Slightly early harvest..whats the quality? PICS!

**growingos** · 04-27-2009, 06:48 PM

ok details:
250 watt HPS
2 100 watt CFL
DR 60 Dark Grow Room
3.5 ft tall sativa strain
8 weeks and 2 days flowering
perfect conditions and watering etc

problem:
I have to leave my place for a few weeks in about a week. I was hoping from the beginning that i could harvest this past weekend and have the week to dry them before i leave. So now it is 5 days before i leave. If i harvest tomorrow there will be about 10% hairs changed over to amber brown and very few trichs getting cloudy. I HAVE TO HARVEST TOMORROW FOR DRYING, sooo what will the quality of THC be and will it be completely a Head high?

pics wont attach..sorry

**growingos** · 04-27-2009, 06:58 PM

ok. got the pictures up

**northernred** · 04-27-2009, 07:09 PM

can't tell from the pics but from what they show, you dont have a lot of trich's on her yet and with all the white hairs it's looking a lot earlier than 8weeks in flower. Im guessing she's got a good percentage of sativa in her genetics.

If you MUST harvest tomorrow, that would be a shame because another couple of weeks and you'd have some quality bud there, nevertheless I think you'll get a good short-lived Heady high off her nugs. just my $0.02

**growingos** · 04-27-2009, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by northernred

can't tell from the pics but from what they show, you dont have a lot of trich's on her yet and with all the white hairs it's looking a lot earlier than 8weeks in flower. Im guessing she's got a good percentage of sativa in her genetics.

If you MUST harvest tomorrow, that would be a shame because another couple of weeks and you'd have some quality bud there, nevertheless I think you'll get a good short-lived Heady high off her nugs. just my $0.02

Appreciate it dude. I forgot to mention those pics are from week 7 day 2. So there are a lot more crystals..i dont want to wake her for new pics tho

**CreepyStevie69** · 04-27-2009, 07:18 PM

i would REALLY advise against it. the pics below was my first and only harvest and i chopped down not too soon after those pictures were taken and i regret it.... the weed wasnt good at all. just wasnt potent.

i should of followed the trichs and so should you. my trichs then were just turning cloudy. like yours.

try to give it to a friend or something. anything... youll be thankful.

**Boneman** · 04-27-2009, 07:22 PM

I wouldnt harvest now its just a total waste. Can you find some one to water them once a week? How about a water globe or something? How about a wick in a 5 gal water bucket? Dude, google it and see what you can come up with.

**growingos** · 04-27-2009, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Boneman

I wouldnt harvest now its just a total waste. Can you find some one to water them once a week? How about a water globe or something? How about a wick in a 5 gal water bucket? Dude, google it and see what you can come up with.

BoneMan, I actually have 4 Waterglobes off of As Seen On TV, and will only be gone 2 weeks, but Everything is completely locked up, top to bottom at multiple levels and there is no entry around it while i'm gone by anyone. Can the 4 waterglobes make it 2 whole weeks? Does the plant need 2 whole more weeks? I thought i was real close...maybe not. Thanks in advance!

**SpruceZeus** · 04-27-2009, 07:32 PM

I agree with boneman. Harvesting now would be a damn shame. That bud will shrivel up to nothing when it dries.

If you have to, take a 2 litre bottle, put a tiny pinhole in the lid, fill it with water and flip it over and into your soil.

I think even if you can keep it moist for a few extra days and let it dry up and die on the plant, you'll be better served than chopping now.

Patience = bigger, fatter stronger nugs.

**northernred** · 04-27-2009, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by growingos

BoneMan, I actually have 4 Waterglobes off of As Seen On TV, and will only be gone 2 weeks, but Everything is completely locked up, top to bottom at multiple levels and there is no entry around it while i'm gone by anyone. Can the 4 waterglobes make it 2 whole weeks? Does the plant need 2 whole more weeks? I thought i was real close...maybe not. Thanks in advance!

I've used the same Aquaglobes while on a 2 week vacation, and I was astonished when i returned to not only find my ladies alive, but healthy! (just make sure you poke a hole where the globe is gonna go with a stick or something first so the neck doesnt clog with soil)

I have a sativa that's in week 12 and still going... it looked like yours in your pic when it was at week 8.

I have to concur with everyone else... after all this time, it would be a regret to not let them finish...

GL

**SpruceZeus** · 04-27-2009, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by growingos

Does the plant need 2 whole more weeks? I thought i was real close...maybe not.

In my opinion (and in all honesty, everyone has their own tastes, so all you'll ever get is opinions.) from those photos you have at least 2-3 more weeks. (i'd probably go a month)

A ripe marijuana plant will be filled in, will have an amber tinge to the buds. The pistils should have browned (or orange-d) off and receded into the buds. The seed bracts should be swollen and the trichomes should be sticking straight out with bulbous ends. Also, because you're coming close to the end of plant's life cycle, the leaves should have yellowed off and started to die.

one of my plants, 3 days before chop-chop.

Now alot of people will tell you that you should harvest based on the colour of your trichomes. But (again, in my opinion) that is far too simplistic and there are too many variables to make that an effective strategy. I've made that point a million times before and i'm not going to re-hash it here, but rest assured there is more to the picture than just trich colour.

The fact of the matter is, your bud should look done all over. It may take a couple harvest to figure out exactly what that is for you, but you'll get it.

Good luck!!!