Here's another question my top buds are hard as a rock getting ambered out decently.. But my bottom buds are a little whispy.. Any hints on how to harvest this thing.. I figure with in a week or so?
I thought i thinned it oit soon enough but i guess not. Any advice would help...
Got any pictures of the plant? When you flush / if you flush will depend on where your plant is in the maturation process.
Usually the top buds will start to mature first. Some people harvest in stages. Taking the top buds, and letting the lowers have another few weeks. I prefer to just let the whole plant finish at once, but I also try to really let my whole plant finish, so I usually run longer then some people. I greatly prefer the full well balanced high I get from mature fully ripened buds. It's not a speedy or sleepy thing, I believe that is mostly based on the specific strain/phenotype. But I have noticed many times over the years that buds harvested early don't produce the same quality of high, usually shorter, less intense, and not as flavorful of smoke.
I'm not afraid of amber trichomes, the degradation process is a slow process, so having some ambers is no biggy, just a sign it's done(or almost done). That being said I havn't checked trichomes in years. At this point, I always try to look at all the signs of maturity that the plant is showing. I watch its growth patterns. Watch for the stigma to receed, then watch for the bracts to swell, and finally using the trichomes to decide exactly when you cut. In my experience it usually takes 2-3 weeks longer then most people think it will when they are still learning.
I don't flush plants.
