Quote Originally Posted by The Green Reaper
I went out yesterday to harvest my misties. It has been a good 8 weeks into flower at this point. I finally had picked up one of those illuminated microscops to check the trics.

Spot 1
As I approached one of my sites there was an issue that heated the place out so unfortunatly I had to abort. I believe I had 1.5 seeded misties there. And a bunch of unseeded other strains (not finished yet anyway). I had to leave and went on to my other spot.

Spot 2
This is the same spot I had pics up last week. As I approached the spot I could not help but wonder if they had been ripped this crucial time of year. It has been EXACTLY 9 days since my premie sampler harvest where i took 1 topped cola from this site.

Well to my joy they were still going strong.

I checked the trichs and it seemmed like some were clear some cloudy and VERY FEW ambwer. I wasnt travelling all that way empty handed so I took the 2 misty tops and left the bottoms to pack on weight. The thai rains, gold skunk and master kusk I took a small sample from each as insurance for next time. Also their trichs actually seemed to be getting cloudy but they have more weight top put on imo. Much more hopfully.

The description on the misties was ending in August..:wtf: ol and for the others Sept 17th to 27th. :wtf: I guess what they say about adding 2 weeks to breeders descriptions is true.

Can Stinky Attic, Earthy Dank or any other knowledgeble poster give me a good estimate on how far the others look to have?

Enjoy the pics...the small cola is the thai rain and the big frosty cola is an Early Misty that I chopped. :rastasmoke:
I think im in love:kisslove::yippee:
They looks great. I would say about a week or two depending on your preference. Its hard to give you an exact answer without a microscopic view of the trichs but it looks fairly close. I would give it a week and if you still aren't sure give it one more week then chop it. Better to harvest too late then too early. If you harvest too early it will be a heady, clear high but it will be less potent and shorter-lasting. If you wait too long it will become more lethargic and lazy but the long the buds go the bigger they get. So shoot for 10 more days. Or what you could do... is harvest in thirds... I use this technique on all my bigger plants. All you do is take off the biggest top buds that normally get all the light. Then about 4 or 5 days later get the buds under them. And then the last third of the buds about 4 or 5 days later. This allows 1) for you to let the little under-buds get direct light and swell alittle bit before you harvest and 2) it will give you a spectrum of THC maturity. I like this technique because it gives you the same buds with slight variances. This will also teach you when to harvest the particular strain you are growing based on your preference of high, Though ideally you want to harvest when most of the trichs are white as this is the longest lasting, best body/head high ratio... Since they are sativas though i wouldn't worry too much about the buds becoming lethargic.

Post some more pictures before the harvest if you can. Those early misties are sooo cool looking. I love the weird spikey sativaness with its long fat hairs... Very cool lookin flower... I hope everything goes well.. Good luck..