Need to know if these are ready to harvest!!!! (Pics)

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ogswisher

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IMG_0137.jpgIMG_0138.jpgIMG_0139.jpgIMG_0140.jpgIMG_0141.jpgIMG_0142.jpgIMG_0143.jpgIMG_0144.jpgIMG_0145.jpg hey guys this is my first post and my first time growing I need some advice on when you think I should harvest this plant... I really like the head high over the body high and I heard that if you are looking for this you need to harvest earlier... please give me your advice! Thanks guys and keep smoking!:-P
 
ogswisher said:
wow thanks this whole time I have been thinking I was a week or two away... you thinkin like a month?
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It's hard to say but I think they are about half way... A little bit of background will help though. Strain? How long has the plant been flowering? Outdoor I take it?
 
ogswisher said:
Planted in october all outdoor the strain is a big unknown... been flowering since mid jan.
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Yeah you are only 4 weeks into your flowering phase. If your strain is a 8-9 week strain you still have at least 4-5 weeks to go until it is ready. Wait for your buds to swell and hairs start to redden off and recede into the bud, then start checking your trics. Good luck!
 
Go online and buy yourself a 30x Pocket Microscope. The following post was put up by Brick Top.

This came out in High Times Magazine last year.


Quoted from High Times March 2011 issue from the article "Trichome Tech - Inside the Resin Factory"

For years, K would harvest once the resin heads began turning from opaque to amber, but he's recently rethought his timing thanks to a study by Dr. Paul G. Mahlberg who found that the THC in a resin head is at its peak when it's still clear - not opaque and certainly not amber. Dr. Mahlberg stuck a tiny syringe into the bulbous head of the trichome and extracted its contents, then analyzed it for THC.

The result, without a doubt, THC is at its highest before the trichome turns opaque. This makes sense when you think about it: Who harvests fruit when it's turning brown?.....K now harvests at the first sign of opaque trichomes, when the majority on the plant are still clear."


But for years I have done what can be found below.

The capitate-stalked glandular trichome changes color as it matures. Newly formed and immature glands are clear, glands reaching optimum THC production are cloudy or milky and amber trichomes have already passed their peak. By looking at the trichomes you can also determine the best time to harvest your plants. When most trichomes have gone cloudy and a few amber ones have appeared, the plant is at its peak.

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CANNABINOL (CBN)

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Cannabinol (CBN) is the primary degradation product of THC and increases in concentration with plant age. The concentration of this product in the bud is heavily dependent on the time of harvest. Harvesting the bud at a late stage also means that the concentration of CBN in relation to THC will be higher when compared to the peak of THC production.
 
yeah dude just like everyone else is saying they have a long way to go. you havent even hit the fattening stage yet which is where your weight is really gonna come from.
 
IMG_0149.jpgIMG_0150.jpgIMG_0151.jpgHere are some pictures from today.. the main cola is stacked with buds... some are amber but most are white... still you guys feel like I should wait a bit longer? also when it started to flower I hit it with some Bud in Bloom MG and plant really responded well to it... do you guys think I should do this again or just wait till harvest?
 
Do not even start looking at the trics for at least another 3-4 weeks. Adding bloom nutes is a good idea, just not too much. Try feeding every other water (plain water one time, nutes mixed in next) if you notice any signs of nute burn back off on the nutes a bit. At this point I would not bring them inside early, the more light you can give them the more you will be rewarded at the end. When you are just about at the point of harvest you can bring them in, or into complete darkness for a couple of days, up to you.
 
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