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Biggest Mistakes

The biggest mistake I've seen is when people try to add this secret sauce and that noxious home-brewed tea and then be horribly disappointed with the nasty results.  The second biggest mistake I have seen is when a grower treats the plant like a bonsai tree.  This only slows down your harvest and diminishes your crop.  Number three is crazy scissors: cutting off leaves that are "in the way", thumb-cutting a bud before the rest of the plant is ready, taking cuttings after the plant is in bud.  These things are WRONG.  When you cut the plant, you are injuring the plant.  Instead of focusing on the job at hand ( growing, blooming ) now the plant has a wound to heal. Healing takes a lot of energy.  Energy that could be put to use making fat buds.  And don't squeeze or pinch the buds.  That completely halts their progress; it kills them.

Watering

A fresh supply of water that has set overnight with no lid is required.  Each plant gets 1 gallon.

Fertilizing

We use Whitney Farms All Purpose 5-5-5, and Maxicrop Soluble Seaweed

Trimming

I usually do most, if not all, of the trimming while the plant is still standing in the pot.  I do it in a well lit area, where I can save all of my leaves on drying racks.  I take the large fan leaves first, and then work in sections.  When there are no leaves without crystals on them, I lop the plant and hang it in my closet.

Curing

I'm not allowed to have enough to keep it around for a month waiting for it to cure.  It hangs in the closet for about 2-5 days depending on the weather.  I also set a branch or two on the top of the computer monitor with a few sheets of paper over them - dry enough to smoke in a few hours or overnight.  When desperation strikes, and I have to smoke right now, I pop a bud in the microwave for 20 seconds.  Pull it out and cool it off completely and give her another shot of 20 seconds. After three rounds, most pot is ready to smoke.  I do not recommend either the microwave or the monitor.  Both methods really break down the THC and diminish the quality of the weed.  We do use it for a test for weeding a strain out:  if you can't stand up to the mikeywave you ain't hanging out long

bathing

Insects and treatments

Links to lighting, Environment, Starting Up (Seeds or Cuttings), etc.