Afgan Kush auto bud, think shes ready?

started on 4-10-13. Think she's ready?

this is a better closeup for a poopy camera

your fans are losing green thats a good sign what do the trichs look like ?
you know what they say
when you think its ready wait another week
and then another
its done when you say its done buddy

No way to tell. Go buy yourself a pocket microscope from radioshack and look at her trichs!

Without being able to look at the trichs, I can't tell for sure, but from the pix i would say no...you might need about another 2 weeks. Are any of the white hairs beginning to recede a little and turn reddish in color?

I'm going to quote this from an autoflower forum. I can PM anyone the link if they'd like. It's the guide I use on how to harvest my autos and they always turn out excellent.

One of the most frequently asked questions is how do I know when my autos are ready to pick? The convention wisdom from growing photo period plants was to watch for color change in the trichomes, or crystals. For an uplifting high, harvest when the trichomes are all cloudy, for more of a stone, wait till a percentage have turned amber. Sound advice, for photos. But autos are a little different. While some strains have shown amber trics, many do not.

So how do I know when they are ready? I watch the the fan leaves. Over the past several years of growing autos I started taking samples at various stages of growth to evaluate the high. I tend to prefer my smoke with a little stone so began to leave them longer than the 8-9 weeks that are advertised. I find that around 11-12 weeks the plants are ripe for me. I also began to see a correlation between the color of the fan leaves, the color of the trics and the high/stone quality of the smoke at the various sample intervals. It seemed that the greener the fan leaves, the more clear trics the buds had. As the fan leaves started to yellow and die off, the trics became less clear and more milky. By the time that all the fan leaves had died off and the bud leaves were starting to yellow, I got the quality of smoke I wanted. At that time most of the trics were now milky with no, or only a few, clear ones.

I've found this to be a very reliable method. It takes about 3 weeks for the fan leaves to die off. During that time the buds will continue to fatten up as the plant uses the energy stored in the fan leaves. So when I see my leaves start to yellow, I wait a week, then begin cleansing them. Two weeks later they will be well cleansed and read to harvest.

Of course there will be other factors such as genetics, lighting, nutrients, pot size, etc. that will effect how long a plant takes. But as a general guide for when to pick, just watch your leaves.

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Could I get the link to that Id like to check it out

KangarooBunny said:

I'm going to quote this from an autoflower forum. I can PM anyone the link if they'd like. It's the guide I use on how to harvest my autos and they always turn out excellent.

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i noticed that too from the few years ive grown auto's

Sure thing. Sending PM.

one of the last things I look for before chop is caylexs that are curling upward, this will happen in as the bud swells and hardens(give the buds a gentle squeeze between your fingers you'll know when its hard- compared to immature squishy buds), it will happen in a week or two once that last set of pistils is mature