any replies...

gday all, this is my first post and its about my plants which im drying in my spare room, ive got three plants that are fairly thick and got its share of nugs, well i put them upside down 6 days ago in my shed and then moved them to the spare room. Now they are all dry to the touch and i cant feel much moisture in the middle of the buds anymore, so i thought now would be the time to cure them as the smell and the taste of the bud right now isnt that great. i put some small and medium buds in a tupperware container and left in the bottom of my cupboard to cure,(just to test before i put the rest in). when i woke up andn checked them the smelled really strange, like still g…

Hey guys, its been a while since i have posted but im back now. I recently picked up some bud and wanted your input on what kind of bud this is and if its needs to be cured further. Looks really good. Very Green, sweet aroma, and very very sticky. Thx for the help all

How would you go about drying your crop in a outside setup? Does anyone here use soemthing like this? The reason i can do it in anyof the sheds or inside is i just recently moved back home with the parents inbetween my next house and they would not aprove. Any help would be great. Thank you

Hi guys, As most of you have probably experienced with commercially grown/bought weed, it often hasn't been flushed properly and has plenty of shite in there from the nutes and it usually isn't dried and cured properly either (I'm assuming because the moisture increases the weight, and therefor value?) Is it possible to do anything with this weed to make it better to smoke? I'm desperately trying not to spin my weed since I quite cigarettes, but with the dope I've been getting lately, if I smoke it green it nearly kills my lungs and throat. From what I have read on here, if the buds ARE dried and cured correctly, it shouldn't be quite so bad. So, my questions: 1…

I was wondering how u can get more then 1 harvest out of your plant. I heard you just cut a little below where the buds are and then you put miracle grow on immediently after u cut and i guess the flowering stage is supposed to start all over. I was just wondering if that really worked because i heard u can get up to 3 or 4 harvests out of the 1 plant.

I was reading up on curing today and came across "Water Curing" - not sure if this has already been posted but I found it a really interesting idea :scratchin I'm wondering if anyone has used this method and if so, can you comment on the loss of flavour which can result ? the increase in potency maybe compensates, but I really judge my smoke by its smell and by the smoking flavour - potency is important ... but I don't mind smokin a little extra if the flavour is good

Does anyone have any information about compacting your crop into small bricks?

Anyone have any idea if the trich colour is affected during drying time? Can't wait for the 70% amber , 30% cloudy trich ratio. Just wondering if any kind of reaction occurs while the little buds are sittin there in their jar. Thanx

does anyone know about electric food dehydraters for the drying phase?...this is my first harvest (wish i had a camera), and i have begun to harvest...somebody told me at some point in the past they used a dehydrator...has anyone ever tried it? peace