¿Ready or Not ready? Judge the Youtubers.

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great day!

This is a simple poll im interested about. I have here screenshots of 7 different youtube channels, from videos where they show the buds the day the plants were harvested.
Do you think this youtuber harvested early? I want to know what the community thinks. There are no trichome pictures, this is just a first impression poll. I deleted the name of the videos and the youtubers logo to try just to make it less biased. The name of the youtube channels I selected are in the spoiled section. Please vote first then read the names of the youtube channels.

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All but the dank looking one. number 3

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I only selected 7 youtubers because I wanted it tobe a small number, i know there are a lot of good ones. Thanks for your time.

Boatguy said:

All but the dank looking one. number 3

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They were all ready but #3?

twentyeight.threefive said:

They were all ready but #3?

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No. Only #3

Mids

#3 and the first two pics of #5 look closest.

#3 is the only one who chopped at a proper time.


What do I win?


Why is this vote private? I wanna see who doesn't know what the fuck they are talking about.

You lost my attention once I read YouTube.

bk78 said:

You lost my attention once I read YouTube.

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Well you know, there is an argument that youtubers are a bad reference for people that wants to learn and grow. This is just to see how much of a bad reference are they when it comes to harvest timing.

#2 is close, could go longer, but it's close to a chop for me. I like a more energetic high. Decent size and foxtailing already.

Some of #3 is a chop for me, but there are many green buds close by to want to chop it all.

#5 is a chop.

Give #1, #4, #6 & #7 at least a week or two to finish up, depending.

Only number 3 was done. most the “growers“ on YouTube are dipshits.

I've let shit go for 17 weeks in bloom. They'll keep sprouting white hairs and continue to foxtail for weeks passed the prime ripe state. #5 is definitely done imo. When to harvest is highly influenced by personal preference but the main factors that I go by are the color of the trichs and whether the calaxyes have swelled. As long as I've given enough time for the calaxyes to swell then imo its only a matter of what ratio of THCA/THC ect you want.

The longer you let the bloom go, the less THCA. THCA is just converted to THC over time (and faster when you use heat), and THC degrades into CBN with heat and time. You want high THCA bud, higher THC is less desirable imo.

Clear trichs haven't been exposed to the light/time ect as much (why they are clear), so most of the THCA is still in form (and maybe some CBGA is still even being converted into THCA?), but as the trichs age and the THCA begins to degrade into THC the color of the trich begins to change to a more milky cloudy, and then after more time goes by a bit more THCA has been coverted into THC, and more of the converted THC has oxidized into CBN and the color is now a translucent amber. The earlier you chop the more THCA (which decarboxilates into THC after heat, ie what you want) and the more energy in the stone, the later you chop the more THC (which oxidizes into CBN by itself or after heat addition, not particularly what I'm after) and the heavier sedation to the stone (maybe more CBD in late bloom, anyone know?).

I wonder what effect an early chop has on the THCV%. Anyone know? Think thats one that I'm going to be targeting for next rounds strain selection.

I give it the ol 8 weeks then check to see if it's filled out, and if it has then I go by trich color. If its starting to get cloudy it gets the chop. If trichs get to amber then for me it went too far.

JOO©E said:

I've let shit go for 17 weeks in bloom. They'll keep sprouting white hairs and continue to foxtail for weeks passed the prime ripe state. #5 is definitely done imo. When to harvest is highly influenced by personal preference but the main factors that I go by are the color of the trichs and whether the calaxyes have swelled. As long as I've given enough time for the calaxyes to swell then imo its only a matter of what ratio of THCA/THC ect you want.

The longer you let the bloom go, the less THCA. THCA is just converted to THC over time (and faster when you use heat), and THC degrades into CBN with heat and time. You want high THCA bud, higher THC is less desirable imo.

Clear trichs haven't been exposed to the light/time ect as much (why they are clear), so most of the THCA is still in form (and maybe some CBGA is still even being converted into THCA?), but as the trichs age and the THCA begins to degrade into THC the color of the trich begins to change to a more milky cloudy, and then after more time goes by a bit more THCA has been coverted into THC, and more of the converted THC has oxidated into CBN and the color is now a translucent amber. The earlier you chop the more THCA (which decarboxilates into THC after heat, ie what you want) and the more energy in the stone, the later you chop the more THC (which oxidizes into CBN by itself or after heat addition, not particularly what I'm after) and the heavier sedation to the stone (maybe more CBD in late bloom, anyone know?).

I wonder what effect an early chop has on the THCV%. Anyone know? Think thats one that I'm going to be targeting for next rounds strain selection.

I give it the ol 8 weeks then check to see if it's filled out, and if it has then I go by trich color. If its starting to get cloudy it gets the chop. If trichs get to amber then for me it went too far.

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this is how I was taught and method I use too. I usually let the main tops get to say 5% amber and then chop. I prefer more energetic than stony vibe. I got shit to do lol.

It doesn't look to me like any of those were actually ready to chop. Some were close, but the best smoke comes from healthy fully ripe plants. Chopping early gets you less high, chopping when plants are ripe gets you more high it's really that simple.

Number 3 looks to me like it was damaged and began to die off early, not like it was actually grown to its full potential.

Thundercat said:

It doesn't look to me like any of those were actually ready to chop. Some were close, but the best smoke comes from healthy fully ripe plants. Chopping early gets you less high, chopping when plants are ripe gets you more high it's really that simple.

Number 3 looks to me like it was damaged and began to die off early, not like it was actually grown to its full potential.

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Do you think so by the look of those super curled fan leaves?

DoobieDoobs said:

Do you think so by the look of those super curled fan leaves?

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Not just the fan leaves, honestly the appearance of the buds too, but the fans don't look healthy . It also looks like it could be a color corrected picture from how the tones vary.

Well, that's a lot, to everyone that voted. It is really appreciated.

So apparently only 1 in this 7 youtubers I picked knows when to harvest xD. Well to be completely fair, as this was a trichomeless poll, only the youtubers know if their plant was on point, they saw trichomes and everything, and of course harvesting timing is personal preference. But it's good to know that a lot of them, from a first impression point of view, harvested maybe too early and noobs like me when they see those videos can take that into account, that way when our harvest timing arrives, well we will know better.

Too bad my favorite YouTuber, Cali Green, didn't do it at the right time either, but it is what it is.

That's again for voting everyone, hopefully some noobs like me will see this poll, and will be more patient when harvest time comes. Merry Christmas and Happy New year guys!

Harvesting plants early is seriously one of the main mistakes most new growers make. It takes patients and decent observation skills to get a plant properly ripened. However once you realize how much better ripe buds are and that you've been harvesting weeks early you'll never do it again! New growers need to learn to watch for ALL the signs the plants give us to show they are maturing, not just count on one measure of the plants progress.