CaseyJones84
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My first is coming soon in a week or twoI'm doing my first harvest tomorrow.... stressful time.. will try doing it this way
Harvest Question??
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icetech
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yeah, i'm having a hard time deciding when.. but i'm 90% sure the herer should be ready.. i'm barely over 7 weeks in flower but trichomes don't lie...
Thundercat
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CaseyJones84
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Well yea. But i read somewhere... put in jars. Make sure to burp the jars daily. For the first few days take bud out of jars for 2-3 mins than put back in jars. After that just open the jars daily for a couple mins or less until readyJars don't breath
CaseyJones84
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I just finished week 8 on my 4 girls. Still waiting. Checking tric’s every other day
jdog127
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I would assume it is just his method that he uses. Many people use jars and many people use paper bags a lot of people have used Ziploc bags and been successful. I personally like the paper bag method as well, the paper bag helps to pull the moisture from the interior of the bud to the exterior, and since its paper, it still let's the bud breath a little and at the same time hold the moisture and help keep the outsides of the Bud from getting too crispy allowing for a more even cure throughout the bud. but again everybody has their own special ways this is just the reasons why I use paper bags myself.
Yes, let it dry before trimming, it dries slower and the slower you dry, the better it will be. 10-12 days drying is perfect, 2-4 days is too fast, 5-7 ok, 10-12 is what I aim for.
coreywebster
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They really do.
They are a secondary indicator to the harvest window, but its a window that should be looked through when the plants give primary indicators they are close. The stigmas retracting and the bracts swelling should come before you look at trichomes.
icetech
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Well.. my herer's hairs are all red and curled back now.. and a bit more amber trichomes that i think i wanted.. so i think it's ready, the Durban still has a bit of white pistils, but getting some amber tri's so.. not sure on it yet.
Hydrotech364
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Jars don't breath
I use large dark jars but I burp them regularly.
Chip Green
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You've also read somewhere that paper bags can be used.
CaseyJones84
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Right on thanks
CaseyJones84
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What’s your primary indicator?
Thundercat
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I've tried the jar method, its a bunch of fooling around. The paper bag method works wonders, and is very simple, no hassle fiddling with jars every day. When you take them out of the bag and trim them up they should be perfectly ready to smoke. Then put them in jars for long term storage/cureing.
coreywebster said: ↑
The stigmas retracting and the bracts swelling should come before you look at trichomes.
too larry
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For the rare whole plant that finishes with no major rot or other issues, I strip off all big leaves in the bush. Cut the plant down into limbs, do a quick swish in a H2O2 bath, rinse and sling out excess water and hang them for a couple three days. Then I buck all the buds off the limbs and put in brown paper bags. 3-4 days in the bags and they are ready. First day open bags, 2nd day folded tops, from third day on rolled up bags. (All times are adjusted to suit environmental conditions)
Most of my crops have had rot issues, so you harvest as you have to. These buds are cut off the limbs, so no hanging. After the washing, I spin the water out with a salad spinner. They go onto cardboard fruit flats for a day or two, then into brown paper bags.
Any trimming that gets done, gets done on the rolling tray. I'm my only customer, and I'm pretty forgiving.
Most of my crops have had rot issues, so you harvest as you have to. These buds are cut off the limbs, so no hanging. After the washing, I spin the water out with a salad spinner. They go onto cardboard fruit flats for a day or two, then into brown paper bags.
Any trimming that gets done, gets done on the rolling tray. I'm my only customer, and I'm pretty forgiving.
I have done it numerous ways and I absolutely hate letting branches dry before removing the leaves. A few times I have had issues where I couldnt trim right away so I would cut the plant (sometimes whole plant, sometimes branches) and let them hang to get the harvest started and then come back later to remove the leaves and it SUCKS.
The way I normally harvest, the leaves snap right off when I do the "proper"(for me) procedure. When I try to do it later, the leaves don't snap, they will split and you have the strings all over and breaking bud points etc.
The way I normally harvest, the leaves snap right off when I do the "proper"(for me) procedure. When I try to do it later, the leaves don't snap, they will split and you have the strings all over and breaking bud points etc.
CaseyJones84
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Once they’ve retracted. Do you still check the trichomes and if you do. Would have 25, 50 or 75% amber trichomes. Just curious
CaseyJones84
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Really glad i made this post. Its awesome to see the different ways the same thing is being done.
Merlin1147
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A grower I respect a lot suggested it. It’s pretty fool proof, which is good for me. I think that the bag allows the moisture to slowly equalize in the bud and between buds so the whole lot cures down nice and slow. And like thunder at said trimming is way nicer. And of course they are ready to smoke at trim time, so there’s that. And then once they are in the jars I don’t have to mess with them.
Fool proof
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Merlin1147
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It’s a lot of work. IMO. The bag achieves the same result and is way easier.