When to Harvest Outdoor?

[BuffBuffPass]

Hey guys, I know this question gets asked all the time. This is my first outdoor grow and my ladies are at about 9,000 ft. Sadly they arnt in what I would call an accessible location and I cant just go and check everyday. When I get up there Im cutting them down. Im wondering when to harvest before I get snowed in. What is the absolute earliest I can harvest? First weekend of October to early? I have a buddy with some outdoor plants and his barley have nodes on them.

 

[420circuit]

When did you plant? Were they vegged or seeds? What strain?

 

[thepaintedchef]

How long have they been flowering? It's getting cold quick the higher you go. Up here there is usually snow on the ground before Halloween

 

[turnip brain]

Getting drowned here.

Sheesh!

 

[Csufan97]

Yeah man where's the sun the girls are wet....

 

[Hotsause]

I know right CSU thats what im worried about my Durban has been wet 2 days in a row and still no sun.....

 

[Raeofsun13]

Yea and our girls are starting to yellow on the lower canopy, not sure what to do about that. This is our first outdoor rodeo, so we are fairly clueless, lol.

 

[420circuit]

Yellow leaves, starting from the lowers = low N. Perhaps an experienced outdoor grower can chime in, but I'm thinking it's time to add some Nitrogen.

HS, maybe if you stand out there and hold an umbrella over them when it rains?

 

[Jus Naturale]

I've got similar concerns, but, thankfully, mostly for a poinsettia. I've got a couple of window veggers that are stretching like crazy too. According to weather.com, the rain's here for the foreseeable future.

 

[Csufan97]

Sause we took the bitches in the garage this am they were water logged and looking sad so I broke my ass and got them shelter. Jesus the things I do for these plants.

420 your probably right on the n I cut off the grow two weeks ago freakin nute charts. As soon as they are dry its on.

 

[kinddiesel]

I don't want to get to technical on when to harvest, but. harvest on time very good, harvest wrong time very bad. cheech and chung style , answers,

 

[IHaveSixCats]

I am ticking down my harvest time. It can't come soon enough FFS. I thought they should be more then what they are right now. This is the hardest part. Should I be giving them food at this time?

 

[thepaintedchef]

Don't add n. That's natural fade like the trees do in the fall.

 

[bobsstory182]

The yellowing could be a few things; low nitrogen, yellowing up naturally for harvest time, or root rot. If they are just turning yellow and not dying, I would say n or getting ready for harvest. If the leaves are shirveling up, turning brown the black it could very well be root rot. With all this rain and the high clay soil, I wouldnt put it past being root rot. I think I have a little bit of this going on too. If it's root rot, some h202 will get rid of it.

 

[Joedank]

i would get all plants above 8000 + ft under cover or harvested BEFORE SEPT 26!! calling for 22* low !!

thank you that is all

 

[direwolf71]

Don't add n. That's natural fade like the trees do in the fall.

Give the plant nitrogen, I feed my plants veg nutes up until harvesting. They stay petty greened up, your plant does not have to look dead when you harvest.

 

[Sirdabsalot462]

I'm a rookie, but I thought yellowing fans are indicative of a Magnesium deficiency??

I just had a few leaves of my SN3 pheno go a little yellow, foliar fed two nights in a row with Mag in the mister, and yellow, turned back to nice green in less than 48 hours.

 

[Sirdabsalot462]

Speaking of outdoor grows..

What about Ph?.. Rain water is known to have a high propensity to be acidic, could this cause the yellowing?

Outdoor pros?..
Do y'all hand water in addition to Mother Nature?..

Nutes the same as indoor?
Sorry for a million noob questions, but I'm curious, as I got a few spots I could possibly drop some beans, and would like a little feedback for next season.

 

[Joedank]

my rainwater is a 6.0 ph and 11 ppm it needs all things added to it look up basic outdoor growing.
yes too much water is causing the lockup of nutes mainly calcium witch causes a cascade effect on other ions . weather it is mg. sul. cal . all will help regreen with foliar applcations releasing exudates in the soils causeing nute uptake. too mush clay will hurt you here .
yes supply extra water in addition to nature usually peaking with back to back FEEDING fertigations . @ 2.0 ec depending on size.
sap ph can be monitored as well as brix to give best insruxtions look up tom hill growing big plants outdoors