When do you harvest high CBD strains for maximum CBD?

Hi,

I tried searching this in google but im so confused. Im at day 73 with Hurkle strain (1:1 TGA strain). Buds are still getting bigger but I don't know if I should harvest early or wait more. Some people say you should harvest early for more cbd present on the plant, others say you should harvest later. I want to reduce THC levels and raise CBD levels. Does someone know?

I have no idea. LOL. Why would it be any different than normal grows? TGA says it's 10% CBD without saying it was harvested earlier or later.

I'm not saying it's not true. I'm curious.

Seed plants have to be tested to KNOW how much cbd is present. CBD from seeds can be a crapshoot.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/when-to-harvest-cbd-rich-strains-please.888720/

Yup, I knew someone asked before me. He says to harvest earlier because CBD degrades before THC. I think it's time to chop...

got any pics of the trichromes right now?

Sour Wreck said:

got any pics of the trichromes right now?

Click to expand...

I will get some pics later when lights turn on.

But last time I saw they were about 70% cloudy -- 25% transparent -- 5% amber or something like that

elfo777 said:

But last time I saw they were about 70% cloudy -- 25% transparent -- 5% amber or something like that

Click to expand...

thats really what i wanted. no need to take pics unless you want too. might be a good reference for future CBD dominant strain growers however.

good luck with harvest

Harvested 2 of them today. Some plants of this strain don't yield much, but man, the smell is out of this world. It's like a pungent tropical candy smell. Gotta make a bit of hash with this ... .

nice

Making my mouth water!

nice looking plants. how do you know they contain cbd?

eyelid said:

nice looking plants. how do you know they contain cbd?

Click to expand...

all cannabis plants have CBDs

but...

https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/hurkle

http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Hurkle/TGA_Subcool_Seeds/

Sour Wreck said:

all cannabis plants have CBDs

but...

https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/hurkle

http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Hurkle/TGA_Subcool_Seeds/

Click to expand...

Unless the precise plant is tested you don't know if it has cbd. I've seen plenty of tests come back with no cbd, or undetectable levels.

Subcool has some nice genetics, but we haven't come far enough to make a blanket claim that all progeny from a cbd project will contain cbd. That leafly description carefully dances around the cbd claim as well.

I will test all my plants with the beam test. I won't know how much cbd is present, but depending on how dark the color is, I will know if CBD is there or not. (the darker the more cbd)



I also crossed Hurkle with Dinamed (0% THC, 10% CBD). Im curious what will come out of that. Probably all type of plants (high thc, high cbd etc)