Quote Originally Posted by bigtopsfinn
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: