should i harvest soon or wait

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beer316

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just want a second opinion. i want to wait a week. of coarse everyone else i tell says cut them down now cause they want weed LOL. it's purple kush x la confidential. middle of week 10. have fed anything just straight water for the past 2 weeks so they're flushed good. how long should i wait? rep for any advice.

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Buy a 30x magnifier. Look at the trichomes. You CANNOT tell if a plant is done by looking at the "Hairs". Some plants will have white "hairs" even after it is finished. The "hairs" are actually called Pistils and are there to collect pollen and they will stay healthy and white as long as the plant is healthy and properly cared for. Your goal is good ripe trichomes. Since you are working with a strong indica strain I would recommend letting the trichomes mature a little longer than some other strains. I would expect a nice strong indica punch from an LA confidential plant and that is achieved by letting the some of the trichomes become amber before harvesting the plant. When you see the trichomes going from a silver/blue color and starting to turn to amber its a good time to begin harvest. The longer you wait the more "couchlock" your weed will develop. This is only true for a certain period of time. Indica plants have about a 7-10 day period where the flavor and stone will be perfect. Also, your plants will naturally "Fade" at harvest time. If you harvest a plant with super green leaves it probably isnt ready and wont have the best taste. Let it start to naturally yellow. The yellowing is the natural process of the buds sucking the sugars from the leaves and converting it into starches for trichomes and terpenoids. If you think it is done WAIT ANOTHER WEEK. It may turn purple on you during the final days. It would be worht waiting just to see what she does.
 
She has a little nutrient burn also. Keep feeding her clean water and she will fill in a little more and start to yellow out really soon. She has more bud to give you if you let her swell up. The final weeks are often when indica plants swell up. Be patient!
 
beer316 said:
just want a second opinion. i want to wait a week. of coarse everyone else i tell says cut them down now cause they want weed LOL. it's purple kush x la confidential. middle of week 10. have fed anything just straight water for the past 2 weeks so they're flushed good. how long should i wait? rep for any advice.

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Well Running around telling everyone you're growing and them telling you to take them down now because they want weed....Good Luck with you're future endeavors. Hope you have a Lawyer on retainer and some sort of personal protection, you'll most likely need one if not both in your future...
 
kinetic said:
Well Running around telling everyone you're growing and them telling you to take them down now because they want weed....Good Luck with you're future endeavors. Hope you have a Lawyer on retainer and some sort of personal protection, you'll most likely need one if not both in your future...
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no it's not like that at all. this is all legal under state law. only 3 different people have actually seen the plant who i caregive for, and have known for 10-15 years. i have about 20 plants and never . they all harvest on a different schedule. yes i also have personal protection, i have a cwp and glock 9mm. never had to use it, probably never will nor do i hope i will ever have to. i rarely smoke, im only a caregiver really. i do have my own card too though for the rare occasions i do smoke. you cant be under the influence and carry a cwp.

this is nothing new to me. i been doing this since it became legal in michigan. i live in marquette upper michigan. i just like getting additional opinions at harvest for every plant.
 
Irie Genetics said:
Buy a 30x magnifier. Look at the trichomes. You CANNOT tell if a plant is done by looking at the "Hairs". Some plants will have white "hairs" even after it is finished. The "hairs" are actually called Pistils and are there to collect pollen and they will stay healthy and white as long as the plant is healthy and properly cared for. Your goal is good ripe trichomes. Since you are working with a strong indica strain I would recommend letting the trichomes mature a little longer than some other strains. I would expect a nice strong indica punch from an LA confidential plant and that is achieved by letting the some of the trichomes become amber before harvesting the plant. When you see the trichomes going from a silver/blue color and starting to turn to amber its a good time to begin harvest. The longer you wait the more "couchlock" your weed will develop. This is only true for a certain period of time. Indica plants have about a 7-10 day period where the flavor and stone will be perfect. Also, your plants will naturally "Fade" at harvest time. If you harvest a plant with super green leaves it probably isnt ready and wont have the best taste. Let it start to naturally yellow. The yellowing is the natural process of the buds sucking the sugars from the leaves and converting it into starches for trichomes and terpenoids. If you think it is done WAIT ANOTHER WEEK. It may turn purple on you during the final days. It would be worht waiting just to see what she does.
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i am familiar with most of that info but thanks, a review is always nice. im just gonna print off this post tomorrow for my few friends to see to show them why i want to wait another week. they're just overly anxious LOL.
 
A caregiver who cannot determine ripeness of a basic indica plant. First sign. Dude. Stop showing people your grow. Stop letting people push you to harvest YOUR grow. Get a good book and set some boundaries before somthing goes wrong.
 
Irie Genetics said:
She has a little nutrient burn also. Keep feeding her clean water and she will fill in a little more and start to yellow out really soon. She has more bud to give you if you let her swell up. The final weeks are often when indica plants swell up. Be patient!
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yeah i pushed her to the max with the nutrients. used botanicare at 1/2 strength with all supplements one feeding every week. otherwise when she was thirsty gave her 1T big bloom per gallon of water. once in a while just straight water to help rinse the old nutrients or salt build ups. last few girls in soil i fed a bit too much and have been trying to find that near perfect feeding plan.
 
Irie Genetics said:
A caregiver who cannot determine ripeness of a basic indica plant. First sign. Dude. Stop showing people your grow. Stop letting people push you to harvest YOUR grow. Get a good book and set some boundaries before somthing goes wrong.
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lol 2 of those ppl are family. like close family that i didnt know until like 10 years ago cause they lived across the world. the other is a close friend from high school. i dont show ppl like you ppl are thinking. i run a relatively large setup, like 8 600 watters depending on what im working with. also have security cameras. no one else comes in. no one else even knows. besides that i have another grow at a small apartment, and another grow at another friends. it's all legal. never been screwed cause i know the ppl i deal with too well. thanks for the concern though. normally yeah, its fucking stupid to tell ppl.
 
day 68 or middle of week 10 since the light was switched from 24/7 to 12/12. it was a seed from a purple kush plant but grew like an la con. there were la cons in the room at the time which were heat stressed so i think they had a few hidden dicks from the stress and nutted on the kush. i wanted kush so i planted one of the very few seeds from the plant and it was nothing like the mom. she was only growing under 300watts though. i had to turn my ballasts down cause it was too much heat. got my mini split ac now so heat will be in check when it's hooked up tomorrow.
 
brotherjericho said:
With that much indica, i would expect a fuller cola at 10 weeks. Any chance we can see the rest of the plant?
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yes but if you dont mind it wont be until later. i got called into work for a couple hours. friend just called me to help trim asap cause his patients are so anxious they want it wet LOL. at least he sells it to them at a more than fair price, especially for being wet. dispensaries are outrageous prices. thats why i do my own and have a couple side operations to help other friends get started. so far i've helped 2 ppl get set up, walked them thru it start to finish, made all my money back plus a ton of free smoke, then let them take over on their own. it's all about compassion but only with ppl u can trust. i dont do this kinda shit with any joe blow.
 
by the way, just to add to the paranoia of ppl thinking my shit is getting stolen, my uncle is a cop that lives across the street from the grow. hes a dick too but he likes me cause i follow the law and we shoot at the same place. i hate cops but what can i do, hes my uncle? hes totally cool with pot too. he says as long as none of us pull you over and your not driving like a fucking idiot and as long as you dont look all fucked up, then we're cool. i asked about it still being in peoples blood work. he told me they can give you a duid if it's in your blood but if your not driving high they shouldnt even accuse you unless your well known in a bad way by the cops.
 
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