How many weeks to go before harvest? (Pictures)

by the looks of your pics, your plants have a lot of mobile nutes stored in the leafs. they could easily last 3 weeks with just plain water.

let me explain why

if you dont flush(adding 3 times the water per volume of soil) your plants, there will still be residual nutes in the soil for another week or more.

after your soils nutes have been exhausted, the plant will start to take the appropriate mobile nutes out of your lush green fan leafs. this is desired for a better smoother smoke, or you could look into water curing if you want.

also, your plants might look like they are ripening quicker because they could have had a slight toxic salt buildup and/or your ph was a little low. now that your are adding pure h2o this might be a remedy for your soils conditions.

ok enough typing.... lol


w/e you do, good luck, and let us see the final bud porn b4 and after the chop if you dont mind

I took a very small popcorn bud from the lowest part of the plant four hours ago. I dried it on the ballast in some tinfoil and smoked it about an hour ago. The taste was unpleasant and planty but I'm really high right now I mean really...

Here's the popcorn I took...

herby2000 said:

I took a very small popcorn bud from the lowest part of the plant four hours ago. I dried it on the ballast in some tinfoil and smoked it about an hour ago. The taste was unpleasant and planty but I'm really high right now I mean really...

Here's the popcorn I took...

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nice bro

how was the high? was it a body high or heady euphoric high? im guessing the latter of the two...

did you like it?

how much longer do you think you want to let the plant go b4 the chop?

We TaRdED said:

nice bro

how was the high? was it a body high or heady euphoric high? im guessing the latter of the two...

did you like it?

how much longer do you think you want to let the plant go b4 the chop?

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It was a complete euphoric high and lasted a little more than two hours. I watched an episode of "taken" that I hadn't had finished without falling asleep before and it was great

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html

I will chop them when they reach the ripeness that @fdd2blk described in the above link. And I hope it will be in two weeks...

And the scent has been increasing much lately. The carbon screen is new and that's obviously not the cause. I'm thinking of doubling the carbon screen.

I'll take new photos when they awake. They are sleeping nicely at the moment.. lol

New photos...

I placed another cfl as a side light today. I don't know how much time is left but they have been ripening very fast especially in the last couple of days. I can tell the difference everyday. I've got some new photos. Leaves are changing color as expected and I've not given any nutes for about two weeks now and I'll continue to do so.

I'd greatly appreciate any comment...


P.S

I just can't understand how to read those trichomes. I've included two photos and in one of them I think I can see an amber one. Am I right?

I and a couple of friends are meeting today. Will it be okay if I cut that bottom bud and fast dry it? We really want to taste that thing. I'm afraid of hurting the plant and slowing the ripening process that's all. The taste would not be an issue for us as long as it gives us a good high...

wow they look realy good from bag seeds... i hope my plants trun out that good im using some bag seeds too

dude it is your plant if u want to do a taste test have at it, it wont stunt the ripening process at all. I know a great way to dry in the micro wave i works really well. Take a microwave safe bowl place a paper towl on top of it leavin about an inch of space for air flow from under the paper towel place a bud on top of the paper towl. start microwaving it about 10 to 15 sec. at a time turn it, in between, and let sit for about 30 sec. after each 10 second interval. do this until the leaves feel a lil crispy, then let it sit for about an hour, it should be ready too smoke then,,, i have been told that this is the fastest way to dry w/out degrading the bud as much.

We TaRdED said:

your not supposed to have two plants in one pot, but it looks like its working for you

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Then I really messed up and put 5 plants in one container.

That plant has a while to go. I'd probably let that go another 2 weeks at least. Whoever said 3-4 a while back was dead on.

I took a sample from each plant and hung them on a plant string.
And still waiting for the plant to ripen. Feels like it's taking forever...

Some photos...

As for trich. color, Ive always gone with amber color or cloudy-ish

Twistyman said:

As for trich. color, Ive always gone with amber color or cloudy-ish

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I'm still waiting to see amber ones but there are even lots of clear trichs in that photo if I'm looking right...

herby2000 said:

I'm still waiting to see amber ones but there are even lots of clear trichs in that photo if I'm looking right...

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Yeah you have a few more weeks. The buds will change when they are ready...the pistils will die and turn orange or brown and the buds will get a very slight orange tint. The trichs should be about 75% cloudy, 25% amber...thats usually when I harvest There shouldnt really be many clear at all when you harvest.

nowstopwhining said:

Yeah you have a few more weeks. The buds will change when they are ready...the pistils will die and turn orange or brown and the buds will get a very slight orange tint. The trichs should be about 75% cloudy, 25% amber...thats usually when I harvest There shouldnt really be many clear at all when you harvest.

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Everybody is talking about molasses, one couldn't help but notice. I'm thinking about adding a teaspoon of it in my next watering. Any advice on that?

herby2000 said:

Everybody is talking about molasses, one couldn't help but notice. I'm thinking about adding a teaspoon of it in my next watering. Any advice on that?

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I usually did a tablespoon when I used it. and I would use it for the last 2 weeks. So go ahead and start now.

you can do two tablespoon if you want.

wats mollasses do? and how much do they cost u say at the hydrostore

exzile said:

wats mollasses do? and how much do they cost u say at the hydrostore

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lol, i dont even think they sell them at the hydro store......... lmao

you can pick them up at the grocery store for cheap- depends on the amount of volume you want.

do a search on RIU for the benefits of molasses.

I've just bought a liter of carob molasses.

The numbers are like that;

[mg/100 gram]

Potassium (K) 807
Calcium (Ca) 70
phosphorus (P) 57
Sodium (Na) 14
Magnesium 38
Iron (Fe) 3,5
Copper (Cu) 0,24
Zinc (Zn) 0,32
Manganese (Mn) 0,39
pH 5,81

Are these ok? Besides I did the last watering two days ago and there are still three days left till next watering. Can I just add some molasses in a small amount of water and use it now or should I just wait till next watering?