Picking just a bit (early) for 4-20...

[eccentric]

Hey all --

I don't have any weed atm, and haven't smoked in a while, but am growing 2 plants (Ministry Carnival strain) in my closet. Since it's 4/20 :jointsmile:, I was thinking about picking just a bit for tonight, and wanted to know what the best way to do this would be. If you all think this would hurt the plant too much, or if the buds are not ready enough to produce a good high, I'll leave it alone. Be honest if you think I should just leave it alone; that's fine... *sigh*

My plants are 5 weeks into their flowering (out of 9 weeks) and have many nice medium sized frosty buds. Some of the smaller leaves near the top are also covered in trichromes; if you think it would be safer for me to just cut a few coated leaves off, I could try that instead.

Let me know what you think and if this is reasonable, and if so, what I should cut and how. I know many plants are pruned for their heath, but maybe chopping flowers or even leaves off a mostly healthy plant will simply do harm...

...Thanks! :thumbsup:

eccentric Reviewed by eccentric on 04-21-2011. Picking just a bit (early) for 4-20... Hey all -- I don't have any weed atm, and haven't smoked in a while, but am growing 2 plants (Ministry Carnival strain) in my closet. Since it's 4/20 :jointsmile:, I was thinking about picking just a bit for tonight, and wanted to know what the best way to do this would be. If you all think this would hurt the plant too much, or if the buds are not ready enough to produce a good high, I'll leave it alone. Be honest if you think I should just leave it alone; that's fine... *sigh* My plants Rating: 5

[Purple Daddy]

It won't hurt the plant but gonna be difficult to smoke unless you have a vaporizor, it will taste a little funny but will still work. I had a branch break off last week, drying it out but it's still pretty loose but smoked ok.

[eccentric]

It won't hurt the plant but gonna be difficult to smoke unless you have a vaporizor, it will taste a little funny but will still work. I had a branch break off last week, drying it out but it's still pretty loose but smoked ok.

This page has some tips on "quick drying". Taste aside, I should be able to smoke it just fine. I was mainly concerned about etiher a) it hurts the plant, or b) the chemicals are not in the right proportions or mature enough and all it will produce is a headache, or seriously inferior high...

If it won't hurt the plant, and the high will be decent, I don't see why not... just this once. 4/20 is my excuse... :P

[Purple Daddy]

I've clipped buds here and there for weeks up to harvest, I've even clipped out caterpillers from the buds and it didn't seem to hurt them.

I did find a vaporizor works great on fresh bud though.