I think I chopped my plant too early?
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GardenGnome83
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You harvested too early. How long were they in flower?
abe supercro
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i agree
abe supercro
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@Gary Goodson may be able to offer advice.
THE KONASSURE
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side light more next time spread your branches if you can
give good airflow to both upper and lower bud sites
and yes looks like you took the tall one down 3/6 weeks early and the short one 2/4 weeks early
but harvest time comes down to strain and feeding program, you choose when they finish (within reason)
give good airflow to both upper and lower bud sites
and yes looks like you took the tall one down 3/6 weeks early and the short one 2/4 weeks early
but harvest time comes down to strain and feeding program, you choose when they finish (within reason)
What are the differences from harvesting too soon? I had a much smaller indica plant that I harvested earlier and the buds are just fine from my perspective. I had another plant that had started flowering the soonest and that one spoiled
THE KONASSURE
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small buds, less taste, some will give a mild high that lasts ages instead of a heavy stone
I like riper buds myself and I hate trimming under developed light bud, I`d rather just cook with that or make oil out of it
Depends on the strain but running till there atleast fat and 50% milky is the least you wanna do
yellowing the buds or going for amber/brown trichs is another thing but cutting down early you cost yourself yield
2 weeks early sometimes it can smell better but you`re not even 2 weeks early your stuff all looks like it needed 4 to 8 more weeks
It`s worth it, you`d get more bud running them plants 2 to 6 more weeks than if you harvested them and started new plants, plus your bud would over grow your sweet leaf, leaving you with only fan and shade leaves to trimm
Loss of volume. Loss of potency. Altered "profile", meaning effect, taste, smell.
What strains? Indoor or outdoor? In a now deleted post you said everyone told you to chop yesterday. Do you mean people here? If so, put them all on your ignore list!
Gary Goodson
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THE KONASSURE
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Yeah I`ve seen some people cut off limbs like that to make cuttings
have you dried it all yet @so.nice ? You know I`m pretty sure I could of got them to root up looking at them pics now, the real trick would be to keep them flowering while rooting them
I know a guy that`s so lazy he`d do that to save him having to lift the rootball during transplanting, lol
It ain't shit weed, I just smoked some and it's amazingly good, and it ain't a loss, it's the most weed I have ever had and I don't need it all..I am happy.
Gary Goodson
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It looks wet like you just chopped and trimmed it(horrible trim job) so how did you even smoke it?
Big_Lou
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I'm no pro, but isn't it still wet? Needs to dry/cure, yeah? Shouldn't the buds be tighter/less leaf?
(Based on watching my brother grow many years ago, I'm still popping seeds.)
Lots of ways to do a quick dry for an early sample, man. You know that.
Good on 'Ya. We all learn with each grow, so put this in the memory bank and your next one will please you even more. You're the only one that needs to be happy here.
Gary Goodson
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And none are worth a fuck.
I'm not in this for a bullshit ass high. No need to rush it or fuck it up. You spend a long time getting them to where they need to be just to fuck it all up at the end??? Do it right or don't do it at all.
Everyone told him not to harvest...
Indacouch
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If anything this should teach OP
Patience ....just looking at your pics I can tell those buds were still guna fatten up some more just by there shape .....you costed yourself some yeild and potency for sure ......if you like microwaved young weed then you would shit your pants over some well dry/cured mature bud ......early harvesting is a practice but the harvest window has to be open in order to do a early harvest .....sadly your window was shut with a pad lock on it IMO .....more patience next time
Patience ....just looking at your pics I can tell those buds were still guna fatten up some more just by there shape .....you costed yourself some yeild and potency for sure ......if you like microwaved young weed then you would shit your pants over some well dry/cured mature bud ......early harvesting is a practice but the harvest window has to be open in order to do a early harvest .....sadly your window was shut with a pad lock on it IMO .....more patience next time
StoneyMcphatter
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First I want to say congrats on a successful harvest mate. To answer your original questions yes you harvested a little early. And if you harvest too soon you will miss out on potency mate. I didn't believe it either but I assure you a plant that is allowed to fully mature can be 3 times more potent than a plant that is harvested to early. I know your smoking on some good bud and it's a relief to not have to buy any from someone else but next time let them go a few weeks longer, you won't be disappointed.
I did it right. it's perfect..I'm not really going to keep all of it. This whole process has been a blast for me.