need help please. Harvest Early?

Hello all, im kinda new to the site, and new to growing. well my plants were given to me from a buddy of mine when he went away to the military unexpectedly...well they were about 3 1/2' tall in pots when i got them. i have a total of 8 now(pics to come soon!!!) but now theyre in the ground doing their own thing...well the climate is getting colder day by day...70's or around there...give or take 10 degrees... my plants have some buds on them, but the crystals COVER the buds and leaves...i know theyre not fully grown, but when can i expect to harvest...? i planted them in the ground the beginning of july, and its usually 8 weeks until harvest from flower... they started to flower i wanna say in mid july, early august...when can i harvest them because the weather is getting bad and cold and i dont wanna lose all that hard work... PLEASE HELP!!

Thank You all in advance.

It could be another month, so I'd make arrangements to cover them at night.

They started showing pre-flowers in july. Flowering didn't actually start until a few weeks ago. You got probably at least 6 weeks left.

Yeah depending on where you live, Outdoor to be done properly will be another month give or take a week. You shouldn't be getting frost yet are you? As long as ur not getting a cold frost everynight u should be okay... Once it starts to frost ur gonna run into issue's or harvest.

it hasnt frosted yet. but thanks for the help. they smell amazing and the resin or crystals all over are sticky as hell...loving it thouhg. they look amazing for my first grow. but, i cant really cover them because of where they are, and people will see them being covered. i live in the new england states...so it gets cold for winter, but summer is decent...the average temp now during the days is about 70 and at night its about 50...what should i do with them? some of the tops of the white hairs are purple also...is that a good thing or bad thing?

The purple is from the cold. Not a bad or good thing...just good bag appeal. You shouldn't need to do anything more than what your doing now. Just remember...frost=bad. I mean...1 frost won't be horrible...but you get the picture.

Thanks for all the help. im always looking for more ways to make things better or improve my crop. any help would be greatly appreciated. let me know if anything changes...pics will be up in a couple hours. Thanks for all the help again.

and how much longer till i can really harvest...cuz im getting anxious for this. it smells amazing and looks great. my friend who gave them to me told me they were some LongIsland Kush type...im not too sure, but maybe the pics will help and you can let me know waht you think they are.

stonerboi said:

and how much longer till i can really harvest...cuz im getting anxious for this. it smells amazing and looks great. my friend who gave them to me told me they were some LongIsland Kush type...im not too sure, but maybe the pics will help and you can let me know waht you think they are.

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Lettem go man...I promise it'll be worth it. As far as telling a strain...we'll only be able to tell really if it's indica or sativa.

lol, harvest when the high you want is indicated by the trichomes.........you might not have enough time left to reach the mostly amber stage though.

skunk numba4 shit is crueshall

thanks for all the help. how do i see the tric's? can i use a magnifying glass? and whats gonna happen if the buds dont fully grow...will they dry and cure properly?

stonerboi said:

and how much longer till i can really harvest...cuz im getting anxious for this. it smells amazing and looks great. my friend who gave them to me told me they were some LongIsland Kush type...im not too sure, but maybe the pics will help and you can let me know waht you think they are.

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Pay attention to the frost warnings, if you are in eastern mass and south you have longer than if you are in the valley's out western mass/north through northern new england. FROST KILLS. Do not harvest until mid october unless for weather purposes. you will be amazed how they pack on weight the last two weeks. Enjoy.

stonerboi said:

thanks for all the help. how do i see the tric's? can i use a magnifying glass? and whats gonna happen if the buds dont fully grow...will they dry and cure properly?

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No, they would not dry or cure properly and may not even get you high. Patience and diligence get you just reward. I wouldn't concern myself with the trichs just yet, you will need to pull them mid october or so. Kush's have a pretty long flowering period.

i am having the same problem, very wet and moldy season, just be on the lookout for bud rot man im close to where u are general area and i have already had some bud rot, my buddy lost almost an ounce to bud rot already, some friedn lost whole plants, got to be on top of that shit u know if not you get screwed, but yea man your plants need probably at least another 2 weeks man unless they are getting rot or mold, cause eventually itll just spread everywhere, you can stop it and contain, but prevention is virtually impossible once infected, if you find mold, just be careful, wear gloves snip it off, dont let ANY spores fall to lower buds, try to catch the infection before it reaches the branch, try not to harvest if at all possible, but if more than a quarter of the plant becomes rot, imo i would harvest, only because its only a matter of time before you come back nad your 2 ounces of fine pot turned into about a quarter of mushy mold spider egg lookin nastiness, icky good luck man

hey all, im going to take the pics today and hopefully load them up later. but the tips of the white hairs, and most of the hairs now are turning purple-ish. is this bad or good...you guys said it was from the cold...i dont wanna put in all this hard work, and then have the plants die...what should i do...? should i clip them soon...? should i take a test bud and dry it? what do i do now...i dont wanna loose everything i have...

im in eastern canada and it gets cold here i got some girls outside myself we have already had one light frost but the girls are hearty and i dont expect them to be affected by this i dont expect to be cutting untill the end of october god willing but if we get to many frosts then i may have to cut early....... i would say let them go if possible get some pics up im sure there are people on this site who could give you advice on weather or not to cut ........ a few light frosts aint gonna hurt them best of luck

Thanks for all the help. leaving work in 45 min. then gonna take some pics and upload them to the site. what kinda pics do you wanna see...? im gonna prob upload as many as i can... im going to try and get every aspect of the plant and let you guys that are more experienced help me determine when to harvest. Thanks again.

All the pics are up on my albums. tell me what you think

heres some pics.