This is exactly the mind set I am getting to now with my growing adventure after 4 harvests, your patience will be rewarded if you resist the temptation. PLUS REP+

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Good post. I started growing with the mindset of "after 8 weeks i cut." I then evolved to "when 75% of the hairs are red, i cut." And now have the mindset of "when it's ready, I cut."

One of the most important lessons you learn by growing, is being able to listen to your plants.

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THANK YOU, doll.

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That's worth a +Rep i think

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what if your pistils are pink? and look receding with most cloudy or amber trichs? no special strain? not much info on weird pistil colors.

ive mostly guaged via trichs and a loop but am unsure of thess pink pistils

+ rep too

just call me the thread killer

I actually LEARNED a lot. Now I want you to step by step show me how you harvest. lol. You were easy to understand, a rarity on here sometimes.

Having never grown a strain with pink pistils, I can't really offer too much specific help. But I will tell you that rather than just going by one specific indicator, you should really be looking at the whole package.
No sense in chopping because the hairs have turned red if the calyxes have yet to swell etc.


Best of luck.

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Some more visuals for you.

Not ready:


Almost ready:

This girl is on my ebb and flow table right now. She has been flushing for 8 days (a subject I'll delve into in another thread.)

As you can see, the bud seems to have filled considerably.

You'll also notice that the pistils have shriveled and sort of become one with the bud.

I'l probably chop this girl in a few days, allow me to explain why;

I have found that trichomes swell and shrink in cycles. I'm of the belief that you want to harvest when the trichs are at their fullest.

I'm a little confused by the lack of documentation of this in all my favorite grow guides, but this is something that I've observed for quite some time, so I may as well be the one to write about it.

These cycles last anywhere between 3 days to 2 weeks, the first time I took note of this happening I was scared that I had done something to harm my plants. A couple days before the trichomes were standing on end and looking very happy, then all of a sudden they were so small you could barely see them. Imagine my relief when over the next week the trichomes regained their former glory (and then some).

Pay attention to your plants, they can tell you so much if you only listen.

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cool thanks im somewhat patient so... yay more waiting ha