New Grower Bud shrink!!

[Horfvitdown]

Chopped and Jarred this morning @ 88 grams so if it goes to 70g (cured) 2 an half ZIPS :dance2:

Dude I'm way confused, are you saying that you:
1. Chopped your plants and en left them in have dark to dry, they dried fast and appeared to shrink 30%, and then you trimmed them up and jarred them to dry after weighing them at 88 grams, and you're afraid of losing 18 gr from the curing process?
or
2. Got to harvest, left them in the dark 36 hrs before cutting them down and observed them shrink?

also, are you saying you:

1. Cut them down and immediately put them in jars without drying thinking this is how to dry and cure at once (two separate processes)?
or
2. You dried them and you're using the term "chopped" to say you trimmed them?

very confusing, but I've only seen buds get fatter at the very end on the plant, and yes they shrink a ton visibly in the first part of drying. Not trying to sound like a dick just trying to clarify... I'd be pissed if my buds shrunk on the plant, cal-mag or not lol this thread made me feel more medicated haha

 

[blessedinwashington]

The thread actually makes me a bit self conscious when it comes to talking about shrinkage. It's age you know.

 

[Dieselnoi]

Dude I'm way confused, are you saying that you:
1. Chopped your plants and en left them in have dark to dry, they dried fast and appeared to shrink 30%, and then you trimmed them up and jarred them to dry after weighing them at 88 grams, and you're afraid of losing 18 gr from the curing process?
or
2. Got to harvest, left them in the dark 36 hrs before cutting them down and observed them shrink?

also, are you saying you:

1. Cut them down and immediately put them in jars without drying thinking this is how to dry and cure at once (two separate processes)?
or
2. You dried them and you're using the term "chopped" to say you trimmed them?

very confusing, but I've only seen buds get fatter at the very end on the plant, and yes they shrink a ton visibly in the first part of drying. Not trying to sound like a dick just trying to clarify... I'd be pissed if my buds shrunk on the plant, cal-mag or not lol this thread made me feel more medicated haha

ahahahahaaHAAA ROFL...sorry horfvitdown im confusing myself too

 

[Dieselnoi]

Here's what really went down... Firstly I switched the power in my growbox , left the 3 girls in the dark for nearly 2 full days then when I go to check & trim I look at the plants and they seem quite small...so im thinking id be happy with 2 zips roughly , so when I said I Chopped&Jarred my bud it had been drying in paper bags (buds hanging into the bag hooked on by paper clips) for 5 days I should have said I Trimmed&Jarred my harvest (I say trimmed it was more like sheared) Also I said it was 88 roughly and id be happy with 70 as it wasn't quite as dry as id have liked however its been in the jars for 48 hours , burped here and there and smoked a little here and there...so now I gotta go weigh it accurately now to give you the results :howdy: 80g just weighed its not quite at the sweet spot but not far off either

 

[Dieselnoi]

So just to summerise.... the BUD SHRINK was just a result of my last grow going well and rewarding me with fat buds Id post some pictures if I could WTF??? these 3 Delicious La Diva didn't match the last 3 HeavyWeight Fast & Vast