Zeus's Take on Harvesting

southern homegrower said:

i grow hydro and with organics. i know what my plants look like when they are ready to chop but i dont know when i should start the flush could u give me your opinion on this. SpuceZeus

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rabidcow said:

Hey Zues, very good thread, no need to say that tho considering about 75% of this thread is full of that( i just did tho huh). I am in my 1st hydroponic grow using an ebb abd flow with white widow and i am trying to figure out when i should start my flush. I understand that you should chop when the buds look swollen and the pistils shrink into the bud, but how can i apply this to the flush. I am in week 7 of 12/12 and i know they are not "READY". i am just having trouble translating that to when i should start my flush. i think i have asked this same question over last few days in a few different room and even asked it in a few different ways, needless to say i come up with bupkis so far on the subject. even went as far to start a thread asking when is too late to harvest.
here is a link to it if you would like to put in some input. https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/289342-harvesting-too-late.html#post3614245

you deserve + rep for this thread and you get another plus from me. just hope you can answer my flush question as well. no pics cuz my puter is being an asshole.

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tnrtinr said:

That first picture is sexy!!!

Great post! I see a lot of people harvest prematurely on this site. Everyone is afraid of hermis and THC degradation or they want a pure indica to act like a sativa.

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collieBudz said:

why be a clown like you and just SAY things, here's a link, asshole


Hell, like you, i'll make it easier cause you won't find it :

"Traditionally marijuana has been harvested when the pistils die and the calyx starts to swell into a false seed pod. These days the best growers are getting much more detailed in their harvesting criteria. They take a close look at the trichomes themselves to judge peak harvest. Evidence that this is the only real way to tell peak maturity is in Sagarmatha's strain Matanuska Tundra, which ripens resin glands while most pistils are still alive and white. This seems an odd twist of evolution but proves that the pistil color and ripe glands do not necessarily have any correlation."

from : http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2159.html



colliebudz - 1
idiotman_420 - 0

maybe you should go read a FAQ or two of your own, with that shitty ugly 250w first grow lolll


edit :

you know what black swan theory is? no of course not, cause you're stupid, it's basically, in tom_420 terms, means just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist..

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SpruceZeus said:

Pretty much the first thing I say.



Take it down a notch with the insults please. I'm not going to indulge any bullshit on this thread.

In answer to your question, I've got experience with white widow, rhino and russian (and a number of other strains that no doubt have some 'white' in their lineage) and I've never personally grown (or seen) a phenotype that I would consider ripe before the pistils recede. I've heard stories, but i'm quite sure that even then the plants would benefiet from some more growth.

Did you see the picture of the cloudy amber glandular trichomes in the first post? the ones that were at 4 weeks of flowering?

As I've already stated in this thread, You need to take a plant well past it's window of ripeness before the resins actually break down, and often times you will experience "waves" of ripeness rather than just one. If you take down a pure haze plant during its first wave of trichome maturity, you'll miss out on three quarters of your yield and pretty much all of the flavour.

Try pushing the limits of what you believe to be harvest time, i think you'll find you can achieve new flavours and effects from familliar strains. You might not have the patience for it, but then again, you might become a believer.


I mean, if someone wants to send me some Matanuska Tundra seeds, I'll gladly grow them, documenting their trichome development in relation to overall plant maturity. But until I sees it with me own eyes, 'taint no black swan round these parts'.

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jebus2029 said:

I had a strange experience growing my first grow. It flowered for 96 days and I don't think it was completely done. Very short plant but with sativa looking leaves. Very short distance between nodes. I chopped when about 10% amber because that's what everyone said to do even though after 3 months there was still new growth and white hairs popping out. It was a great high but lacked flavor. Also since I was new to growing I didn't know really what I was doing. No nutes except for succunat, which it got every watering except last 10 days after flushing. It didn't fill out as much as I thought it should but that might have been lack of food.

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TheNatural said:

One day, everyone will realize that Cannabis is a fruit and you do not eat green bannanas.

A Cannabis Tree has a GLOW to her that is unmistakable, when she is completely ripe.

Once you see this glow, in a properly ripened Tree, you will never need a microscope or an opinion, of when it is done.

Of course, it pays to turn out the Big Lights to see this glow at it's best, but you can see it all the same and it will set you free, LOL.

Blessings,

Rev. TheNatural

P.S. it is not really Amber you are looking for in the Trichomes anyway.......Golden Trichomes, is the color that makes me salivate and my girls scream....I'm done, as they glow.

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