NavigatorGreen
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Newbie on my Third harvest and would love opinions if these are ready to chop. I have 5 different strains here and these are 8 weeks into flower. Would love some feedback. Thank you!
Ready for Chop?
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NavigatorGreen
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Sure thing. Please see attached I just took these photos. Thanks for the feedback
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More vertical shots to see more of the flower here
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medidedicated
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Want those white hairs to turn orange most should be orange or all of them. You got some nanner clusters in the darker plant the right one of the three shown. Those can make seeds sometimes they dont. Its better than mold Id still take it, Id just smash it into rosin. Very very nice plants for a newbie! Good job!
Good job.
One of the first thing RUI told me when i started posting and my experience has confirmed, is that harvesting based on tricome coloring is a bit of a fools game, some tivas wont amber up til the plant is near dead, some rosiny hashplant types will amber way early. The effects of havesting to disired effect are overstated, it plays a part but 90+% of your medicated effects are going to be determined by genetics. What i look for now is the swell of the caxyles to see that i have packed on as much bulk as the buds will produce and the maturity of the pisels to determine full ripness.
Is this 3 plants we are looking at?
So the lime green one i would be comfertable chopping now, though another week will probably get you a bit more bulk. Im assuming the white hairs are late growth "foxtails" the ones that are colored have mostly receeded into the flowers. Caxyles are nice, fat and round.
The dark green frosty ones got a lil while to go still, pestils still standing tall, caxyles still look a bit flat but have started their swell, 2-3 more weeks,
same with the purple one, wait for that color expression to fully take though the surgar leaf.
Foxtailing is crazy on the purp, if you can imitate the changing of the seasons (dimmer light, shorter light on hrs, little colder during lights off) you can minimize that on your next run, some strains (particuarly heavy sativa) will do it anyways.
One of the first thing RUI told me when i started posting and my experience has confirmed, is that harvesting based on tricome coloring is a bit of a fools game, some tivas wont amber up til the plant is near dead, some rosiny hashplant types will amber way early. The effects of havesting to disired effect are overstated, it plays a part but 90+% of your medicated effects are going to be determined by genetics. What i look for now is the swell of the caxyles to see that i have packed on as much bulk as the buds will produce and the maturity of the pisels to determine full ripness.
Is this 3 plants we are looking at?
So the lime green one i would be comfertable chopping now, though another week will probably get you a bit more bulk. Im assuming the white hairs are late growth "foxtails" the ones that are colored have mostly receeded into the flowers. Caxyles are nice, fat and round.
The dark green frosty ones got a lil while to go still, pestils still standing tall, caxyles still look a bit flat but have started their swell, 2-3 more weeks,
same with the purple one, wait for that color expression to fully take though the surgar leaf.
Foxtailing is crazy on the purp, if you can imitate the changing of the seasons (dimmer light, shorter light on hrs, little colder during lights off) you can minimize that on your next run, some strains (particuarly heavy sativa) will do it anyways.
medidedicated
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Good eye I didnt notice the foxtail its starting to yea. Coule be why that one has nanners so that harvest date is not going to be normal it may not stop once it starts. I was told it doesnt but dimming leds or raising them helps. I had some of the worst foxtailing Ive ever seen lol not anyone elses but of couse Im the one to make something Ive never seen.
The rest or a lot of them look pretty close to done they just look for bulking and white hairs all being red or almost all. Some set back conditions can make them go longer actually like foxtailing for example.
The rest or a lot of them look pretty close to done they just look for bulking and white hairs all being red or almost all. Some set back conditions can make them go longer actually like foxtailing for example.
Dboybudz
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Awesome info man,very detailed and easy to understand wished more people expressed this way and not so annoyed it seems. We all need help sometimes and this plant can be tricky
Week4@inCharge
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I hardly bring the loupe out anymore and just go like these gents here on the maturity of the pistils. If the top stays white and upright on it's own compared to the rest is when I drop the light intensity and duration as stated by Vasmile. I think it is a Rollitup thing. 
NavigatorGreen
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Thanks for this very detailed reply I really appreciate it. Really helps me learn what I'm doing.
Yeah she is a fickel mistress, but resilent. I have not had a full healthy grow in a year, but as long as you start with strong genetics, keep a reasonably stable enviourment and make efforts to minimize issues that come along you will be rewarded. There is saftey in soilAwesome info man,very detailed and easy to understand wished more people expressed this way and not so annoyed it seems. We all need help sometimes and this plant can be tricky
Dboybudz
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I grow outdoors so that all goes out the window when comes to environment,lol. Genetics definitely,this guy gave us a clone this year and grew to a monster then bud rot came and took at least a third. This was when it was healthy. We been wondering why a month and half before being done all the calyxes turned brown. Never seen before.
Budzbuddha
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That's a fine can of Diet Coke you have there!
