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Had some trouble with aphids at the start, but they’re mostly under control now (honestly, I'd rather smoke a bit of “protein” than pesticides or buy street weed lol). The plants are now in week 6 of flower. The breeder says 7-9 weeks to finish, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the trichomes to know for sure. :)

They’ve grown pretty tall because I had them outside in a greenhouse for the first two weeks, but they didn’t get enough light there. I moved them indoors to the tent, but I think that’s how they got the aphids. Because of the low light, they stretched a lot during veg.

I’m planning to harvest around the end of October. With the trim and popcorn buds, I’m going to try making my own THC vape juice. Never done it before, but I’ve already done decarbing for edibles, so it shouldn’t be too hard.

Anyone here made their own THC e-liquid before? I’ll post my results in a few weeks!

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[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those plants are gorgeous and I love to see the soil 🤩

That bud looks killer how many watts of light do you have in there?

[–] floppakid 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I’m running 150W with a Mars Hydro TS1000 LED right now, but I’m planning to upgrade to a bigger tent and stronger light soon. I’m using BioBizz Light Mix soil, planted directly into 5-gallon pots (no repotting this time). Thinking about trying hydroponics in the next grow—just curious to see how that goes!

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Planting directly into the pot is the way for sure, transplanting sucks lmfao

Hydro is a whole new animal, I've never tried but I'm excited to see how it goes for you

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Beautiful looking growmie, what’s the size of tent?

I’m in the process myself, I’ve made the fresh frozen bubble hash but trying to justify buying a rosin press to make the rosin to make the carts.

I know there’s other ways of extracting, but if I’m doing it, it’s gonna be as natural as possible, and fresh frozen hash > rosin > rosin carts is the only way to go. Any other way removes terps and cannabanoids and need to add them back in. But to each their own, just explaining my process and why!

[–] floppakid 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks, growmie! My tent is 70x70x160 cm, so about 0.5 m². I hadn’t really thought about the terpenes, so that’s good to know! I was also considering getting a rosin press in the future, maybe after the next grow. I like your all-natural approach with hash and rosin carts! Right now, I’m planning to use the POT by NOIDS (it’s an electric device that makes oil, wax via ethanol extraction, butter, and decarbed cannabis) to infuse Vegetable Glycerin (VG) with THC, then mix it with PG and a bit of flavor.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Nice job utilizing the space!

I will probably get some botanical terpenes for flavor to make some more “discreet”, but yeah I’m planning on using additives as much as possible, but I still currently buy carts with that shit, but I do love a nice Live Resin one once in a bit.

Your ladies are just about as long as mine, week 6, but mine says they go to 70.