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Grump's Indigo Sapphire Grow 🌱

You can run high humidity, they are tropical plants.

But clean environment for indoors, and sufficient airflow.

I can say upgrade you're air flow power

Or we can look at you're room dimensions, math out the CFM, correlate to proper VPD for high growth rate cannabis
 
You can run high humidity, they are tropical plants.

But clean environment for indoors, and sufficient airflow.
We don't get any other mold in the basement. Two dehueys running full time and it stays 35-45% down there.

I can say upgrade you're air flow power

Or we can look at you're room dimensions, math out the CFM, correlate to proper VPD for high growth rate cannabis
Airflow isn't my issue. The tent is fine. It's just the plants I chopped and put in the Cannatrol. I went way above recommended weight and the Trol couldn't keep the humidity down. Found 3 nugs with obvious mold as I was unloading it for the next round. Found mold in one of the nugs we've brought up for smoking. I'm keeping a watchful eye on anything that gets broken up now.

The Grow was on point this round. I just flubbed the dry by packing the Cannatrol too full. It's gonna be a wasted investment if it'll only do one plant at a time...
 
We don't get any other mold in the basement. Two dehueys running full time and it stays 35-45% down there.


Airflow isn't my issue. The tent is fine. It's just the plants I chopped and put in the Cannatrol. I went way above recommended weight and the Trol couldn't keep the humidity down. Found 3 nugs with obvious mold as I was unloading it for the next round. Found mold in one of the nugs we've brought up for smoking. I'm keeping a watchful eye on anything that gets broken up now.

The Grow was on point this round. I just flubbed the dry by packing the Cannatrol too full. It's gonna be a wasted investment if it'll only do one plant at a time...

a little extra prevention you can do next time is also let the buds dry a little extra before the grove bags. i found mine turns out the best when i bag it up after i think it's too late almost. like i feel the buds and think damn i might have over dried.. when i get that feeling thats when my cures turn out the best.

you buds should be dry enough that it makes a tiny mess on the table from you bagging it up. crispy or crunchy is the way i would describe it.
 
a little extra prevention you can do next time is also let the buds dry a little extra before the grove bags. i found mine turns out the best when i bag it up after i think it's too late almost. like i feel the buds and think damn i might have over dried.. when i get that feeling thats when my cures turn out the best.

you buds should be dry enough that it makes a tiny mess on the table from you bagging it up. crispy or crunchy is the way i would describe it.
They spent 10 days in the Troller. 6 on the dry setting and 4 on the cure. Moldy before they ever hit bags.

Humidity in there has still been hella high, even after stuffing it with half the weed as before. I've been leaving the door cracked for a bit here and there.
 
Moldy before they ever hit bags.

thats right, my bad.. i think you mentioned that before.

mold is one thing i've never dealt with.. bud rot yeah but no mold experience at all.
 
We don't get any other mold in the basement. Two dehueys running full time and it stays 35-45% down there.


Airflow isn't my issue. The tent is fine. It's just the plants I chopped and put in the Cannatrol. I went way above recommended weight and the Trol couldn't keep the humidity down. Found 3 nugs with obvious mold as I was unloading it for the next round. Found mold in one of the nugs we've brought up for smoking. I'm keeping a watchful eye on anything that gets broken up now.

The Grow was on point this round. I just flubbed the dry by packing the Cannatrol too full. It's gonna be a wasted investment if it'll only do one plant at a time...
Ahh I see.

Overloaded the cannatrol space lol
 
They spent 10 days in the Troller. 6 on the dry setting and 4 on the cure. Moldy before they ever hit bags.

Humidity in there has still been hella high, even after stuffing it with half the weed as before. I've been leaving the door cracked for a bit here and there.
Maybe let them hang out in the room for some more time before placing in cannatrol if your gonna pack it.
 
Tent batch dried. 8 ounces there so 21.5 total. Waiting in the Cannatrol's load for a final weight. Then everything will get put into grove bags and stuffed in the troller for a controlled cure.

Best harvest so far and there's still a plant to weigh.
Best harvest if I disregard the mildy buds......
Heaviest harvest. Let's just say that.
 
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Tent batch dried. 8 ounces there so 21.5 total. Waiting in the Cannatrol's load for a final weight. Then everything will get put into grove bags and stuffed in the troller for a controlled cure.

Best harvest so far and there's still a plant to weight.
Best harvest if I disregard the mildy buds......
Heaviest harvest. Let's just say that.

Welcome to the big bud club man! ;rockb
Anything bigger than beer bottles puts me in mold prevention mode during ripening and after harvest but as mentioned I wash buds too then let drip dry with a fan blowing hard on them right after cutting down. After an hour or so I don't see any fresh spots of water below I dry as usual. Not sure if that would help ya but washing is something that could help in prevention.
 
Welcome to the big bud club man! ;rockb
Anything bigger than beer bottles puts me in mold prevention mode during ripening and after harvest but as mentioned I wash buds too then let drip dry with a fan blowing hard on them right after cutting down. After an hour or so I don't see any fresh spots of water below I dry as usual. Not sure if that would help ya but washing is something that could help in prevention.
Something to consider for sure.

I usually break down the big ones. After this go at it, I realize that my aspirations are too big for the Cannatrol.

Future runs will be dried in the tent. I should have a minisplit installed for that. That aughta improve on my hang-dries. Then I'll cure in grove bags stuffed in the Cannatrol. It just can't handle my harvests.

If the plant that I'm drying in there right now turns out to be way better than the hang dry, maybe I'll consider a bigger unit when they hit the market.
Probably not though.. even if it's 3x the size of the little one.. it won't hold my harvests.
 
It's gonna be a wasted investment if it'll only do one plant at a time...
Depending on how large your plants are that may just be how it goes.
I like to think when I grow different strains that I can pull the earliest finisher and controllably dry it while still using the room to continue the finish grow.
I have grown almost 20 plants at one time and there is no way I get even 20% of that [ 4 plants ] in the cannatrol but I like the thought I can pull the first one or two when it is done.

I prefer drying in my room.
 
Terrible update because I don't have any pictures but I do have a final weigh in..

Front two plants netted 13.5 ounces. That's the batch I overloaded in the Trol and ended up with mold.

Back 2 plants were dried separately. 1 went in the Trol and 1 into baskets hung in the tent.

Tent plant ended at 8 ounces after a 4 day dry at basement temps with 58% humidity. Trol plant yielded 8.5 ounces after a 4 day dry with a 4 day cure.

30 ounces total from my 5x5. Most definitely a personal best, almost doubling my previous high.

I can throw out the moldy and still smoke over a pound of good good.

Frosty as hell and tastes good after the minimal cure. Super stoney-baloney too. I had to walk my wife through ordering at the Wendy's drive-thru last night.

I'll get some pictures loaded up soon. Either tonight or tomorrow, or maybe when I come back in a week or two with a final smoke report.

I'll be taking a little break after this run. I'm tearing everything down and packing it all up because we'll be giving free roam to some HVAC guys in the next week or two. Need a new AC but we'll be having them quote me a new furnace and whole house filter and maybe a new softener with a bigger pressure tank.

Next run will be totally revamped and rebuilt with all the extra goodies I got from the Mr. Red himself. Sad to shut it all down for a while but I'm super stoked to start fresh with new build.

30 ZIPS!!
 
Welcome to the big bud club man! ;rockb
Anything bigger than beer bottles puts me in mold prevention mode during ripening and after harvest but as mentioned I wash buds too then let drip dry with a fan blowing hard on them right after cutting down. After an hour or so I don't see any fresh spots of water below I dry as usual. Not sure if that would help ya but washing is something that could help in prevention.
You use H2O2 or just dip in clean water? I’ve one been but twice by bud rot. Once indoor and once outdoor. Still twice to many.
 
You use H2O2 or just dip in clean water? I’ve one been but twice by bud rot. Once indoor and once outdoor. Still twice to many.

Lemon juice or baking soda and I use three 5 gallon buckets. I like lemon juice because it's not really foreign to cannabis since they share terp profiles and chemicals.
1st bucket is 1 cup of lemon juice to 5 gallons of water. Next two buckets are just clean water for a double rinse.
Branch by branch I dip in the lemon juice bucket and swirl it around for about minute then lift and drain. Do the same with the next two buckets.
The last bucket in line should stay clean so if it dirties up then more washing or better rinsing in the first two buckets is needed.


Bud rot happens to me during the grow. IDK if my situation is unique or not but if I didn't use the array of fans I do I'd lose every harvest. There's a total of 12 fans in my room and six are there for the sole purpose of preventing bud rot in the colas. Sounds and seems like overkill but that's what it takes for my situation.
 
terrible update because I don't have any pictures but I do have a final weigh in..

man i was all high and read that wrong and kept reading for the terrible part then realized it was because of no pics!! hahaha

congrats on the haul man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to walk my wife through ordering at the Wendy's drive-thru last night.

uh uh uh uh i want uh yeah!! hahahaha
 


Very nice haul man and too bad about mold but was happy to read it wasn't disastrous like it was about to sound.

Gotta ramble about something I've been seeing lately I'd share from the dooshbag capitol of America..The rubber ducks don't seem to just be for Jeeps anymore. I'm seeing them on the dashes of subarus, land rovers, and that Mercedez suv that looks like a landrover. A hummer had big ones, like the size of footballs on the dash.
People are leaving the tiny kind in parks and greenbelts and now the city is asking them to stop because it's littering and some are so small they could be swallowed by animals.
And BTW, you're right. When I sold my Wrangler, a chick bought it 🙃
 
Very nice haul man and too bad about mold but was happy to read it wasn't disastrous like it was about to sound.
Little curveball for the marijuana impaired

Gotta ramble about something I've been seeing lately I'd share from the dooshbag capitol of America..The rubber ducks don't seem to just be for Jeeps anymore. I'm seeing them on the dashes of subarus, land rovers, and that Mercedez suv that looks like a landrover. A hummer had big ones, like the size of footballs on the dash.
People are leaving the tiny kind in parks and greenbelts and now the city is asking them to stop because it's littering and some are so small they could be swallowed by animals.
And BTW, you're right. When I sold my Wrangler, a chick bought it 🙃
Alright.. this has gotten out of hand.
I've had my truck for 2 months or so and haven't been ducked. Might get a personalized plate that says NODUCKS. That or LILPEEN. Can't decide...

yes!! i made it, i'm a douchebag now... got me a grow room duckie!!!!! ;thup

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so Grump what do ya got up your sleeve for when ya start back up? you gonna go clones again or back to multi bean/multistrain?
Man a multi-strain run sounds cool, but you can't beat a full harvest from 4 healthy clones. Even when they went wonky, I got over a pound. With the good genes, 2 lbs. Mix wonky and good genetics and the wonky ones get tossed.

I'll go multi-strain when I have 4 proven moms to pull clones from.
 
Little curveball for the marijuana impaired


Alright.. this has gotten out of hand.
I've had my truck for 2 months or so and haven't been ducked. Might get a personalized plate that says NODUCKS. That or LILPEEN. Can't decide...


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Man a multi-strain run sounds cool, but you can't beat a full harvest from 4 healthy clones. Even when they went wonky, I got over a pound. With the good genes, 2 lbs. Mix wonky and good genetics and the wonky ones get tossed.

I'll go multi-strain when I have 4 proven moms to pull clones from.
LILPEEN

LOL
 
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