I want to pick individual buds early

I know mine isn't quite ready either but I also have pinched a bud here and there to sample and have gotten high. Mine are about 7 weeks into flowering. I've been smokin' off and on for about 30 years.

Reneejean said:

I'm not a master grower of weed,but i've been gardening for years & have been smokein burma for 27yrs.Ive been smoking mine its out side& i haven;t used alot of chems,but i have'nt got a head ache yet & have gotten stonned every time.

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Not only is this a great question but it was written so well.

purplecstasy said:

Why? Its just that i've seen a lot of grow journals where the grower mentions getting an early taste definately by 6 weeks. Why would grow journals have that recurring theme if it were just to give them a headache? Is there something I don't know about these growers? Do they have biologically-enhanced super-pot or something? Because if people didn't pick buds, why would there be so many posts about picking buds with answers totally different than yours?
I'm not doubting your years of experience, it's simply that virtually every grow journal on this site mentions getting some form of smokeable bud before harvest, and then loving the "buzz that gives a headache and comes on and leaves as fast as it came"
I am NOT a crackhead. I can be patient, but I want FACTS.

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Thanks, whenever I have questions I try to be as specific as possible, because whenever you leave out the smallest detail, you'll get bogus responses. Let that be a lesson to everyone, I'm not saying I'm the best question poster, but if you post a question on this board, write it as if you were writing it as a college application. If people see intelligent posts on marijuana forums, then we'd probably have more respect.



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bongo said:

I find playing with my womans tits relaxes me when i have such evil thoughts running through my mind,give it go with your own woman, as mine gets pissed,when i have freinds round.
all the very best you

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Go waste some space on someone else's thread bongo, weirdo.

purplecstasy said:

Go waste some space on someone else's thread bongo, weirdo.

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LOL hahaha

Hey man why donnt you cut a small bud and judge for yourself.

I'm now in day 60 of flowering, and in my opinion, it's not worth picking before your trichromes are all cloudy with a tinge of amber, at least. If you have a surplus of bud growing, than i'd say the days preceding when the bud turns cloudy gives you a buzz, doesnt last long and is not a weed "high" but it calms you down a bit. Or makes you totally paranoid. Depends on your brain's biological make-up. Don't pick a bud "when you feel like it" unless you've got enough other yield to cover it, just like you shouldnt buy-in at a poker table with more money than you can afford to lose; otherwise, it does do a little something. This was with a predominently indica strain btw

You've graduated with the HIGH score in your class!

purplecstasy said:

Hey I know everyone says wait till harvest, but my growing efforts are all about saving money and not wasting it on crappy hash. Basically, Im wondering if I can snip off some buds until harvest, where i should snip them from, and how can I do it to not hurt my yield too much? I just need enough to smoke for a week or two before harvest. I have 6 feet mean motherfuckers (Masterkush) 3 1/2 weeks into 12/12 and there are pistils everywhere (by the way as a novice quesiton, when do the pistils at the growing sights start looking like the weed I smoke from a bag I bought? Do their callyxes suddenly get a shitload bigger?).


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yea..well i topped mine n like one of the top buds pistils are staarting to turn brown and all the toehrs are still all white...whats wrong????????????

Maybe one bud is ripening a little faster than the rest? I don't know, that just seems logical.
If I were you, I'd ask your question in an independent thread to get more responses that actually have something to do with your question
good luck

big bud did u say hydro has chemicals in it, this is my first grow almost ready 2 harvest and i have 2 hydro plants in a lighted growing chamber and was not aware that my plants have chemicals in it

question? i have some buds that matured a lil earlier than the rest and i have them dryed out already stems snap nicely can i cure them in a plastic jar?? or does it have 2 b a glass jar?? or better off in sealed paper bags or open?? how often do i open the jar and 4 how long?? this is my first grow i have 2 hydro plants inside a lighted growing chamber any feed back would be greatly appreciated STAY HIGH!

Growing is pretty much about learning and experimenting new things...tie downs, topping, more colas, nutes etc....if you want to find out if it gets you high...experiment, its the ony way you can know for sure. So try it, and if it sucks you know not to do it again...if it works rock on and enjoy the smoke...I personally have never picked early so cant say either way...

P.E. I just read the entire thread, and I would suggest
that everyone do the same before commenting. I was
anxious to find the outcome, I am stoked that you
tried it out yourself, and that you are now patient for
the final product. If I can make a suggestion...

Depending on your yield, if you pull a fair amount, you
should consider taking at least a 1/3rd of you total yield
and cure it extremely slow. Don't rush anything with this
1/3rd of your total yield. Read up now on Harvesting and
Curing on the net. There are tons of resources and find
a process that is suited to long term storage. Performed
properly, you can continually cure your 1/3rd product for
many months. This extremely long time allows for the slow
dissipation of any chlorophyll that is still in your buds and
can potentially, greatly, increase overall potency and taste
of your 1/3rd slow cured crop. Invest in Mason Jars for this
procedure.

Done correctly, you can make your 1/3rd age like wine.

If you are doing SOG... what's 1/3 of your total first yield
of a 6' MK. Again, it's just a suggestion, and to all those with
actual experience in this please correct me if I am wrong.

Good luck!

One last thing... to the post on the first of second page of
this thread that said sampling early is like eating a cake
that is not yet finished... tisk tisk. Cake is perfectly fine
before it's put in the oven. I kind of want to mix a cake
right now and just eat it out of the bowl. Just sayin'.

Good luck P.E.

Suggesting reading for you P.E.
Dispelling Myths...

If you wan to take a small portion of your
stash, and you are not worried about the
taste or smell but would rather get that
sweet MK high sooner than later...

Read that thread.
The process, earlier damned by those that
know it all, is actually a normal process for
tobacco to take the harshness out of the
smoke and to cure it much faster. The
above process will TOTALLY strip your good
MK taste, MK smell, and make they weight
lighter by almost 10%. You don't lose the
high, however, in the least. You might lose
some trichs in the process, but not enough
to notice. Just read it with an OPEN mind,
and only try with a small personal amount.

You will get your reward within 7 days.
Don't give haters the time of day, and if
trouble tries to tarnish your day...

Just shine it off!

Hey, didn't want to revive such an old thread, but I just chopped a few (4) of the smaller buds off a 6 plant gro. I'm water curing so I have something to tide me over. I'll probably only be able to fill the one hitter once a day for 7 days... but better than nothing I guess. The option is to buy some more, btu tough when I see mine and it looks better!! I'll post pics and report!!

If i ever want to taste a bud i just wrap it in about 8 squares of tissue paper,roll tissue and bud into a roll and microwave it with 3 second bursts.
After each 3 seconds nukeing i take the roll of tissue and bud out and blow down the centre of the tissue to try to ensure that the microwave never makes the bud hot enough to evap the thc,only the moisture.

This process will eventually leave you with some smokeable if dry and smell less bud as only the moisture will evap.
I do this fairly often especially when testing new strains,i haven't noticed any loss of high using this method.

You must be careful not to over nuke your bud or it will be pissed.
3 second bursts and then blowlol.
Unwrap the tissue every now and then to check on how dry your bud is

In my personal experiences i always take a taste from the bottom of the plant and in fact the potency of a bud at six weeks just might be higher than that of one that is eight weeks so why not give it a try and let us know.

wumac420 said:

water will make all you tricombs sink to the bottom of the container therfore loosing most of your thc in the buds... i would highly suggest NOT trying this method.

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Not to be a stickler....but you are wrong about this. You are referring to making bubble gum hash with ice water (shaken to break trichome heads to the bottom for collection). Also, in hash production, the buds have already been cured and the trichomes are crystalline instead of resiny. In water curing, the water is room temperature, changed out daily, and the weed inside is not disturbed...this allows for the removal of chlorophyll, other plant substances, and unused nutrients. It is a more potent smaller bud once cured, and also removes various flavors from the bud giving the smoke a musky earthy flavor. Many people prefer not to use this method because of the flavor and mass removal. But, this is a widely accepted and effective curing method for a quicker smoke (10day cure from harvest vs 14-45day air cure).