What is the greater loss when early harvesting?

When you harvest early you get less of a couch lock but do you also loose on taste?

When harvesting with cloudy trichomes, you get peak potency, but do you also get peak flavor? do the y both coincide?

thanks

personally I think it goes beyond "harvest early for high; harvest late for couchlock" and that when you harvest early you're at a loss on everything: potency, yield, flavor and whatever else you're after

I find early harvested bud to be more likely to be a racy kind of high that doesn't last very long

racy short lasting high comes from the acid in the trichomes, uncured.

What I am wondering is if flavor and potency coincide when trichomes are cloudy. is it tastier in the later harvest window or the early one?. When trichomes become amber have you already started to loose flavour or not yet? havent had the time to do proper comparisons.

It's the TERPENES that change smell and taste. Every strain has its own terpene profile.

Their differences may be subtle, but terpenes can add great depth to the premium top shelf connoisseurship of cannabis. Most importantly, terpenes may offer incredible medical value as they mediate our body’s interaction with therapeutic cannabinoids.

You should always target , flower maturity at its peak. Cutting too early , can end up with harsher undeveloped taste and product , even after curing....... You want the plants ripeness to be at or VERY NEAR peak. At least shoot for 60-70% cloudy , ( cloudy triches are loading up with THC ) under a scope you can see the triches standing tall with swelling caps. Amber is a sign of THC degradation , moving past prime stage.

Here is where the TRICHE TURNING AMBER method seems backwards.
Most methods have the grower ( Wait ) until a certain PERCENTAGE ( around 25-30% ) were visible. Here is the question ... Why WAIT for triches to degrade ?

So I adjusted my chops to when I start to see ANY AMBER TRICHES - no matter if there is 1 or 2 . Once I see any buds doing this I chop. Sometimes the upper portion colas may come down first and then mid / lower buds will move to ripen more.

Good luck

*weight, Potency.

-Jugz

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lol here is my take harvesting early 1 week 2 weeks early ???? is actual weight loss on the product , Trichomes are trichomes THC is THC CBD is CBD now you might have less in chopped early curing is really what its all about i always chop early 4 - 5 days weed smells wicked , smoke is great life is good

this is what i think when it comes harvest time

killyouridol said:

When you harvest early you get less of a couch lock but do you also loose on taste?

When harvesting with cloudy trichomes, you get peak potency, but do you also get peak flavor? do the y both coincide?

thanks

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let it grow! Don't chop early unless u have to. It just isn't worth it. I have lopped a branch off here and there to quick dry when I'm out, but it is way smaller yield, and that sucks. Patience, it will repay u tenfold when growing.

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grapefruitmarmalade said:

personally I think it goes beyond "harvest early for high; harvest late for couchlock" and that when you harvest early you're at a loss on everything: potency, yield, flavor and whatever else you're after

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You're so right. Don't be scared lads to wait longer...up to 80% of amber trichomes means your plant is still developing THC...that is when you really go couchlocked but plus it gives more medicinal purpose. Clear trichomes can lead to psychedelic effects and I'm sure lads if you ever tried to test your bud early you can actually tell difference.

Bubba7891 said:

You're so right. Don't be scared lads to wait longer...up to 80% of amber trichomes means your plant is still developing THC...that is when you really go couchlocked but plus it gives more medicinal purpose. Clear trichomes can lead to psychedelic effects and I'm sure lads if you ever tried to test your bud early you can actually tell difference.

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Well you revived a 5 year old thread but actually there is some value to it. As you said, don't be afraid to wait longer. That is spot on. The thing happening today is that many people are going only by the trichomes. They see some amber and they're in a hurry to chop even though the plants isn't close to being done. The fact is that you can start seeing amber trichomes weeks before the plant is ready to harvest. And then there are plants that will be fully ripe without any amber trichomes. Checking trichomes is just one way to check if the plant is ready but it's not 100% reliable. I don't even check trichomes anymore. I go by the look of the buds because checking trichomes is not a totally reliable method. I have plants in flower right now 3 weeks away from harvest. If I took a peek at the trichomes on the plants I will find some amber trichomes. A grower needs to look at the entire picture. There are people with plants shooting new pistils everywhere that start scoping their trichomes, see some amber somewhere and say it's done. It isn't.