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My last round I harvested earlier than I should have. Quality was acceptable but I hurt my yield and I’m sure the quality would be much better had I waited. I don’t want to make the same mistake this girl is definitely further along and I started flushing a week ago. Just want some opinions before I make the cut.
 

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Just a sidenote these pics are a couple days old the one outside of the lights it’s probably a week but right now I’m looking at 75% of my pistols orange
 
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Yeah it’s been a couple days since she had any water if anything I won’t give any more water to stress the plant for a few days so everything she has left go straight to the bud
 
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I’m also not 100% sure I want to couch lock the shit out of myself
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The stigma(hairs) have nothing to do with the type of high you get. That plant needs 3-4 weeks still just to be properly finished.

The signs of ripeness are pretty standard for cannabis plants.

First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.

Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago(aren't you glad you waited), and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue.

Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems are starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight internally by adding density and now the buds are doing their final ripening.

Now you begin looking at trichomes, on the calyx, not the leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.

There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.

It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
 
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the sleepy part comes from CBN, which is when the plant has gone over ripe if there is such a thing whilst being vigalent. high is strain dependant for the most part, its all in the genes
 
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Thundercat said:
The stigma(hairs) have nothing to do with the type of high you get. That plant needs 3-4 weeks still just to be properly finished.

The signs of ripeness are pretty standard for cannabis plants.

First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.

Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago(aren't you glad you waited), and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue.

Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems are starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight internally by adding density and now the buds are doing their final ripening.

Now you begin looking at trichomes, on the calyx, not the leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.

There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.

It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
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This is also an auto flower strain so I hope I don’t have that much left I feel like it’s already been longer than I expected flowering for almost 10 weeks
 
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Tlaw661 said:
My last round I harvested earlier than I should have. Quality was acceptable but I hurt my yield and I’m sure the quality would be much better had I waited. I don’t want to make the same mistake this girl is definitely further along and I started flushing a week ago. Just want some opinions before I make the cut.
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No 3 weeks sativa will take about 13 to 15 weeks
 
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Tlaw661 said:
Thanks for the replies I’ll give her another two weeks at least and just see where I’m at no more flushing I’ll let it dry out
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It being an auto flower is irrelevant, it will still take as much time as it needs, autos aren't specifically faster then photos.

I wouldn't let it "dry out" either at least not beyond a normal dry cycle between waterings. You should basically be feeding and watering like normal, at this stage you could lower the nutrient level some since it is later in flowering and your plant seems to be well fed. That plant has weeks left and needs to be kept alive though.
 
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