some questions on my first harvest

ok so im in the middle of harvesting for the first time. this is what i have and what im working on. i have a female and a hermie. the female isnt quite ready. maybe another weeek. the hermie is ready, so that is what i chose to work on first.
i have never done this before, i have book knowledge but figured i would get with a novice or at least some one who has done this before.

i am going stem by stem.
most of the stem is no good as all the bud is at the top part.
as im trimming im trimming most of the leaf off. expecially the fan leaves. the mid leaves im just cutting back a bit. kind of trimming the tips.
should i trim the mid leaves and or the smaller leaves in the bud.
i will be making hash tomorrow with the scrap.
here are some pics of a before and after and maybe someone could tell me what im doing right or wrong???!!! feel free to hit me back as i am in front of the computer doing this....................

this strain is unknown. it is some good merc that i started with before i buy seeds. i know you can go for quality or weight. im not so concerned on the quality more of the weight on this paticular plant. and my camera sucks sorry.

Your harvesting in the middle of your grow??Why??Even if your making hash your plants haven't produced much thc.Did I misunderstand??

your doing ok...but that weed looks awfull mate, you should really check the basics with growing in the FAQ section, it looks very stalky !

"your doing ok...but that weed looks awfull mate, you should really check the basics with growing in the FAQ section, it looks very stalky !"

Are we looking at the same pics,that plant is nowhere near ready to harvest

i meant they are ready for harvest and i am in the beginning of starting the first plant

i will agree it looks awefull. mind you this was from regular mercial. it is also a hermi plant. i dont remember exactly when it started flowering. i had a journal in my phone and it died on me. non recoverable.
i started these on 2-7-09 from seed though if that helps. i will try and put some better pics on here. i am also oing to put a picture of the female on here and see what you think.
about 70 % of the pistals were turning red and there was a light yellow tint to the trichs. i only have a small magnafine glass not a micro to see the trichs.

is there any other tell tale signs i should look for.??

thanks.

I guess you got about 2 grams off that (stems included sadly...)

Read the grow FAQ - what lights/nutes did you use by the way?


THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA:

Plant the germinated seeds and stick them under some proper lights
(I personally use a 125-watt cfl basically covering the whole grow area...ebay, 50 quid)

Water them - pour water on them til it comes out the bottom of the pot and don't water again til the top is dry...you don't need any nutes for about a month when you start them off

Start feeding half strength bio-bizz or some other "grow" nutes after a month then up the dosage after the first week to full strength

Flower when you want to for at LEAST 8-12 weeks (you should have changed plant food to something for "bloom" or "flower" when you started 12-12) , then flush for 2 weeks before chopping...

Just remember - LOTS OF LIGHT, as much as you can...just watch the temperature and make sure to keep the light as close as you can without burning the plant!

it wasnt ready. pistil color is innaccurate. also, to answer the your ?, i'd remove some more leaves from it.

i have a 600watt HPS
air cooled

used fox farm nutes and solubles

i have a 600watt HPS
air cooled

used fox farm nutes and solubles

wow. I doubt that you could even roll a blunt with that. Put 'er back in the ground!

I think you are misunderstanding harvest time. Its supposed to be when you achieve the certain percentage of amber trichs. Not amber pistils. Good luck though!

Wow are you serious? a 600 watt light!!!!! almost 4 months!!! Im not trying to b mean but read the general growing section and faq section. With a little learning you'll get 5 times that with one 16watt cfl in 4 months.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

THE lowest bud i forgot to trim off weighs bigger than that, w a 150w hps

some skinny nugs what size light do you use?

A 600 watt hps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ouch,you used 600w hps and thats all you got from it?

Okay how long did you flower your plant (12 hrs. on 12hrs. off)??I'm trying to help out not trying to patronize you,it's just that your plant looks like it wasn't ready to harvest and maybe we can help out.

"should i trim the mid leaves and or the smaller leaves in the bud.
i will be making hash tomorrow with the scrap"

those mid sized leaves should all come off still and since the trim wont be wasted cut the bigger bud leaves too. you should maybe turn the whole plant into hash imo cuz she/he wasnt ready and the thc from it would/will need to be condensed to really doing anything. which is the whole point of hash. u can try smoking a bud off your hermi(not knocking hermi potency) but i dont think ur gonna feel anything more than a short spacey head high. make sure u wait w/the female. i have as of yet never really heard of someone harvesting too late and ruining potency but lots of harvested too early

to be safe wait 2 weeks from the time it looks ready to chop to you. dont forget to flush.