Kevin jodrey is also teaching a cultivation class at North West Missouri University
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Are you actually growing male plants in just plain water with no nutrients? Iād like to know more.
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Well, I know Iām a fan of stinky bud (as in secondary metabolites) and also the high. Most here are not growing to produce rope smelling of cow dung and forest duff. I presume that most are successful in avoiding that.
Tone and wording has a huge impact when conveying your thoughts. Making assertions along with wholesale bashing of everything and everyone (because your plant expression smells of cow dung due to the medium?) is not a particularly convincing way to sell your expertise.
Share your techniques, engage in a cordial discussion, make friends. Stay on topic.
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I think most buds are judged based on subjective things. Appearance is subjective, but lets face it, people eat with their eyes, right?
Some people do a deeper dive into the plant to determine which one is superior. For example selecting for extraction purposes. That way only the end product matters and everything is just biomass.
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I can say thereās definitely more to curing than youāre implying, I spent the money for perfectionā¦ and not freeze dried anything eitherā¦ but Iāll take a Pepsi challenge with anyone and any methods ā¦ love to researchā¦ love to further knowledge of my brothers and sisters in marijuana, I am not here to upstage or try to seem more intelligent than the next personā¦ I think the goal here is to all create the best way with a lot of heads and input involved for speeds purposes. But overzealous and self righteous, thatās for children broā¦ you always seem to have some snide remarks on something and itās never ever helpful. But to anyone else trying to learn or teachā¦ Iām happy to do either myself!! Keep it peaceful , no reason to compete right?
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Coolā¦ thatās a relief!
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Seems about time, that dude is way too aggro and does not listen or comprehend or something
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Awwww. And I thought he had so much to offer. 
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At least 37 different ways of saying āthatās a boron deficiencyā if nothing else. 
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I have been sifting through the documents in this fantastic post by @the_bot
In particular is this paper:
- Marijuana Botany Full Book - RC Clark is one of the few cannabis botany published authors out there, who is actually a plant biologist.
Marijuana Botany - Greenmanās Page
or if link is down:
https://avalonlibrary.net/ebooks/Robert%20Clarke%20-%20Marijuana%20Botany.pdf
Some excerpts:
- Dry floral clusters are usually trimmed of outer
leaves just prior to smoking. This is called manicuring. - The leaves act as a wrapper to protect the delicate floral clusters. If manicured
before drying, a significant increase in the rate of THC breakdown occurs. - Floral clusters with the shade leaves
intact are well protected from abrasion and accidental removal of resins, but
manicured floral clusters are best tightly packed so they do not rub together.
Now, this Paper is 18 years old, so it may be outdated. However, Clarke seems to suggest that you leave the sugar leaves on the buds and trim them just prior to consumption.
The theory being that the sugar leaves create a protective shield around the bud, minimizing loss of trichomes and resin.
For casual home use this sounds like it might be worthwhile. No big deal to trim as I go for personal consumption if it yields better results. Has anyone seen a quantitative study on trichome/THC loss due to handling trimmed bud?
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I watched some curing science with dr bugbee he says itās cured when you can toss it in a sack and forget about it. Half life of chlorophyll is 2 days. .6 Active water content to ensure no pathogens grow. It goes from .99999 to .8 in 24 hours I think I remember him saying.
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lol im watching that too right this moment (i found it a few days ago but just had the time until today to make notes and upload here later).
But heres the thingā¦ he says dry fast the first 24hrā¦ but what does that mean you know? like really low humidity and then bring humidity back up? I was just trying to investigate this (because he also says to just look at curing of tobacco and other herbs for clues).
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I suspect heās talking about being ādried outā vs way too dry.
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Usually people say to run your dehumidifier on constant for the first 24 hours to speed up the dry without adding too much heat, it seems like 70 degrees and 20-30% humidity is the goal
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likely to avoid things like fungus, mold and such. Bring it down to a low enough RH you arenāt worried about those and then slow the dry till it reaches the point you want.
thanks! yup its for that, i just was under the wrong impression that the room was never -not even at the beginning - supposed to be under 40%. but I understand now why my thought process was wrong.
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this is by far the most technical explanation i have found about the drying and curing process. It is a video by INSPIRE (a company that manufactures cannabis marketed HVAC systems). I will take summary/notes and add them here as well later.
Drying and Curing Cannabis to Preserve Terpenes and Other Secondary Metabolites
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I was looking for small portable ACās to tent dry
And this looks like itād be perfect for people who live in a drier climate as it likes adds humidity to the air while it cools.
idk just thought it was cool
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I have a giant one of those on my roof to cool my house. 
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