Hello 👋 🤗 this week I begin the 3-day no red wavelength treatment, then 72 hours of dark. Nothing goes over 67. RH is cranked and kept below 20, we will see, she is already very pungent when disturbed. 3 days of blue are complete, heading into 72 hours of darkness temps 58-62. Ripening These are not like before, the damage from the UV exposure although more evident the closer to the light itself, is far from what I've seen previously, most impressive has been the resistance of the trichomes, previous grows showed much more UV damage all across the plant. at this point of senescence, I'd expect much more decay. Wolverine. Will need to get out the jeweler's loupe and see what's going on as I barely see any amber. The first reaction is hard to judge, after the 3 days of blue........the smell seems to be slightly weaker than it was at first disheartening, but the buds become more like.....................dogshit, you don't smell it till you stand on it, then OMG , YOU BRROKE THE SEAL!!!! Well the weed is like that, so strong I almost want to bottle it up and sell it to a perfume company, holeeeeeeee phew. *gives himself idea* Stuffing my finger in a bud and then continuing to rub it under my wife's unexpecting nose, gauging her reaction and how much she yells in disgust at the poignancy, gives me a good sense of potency. She didn't like the new perfume I made, not sure if she was impressed or not but its strength she couldn't deny. Anyway, I gotta feed the shitty kitties. PEACE. ultra- word-forming element meaning "beyond" (ultraviolet) or "extremely" (ultramodern), from Latin ultra- from ultra (adv. and prep.) "beyond, on the other side, on the farther side, past, over, across," from PIE *ol-tero-, suffixed form of root *al- "beyond." In common use from early 19c., it appears to have arisen from French political designations. As its own word, a noun meaning "extremist" of various stripes, it was first recorded in 1817, from French ultra, shortening of ultra-royaliste "extreme royalist." MT18 Moisture meter is specced to measure wood, but all it does is send an electrical signal from node A to B and measure the resistance which in turn will tell you the water content, although specced to measure wood/paper all you need is to try it on a few buds you know to be "perfect" once you get a benchmark you can use it to replicate conditions regardless of what its made for it allows fairly accurate and consistent levels of drying allowing less guesswork. just being able to give a metric to the feeling of the "squeeze", brain train the numbers, "oh, that's what a 15%rh feels like", oh that's a 30%rh. How you handle your plants after harvesting directly impacts the quality of the buds you harvest. And one of the easiest ways to harm your buds is fast drying. Boiling the roots saves you from this problem. It forces the plant to close the stomata. (closed since 3 daYS NO RED) 1 minute rapid boil gets job done. Furthermore, when you hang dry the whole plant, the leaves cover the floral clusters, limiting moisture loss and protecting the resin glands from physical damage during handling. This usually happens, even when you don’t boil the roots. It’s why hang-drying is so popular. But boiling the roots takes the step further because the whole plant depends on the floral clusters to lose water and not the leaves— the water is only lost through the buds— that’s painfully slow but the perfect recipe for high-quality, potent buds. There’s no specific formula for boiling the roots. It’s just boiling the roots, nothing out of the ordinary. Here’s a simple step-by-step process to boil cannabis roots during harvest for utmost potency; Step 1: Detach the roots from the substrate without spoiling them. Some will break from the root ball but retain as many roots as possible. Note that the technique is only helpful when you leave the roots attached to the plants when you boil them. Step 2: Soak the roots into boiled water for about 45 seconds. The water should be hot, bubbling hot, if you may. Step 3. Hang dry the plants while still attached to the roots and let them dry until you can cure them From here we ensure consistency, 60F/60RH with strict measures to ensure little fluctuations. for the next 4-7 days. (edit: Took 9 days)