Ready to cut..

[englishtongan]

Hi guys,
I've read on here that when the plant is 75%brown on the pistols it's ready to cut and dry but others says thats not true so which one is right?
Most of my plant is brown and i've been using a final faze for a week any of you reckon it's ready to cut..

englishtongan Reviewed by englishtongan on 07-15-2005. Ready to cut.. Hi guys, I've read on here that when the plant is 75%brown on the pistols it's ready to cut and dry but others says thats not true so which one is right? Most of my plant is brown and i've been using a final faze for a week any of you reckon it's ready to cut.. Rating: 5

[BobBong]

it's ready to cut when you can't wait anymore.. :P

no it's really up to you... harvesting at different times will produce different types of high.. hopefully you've stopped giving it fertilizer.. you should water with just water for at least 2 weeks prior to harvest, this gets out the excess salts and nutrients.

if you're unsure, try cutting some now.. some a week from now.. and the rest 2 weeks from now.

[englishtongan]

Yea i just chopped a bud off afew days ago and it's nice and dry for me to smoke tonite,it's had water for the last week so i'll see how it taste's later.
I got me some chronic which has a great sweet smell just hope the smoke the same,nice 1 for the reply.

[Zandor]

The colors of the hairs are only part of the cycle of the plants life. They change color by temperature and maturity at the end of their life cycle. The only true way to know when to harvest is to view the trichomes with a 10x to 30x microscope. Mature trichome looks like a golf ball sitting on golf tee, big and round on the top. The color is clear to cloudy. Cloudy is peak for that trichome. Because there are millions of trichomes you need to harvest on the average. They will continue to mature through the drying process for a day or more. Amber color is past prime for that trichome so you are just looking for an average.

[englishtongan]

Nice 1 Zandor i know you know you stuff ,read afew of your post you replyed to on other threads,Very helpful.nice 1

[unmeg]

The colors of the hairs are only part of the cycle of the plants life. They change color by temperature and maturity at the end of their life cycle. The only true way to know when to harvest is to view the trichomes with a 10x to 30x microscope. Mature trichome looks like a golf ball sitting on golf tee, big and round on the top. The color is clear to cloudy. Cloudy is peak for that trichome. Because there are millions of trichomes you need to harvest on the average. They will continue to mature through the drying process for a day or more. Amber color is past prime for that trichome so you are just looking for an average.

Zandor,maybe you should post & lock this too!
asked alot

[newgroweroldsmoker]

what happens if you harvest when most trichomes are amber? do you still get high?

[Zandor]

yes it's more of a head high I believe. The high does not last as long either.

[johnnyrocketfuel]

What will the high be like if you harvest say around 30% cloudy, 70% clear and no amber?

Just wondering, that is where I am at (starting week 6 of flowering)I think I am going to wait untill some just start to turn amber and shoot for like 60 - 70% cloudy. What do you think?

JRF