Greenthumb Gangsta
Active Member
I am getting ready to harvest my second crop and need to get some input from experienced growers. My last harvest was crap because of the light I was using. I had a 150w MH on one plant. The plant was in the flowering cycle for 11 weeks and the trichomes were still not amber. Most were milky and some were still clear. For reasons out of my control I had to harvest the buds but I figured 11 weeks would have been plenty of time. Boy was I wrong and the quality of the buds suffered. After this horrible event and waste of time I invested in a new setup.
Right now my current setup is (1) Northern Lights plant under (1) 1000w HPS and (1) 150w MH. I have been flowering for about 9 weeks with a lighting schedule of 11 on and 12 off. I have been checking my plants trichomes regularly to ensure that I harvest the plant at the peak time. Recently I have noticed that some trichomes are turning amber. Only about 10%. From what I have read you want to harvest at 50%. This brings me to my dilemma.
I am leaving town for a week on Monday morning. As of today Thursday only 10% of the trichomes are amber. I wanted to find out if anyone has dealt with NL and know how fast the trichomes change once they have started. I am hoping that this happens fast so that I can harvest before I go out of town but don't want to end up with the same mediocre bud I had last time due to early harvest.
The other option is to let it go until I return the following Friday and hope that it is not over ripe. Does anyone know how long the peak harvest time is for NL or have an opinion on what I should do. Will the buds over ripen in a 6 day time frame?
Any input on this will greatly be appreciated.
Greenthumb
Right now my current setup is (1) Northern Lights plant under (1) 1000w HPS and (1) 150w MH. I have been flowering for about 9 weeks with a lighting schedule of 11 on and 12 off. I have been checking my plants trichomes regularly to ensure that I harvest the plant at the peak time. Recently I have noticed that some trichomes are turning amber. Only about 10%. From what I have read you want to harvest at 50%. This brings me to my dilemma.
I am leaving town for a week on Monday morning. As of today Thursday only 10% of the trichomes are amber. I wanted to find out if anyone has dealt with NL and know how fast the trichomes change once they have started. I am hoping that this happens fast so that I can harvest before I go out of town but don't want to end up with the same mediocre bud I had last time due to early harvest.
The other option is to let it go until I return the following Friday and hope that it is not over ripe. Does anyone know how long the peak harvest time is for NL or have an opinion on what I should do. Will the buds over ripen in a 6 day time frame?
Any input on this will greatly be appreciated.
Greenthumb