Every opinion about when to harvest?
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formularacer
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Weather enters into the equation.
Depending on when you harvest the effects can be different. On my plant not all the flowers were ar same ripeness.
Then life enters in to the mix. I have about 8 hours of trimming into the plant.
I had such a large plant that I had to harvest over a few weeks, didn't want to harvest in rain. I would give a day of sun before I would harvest.
Just harvested a smaller plant filled one seafood container and took me a hour to trim. Now it goes on drying rack and some on drying rack will go in burping buckets.
So depending on how much you have to harvest and the rest of the factors
Depending on when you harvest the effects can be different. On my plant not all the flowers were ar same ripeness.
Then life enters in to the mix. I have about 8 hours of trimming into the plant.
I had such a large plant that I had to harvest over a few weeks, didn't want to harvest in rain. I would give a day of sun before I would harvest.
Just harvested a smaller plant filled one seafood container and took me a hour to trim. Now it goes on drying rack and some on drying rack will go in burping buckets.
So depending on how much you have to harvest and the rest of the factors
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medidedicated
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90% orange hairs is a good window, newer grower but I did that and am pleased with end product. I dont see that said often, more so to wait till every last hair receeds. If you have some pressure to chop like dead leaves everywhere, mold risk, I would happily chop being glad I made it that far.
I been in the position of plant throwing 10% white hairs after the other week by week and had plants go double their marketed time which is another reason to chop, old buds can spoil. Rather auto or photo, marketed harvest time being doubled is a hint to chop.
Cloudy trichomes are another hint to chop. Though last plant was old and didnt cloud or amber very easily at all.
I been in the position of plant throwing 10% white hairs after the other week by week and had plants go double their marketed time which is another reason to chop, old buds can spoil. Rather auto or photo, marketed harvest time being doubled is a hint to chop.
Cloudy trichomes are another hint to chop. Though last plant was old and didnt cloud or amber very easily at all.
PopAndSonGrows
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Simple answer? --I pull my weed when it looks like how I want it to look.
I don't check trichomes. I don't wait for "x percent amber". Sometimes I'll even pull plants early (but not TOO early) because I'm low on smoke & need to keep things rolling, and/or get the next run flowering.
It's my weed, I'll do whatever i want with it
I don't check trichomes. I don't wait for "x percent amber". Sometimes I'll even pull plants early (but not TOO early) because I'm low on smoke & need to keep things rolling, and/or get the next run flowering.
It's my weed, I'll do whatever i want with it
sh0wtime
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Depends on what kinda high you wanna achieve.
Transparent trichs => imo, alcohol free beer is more enjoyable
Milky trichs => a more gentle high, also the phase with the highest THC content in your plant.
Amber trichs => more cbn in there, deffo turns some people into lazy ass couchpotatoes.
Personally, I wait till most of the trichs are milky and some are amber.
I like that CBN high.
cheers, sh0
amneziaHaze
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I usually wait for the flowers to "eat" the pustils.
Then watch it with a microscope as long as i see a few milky its good for me.
Since last time i got a fridge dryer i had to do partial harvest i feel thats good for the lower branches but not sure yet.
Since top is allways more done than the bottom
Then watch it with a microscope as long as i see a few milky its good for me.
Since last time i got a fridge dryer i had to do partial harvest i feel thats good for the lower branches but not sure yet.
Since top is allways more done than the bottom
Richard Drysift
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An easy rule of thumb is to wait until all the pistils turn orange and then recede; no stringy white pistils. Once the pistils are retracted back into the bud ripening has begun; I go by density at that point. When the buds are at styrofoam hardness it’s about time. Trichomes will be all cloudy with a low percentage of amber and some of the fans will have yellowed off by then. All signs of maturity…
Hollatchaboy
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Every opinion about when to harvest?
when it's done, for the win.
when it's done, for the win.
Thundercat
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The signs of ripeness are pretty standard for cannabis plants.
First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.
Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago(aren't you glad you waited), and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue.
Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems are starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight internally by adding density and now the buds are doing their final ripening.
Now you can begin looking at trichomes if you want. Look on the calyx, not the leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.
There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.
It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.
Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago(aren't you glad you waited), and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue.
Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems are starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight internally by adding density and now the buds are doing their final ripening.
Now you can begin looking at trichomes if you want. Look on the calyx, not the leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.
There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.
It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
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tstick
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I've had strains where the trichomes NEVER clouded. They were either clear or amber. It seems different for different strains. So I don't really use the trichomes as the only sign of ripeness. I know this won't be very helpful to new growers, but after you've grown weed for awhile, you just get a sense of when to harvest it. I've tried taking plants very long into flower and gotten better results than I ever did by getting impatient and harvesting too early. I would say to always err on the side of letting them go longer.