have yuh tired this?

The final yeild of the plant will depend greatly on your chosen harvest time, nutes you have provided over the course of the plants life, time given for the plant to vegetate, soil mixture/hydro solution used, and many more variants. Keep in mind, a bud weighs more when fully ripe and freshly picked. After a proper dry and cure, the average loss of weight is around 75 percent. Because of impatience, most novice cultivators want to pick flowers early. That’s OK! Be sure, however, to take buds from the middle of the plant or the top. Allow the rest to continue maturing. Often, the tops of the plants will be ripe first. Harvest these and let the rest of the plant continue to ripen. You will notice the lower buds getting larger and more resinous as they come into full maturity. The overall yeild can be increased with a staggered harvest as the lower branch buds are receiving higher amounts of light and more attention from the plants internal chemical processes. Use a magnifier and try to see the capitated stalked trichomes (tiny THC crystals on the buds). If most are clear, not brown, the peak of floral bouquet is near. Once most of these trichomes have reached a brown color, the THC levels are dropping and the flower is past optimum potency, declining rapidly with light and wind exposure. Don’t harvest too late! Watch the plants and learn to spot peak floral potency.



has anyone tried this? only cutting the tops off first and then letting the rest rippen? souonds like a good idea right??

Yeah, I think most people do this. I do it, I don't let the bottoms go for too long though, I've let them go multiple extra weeks before and found some seed.

i never did it in the beginning but in the last few yrs ive been just harvesting whatever is ready first...so generally i cut the colas first...wait a awhile...inspect with microscope. harvest the middle....wait...inspect...harvest the bottom.

i do this because i know my buds will smoke more consistently from cola to popcorn bud