Harvesting And Drying

hey i got some plants and they seem almost ready to harvest but im not able to chop down the whole plant.. so is it ok if i just snip off the buds?? ALso, how long does it take to dry i live in new york if that helps thnxs a bunch

Oh also.. the plants that are there some have purple little floweres on them and others have buds with white coming out of them i think the onews with the whites are females am i right??

Man, if you don't know which are female, then how are they ready to harvest?

Female flowers have 2 white hairs growing out of the calyx. Harvest when most of those have withered to a rust color.

Hope It's not late hahaha. Drying and curing all depend on temps and humidity levels. 65*-70* is IMO prime 45%-50% humidity. You want to draw out the drying process though, will let the buds really flourish. Oh and my guess is he got a herm.

Mader89 said:

Hope It's not late hahaha. Drying and curing all depend on temps and humidity levels. 65*-70* is IMO prime 45%-50% humidity. You want to draw out the drying process though, will let the buds really flourish. Oh and my guess is he got a herm.

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66% and higher risks mold. Stay 55-64% during dry and cure

oceanside said:

66% and higher risks mold. Stay 55-64% during dry and cure

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The 65*-70* was temp. If 66% is risk of mold why would you be even close to the 60s? To me it doesn't seem very logical unless you wanna risk losing your harvest, especially if you have dense flowers.

why cant you harvest the entire plant? you can harvest by bud or by stem or by the entire plant. if you do it by buds your buds will dry faster. it takes longer to dry them on stems which gives you better product. it should take you 6 days or so if you leave it on the stem to dry the product. if you just snip the buds off maybe 4 or 5 days.

also some plants will keep generating new pistols. when the plant on the whole is ready the harvest ignore a few white hairs if the rest is done.

mrblu said:

why cant you harvest the entire plant? you can harvest by bud or by stem or by the entire plant. if you do it by buds your buds will dry faster. it takes longer to dry them on stems which gives you better product. it should take you 6 days or so if you leave it on the stem to dry the product. if you just snip the buds off maybe 4 or 5 days.

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I agree and disagree. My guess is there was a super scrog (chicken wire), yes the longer the dry the better as it converts the chlorophyll to sugars but the time is all dependent upon your enviornment, back in Hawaii we had to get a heat bar because the buds just would not dry out. Just do what you can to keep the room/box/closet humid a humidity/temp helps greatly in this. To dry put a gaint bucket of water in there or go to a thrift store and pick up a humidifier.

i have a dehumidifier in my dry room so humidity usually is not a problem as long as your temps are fine as well.