flowering

rcpilot04401

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alright, I hope this is the place for this question. When do you start counting days to harvest? From the day you started to flower the day you see your first signs of a flower?
 

rcpilot04401

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I've made so many mistakes in the past and this crop is looking so good I don't want to fuck it up....I haven't touched it at all...I leave my grubby hands off it.
 

rcpilot04401

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I'm only 46 days in and it looks like it's ready and it's a 55 to 60 day plant is why I'm asking..it's ripped bubba
 

Beehive

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I keep a calendar on the wall. Veg is dated from true leaves. With a 5 day period before that involving germination and the sprout breaking the soil. But once it has true leaves. The veg clock starts.

Flower is from the second I flip the lights.

55-60 days is normal. Patience. In 10 more days. It goes from ripped to old, fat and super stinky.
 

MY OWN DANK

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When I 1st started they told me "when you think they're finished...give em a week"...

I've never counted the days of flowering on a plant in over 12yrs...I just watch it...I usually have an estimate of how many weeks but I'm sure I'm usually off a week or 2

They take way longer than what's advertised
 

Thundercat

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I'm only 46 days in and it looks like it's ready and it's a 55 to 60 day plant is why I'm asking..it's ripped bubba
Before even thinking about harvesting take a look at this and see if your plant is actually showing you all these signs.


The signs of ripeness are pretty standard.

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, 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 ars starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight and now the buds are doing their final ripening.

Now you begin looking at trichomes, on the calyx not 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 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.
 

rcpilot04401

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AUGH!!! Patience is not my virtue. I will watch the trichomes starting on day 55...that's when it's suppose to be ready...but I want them nice and dark...thanks for all the advice everyone.
 
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