How do you know if your buds are ready to chop?alot of pics

NeoAnarchist

NeoAnarchist

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bigbong1411 said:
I think you should have given it longer but it's impossible to tell without pics of the trichomes. Knowing when to harvest is not difficult at all. The other guy was totally correct when he suggested you go buy the 60-100 microscope from Radio Shack (for only 13$). If you choose not to do that, you have no one else to blame but yourself if you don't get lucky and harvest at the right time.
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i think i just may have lucked out when it comes to harvesting, it think they will be fine, but i actually have one of those microscopes man, i use it all the time:eyesmoke:
 
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bigbong1411

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NeoAnarchist said:
i think i just may have lucked out when it comes to harvesting, it think they will be fine, but i actually have one of those microscopes man, i use it all the time:eyesmoke:
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If you wait long enough you can actually see the trichomes turning amber. It is very clear and can't be missed. I don't agree with the other dude that said you should harvest when 50% are amber. I think waiting until then is too long but that's really personal preference. For me the perfect time to harvest is when about 20% of the trichomes are amber and the other 80% are cloudy. However, some buds go straight from clear to amber.
 
Freedom Fighter

Freedom Fighter

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i got lr#2... first time growing ... and its growing more brown hairs and the crystals on the leaves are getting really thick and white... its been about 62 days.. has had a few days of bad timing with the light...

for some reason i'm waiting for it to turn completly brown with hairs and for the buds them selfs to darker in green. it looks really bright green ..somehwat like your pics.. gues i'll wait to day 70? too long?
 
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sinn0304

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my plant's going through the same dying-off process, but i cant seem to figure it out, other than just die-off due to THICK buds being produced. I'd say go ahead and pick it.. looks smokeable from here, but just like everybody else said, trichomes tell the best story ;)
 
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kellythefoot

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From my experience and i have only been growing for a few years but it looks really good to me the calayx are swollen nicely really dense buds i would guess you can pull any time you want i have harvested in all stages and never have i not gotten blazed all you gotta do is dry it all the way i pull when calyx swell like yours if the crystals are white they will turn amber as they dry as long as you dry slow hope i helped peace keep on growing
 
amrock

amrock

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Give the bud a little squize, if they are hard like rock, give them another week, hope that helps you.
 
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