Buds don't smell, seed pods show

[major crisis]

Hello :) I don't come here for a long long time, last year all my plants died and I was trully pissed. Well, this year things look a bit better but still not good enough. Alright, here's my question. I have these two plants growing since march and now they look like this:

see photos please

What plants are these? I think they are hermies because I removed lots of male bud before they opened. But the plants don't smell and the lower buds have some seed pods. I have no idea if the plants are ready to be harvested. Should the seed pods open? The hairs have turned red but the whole thing just doesn't seem right. Should I wait some more time till I cut them? The bud at the top is small, the size of a lighter, but it doesn't smell. Can someone help me please?
thank you

[Zandor]

What type of light are you using and what nutrients are you feeding them?

[major crisis]

no nutrients really, I just put some during veg time but can't say the name in english - it's normal nutrients - and the light is the sun. I've been growing them in the balcony. I feel like harvesting these plants really, I have another female growing but it's different strain and it started flowering 1 week ago. thank you

[elway07]

if all of the hairs are red and you have no way of seeing trichome color with a super magnifying glass then I would say cut it if you are ready... how long have they been in flower??

[elway07]

also the smell thing I wouldn't worry too much about... Some strains don't smell very much at all

[major crisis]

they are flowering since mid august more or less.

can I just hang the whole plant to dry instead of cutting every branch?

[elway07]

well without being able to see the trichomes I couldn't say for sure. It usually takes at least 6-8 weeks to finish, but all of the hairs should not be red when you flower only about half....if they are all red... I would harvest... Do you have some white hairs left?

[stinkyattic]

they are flowering since mid august more or less.

can I just hang the whole plant to dry instead of cutting every branch?

Yes, and it is easiest to remove the large fan leaves first before you hang it.

[major crisis]

some very tiny white hairs left, yes, but the whole plant looks pretty mature. I think maybe it began flowering in the beginning of august, can't be 100% sure.
thank you for your help and support.

[elway07]

yes harvest now. It is done... you don't want it to over flower

[Zandor]

yes harvest now. It is done... you don't want it to over flower


There was no fear of that dude. :smokin:

[major crisis]

well it's done. I cut the 2 hermies and hanged the bigger buds in my wardrobe. I closed the window and the room is dark, I put a fan in the room to ventilate. the smaller buds I just put in a small box inside a closet, I will open the door late at night to let them get some air. This is the first time I'm doing this so in a way it's even good I start with these hermies because I have a full female plant flowering since beginning of this month. like this if anything goes wrong I will know it when it's time to harvest the real female plant. Thank you all for the help :)

[major crisis]

In my previous post I was talking about this plant here - the reason why it's not as big as it could it's because I planted it in july, tell me if you think it's looking okay please

[Zandor]

For the most part they look fine. Maybe some quality nutrients would help them grow larger but you still have a way's to go.

[major crisis]

For the most part they look fine. Maybe some quality nutrients would help them grow larger but you still have a way's to go.

thank you for the tip :smokin: I don't have much money but I could buy some nutrients. the problem is that I don't know which one would be the best and over here in Portugal the name of products is different. the soil already has some little balls which they say fertilizes the plant each time I put water in it. I wasn't expecting this seed to sprout because I already planted it late june or something. I put 2 seeds in each pot, I got this female and a male. The male I already put in the garbage although my grandmother wanted to keep it because it looked really pretty. but I had to tell her that it would be dangerous for my female plant to keep the male so I got rid of it. this plant started flowering before its veg period was completed, maybe next year I'll plant it in may or april so it grows a bit more. I have no idea what strain this might be. :)

[major crisis]

Olá! :thumbsup:
How have you been?
I hope all is fine with the people around here.

Today I come to ask you two things please,

1- the buds of my hermies are 3 weeks drying but they are not ready yet :( Is this normal? Does it take so long to dry? I hanged them in a dark place but it's not very hot in there; maybe 14 degrees or something.

2- my female plant is flowering good. Please tell me what you think, here are the last pictures I took of my pretty lady

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can anyone help me with the post above?

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anyone please comment?

[Tokudai]

Drying the whole plant at once seems to take a little longer than normal, but three weeks sounds excessive. Whats the humidity in the room you are drying the hermies in? Are they starting to feel crispy or anything on the outside?

The second femme is coming along nicely, looks like shes still got a ways to go to fill in, but looking nice and healthy. Good job!

[major crisis]

Drying the whole plant at once seems to take a little longer than normal, but three weeks sounds excessive. Whats the humidity in the room you are drying the hermies in? Are they starting to feel crispy or anything on the outside?

The second femme is coming along nicely, looks like shes still got a ways to go to fill in, but looking nice and healthy. Good job!

thanks for replying. well, I ended up finishing the drying of my hermies in the mircrowave and I already smoked everything. it was not potent and it tasted bad, but gave me a little buzz. it took 20 seconds in the microwave to get them crispy.

I have no idea about the humidity where I dried my hermies but now I'm getting worried because I don't know where to dry my femme when the time comes. 3 weeks sounds a lot to me but they weren't getting any crispy at all.

anyone tells me please, how many more weeks should I wait till I harvest my femme? she's 1 month into flowering. also, I cut some fan leaves and other leaves that were stopping the sun to reach the buds at the bottom, did I do wrong?

[elway07]

yes you should never cut the fan leaves or any leaves on a plant that aren't already diseased or dead. That is where the plant soaks up the rays to make the sugars etc...for the buds. It won't kill it, it may slow the flowering down a bit, but in the future don't cut that stuff off. I made the same mistake once, and a lot of first time growers do.... you have learned a good lesson here.... Don't dry your stuff in the microwave dude. you pretty much waiste everything you worked so hard to grow... it doesn't need to be completely dark where you dry them. actually some indirect light is good. That's how I dry mine and it works great. Drying the whole plant will take longer so I cut each branch to dry on it's own. It works well and a lot faster. It was probably taking so long because you had it in an enclosed space. I dry mine out in the bedroom, and trust me the buds are really potent, sticky, smooth, and great tasting...... Just give it a shot next time... Good luck