First Grow Lowryder. When to harvest?

Hi all, Im coming to nearly 2 months from seed and wondering if anyone could tell me if they look ready for harvest and what to look for?



Cheers all.

they look very nice, have you checked the trics color?......most people want all cloudy trics, but its all personal preference

Im not sure what the trics color is. What should i be looking for?

The trichomes are the crystals that form on the plant. They are shaped like a golf ball on a tee if you look at them under a microscope. They are the best thing to judge the ripeness of a plant by. If they are all clear, it is immature. If they are mostly cloudy, it will be a heady, up kinda high, if they are mostly amber, it will be a couch-lock kinda stone. Most people harvest when they are all cloudy with some turning amber.

As long as the trichomes are clear, they are gaining potency, cloudy = peak potency, amber = losing potency. Pick up a 10 dollar microscope from radio shack, it will help a lot.

If you don't want to go by trichomes, you can make a kinda educated guess about ripeness by the hairs. If all the hairs have turned reddish/brown, its probably ripe. This isn't the best way to judge though, because some strains are completely ripe before the hairs change and some aren't ripe til after they all change.

Here are a few good links:
http://www.drugs-forum.com/growfaq/1529.htm
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?p=846276

Btw, yours is looking just about ready for harvest IMO. Pick up that microscope to be sure though. Found the pics i was looking for too.

Thanks Splifted i think i'll go and get myself a microscope tommorrow and have a look.

I'll let your know as soon as ive checked. One last question, which is the best part of the plant to check?

well you want to get an average color for the whole plant....so you might want to check a couple of different spots. what i do is cut a tiny leaves off the bottom, middle, and top; and make sure there are tricomes on it and just look through your microscope. good luck

SS,
your plant looks great, hope you get a great yield...
btw, where'd you get those seeds from... it's the strain i'm eyeing and can't seem to find it

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Originally Posted by xblackdogx

SS,
your plant looks great, hope you get a great yield...
btw, where'd you get those seeds from... it's the strain i'm eyeing and can't seem to find it

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Check this out for some LR beans.
http://www.drchronic.com/products.as...t+Doctor+seeds