Help! Not sure if I'm ready to harvest.

[lumisi]

Please help. This is my first time growing and I don't know if I should harvest yet.

lumisi Reviewed by lumisi on 09-07-2010. Help! Not sure if I'm ready to harvest. Please help. This is my first time growing and I don't know if I should harvest yet. Rating: 5

[Iceberg420]

Please help. This is my first time growing and I don't know if I should harvest yet.

Start flushing next week cause it needs like 2 more weeks at least:thumbsup:

[budlover13]

Looks like you could wait awhile longer. You want to look at the trichomes to check ripeness. Clear=immature, cloudy=more head high, amber=more body high. I believe MOST people wait until they see 50-70% amber. The only way to really see them good though is to get a 60x handheld microscope. Hope this helps!:jointsmile:

[lumisi]

Start flushing next week cause it needs like 2 more weeks at least:thumbsup:

Thanks. But what is it that you see in the plant that leads you to that conclusion?

[lumisi]

Looks like you could wait awhile longer. You want to look at the trichomes to check ripeness. Clear=immature, cloudy=more head high, amber=more body high. I believe MOST people wait until they see 50-70% amber. The only way to really see them good though is to get a 60x handheld microscope. Hope this helps!:jointsmile:

The color of the pistils have nothing to do with it right?

[lumisi]

Got a couple more up close shots.

[budlover13]

The color of the pistils have nothing to do with it right?

Not really. Most will turn some shade of red or abmer, but the trichs are what you want to look for.

[lumisi]

Not really. Most will turn some shade of red or abmer, but the trichs are what you want to look for.

Thanks, I just bought a pocket microscope.

[headshake]

Looks like you could wait awhile longer. You want to look at the trichomes to check ripeness. Clear=immature, cloudy=more head high, amber=more body high. I believe MOST people wait until they see 50-70% amber. The only way to really see them good though is to get a 60x handheld microscope. Hope this helps!:jointsmile:

most would probably let their trichs get to 20-25% amber. the best time to harvest for optimum THC potency is when the majority of the trichs are milky. keep in mind that the plant will still continue to convert THC-A into THC once you harvest. this is why bud gets more potent the longer it cures.

once trichs turn amber THC STARTS TO DEGRADE. period. yes this will give you a more couchlocked stone, but the genetics still play a part in this.


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[airdawg13]

How long have the plants been flowering? It looks like they are still way too young to think about harvesting. The buds can still double in size before they are ready. You can usually eyeball it when ready to harvest by checking out the pistils. But like everyone else is saying you have to use the microscope and check out the trichromes to be 100%.

The pistils start out a lighter color, then will turn dark. Usually they start white then turn brown or red. The bud starts to put on the most mass when the pistils start to wilt up and die. That is the perfect time to check out your trichromes. An early harvest will be an energetic head high, a late harvest will be more of a couch-lock high. The trichromes start out clear, turn milky white, then turn amber brown. I am planning on harvest when they are 75% white, 25% amber.