let it dry in the ground...?

Hi guys, I have some plants first year outdoor, and time is getting closer to harvest However, since I´m begginer, I´m not very sure in some matters... Would you please help me to understand better?


1) friend of mine told me, that I may let flowers just in the ground and not to harvest them at all (if it´s not rainy - because of molds). He told me, that flowers will dry and then I can simple harvest them + he said, that if I let them dry like this, there will be far much higher THC level. I know, that without curing, they will taste probably harsh, however, if we won´t consider this, what do you think about that idea? (I personaly don´t like it much, because I think, CBDs or even THC may degradate by this treatment... right?)

2) my second question is about right timing of harvest (if you won´t like idea in previous point as me I´ve read, that trichoms should be cloudy to amber and I should check them under the microscope. OK. But which part of plant should I check exactly? Leafs? Buds? Hairs? You see... hairs under the microscope don´t have any trichoms at all yet! They look like some kind of naked thread And hair on flower, which didn´t get amber yet, have clear trichoms (

3) I´ve pollinated some flowerings and figured out, that fertilized hairs get brown pretty quickly. Unfortunatelly, pollen probably gets to some other flowerings too (as I said, plants are outdoor Now, because some hairs on plants are brown and some white, it´s very hard to know, when is the right time for harvest Is there any other way (beside the hairs colour), how to figure out, if the time is right?

Thank you very much for your answers!

Post some pictures, of the plant and also close ups.
You will get much better answers if you also give a few details about the plant(s)

Hi, I send some pictures of my flowers First and second pics are from the same plant and third and fourth are from the second plant.

As you can see, on first two pictures, some flowers on plant seem to be able to harvest, but some look they have some days/weeks ahead

On third picture you may see unpollinated flowering (from another plant) and on fourth picture there is pollinated flowering.

Btw I´ve read recently some articles about pollination cannabis. They´ve said, that your yield on plant is NOT REDUCED BY POLLINATION. Only flowerings, which were pollinated, produce less resin. What do you think guys about this statement? Do you agree?

Looking for your feedback to my questions! Thank you

No. The buds will be way overripe, rotten and moldy from heavy dews, light rain and high rh. Your friend doesn't grow dope.

That maybe true you dont lose weight with seedy dope but you sure lose quality, lack of sales will tell you that.

what your friend does is prolly what he saw on some old school video about moroccan hash fields those guys just rip their plants up and stack up em. don't do this unless you have a pack of malaysians and fields upon fields of plant u intend to use hash for. Only the top of the pile degrades, and is usually kept in a hut anyway., refer to the harvesting and drying stickies. lil fact is sunlight (UV) degrades THC. So if you harvest and dry in a dark place you will have stronger buds~!