The Force is Strong in this one!

@Willd @bob31 @Screwauger @Countryboyjvd1971 I am looking at a butter machine that I saw many of you have. I have a question on my trim leaves that I am taking off. Can I freeze the leaves I trim off and thaw them out later to use for butter? The leaves I am cutting off now have trichomes on them and was wondering if they were any good to use. They are really big leaves .

My first attempt at using trim and now sure. Thanks. :man_farmer:

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I don’t really use sugar leaf in my butter machine. Frozen sugar leaf makes great bubble hash though.
If I was going to use trim to make butter, I would be to dry it first and then decarb it prior to freezing.

Are you manicuring that stuff off before or after drying?

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Before drying. Small grow space and need to trim to get maximum exposure. Wasn’t really sure about using them.

Appreciate the sharing of your wisdom. I want to get into edibles more than smoking. My family is really down on pot which is why I want to get my own place and do as I want.

This plant has not even started to flower yet and it smells like it is flowering.

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I would still make ice bubble hash/keif from the sugar leaves separately and then decarb and then use that in your recipes

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@DieHigh55 This is @TxGrowman grow journal, he will posting about the mainlining here.

I’m also following as Jerry has a lot of great knowledge!

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That’s super, really appreciate it. Can’t wait to see if I can FINALLY understand what this mainlining thing is. Is manifolding something different?

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@bob31 Appreciate the plug and compliment ! LOL I’ll try to live up to the billing. My GDP is ordered ! !

@DieHigh55 Mainlining and Manifold are the same thing. Nugbuckets came up with the moniker of Mainlining. He has a complete Mainlining outline on a different site. Several other outlines are on line but his is the one I follow closest. I do several things just a little different from him, (don’t we all), but that is what growing is all about. If i deviate from his outline, I will try to note that so you can tell what I do different.

As I said before, “this is gonna get interesting.” (see my note #94 above.) I am growing in a small space.

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@DieHigh55 and all my other friends tuned in. And So it begins . . .

I grew the plant up to 5 nodes and topped it back to 4 nodes. He recommends three nodes. I let it grow for about 5 days and then took off all the lower leaves except the 3rd node. Taking all off is what he recommends. I plan on trying to supercrop the third family into another set of cola’s to go outside the manifold. I plan on making the mainline have eight cola’s on it. I left an extra set of sugar leaves on to give the third node a little boost and maybe grow a little faster. The smell I got from her was almost as bad as the smell I got from the other plants I was harvesting !

Here are the pictures I just took. Comparison picture of before are above in the write-ups.

We will now find out how strong the force is in my young apprentice. Tomorrow is feeding day. :us: :man_farmer:

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Oh this is gonna be great to watch @TxGrowman!

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So the fan leaves that we see are the third lobe and everything under that came off? Did the coin possibly drop? How old and how tall is the plant now?

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@DieHigh55 Yes. I took off all the first and second node completely and I would have taken off the third like he recommends but I have a special project to "add " a few colas with the third node leaves. If you follow his plan, the third one would have come off too. She is 27 days from seed germination and 9 inches tall at the topping. Not sure what you mean by the “coin” ? ? Nugbuckets also recommends cutting it down to the third node, I chose the fourth as I have discussed.

@Tylan Do you notice that your Skywalker is exceptionally smelly at this time? She smells like she is flowering this morning when I opened the door ! ! I looked it over to see if there was a bud anywhere ! LOL

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You don’t know that expression about the coin dropping? It’s like…duh, I think I got it. Anyway my little Blue Dreamer is 24 days old, about 5" tall and just put out node 4. She’s gonna follow along.

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Got ya on the coin. Blue Dream is an awesome smoke. You gonna try mainlining or wait another grow? Anyway you go, good luck on the grow. :man_farmer:

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Yeah, I’m gonna follow you and try the mainlining. Last crop was pretty good…also BD…so I can do some experimenting this time. Counting on your guidance!

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Unless I’m out hunting, I’m here! Hope you have a good grow. The two look like they are pretty close in characteristics, so we may be running together all the way through.

Which reminds me, time for lunch and a date with some of Miss Piggy’s friends with the bow.

But before I go, I tied down the tops today and will water and feed her tomorrow. Will try to get pictures tomorrow. :man_farmer:

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Cool! Hope we both have good crops. Good hunting!

You know I did smell that but assumed it was my amnesia haze’s that turned out to be accidental autos now that they are in pre flower. I just took a whiff of them vs the Skywalker and it definitely is her! Damn she’s incredible.

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@Tylan I know, this Skywalker is AMAZING STUFF ! I cannot wait to see what her buds are gonna be like ! ? ! ?

Journal Update: Master Yoda brought me some ATF (Alaska Thunder F—) a neighbor was nice enough to give me. Kinda out of the blue so I took it but am saying Nothing about growing. He brought up the subject and I told him “Too bad it is illegal or I would grow some” and dropped it at that. No one is going to know about her growing ! ('cept Ya’ll)

Opened the door this AM and she was nudging the lights again. I decided after looking at her that the lower sugar leaves I kept are going to have to go. Taking up important room. The main trunk has enough growth on it. I do not believe that she needs the lower leaves so off they come !

The upper trunk is spreading out nicely and she looks great. Nutes: Golden Tree 3ml (up from two ml last time) and Sensi-grow A&B 3ml each. Growth is awesome looking and no signs of nute burn.

Since we are all adults here, I decided to take some Pot Porn today with her naked in her bed. She has very few leaves to cover so this is her “bare bones” picture for her 30 day birthday.

You can see the new branches forming at the end of the first cropping ! I decided to use my outdoor wire on the branches and it is working very well. The tips are growing faster than I expected but that has been the norm on this plant.

I did a little work on the 3rd node branches and kinda super-cropped them. We will see how they tolerate that. I am getting brave with this girl as the force is strong in her. I am going to have to work hard to challenge her or make her stall it appears.

Like I said:“This is gonna get interesting” !

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Had to re-adjust the wires today, she already has two more leaves off the end of the mainline on each side. This girl is growing up fast ! Her growth rate seems amazing. Will get some pictures tomorrow or Sunday. Words are not enough to describe her growth !

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Fantastic work dude, looks amazing! :+1: :smile:

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