I know there’s environmental factors that effect the degradation, but I was informed you want to harvest when most trichomes are milky. You use the amber trichomes on the calyx as an indicator that it’s deteriorating just due to time. after I harvest I dry, and cure my plants in the dark.
The pistils are falling off and scarce. She was fed pretty often, I don’t do one day flushes. I’m anticipating another 10 days before chopping. If her lower half is losing color I’m pretty sure that means I’m at the stage where roots don’t uptake as much, which would mean she’s pretty far along the timeline.I guess you are checking trichs on leaves and then flushing out of spite
I would wait til the pistils receded and the plant was ripe but
carry on
And who told you this?
I appreciate the honesty. I believe it was a royal queen seeds article about harvest time. Generally I take word from good sources. I’m not being inpatient with the harvest, I was just confused because 1/3 plants had 100% pistils brown while the other 2 had time to go. I don’t mind harvesting a little late as long as it doesn’t mean my 20% THC bud will become 10% in a week.
You’re good on that front
Anytime in the next two weeks
The pistils have retracted and the trichomes are looking ready. I’m cutting off all nutes and harvesting Friday. She’ll be 110 days old by then.
Excellent information. I have an auto nearing harvest. This was the answer I came looking for.
