COLIN
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That is my kiln for curing my tobacco. It is a laboratory oven and it has been used for finding the dry weight of grass I will put a ranco thermostat controller on it.
Colin new zealand 2012 grow log
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Seanz
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Mate. Its looking bloody good, Well done
Seanz
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Finally got round to watching your last vid. If you have the space just harvest it all. Sorry can't help with plant identification. But mate that's a huge crop. Hope your mate on the camera is helping as that's a lot for one fella
jekylnz
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Now that was a good score,...a premade kilm,looks like it was made for it(well basically was,grass)
COLIN
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Hi there well i have just finished picking my last lot of leaf from my 2012 grow. Still a lot of sucker leaf there but i have had enough of picking leaf for the year and wil sit back and watch you guy's for a while before i start my fermenting.That's it for now i have to go and hang the last lot of leaf up.
Congratulations on a successful season. I also like that your photo was taken tomorrow.
Bob
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Seanz
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Well done Colin, Mate thats a lot of leaf good on ya for getting it done!
Good Job Colin. I hope my year goes half as well as yours.
yeah you did an awesome job. you should be pretty set with smoke now. plan on growing as big next year?
COLIN
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No not as big next year.Will try some different verities and little more bright leaf.
Congratulations on your season. Your grow log was very informative and it was a pleasure to follow along during your growing season. The NZ logs helped keep me fired up during our winter. Thanks for your posts.
I see about 30 bags on the field. Bravo, good job.
COLIN
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Well i have just finished threading my last lot of leaf.I had a count up and have threaded 7050 leaves will post some picks later on today. Still have all my seed head bag's on and will leave them as long as possible 70% have gone dark brown.Is it alright to just cut the flower head off with the bag on and hang up in my stable or will they rot.
It depends on humidity. It is VERY dry in my house. I just put the whole heads in a brown paper bag and shake it now and then. Works fine. Effin gazillion seeds which I screen, bag and refrigerate. If it is damp there I suggest letting them hang in open air till really dry.
That will work fine for the seed. Be aware that if rodents can reach the hanging seed pods, they will eat through any bag, and devour most of the seed.
Bob
COLIN
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Some updated pictures of how my colour curing is going.Leaf in stable has been curing for 12 weeks do i have to take the mid rib out before i place it in my kiln?
Webby
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Wow mate thats a sight for sore eyes when ya think about ribbing it. Looks gorgeous. If you are going to stack it in your kiln I would be ribbing it now, we'll see how you gettin on with it around xmas. Dont take my answer though just impressed mate..
You don't have to derib before kilning. If you want to spread the work out, you can kiln it and derib as you need it. If you plan to sell or gift it, you will have to keep the rib intact. (sorry, US law, it may be different there.)
Frozenthunderbolt
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In NZ you may manufacture up to 15kg per year from plants grown on your own property, specifically for your own use, not for dispensation to any other party.
The customs exemption for home growing is clear about that, but by my reading it's wording is somewhat ambiguous (manufacture vs growth) about whether you may give away whole leaf (you certainly couldn't sell it in any form)
First page of the document here:
http://www.customs.govt.nz/news/resources/factsheets/Documents/Fact Sheet 25.pdf
COLIN
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That's what i was thinking i prefer to leave the rib in just in case i get a visit. I was intending makeing up 4lb blocks to put into kiln i was wandering how compressed i shoud do them.?
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