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Hi everyone I'm new to this site and I have a question to be answered. I'm a week from harvest and my top heads are pretty big compared to the mid and bottom section of my tree. A friend of my told me if I was to cut the top heads and leave the rest on the tree and keep feeding it, most of the light will penetrate thru to the smaller buds and give my mid and lower section a healthy and big size! I this true and is it harmful? Please write me your suggestions, thanks in advance.
In my opinion not a good idea as the plant will get stressed and possibly kill the rest of the plant....just my opinion !!!
The best thing to do is check the trichomes. Get a handheld microscope from Radio Shack for $13 or get a good jewlers loop. If some of the trichs are turning amber or brown the plant is ready.
If the trichs on the lower buds are not ready then you can try growing them a little longer to see if the trichs on the lower buds reach the proper maturity. I personally have not had much luck with this but I know folks who claim they have.
Usually when I see some of the trichs are ready all the buds on the plant are ready. I grow outdoor.
By at least 10%. If I have the time, when I harvest, I do it in stages. Use your scope and take only what is mature. Once the tops come off it lets light deeper into the plant, and all the little light starved popcorn buds fatten up quick.
Also since I like to trim the buds down when they are wet I will take only what I can trim that day. When you do this harvest becomes much more managable. Meanwhile, the plant continues to mature, gaining weight and size.
I grow outdoors, and if I have the time, I will do it with all my plants. I think this is the best way to go.
That's just my 2 cents.
It is always good to maximize your harvest. The problem for me is that once I harvest it is late October to the end of November. There is not much sun left in northern Cal at that time to keep the buds growing. The rains usually come and anything left just molds. Now Hawaii is another story. Where as I get one harvest and done you can get multiple harvests. Yes I am jealous.:smokin: