The heat-seals through the pollen leaks seem to be holding fine, I’ll check them in a couple days to verify. Each one holds about what I used to do 4 plants so allowing some spillage there should be enough to do a bunch of crosses.
I have a couple ‘risk tolerant’ customers to try some. I want to finish the harvest of these males before finalizing the plans for them but I’m thinking about staged releases.
Try dilution of 50:1 fine diatomaceous earth to pollen, and then vacuum pack it in Mylar bags and freeze it in the coldest freezer available. I’ve had good success keeping pollen viable for 12 months and counting now.
They look cool, I think they are the sort that are used in humidors so some level of accuracy is kinda important…. you would hope anyway
Love those little bastards! I have about 45 now. I use them in my jars while curing as I like my flower about 55-58% humidity. I’ve had my first 10 for about 5 years and I’ve only lost one out of 40+ . For the price you can’t go wrong
I honestly have yet to replace more than maybe 2 batteries EVER. Things are awesome IMO . I gave 8 to my mentor. (He swears by his old school ways NO BOVEDA, No SCIENCE ) and after some nudging he used them, 3 months later he went out and bought 32 lol . Says his cure was definitely better . Great addition to anyones arsenal for sure
This is going to be my first time joining in on a co op run. Super thankful and excited to have gotten one of the last spots Thanks for letting me know about this @GCC.Bud!
Regarding the hygrometers mentioned a few posts earlier, can you guys say anything about their accuracy? I have always feared they could be inaccurate but that opinion isn’t based on actual experience. Would be intresting if someone could check their accuracy against a known humidity using a saturated salt solution.
Initially I’m just looking at consistency at easy to test points (ambient, drying box)
Next is the grow tent, the tent is regulating on humidity (AC Infinity) at 56%.
I get 2+ years out of them. I have a bunch, they are quite convenient. I use two tiny drops of gutter sealant to stick them to the inside of the jars. Easy enough to undo if you want to take them out.
I’d say they’re accurate to around 3 points either way. So, for us, pretty close to accurate. i only recently bought a handful. They’re worth the money (cheap).
Since they are so cheap, I test each batch I purchase against a “Known Good” hygrometer that has been calibrated using the “Salt Test.”
Most of the little guys are usually spot on, within 1%. I keep those and just salvage the batteries from the ones that are “out of spec,” toss them.
Here are the advantages:
A three or greater percent error makes them useless for our needs. Three % is a big difference in drying, curing or growing.
The replacement batteries cost almost as much as the hygrometers, so tossing the bad ones gives you a stash of batteries.
The meters you keep can now be trusted, without trying to apply any RH corrections. In my experience, if they are calibrated once, they tend to be reliable from then on.
Sorry to pontificate, but these little Hygrometers are super useful, and even more so when you can rely on their readings.
Respectfully,
-Grouchy
PS, Google “Salt Test” if you haven’t, it’s simple and balls on accurate.
Yep, mostly amphorus silica, it actively absorbs moisture and unlike flour it doesn’t clump or cake so you get a more consistent mix of pollen through the mix.
I’ve also found these temp/humidity control relay modules to be very useful…
Hey @Pawsfodocaws , I see a couple options but it would be up to @Gpaw . I see a user named Leaf who signed up in wrong section so should be moved out of TL3, they are listed as member and don’t have Regular Emeritus badge so they are in the wrong spot. I also see Corey on there but he has been banned so those 2 spots should have the 2 of you off the wait list in them. As I say though, that’s totally up to @Gpaw
. That’s been cost reduced out.
Thanks for letting me know about this 
. I’m on the overflow