Harvest

Hi,
this is my baby - 1st time and itching to harvest. I have read in someplaces it can be good to harvest early as a gites a better high - any thoughts?
I'd say about 1/6 pistils brown now, nice and frosted with trichs....
any help appreciated.

to me they dont look ready yet, judging buy pistils isn't really the way to go, get a microscope or something and check the trichs, looks to me like they have another 3-5 weeks left.

Thanks for this - want to get it right - flowering started at around 1st week of July. Just some of the buds (very few - literally one or two) have died and browned - most are crisp white and healthy.
Using tomato plant food.
Really appreciate help.
:jointsmile:

those are really nice but no where near ready yet. id agree with above. your tomato fert is likely high in nitrogen too, can you switch? pick something with high p. unless you are using a bloom formula, tomatoes like high accidity and mj likes it right in the middle.

Lookin good but if you let them go to finish they will likely almost double in weight from where they are now. The High-N fert is hurting your yield as well.
The heady high can still be acheived at the cloudy trich stage. Just don't let them get amber if you want to minimize couchlock.

Cheers for advice i will swap feeds - is miracle grow okay?? - i am in the uk so not sure if we have same brands...

miracle grow does work all rite

Miracle gro has too much nitrogen for flowering. Even for veg, it's the equivalent of junk food.

so when i go to the garden centre - what do i ask for , high in phosphate and ?? neutral pH??

Well if you have a pH kit you will fix the pH anyway before use.
Ask for a bloom fertilizer. I think that orchid bloom ferts are appropriate. I've used Schultz bloom plus ( ?) before, and Jack's Classic orchid food. But please no MG... :D

Trying to edit and not working still love this pic and put it as my avater!

Hi - just a beginner and not got a pH kit - will get the bloom stuff!
thanks

Some single leaves have sprouted. I have bought a pocket microscope but am struggling to get a clear enough hold on the trichomes...
What concerns me is that as i am struggling to see the trichomes i cant tell when to harvest. The flowering actually began around the 10th of July - according to the seed bank the flowering period was around 50 days.
I know I am stressing (but i am itching to cut these down!!)
Should i still be "holding on"
I attach recent pics :hippy:

Theres alot more time on those. More then 2 weeks..

...snip off the smallest sample possible (bud leaf)...and put it on a white paper plate and set your microscope over it. I usually take samples every 12 hours once the trichs get cloudy....:thumbsup: