Pulled the first batch of cobbs. I have a cold right now, so smell isn’t in great shape but got a sharp lemon pinesol aroma opening the vacuum bags. Tester nugs have been set aside for “evaluation” later this morning. Texture is remisicent of high school brick, but doesn’t smell anything like it. At all. Smells like I wrapped some dank up in a towel for the last 10 days or something 
Here’s after 10 days of towel treatment. There’s no externally obvious sign of anything crazy going on in there. No steam, no bulging.
Money shots. I don’t have an abundance of light in the shed before the sun comes up so two attempts demonstrating these don’t look like they used to. They are dry but not crumbly. If I had to guess they’re about optimum.
Repacked and into a paper bag to go in the cooler of destiny. Going to give care packages to the neighbors to make space, it is full to capacity at the moment.
The recipe for those (as-executed, not necessarily as-planned):
5 days dry 64F/62%, 30 hours 104F sous-vide, 10 days ~85F towel. Seemed like adequate moisture for “unification” of the buds, not adequate to require any supplemental drying or produce any evidence of visible water.
Unfortunately, yesterday morning I unplugged the humidifer when I opened the cabinet to reset my enviro logger (we just got internet back and I had to reconnect everything). I unplug it so it doesn’t go full-steam ahead when I open the door. I forgot to plug it back in. There isn’t but 3-4 trays of Panalawi in there so it went down to like 40% RH yesterday while I was at work. So that run may already be overdried for cobbing. It’s back to 60% on the nose now but my slow-dry for cobbing probably ruined. The leaves were crispy it’s hard to tell what the flower is like. I’m also considering RAISING the setpoint humidity to say 67%. Leaving it a few days or a week. That would be an easy way to set the water activity level to a repeatable, known level. What do you think @MissinBissin @US3RNAM3?
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@Klyphman I shucked the 907 x (BDxTKNL5 Haze) branch and was dissappointed to find only 3 seeds of that. I had to remove the main flower cluster due to bud rot signs late September but still expected quite a few seeds from the remaining flowers. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. I attempted to do the 907 x NL#1 branch but stopped as it was still too wet in the big cola but there are seeds falling out of the flower - I’m guessing there’s quite a few of these. I cut the sub flowers up and left them to dry more. The seeds look very nice and fully mature. I expect the 907xNL1 to be a great plant, but I’m guessing the NL1 isn’t going to improve the botrytis resistance of the 907. Maybe this’ll be the first thing I run in the tent this winter.
I’m doing my shucking in my trimbin, which is now full of kief. I’m going to make some more RSO as this is almost exclusively IBG and 907 trichs. Couple grams at least. I’ll do that when I finish shucking the 907xNL branch, then I’ll move on to the Panalawi shuck. I’d like to make some sativa candies from that, I’m thinking I can make a small batch just from the one 2’ seed cola. Maybe lemon flavor to complement the Panalawi aroma. I’m also thinking cinnamon may work out well for some reason.
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Got a bunch of stuff for the tent in my Amazon cart. Tent, fan + filter, clip on oscillating fan, some other odds and ends. I’m also entertaining some 2’ cheapo bar LEDs for the veg/clone side of the tent. I’ve been offered a cut of MOB which I’d like to take in as soon as possible. I’d be using this side for starting seeds and keeping clones. The flower side would probably also be used for this purpose come spring, but for the next 4-5 months I want to grow some dense indica flower.
What do you guys think about something like this for the veg-side of the tent? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QFPBQDR/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?pd_rd_i=B07QFPBQDR&
There’s a segregated side of the tent where I can veg and keep moms, so it’ll require its own set of lights. I like the idea of small lights I can add/remove them to adjust intensity. Pink in this image:
I really like these seed starter/cloning vessels due to the height flexibility and venting options, but the cost is high. I’m from the school of buy once, cry once, so I may pull the trigger but there are definately much cheaper options. I see these lasting several years. Even my cheap humidity dome has lasted 2 years but the trays are suffering by now. Amazon.com: EarlyGrow 95457 24" x 15" x 16.75" Domed Propagator, Green, 3 Side Extenders and Locking Clip Set : Patio, Lawn & Garden any thoughts for/against?
I’ll swing by the grow shop and see how much of this I can pick up locally, I’d prefer to support that before I order from Amazon. Lots of these posts are just me recording what’s going on and stream of conciousness rambling. Anyone who tries to read this stuff probably already realizes this.
Get that indoor going. I’ve put together everything for mine but the soil and the cloning gear. Grabbing a bag Cambium Harvest Super Grow HD today. Clones will be here next couple weeks.
