When should i HARVEST? first time grower!

darkdestruction420

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member
from fdd's sticky harvest tutorial-

i've been trimming for 12 hours non stop so please bear with me.



we will start with ripeness. most people say to check your trichromes with 30X magnification. i have other ways. when buds are done they look "done". the appearance of the bud changes. the leaves start to hook upwards and become hard and crispy. the calyxes will swell and the hairs will turn brown. you can see a golden tinge to the bud leaves. this is the amber crystals. they start to turn amber on the leaves first.



not ready..........





ready.......






notice the difference? it's pretty easy to see once it occurs. :mrgreen:
 
deprave

deprave

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You got like about 2 weeks, you could prolly harvest it now actually if you really need to but it will be weaker, check the trichomes with a scope you need to have some amber or at the very least mostly cloudy....If you dont want to do that than just wait till you stop seeing those white pistols..it looks like there is not much white pistols left on that one so that is why I say two weeks. If your going to flush then do it now, start feeding plain water
 
ftpstrangr

ftpstrangr

Active Member
deprave said:
You got like about 2 weeks, you could prolly harvest it now actually if you really need to but it will be weaker, check the trichomes with a scope you need to have some amber or at the very least mostly cloudy....If you dont want to do that than just wait till you stop seeing those white pistols..it looks like there is not much white pistols left on that one so that is why I say two weeks. If your going to flush then do it now, start feeding plain water
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I got a microscope with 60x magnification. I've been watching and they are primarily cloudy trichomes, but next to none with amber trichomes.So you think a little under 2 weeks now. So far the the average between everyone is about 10 days.. So i guess im thinking that should be a safe time. Would you agree?
 
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