When To Harvest?

so if I just pich off one of those little popcorn buds and pack a pipe wit it.........................nothing?

I am one of the few who do not like to smoke it, but I like to grow it. I grow outdoors in a southern climate. It stays warm right on into December with the first frost coming as early as November. I'd like to start a second growing season now. Any suggestions for what strains?

I pinched off some of mine today and smoked it wet and got high, tasted the nutes and what not tho

"Calyx swelling is a major indicator of peak maturity. The lowest, oldest calyxes swell first and the swelling works its way up to the highest, youngest flowers on each bud. At peak maturity about 90% of the calyxes will almost look seeded, they are so fat."

but what if 90% of the pistils have turned color? Do ALL strains have their calyxs swell to the size they look seeded????????

D.B.Doober said:

"Calyx swelling is a major indicator of peak maturity. The lowest, oldest calyxes swell first and the swelling works its way up to the highest, youngest flowers on each bud. At peak maturity about 90% of the calyxes will almost look seeded, they are so fat."

but what if 90% of the pistils have turned color? Do ALL strains have their calyxs swell to the size they look seeded????????

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Just look at the trichome heads. If they are white or amber you are ready to harvest. If they heads are clear its not ready.

Doing a soil and hydro mixed garden right now for my first cropage. I have been using a light cycle of 12/12 first 3 weeks, 11.5/12.5 for 3 weeks, and now 11/13. I’m at day 48 flower day 4 flush and it looks like around 2% of the trichs on the soil Harliquin have turned amber, though none look to have turned on the hydro. Lots of the others are getting pretty cloudy, but it just seems so soon to harvest. I was planning on chopping ‘em around day 60. Do you think the light cycle I used finished them up faster? Had to have, it was supposed to lol. Should have went with 12/12 to get the gist of things right out the gate.

Heres the truth.

Your growing indica you want it when the trics are changing from clear to cloudy. Will get a nice head high, up rnergetic. Unless its meds you dont want a mature indica. Body buzz couchlock.

You got a sativa, you want mainly cloudy and a touch of amber.

REspect to subcool for this info.. I totally agree. Hate a downer couchlock stone. Weed is for getting high. Makes for quick indicas with serious kick and flavour.

FLavour really diminishes when trichs go cloudy on indicas