when to harvest

hey i have an outdoor plant i bought indoor for budding,just wondering if i could get some advice one when to harvest them.
not sure if theyed be ready yet or wat lol

any ideas on the strain?
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...e/IMG_3071.jpg
and just an indoor of the same strain.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j1...e/IMG_3069.jpg

For a start this doesnt go in the hydroponics forum.

Ok, get yourself a loop.

Look at the trichomes, when 50% are cloudy/amber then it is ready to harvest because THC and cannabinol levels are at their optimum.

Doesnt looks ready just yet.

yer sorry, spose it shoudlve gone indoor section lol.

cheers for the advice

I can move it for you and I will but the 50% is a little later to harvest. By the time it dries and cures you will end up with more like 80% amber.

Remember amber trichomes are degrading and loosing quality. Cloudy is peak harvest but not all trichomes peak up at the same time so you harvest on the average.

Lip is correct you need a lighted 30x pocket microscope to view the trichomes properly. A lup will work but most of them are only 10x and you miss some detail. There are pictures of trichomes in the grow FAQ section but they were taken with a 60x and that was to strong to view a good average. You get the idea from them anyway.

10% to 20% average is better to harvest by. The high will last longer and be stronger with more cloudy trichomes.

so i should start the drying and curing now?

that depends on what you see when you use the pocket microscome?

Have you flushed them yet?

nope havnt flushed yet, ive got nothing to magnify the buds :(

try old school I guess If you can't afford to buy one.

There are some drinking glasses that with a little water you can get about 10x magnifying glass either from looking down into the glass or across the glass.

Not the best but better then nothing.

cheers for the advice man

make sure you flush it for a week at least, damn that bud looks tasty would be a shame to spoil :)

yeah, im guna give it another 5 days then might flush, or grow for another 5 days, and see how it goes

Well I waited to long to flush. Need to harvest right away
i have given them gallons of straight water for 2 days
how low does the ppm reading have to be to be safe to harvest
I am using cuting edge in perfect pots and have put 3 gallons of fresh
water on each plant till it runs off

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Originally Posted by Zandor

try old school I guess If you can't afford to buy one.

There are some drinking glasses that with a little water you can get about 10x magnifying glass either from looking down into the glass or across the glass.

Not the best but better then nothing.

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good idea i dident know this would work lol
cheers all :)