Did I harvest too early?

Lagged

Lagged

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Hello again

After seeing a post from another user and having a short exchange with @PadawanWarrior , I realize I may have harvested my plants too early.

I wanted to avoid Hijacking another thread so I created my own.

Here is another plant in question. We let this baby ride out a little longer. It was a GREAT result for our micro-grow experiments. We noticed a ton of amber on the large sugars and some more amber on the actual bud, so we thought it was time.

I wanted to get not only @PadawanWarrior 's thoughts, but also others! Did we cut too early? Too late? Just right?

Thank you everyone for the help so far. You all are amazing!
 

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Dontjudgeme

Dontjudgeme

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Lagged said:
Hello again

After seeing a post from another user and having a short exchange with @PadawanWarrior , I realize I may have harvested my plants too early.

I wanted to avoid Hijacking another thread so I created my own.

Here is another plant in question. We let this baby ride out a little longer. It was a GREAT result for our micro-grow experiments. We noticed a ton of amber on the large sugars and some more amber on the actual bud, so we thought it was time.

I wanted to get not only @PadawanWarrior 's thoughts, but also others! Did we cut too early? Too late? Just right?

Thank you everyone for the help so far. You all are amazing!
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You’ll know when you dry and have a strong hay smell. That’s a good indication of harvesting too early. I use to have this problem a lot until I learned to be patient and let the plant finish. Now I have nothing but a strong aroma from dry to cure, and the smell just gets stronger during the cure. I’ve never been able to tell if a plant is done just by looking at it. There’s a few other variables to consider. More importantly the type of high you’re trying to accomplish.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Lagged said:
Hello again

After seeing a post from another user and having a short exchange with @PadawanWarrior , I realize I may have harvested my plants too early.

I wanted to avoid Hijacking another thread so I created my own.

Here is another plant in question. We let this baby ride out a little longer. It was a GREAT result for our micro-grow experiments. We noticed a ton of amber on the large sugars and some more amber on the actual bud, so we thought it was time.

I wanted to get not only @PadawanWarrior 's thoughts, but also others! Did we cut too early? Too late? Just right?

Thank you everyone for the help so far. You all are amazing!
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That one is definitely more done than the last. I'd still probably give this one another week or so.

Also make sure you're checking trichs on the buds and not the sugar leaves.
 
Lagged

Lagged

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Dontjudgeme said:
You’ll know when you dry and have a strong hay smell. That’s a good indication of harvesting too early. I use to have this problem a lot until I learned to be patient and let the plant finish. Now I have nothing but a strong aroma from dry to cure, and the smell just gets stronger during the cure. I’ve never been able to tell if a plant is done just by looking at it. There’s a few other variables to consider. More importantly the type of high you’re trying to accomplish.
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Thanks for the reply!

Yeah we used a jeweler's lope we borrowed from a friend for our first round of harvesting, but weren't as fortunate for this second round. We waited even longer than we THOUGHT we had to. Unfortunately we couldn't confirm with anything better that our cell phones and some image processing software.

As far as I understand the longer you let it grow the more of a couch-lock CBD like high you will have, whereas mostly cloudy tri's will produce more of a sativa-like high.

PadawanWarrior said:
That one is definitely more done than the last. I'd still probably give this one another week or so.

Also make sure you're checking trichs on the buds and not the sugar leaves.
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My friend!

Thank you for the advice on the trichs, that is also a question we had. As you can see there is ample amber on the sugars (that may have swayed our decision a bit). . In reality we should have a lope or microscope and stop fucking around. Nonetheless, this is the cards we are currently dealt. I really appreciate all the help ya'lls.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Lagged said:
Thanks for the reply!

Yeah we used a jeweler's lope we borrowed from a friend for our first round of harvesting, but weren't as fortunate for this second round. We waited even longer than we THOUGHT we had to. Unfortunately we couldn't confirm with anything better that our cell phones and some image processing software.

As far as I understand the longer you let it grow the more of a couch-lock CBD like high you will have, whereas mostly cloudy tri's will produce more of a sativa-like high.



My friend!

Thank you for the advice on the trichs, that is also a question we had. As you can see there is ample amber on the sugars (that may have swayed our decision a bit). . In reality we should have a lope or microscope and stop fucking around. Nonetheless, this is the cards we are currently dealt. I really appreciate all the help ya'lls.
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You're thinking CBN, not CBD. But ya, chopping early gives a lighter high.

I also haven't took the scope out to look at my trichs in over a year. I am lazy though.
 
go go kid

go go kid

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yes its more cbn in the buds that have flowered for the longest time. its ment to be better then diazepam aparently.
Cannabinol is a mildly psychoactive cannabinoid found only in trace amounts in Cannabis, and is mostly found in aged Cannabis. Pharmacologically relevant quantities are formed as a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol.
 
curious2garden

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Lagged said:
Hello again

After seeing a post from another user and having a short exchange with @PadawanWarrior , I realize I may have harvested my plants too early.

I wanted to avoid Hijacking another thread so I created my own.

Here is another plant in question. We let this baby ride out a little longer. It was a GREAT result for our micro-grow experiments. We noticed a ton of amber on the large sugars and some more amber on the actual bud, so we thought it was time.

I wanted to get not only @PadawanWarrior 's thoughts, but also others! Did we cut too early? Too late? Just right?

Thank you everyone for the help so far. You all are amazing!
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I would have let it go another week or two.
 
curious2garden

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.........snip..........As you can see there is ample amber on the sugars (that may have swayed our decision a bit). . In reality we should have a lope or microscope and stop fucking around. Nonetheless, this is the cards we are currently dealt. I really appreciate all the help ya'lls.
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I don't see any images of trichomes only buds am I missing an image? What amber are you referencing?
 
Lagged

Lagged

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go go kid said:
yes its more cbn in the buds that have flowered for the longest time. its ment to be better then diazepam aparently.
Cannabinol is a mildly psychoactive cannabinoid found only in trace amounts in Cannabis, and is mostly found in aged Cannabis. Pharmacologically relevant quantities are formed as a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol.
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Thank you for the scientific explanation. I have a raging brainer right now. =)
 
Xs121

Xs121

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Lagged said:
Hello again

After seeing a post from another user and having a short exchange with @PadawanWarrior , I realize I may have harvested my plants too early.

I wanted to avoid Hijacking another thread so I created my own.

Here is another plant in question. We let this baby ride out a little longer. It was a GREAT result for our micro-grow experiments. We noticed a ton of amber on the large sugars and some more amber on the actual bud, so we thought it was time.

I wanted to get not only @PadawanWarrior 's thoughts, but also others! Did we cut too early? Too late? Just right?

Thank you everyone for the help so far. You all are amazing!
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Yes...there's a lot of amber, based on your 2nd pic, too much for my liking but that's a personal preference.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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go go kid said:
yes its more cbn in the buds that have flowered for the longest time. its ment to be better then diazepam aparently.
Cannabinol is a mildly psychoactive cannabinoid found only in trace amounts in Cannabis, and is mostly found in aged Cannabis. Pharmacologically relevant quantities are formed as a metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol.
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Having had both CBN and diazepam, that has not been my experience. I’ve found CBN-bearing weed to be an uninteresting smoke. Others may have had other experiences.

Specifically I have found none of what I like about diazepam or its congeners.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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I zoomed in for ya!
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You can't really see the trichome coloration. The 'amber' I see is reflected green/yellow from the foliage. You need to get loupes or a handheld microscope and I usually harvest based on the intersection of plant maturity and trichome profile.

This is mostly cloudy with rare amber a few days earlier than I usually pull. Also the sugar leaves usually lead the bud so you want to check bud trichomes.
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