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Day 26 of flower on my very first grow - Trainwreck Photoperiod - and I have never been happier. This may be an odd question but do you guys ever have like…favorite buds? Like I open my tent and there’s like 2-3 that I look for every time and there they are to greet me 😂

I am absolutely in love with growing this dang plant. I’ve already bought a shit ton more seeds to keep it going, too. I made sure to get a bunch since I learned about the seed ban.

Thanks to all of you fine folks who’ve helped me along on this journey. Now here’s to Flowering and moving forward!

Peace ✌🏼

Testing out these New DWC buckets.
Well Crafted & Controlled via their App.
With Separate Controller.Great for using in 2x4
(Two Tanks) or 4x4 (Four Tanks)
Two Air Stones in Each. Just 2 weeks in Germination & Propagating Nicely.
One didn’t Survive Panama Red

Been trying to connect this camera for 2 days now. Wifi set to 2.4 ghz and fails on binding step.. get this error.

Peace fam. Wrapping up my first grow and harvest, and ngl I’m kinda surprised at the smell and it’s not quite what I was expecting.

I thought I did a solid job on my first chop (Deja Blue from Night Owl), but did a little partial harvest partly because I was impatient, it stunted, but also wanted to experiment with a quick cycle vs the craft cycle..

After The quick cycle the buds feel fine, but don’t smell like I would want in the slightest… is this expected?? Do I still need to cure more in some jars to get the smell and taste I was going for?? Or did I just F up my grow and it wasn’t as good as I thought??

The first legit chop is Mephisto’s Grape Crush, it’s now been in the VCure (craft cycle) for about 4 days.. I looked up info on the bean and it does say the growth odor is low, so maybe I just don’t have a stinky plant on this run?

What are your experiences so far? Do you guys still jar up after the VCure? After watching some YouTube videos, some people atleast act like they are ready to smoke next to peak product fresh out the quick cycle, which would NOT be the case for me..

Any of your experiences with the smells and taste after the vcure, and if you keep curing afterwards for peak trees would be greatly appreciated..

Pics added of the grape crush during harvest to show that I thought I at least did okay on this run.

The pic of the buds in the storage container is the Deja blue after the quick cycle with the still fresh green smell.

https://youtu.be/FnpmFuKqD5E?is=UjwGZkb4PubHCRFH

There's not really much of a point to this post other than a modicum of humor.

Thought it would be ready at week 9 today. I was wrong. No amber yet. Need to get these down so I can get my Humboldt csi seedlings in the tent.

Beginning of week 9 thinking I’m going to let her run till next Sunday. Trichomes are all milky, but no amber yet not even on the sugar leafs. How long do you think she’s has left before 5% amber?

One thing I see pretty often with summer grows:

The tent gets hot, so growers add another clip-on fan.

And then... the temperature barely changes.

That's because a fan isn't really a cooling device. It's moving the air you already have around.

If the room is 85°F, your fan is just moving 85°F air.

That doesn't mean fans aren't important. They absolutely are. They just solve a different problem.

Good airflow keeps air from sitting in the same place around your plants. It helps break up hot and humid pockets around the canopy, keeps leaves moving a little, and generally makes the whole grow space more even.

An AC is what actually brings the temperature down.

So in a hot summer grow, I think of it pretty simply:

AC deals with the heat. Fans deal with the air.

And the two work a lot better together.

So where should the fans go?

I wouldn't point a powerful fan straight at one plant and leave it there all day.

You want the leaves moving a little. That's about it.

If the whole plant is getting pushed sideways every time the fan comes on, that's probably more airflow than you need.

For a small tent, one fan may be enough. Larger spaces usually need more than one so you're not just moving air around one corner of the tent.

I also like having air move across the canopy rather than having the fan aimed directly into it.

What about the AC?

Same idea — don't turn the tent into a refrigerator.

If you're using an AC, you want the cool air to mix with the rest of the room instead of dumping a stream of cold air directly onto the plants.

Your circulation fans can help spread that cooled air around.

A few things I'd watch for

If you notice:

• one part of the canopy is much hotter than another
• humidity seems to hang around in certain spots
• leaves barely move
• the growing medium stays wet for a long time
• you're starting to see more mold issues

...I'd take a look at the airflow before immediately changing everything else.

And there's a pretty easy visual check:

Your plants should move a little.

If they're completely still, you probably need more circulation.

If they're getting blown around like they're standing in front of a jet engine, you've probably gone too far.

We're also working through these summer problems in the Summer Grow Rescue Mission on the VIVOSUN App. The series covers airflow, watering, lighting, VPD/humidity, heat stress recovery and a few other things that tend to become a headache once summer really gets going.

Let me know in the comment sections:

Are you fighting heat, humidity, or both this summer?