Harvest Time: A Tutorial

lime73

Weed Modifier
When is a plant really Ripe? I am 8 weeks into flower(55days) mostly cloudy trichomes, Indica, still very green. I would like to see a few amber before I harvest, so should wait it out or is their a point of overripe? Can you flower too long where you start to lose quality/potency?
 

fdd2blk

Well-Known Member
When is a plant really Ripe? I am 8 weeks into flower(55days) mostly cloudy trichomes, Indica, still very green. I would like to see a few amber before I harvest, so should wait it out or is their a point of overripe? Can you flower too long where you start to lose quality/potency?
you can't really flower too long. unless things are dying and turning crispy.
 

lime73

Weed Modifier
you can't really flower too long. unless things are dying and turning crispy.
No nothing dieing just one leaf on the very bottom is little yellow. I'm trying to Keep em Green- Til the end! Just not sure when that is? This is the First one of mine that I got to see finish.
Hairs are like 85% red but trichomes are only cloudy. Buds are not huge ( 150 w Hps), but look potent lots of crystal.
If it is so green( not dying yet) could I cut the top off (3' plant) like 1/2 and let the bottom buds fill out? Then Reveg. after I harvest? Go for a 2nd Harvest? Or is that a waist of time?
 

lime73

Weed Modifier
revegging takes forever. it's often better to just start new plants.
Cool...need room for the next one anyways! What about harvesting the top 1/2 ( when ready) of plant and letting bottom buds bulk up a bit? Or Just Fn Harvest the whole plant at once!
Just seems to be taking longer to finish and to look at it it does look ready, but not one amber trichome yet? ...but I have patience. So if it is still green then she can still go for a while? Will the buds get bigger over the next week or so?
 

fdd2blk

Well-Known Member
Cool...need room for the next one anyways! What about harvesting the top 1/2 ( when ready) of plant and letting bottom buds bulk up a bit? Or Just Fn Harvest the whole plant at once!
Just seems to be taking longer to finish and to look at it it does look ready, but not one amber trichome yet? ...but I have patience. So if it is still green then she can still go for a while? Will the buds get bigger over the next week or so?
i have found the bottom buds don't really bulk up if you try to let them continue. they do get a little riper, just not much bigger. the upper buds will continue to fill out though, if left to.
 

fdd2blk

Well-Known Member
Sorry bout the pic but my camera sucks..
what did i do wrong with my plants ...Yellow with brown spots..
kinda typical growth for how far along you are. could be a lot of different things. maybe a little too much water or not enough bloom.
 

mscuervo

Active Member
Well I started growing them outside back in April...and i brought them in two weeks ago... I live in GA... i was trying to give them more time in the dark... Guess u can say Ive been getting the wrong advice... Are they mess up...or can i save them... I was told I have two more weeks on them before harvesting them....so lost dude can someone help....
 
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