Zeus's Take on Harvesting

sticky please

im assuming all of these are grown hydro... what about if you're growing outdoors.. what if your plant needs another 3 weeks, but weather isn't greatest.. its not freezing... but not that warm out either.. any tricks for "speeding" up the process??? Will the plants continue to grow in late Oct if weather stays above freezing?

diet103 said:

Hey this is a really helpful thread, I wasn't too sure about when to do it until I found this thread.

I have a question though. My weather has went to crap and I have brought my 2 outdoor plants inside, they both have about one or two weeks max left and the forecast is crappy and cloudy for those 2 weeks. Will the buds still ripen and fatten properly without proper sunlight??

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Question bump and what the dude above me said

Subscribed! I think my plants have another 10 days or so but the weather is getting in the low 40's even hit 35 the other night. How will this effect the buds? It's already turning one of my plants purple. The bag did however have purple on the bud I got the seed from. Let them fight the weather? whats the risk-reward here?

^^If you live in the midwest...

You can cover your plants at night. This will help
with the freezing nights. If you have them in pots,
put them inside the shed, or other non-heated
enclosure you might have.

Hey Zeus, thanks so much for giving me something I can use.
That is more of what I needed; a good, clear explanation & photo examples!
Thank you, thank you!!!
Good bud karma to ya!!!

"This is by no means meant to be the definitive guide to knowing when to chop your plant, only my views on the subject."

You may want to bold and italicize this. People are ignoring science/botany and quoting this thread everywhere I look without recognizing that it is simply your opinion and preference. I like your post. I +rep'd you for it. Its a good post but it is not useful to me as a patient and caregiver. Just saying, you may need to make the disclaimer bigger and brighter =p

Why would you +rep him if it was not useful to you as a patient and caregiver? The title of the thread says it's his take on harvesting, not "this is how you must determine harvest time; obey or die."

Take a nap or something.

Twistedfunk said:

"This is by no means meant to be the definitive guide to knowing when to chop your plant, only my views on the subject."

You may want to bold and italicize this. People are ignoring science/botany and quoting this thread everywhere I look without recognizing that it is simply your opinion and preference. I like your post. I +rep'd you for it. Its a good post but it is not useful to me as a patient and caregiver. Just saying, you may need to make the disclaimer bigger and brighter =p

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shnkrmn said:

Why would you +rep him if it was not useful to you as a patient and caregiver? The title of the thread says it's his take on harvesting, not "this is how you must determine harvest time; obey or die."

Take a nap or something.

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Its a sound method on how to produce a very heavy narcotic effect and was written and explained very thoroughly so I gave him +rep. It was a good read and I liked it. Reread my post to answer the rest of your oh so witty retort. Now get off my lawn, I'm trying to take a nap.

Twistedfunk said:

Its a sound method on how to produce a very heavy narcotic effect and was written and explained very thoroughly so I gave him +rep. It was a good read and I liked it. Reread my post to answer the rest of your oh so witty retort. Now get off my lawn, I'm trying to take a nap.

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Smartypants!

Zeus, you are SO right on. +Rep to you for sharing this most important of information!

Cannabis is just like any other fruit or flower bearing plant. It is harvested when it is "ripe".

The best analogy I can think of is soft tree fruit. Would you eat a green pear, nectarine or peach? Yuck. I mean could you eat it? Yes. Would it fill you up and provide nutrition? Yes. Would it taste good. Hell No.

So kids remember, before you chop a plant that still has ANY white hairs on it think of what a ripe tree ripened peach is like. Ultra sweet & so juicy it runs down your elbows when you bite it.

If you think your unripened buds tastes good, Just think how much better it will be when it's ripe.

Im glad you made this thread Zeus

Great post Zeus, very informative & right in time for more fun now than worries

Here's a few pics
my guess would be another week or two! what do you think?

i grow hydro and with organics. i know what my plants look like when they are ready to chop but i dont know when i should start the flush could u give me your opinion on this. SpuceZeus

Awesome thread! i just harvested today actually.. and the best part about growing your own bud is the fact is YOU decide what kind of high you want by harvesting whenever YOU want... but those last 2 weeks are really worth the wait

Awesome info .. Thanks .. #1

Thank you! That was, by far, the best information I've read on harvesting if not all of growing in general. concise and to the point with logical reasoning. I've been having stop myself from doing it too early now I know. thanks

About time someone did this great thread, you da man!

I'm going to try super hard to wait for ripeness. I don't think i have actually done that before. The thing I wonder is whether you actually get more for bang for your time*watts when you harvest earlier. Does it really pack on enough weight or crystals to be worth the extra time it takes canopy space in flowering? I'm definitely going to wait for swelling, but i'll probably still chop when most pistols are orange just because i need something.

very informative and correct yet very painful for the impatient...