Almost ready to harvest,final newb questions...

[Maggot]

Im a newb to growing, and I didnt really know what I was doing when I started but somehow I have managed to get a plant to the point its ready to harvest.

She is blue haze, 25 inches tall and half her white hairs have turned a lovely golden brown colour. Oh and she smells wonderfull.

Now what advice would you guys give for those final days, also I have been told I need to flush the chemicals away using final phase, but I have also been told to use just water ?

Also what do you guys do once you have harvested ? Do you leave the buds in a dark place for a couple of days, before finally smoking ?

Maggot Reviewed by Maggot on 12-05-2008. Almost ready to harvest,final newb questions... Im a newb to growing, and I didnt really know what I was doing when I started but somehow I have managed to get a plant to the point its ready to harvest. She is blue haze, 25 inches tall and half her white hairs have turned a lovely golden brown colour. Oh and she smells wonderfull. Now what advice would you guys give for those final days, also I have been told I need to flush the chemicals away using final phase, but I have also been told to use just water ? Also what do you guys Rating: 5

[bigtopsfinn]

Im a newb to growing, and I didnt really know what I was doing when I started but somehow I have managed to get a plant to the point its ready to harvest.

She is blue haze, 25 inches tall and half her white hairs have turned a lovely golden brown colour. Oh and she smells wonderfull.

Now what advice would you guys give for those final days, also I have been told I need to flush the chemicals away using final phase, but I have also been told to use just water ?

Also what do you guys do once you have harvested ? Do you leave the buds in a dark place for a couple of days, before finally smoking ?

I am now at about the same stage as you are (of my first grow).

First, don't go by the hairs to see if its ready, go by the trichomes. Depending on what kind of high you want, you could harvest with cloudy trichomes or amber/cloudy trichs. You can see this with a 30X magnifier/pocket microscope.

Once you see the trichs are almost all cloudy, you could flush your pot with about 2x ph corrected water, and continue feeding just plain water for the remainder of the time.

As for drying, you should trim the leaves off and hang the branches with buds for 5-15 days. After, you should cut off the buds from the branch and cure the buds in a jar for a week or two for optimum taste and high.

Those are pretty basic answers. I have seen all of this information here, it just takes a little bit of looking. There are many threads and sticky's here about all of this information, and many pics and detailed instructions about making the most of your grow.

[stoned88911]

I am now at about the same stage as you are (of my first grow).

First, don't go by the hairs to see if its ready, go by the trichomes. Depending on what kind of high you want, you could harvest with cloudy trichomes or amber/cloudy trichs. You can see this with a 30X magnifier/pocket microscope.

Once you see the trichs are almost all cloudy, you could flush your pot with about 2x ph corrected water, and continue feeding just plain water for the remainder of the time.

As for drying, you should trim the leaves off and hang the branches with buds for 5-15 days. After, you should cut off the buds from the branch and cure the buds in a jar for a week or two for optimum taste and high.

Those are pretty basic answers. I have seen all of this information here, it just takes a little bit of looking. There are many threads and sticky's here about all of this information, and many pics and detailed instructions about making the most of your grow.

I second that, I will just add if your going to store some for a while you will want to put it in a air tight container in a dry dark place.:rastabanna:

[bigtopsfinn]

I second that, I will just add if your going to store some for a while you will want to put it in a air tight container in a dry dark place.:rastabanna:

Yes that too :thumbsup: I should add that when you first put it into jars you should open it twice a day for a few minutes at a time until the buds have reached an even dryness.

There are a lot of things I didn't really go into detail on, just because the more experienced growers have explained it all much better than I could from memory.

Point is, to get a decent grow to the point that the OP has gotten it probably was accidental and took much reading. The same reading applies for harvest. Perfection is attainable with the info here, just gotta look for it.

[bigtopsfinn]

Point is, to get a decent grow to the point that the OP has gotten it probably was accidental and took much reading. The same reading applies for harvest. Perfection is attainable with the info here, just gotta look for it.

EDIT: Should have said wasn't accidental

[DTRave420]

Im a newb to growing, and I didnt really know what I was doing when I started but somehow I have managed to get a plant to the point its ready to harvest.

She is blue haze, 25 inches tall and half her white hairs have turned a lovely golden brown colour. Oh and she smells wonderfull.

Now what advice would you guys give for those final days, also I have been told I need to flush the chemicals away using final phase, but I have also been told to use just water ?

Also what do you guys do once you have harvested ? Do you leave the buds in a dark place for a couple of days, before finally smoking ?

If you were using non organic nutes it's a good idea to flush for 2 weeks IMO...There are alot of fertilizer rinses on the market so don't think you have to use FinalPhase...My favorite is FinalFlush...It's said that you can flush a grow with it in one week but I don't like taking chances...

After trimming,hang your grow in a cool dark place and make sure it's dry before you cure it...I no longer use glass jars to cure...I now use plastic "Tight-Pac" containers...Open them a couple of times daily,but try not to smoke it because it has to go through a chemical process to truly cure into proper kick-ass smoke...:jointsmile: