Had to harvest earlier than expected, will my smoke suffer?

[Nice Dreamz]

due to reasons id rather not explain online, i had to havest my plant aproxamately 64 days into flower. I was planning on waiting til at least
70-80. though many heads had turned amber not quite as many as i had planned on. the strain is citral, and it was always healthy til the day it was chopped. its been drying 6 days, and of course i plan to slow cure it. please predict the quality of my smoke from your own previous grows because i am very curious.

[killerweed420]

It should still have plenty of thc. Won't be quite as good but you gotta do what you gotta do.

[stinkyattic]

Once you have the cloudy heads with some amber, you are actually already in your harvest window. In fact, you may find that it is pleasantly buzzy.

Let me give you an anecdote concerning one of my favorite strains, SourBubble:

The first time I grew it, I waited until a high % of the heads were amber to harvest. The shit stuck me to the sofa SO BAD that I cursed the strain out because it tasted so good but I couldn't move!

Next time, I took it down a little earlier based on the suggestion of a friend, and said, well hey, that's not so bad after all!

Last time, I had to chopchop early because of a 'situation'... lol you know the sort! I put the buds aside to cure and forgot about them until my friend came over the other day. Well let me tell you... we got the giggles so bad that we could barely BREATHE. It was hysterical, and awesome! That plant is coming down at 6 1/2 weeks from now on, lol!!!

Don't be afraid to experiement with your harvest time, because a LOT of that is your personal taste and what you want to use it for.

[trancefusion5]

Damn Stinky! It must be very nice to be a good friend of yours! :thumbsup: :D

[stinkyattic]

Yeah... you have to endure my company and my dog's farts. Not so good after all :(

[trancefusion5]

Hard to believe you can smell them over all that dank smoke! and im sure you have the best stories :jointsmile:

[trancefusion5]

But back on subject. I was kinda forced this last grow to chop a little early because of a damn hermi. It was far passed getting all the males out so i kinda stopped thinking about the possibility of a hermi. Well to my shock i found one and i was way to late! I couldnt believe it! Week 6 and it must have just happened cuz i know it hadnt shown for that long or i would have seen it sooner. As soon as i saw it i took a few test buds and they were clean after vaping. I even went through with a 30x to be sure. I waited another week or so and cut almst all of it donwn and so far so good, i havent found any micro seeds. But im still worried about the little bit that i left up for longer (still havent done a test, Kinda scared to). The bud i got is awesome and the high is great although i was hoping for more of a couch lock but its better than a bunch of seeds.

I was wondering, can hermis just pop out at any time? I always thought it would have happened sooner.

I wanted some of the seeds but i knew by the time i was ready to harvest they would not be done anyway... :(

[trancefusion5]

Sorry one more question. Is a clone takin from a hemi more likely to be hermi or does it depend how you grow it? Thanks , not tryin to thread jack

[Nice Dreamz]

thanks for the advice, especially stinky's. I wouldve prefired a couchlock high but im sure i will be happy with it. its been drying a week now but still has some time to go, when i do give it a try il let yall know. thanks for the help. btw if you take a clone from a hermie, you will have just that. a hermie

[killerweed420]

Yeah... you have to endure my company and my dog's farts. Not so good after all :(
I bet my dog's farts are worse than your dog's farts.lol

[trancefusion5]

. btw if you take a clone from a hermie, you will have just that. a hermie

Damn the hermi had the tightest buds and thats sayin alot. I could not believe it. Damn bag seed. Thanks

[trancefusion5]

Let us know how the high is when you test it :thumbsup:

[Nice Dreamz]

Let us know how the high is when you test it
will do buddy, hopefully it will be testable in only a few days.