Harvest Time: A Tutorial
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charliet
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I'm in the middle of my first harvest, the buds (white widow) have been hanging for 1 week at 20C and now smoke well, they seem as dry as most weed I've bought, but all the threads I've read say to hang for at least 2 weeks before moving to glass jars... do you think that I should move to the jar as I don't want them to get too dry, or wait...? if I move to the jar I suppose then if it is too early they will get moister and I can rehang?
yes, exactly.
you don't want it over-dry. if it feels dry after a week then you can jar it. depending on the strain and the weather some of mine dries in 3 days.
CrazyChester
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The perfect tutorial. It takes the mystery out of harvest. Now that I've seen the change in the buds on my own plants as compared to your pics, I know what a finished bud looks like.
Thanks
Thanks
starchland
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hey guys since its around that time...can we sticky this
Lacy
New Member
Yes this is excellent. I've read it a few times and now know what a ripe bud really looks like. I have been growing for 15 years now and have always picked my buds too early by about 2 weeks. I also have never cured my buds because I didn't think I needed to. 
(I know)
This post is so simple but to the point.
No fancy techie talk,...
just need know info.
(I know)This post is so simple but to the point.
No fancy techie talk,...
just need know info.
VirginHarvester
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Thanks for everything fdd. Those pics look great. I can certainly tell the first two are not ripe enough, but pics 3 and 4 look a little over ripe to me(the inexperienced eye). Is the THC not degrading or turning a little couch-locky by that point?
I'm asking for a couple reasons; a) I have a couple White Rhinos that will be 8 weeks when I get to them to harvest. But they are supposed to go 8-9 weeks except I would not be back to harvest until their 10th week so I was planning to take them at 8. Yeah I know, it sounds a little crazy but trust me. and b) I'm not a heavy smoker so I will keep the weed around for a while(over a year). Since over time, the THC tends to break down into CBDs- or more of what a well ripened plant would have been like had I waited the full time. So I know that even if I harvest a week or so early it still balances itself out over time. Because of that I'm not so concerned about it being completely ripe or a week or two early but especially don't want to leave them to become over ripe. Am I mistaken in my thinking?
I'm asking for a couple reasons; a) I have a couple White Rhinos that will be 8 weeks when I get to them to harvest. But they are supposed to go 8-9 weeks except I would not be back to harvest until their 10th week so I was planning to take them at 8. Yeah I know, it sounds a little crazy but trust me. and b) I'm not a heavy smoker so I will keep the weed around for a while(over a year). Since over time, the THC tends to break down into CBDs- or more of what a well ripened plant would have been like had I waited the full time. So I know that even if I harvest a week or so early it still balances itself out over time. Because of that I'm not so concerned about it being completely ripe or a week or two early but especially don't want to leave them to become over ripe. Am I mistaken in my thinking?
quadrophine
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what exactly happens to the buds while curing in jars or other airtight containers. also, would it be bad to dry buds in a room with a de-humidifier? I'm not only looking for potent weed, but I love it when I smoke and it tastes divine. can you still get good tasting weed without curing?
VirginHarvester
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Someone with more experience will chime in but a dehumidifier and cool temperature helps keep mold and rot from starting I believe. So hanging in a dark, cool spot with a fan circulating air and dehumidifier is best combination. Also, I would imagine dehumidifier near the jars when curing wouldn't hurt to keep humidity from outside finding its way into your jars.
starchland
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ok so when I trim the buds, im basically cutting off everything that doesnt have tricromes on it?
VirginHarvester
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Here's how I understand it: use a smallish, sharp pair of scissors and trim off all the shade leaves, even the small ones that stick out and have their own separate stem. The ones we want to trim down to the bud are the small ones that are intertwined the hairs and calyxes. Those we want to trim down but not so much that we feel our scissors cutting through the bud mass(calyxes and hairs). Anything that close is trichome covered. When it's just the little leaves you're cutting through you feel almost no resistance with your scissors but when you get too close to the good bud you feel like you're cutting through something soft but there's resistance and you have to press the scissors to make the cut.
it all gets me stoooooooned.
couldn't have said it better myself.
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