Is it time to harvest?

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Godofhellsfire

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Hi guys, so my gorilla glue / og Kush is at the end of week 7 of flower and looking and smelling great.
As this is my first grow I'd love if someone could help me confirm if she is ready for harvest or not.
The trichomes are cloudy/milky and the fan leaf tips have curled up and gone yellow/brown.
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Tht_Blk_Guy27

Tht_Blk_Guy27

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Godofhellsfire said:
Hi guys, so my gorilla glue / og Kush is at the end of week 7 of flower and looking and smelling great.
As this is my first grow I'd love if someone could help me confirm if she is ready for harvest or not.
The trichomes are cloudy/milky and the fan leaf tips have curled up and gone yellow/brown.
Pics attached.
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need more pics. preferably of the whole plant and of the bud itself as the trichomes on the flower itself is what you want to gauge the trichome development on. If your pistils have gone brown for the most part and stopped degrading in color then that's also a great sign of maturity

my formula is always Trichomes are
50% Milky
30%Clear
10%Amber
and pistils are a brown/orange color
 
Oldreefer

Oldreefer

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Considering the strain, if you care to document a harvest preference, take a couple of buds a couple weeks apart. Personally, I keep separate jar of early buds for wake n bake, a jar to knock my old ass out and a jar to cruise on daily.....
Some strains really show quite a difference in timed harvest.
 
Lockedin

Lockedin

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Tht_Blk_Guy27 said:
need more pics. preferably of the whole plant and of the bud itself as the trichomes on the flower itself is what you want to gauge the trichome development on. If your pistils have gone brown for the most part and stopped degrading in color then that's also a great sign of maturity

my formula is always Trichomes are
50% Milky
30%Clear
10%Amber
and pistils are a brown/orange color
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This.

SheeshM said:
Another 2+ weeks IMO. There are lots of pistils standing tall. Watch for the pistils to shrivel and recede into the buds and calyxes will swell. Don't go by trichomes on the leaves, need to look at trichomes on the calyxes.
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And this.

IMHO - you'll have a larger, stonier harvest if you follow these.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Based on the fact they are 7 weeks in I can definitely tell you no they aren't ready. I don't even need more pictures. Feel free to post full plant pictures of you'd like to know the actual time left.
 
RetiredToker76

RetiredToker76

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At a minimum 2 weeks more, possibly a full month. I go by trich color, I aim for around 30% amber trichomes. I grow sativas and if I want anything but a pure energy high I need to push the trichomes a bit further, get at least a little bit of stone out of my genetics. So for my plants it's about 1.5 - 3 weeks beyond manufacturers suggested flowering time depending on strain.

My current girls like a week and a half past the 8 suggested, that's where the trichs look perfect to me.

99% of the time, if you have to ask you're too early. I have yet to have a grower present plant that's way beyond harvest time asking, "Should I harvest yet?"

20-30% trichomes amber with about half cloudy. Traditional practice is that the more amber the more "stony" the high is. I didn't see any amber in your trichs so, like as been stated above, two weeks to a month. You'll be glad you waited.
 
Lockedin

Lockedin

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Godofhellsfire said:
Haha just really can't wait to try it, smells soooooo nice
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Take an early bud, dry it, smoke it ---- take notes on the smoking experience - taste / smell / effects, draw, ash color, cough, etc.

The rest of your crop will continue to get ready for you and you'll learn for yourself when your harvest window is.
I still take an early bud or two - My Wife & I like the buzz and I'm more patient waiting for harvest.
 
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