Trichomes & Harvesting

Roger A. Shrubber

Well-Known Member
if you don't want the heavy narcotic high, cut them when you just start to see any ambers on the calyxes.
is that an auto? pretty plant, but doesn't look like any of the white widow i've grown out
 

Snail1976

Active Member
they do look milky, but...not the best pics, and i wouldn't want to make any definitive statements based on them.....and those are mostly sugar leaf trichs, get down in there and get some calyx shots, those are the ones that count.
Thank you! I know the pictures suck. I will try harder.
 

Snail1976

Active Member
a lot of people have tried the prolonged period of darkness before chop, the general consensus is that it doesn't really make much of a difference.
i myself am not a proponent of flushing. i won't go off on a long diatribe (which i have been known to do), i'll just say that if you do your own research into flushing, you will see that it is a myth, that does nothing its supposed to do. nothing.
Good to know!
 

hardknock

Member
You are blessed for sharing this wonderful and cherished piece on this thread so far. I love this so much. Thanks a lot. If there is any way you can tag me along whenever you put up informative posts like this, please do so.
 

Snail1976

Active Member
Hi, thank you for sharing.May i know how to pack them? smell proof bag or something else?
Looking at the amber, curled pistils with my untrained eye I’d probably have snatched that up already. I just got a jewelry glass to see the trichomes. Back in the day we didn’t know shit about trichomes and went by amber pistils.
 

GrowerCy

Active Member
Hello, im thinking on harvesting this girl in around 10 days (now shes 59 days ) breeder says 65-70 days for full mature.What do you think? i want to chop for highest THC level.


 

Snail1976

Active Member
Hello, im thinking on harvesting this girl in around 10 days (now shes 59 days ) breeder says 65-70 days for full mature.What do you think? i want to chop for highest THC level.


I’ve found that a couple of weeks can be added to what they say. Just buy a jewelry loupe, learn about trichomes, and harvest when they’re right for your personal preference. I like to harvest when I see all or 90% milky trichomes. That’s when the max THC is acquired. If you want couch lock medicine wait until most trichomes are amber.
 

slipperyslut

New Member
Awesome what a thread with pics and all. But i do have one question. I am not sure if you are familiar with purple kush and what the despensary preffer. I read somewhere that they preffer purple kush to be about 60% amber and the rest milky and clear. if you have any knowledge of this please inform me. This is my first grow and i will be having some left overs. i am also using it for my arthritist. And also read it was suppose to give a couch lock high when it is 60% amber. I have recently started using cannabis to relieve pain and muscle tension. i am at day 56 into flowering and everything is sticky.
If you see hardly any clear, mostly cloudy and a few amber it's a good time to harvest.
You might be able to let your plants flower a few days to a week more or so, but I wouldn't let them flower more than that if you are seeing mostly cloudy a few amber.

You can leave some of the smaller leaves (sugar leaves) on the buds.
These leaves can help avoid a too quick dry and they can also add some good properties to your buds (flavour etc.).
But it's a preference call, if you prefer without leaves, do it that way, just make sure you don't dry too quickly (you want a dry period of ~6-7 days (slow & steady)).
K0ijn is right. I’ve always harvested Old School rule: when the trichomes are cloudy amber its harvest time! Old school became “New School” when I got my new dry “bladeless” trimmer. I got it because amber “ripe” trichomes make buds sticky and hard to hand trim wet or in bladed trimmers for wet. These auto-trimmers designed for wet are crazy and gum up and if you’re hand-trimming you lose a lot when they (trichomes) get stuck to your blades and gloves. I cure my buds so they’re moist enough to keep the potency but the sugar leaves are dry. Then with my new TTT’s (I got 4 now) they trim my Buds to perfection in appearance, but most importantly my new Tom’s Tumble Trimmer LEAVES MOST of the trichomes on the Buds where they belong!
 

Beachwalker

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Thanks man, surprises myself too, to anyone who knows the strain, when the best to get a celebral high ?
I've been running ilgm ww on and off for 3 years, I like it when there is as much cloudy as possible, no amber (got enough sleep meds)

I smoke it almost every day at the beach, it's my go-to beach walking weed LOL (that's a thing!) :hump:

Couple ww pics from this year..
 

dnt420

Well-Known Member
I've been running ilgm ww on and off for 3 years, I like it when there is as much cloudy as possible, no amber (got enough sleep meds)

I smoke it almost every day at the beach, it's my go-to beach walking weed LOL (that's a thing!) :hump:

Couple ww pics from this year..
That's exactly what I like to do, go to the beach enjoy the sun and roll one
 
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