RookieMuffin
Well-Known Member
I was reading in a lot of threads that people always harvest too early even when they harvest in the day-window that the manufacteurer of the seeds recommend.
People say stuff like 'The plant is ready when it is ready' or 'the plant doesn't count days' or 'only harvest when the plant is ripe... why harvest early' and so on... so I did my research on when to harvest.
Most people say that thrichomes only is not a good indicator of a ripe plant... Instead I should look for swollen calyxes... Receeding pistils... No white pistils...
So I tried to find a lot of information on all those topics and what to look for. But I'm not an expert in this since I'm just learning about when a plant is ripe.
So I'm looking for some advice on my plants from the experts.
In my eyes my plants are not ready yet. I'm in the harvest window of the manufacteurer BUT as I've learned this doesn't mean anything...
When I look at my buds I don't see the calyxes swollen... Most of the pistils are not receeding and there are also some new white pistils coming... So based on that and the information I gathered over the last weeks I would say they are not ready to harvest yet...
I will attach pictures of my plants so you can take a look at them and tell me if they are ready or not and maybe you can estimate how long they still have to get ripe.
I think one of my plants (plant no. 3) is closer to harvest than the others because she doesn't really have a lot of white pistils anymore... but I think I don't see the calyx swollen... But I want to know what the experts have to say about my plants.
Here are some pictures of the buds (I had some nutritional problems and environmental problems due to a new setup so please don't judge the terrible leaf conditions. They recovered but the damaged leaves won't recover so they look fucked up):
Plant 1:
![plant1_closeup_04.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390444-6d412fe21751776a5fdb58e9e96edfb0.jpg)
Plant 2:
![plant2_closeup_04.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390448-0288e4a367d70a2ea26eb0db2df65350.jpg)
Plant 3:
![plant3_closeup_02.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390453-780031346000362523e7eee0a2a47c8d.jpg)
People say stuff like 'The plant is ready when it is ready' or 'the plant doesn't count days' or 'only harvest when the plant is ripe... why harvest early' and so on... so I did my research on when to harvest.
Most people say that thrichomes only is not a good indicator of a ripe plant... Instead I should look for swollen calyxes... Receeding pistils... No white pistils...
So I tried to find a lot of information on all those topics and what to look for. But I'm not an expert in this since I'm just learning about when a plant is ripe.
So I'm looking for some advice on my plants from the experts.
In my eyes my plants are not ready yet. I'm in the harvest window of the manufacteurer BUT as I've learned this doesn't mean anything...
When I look at my buds I don't see the calyxes swollen... Most of the pistils are not receeding and there are also some new white pistils coming... So based on that and the information I gathered over the last weeks I would say they are not ready to harvest yet...
I will attach pictures of my plants so you can take a look at them and tell me if they are ready or not and maybe you can estimate how long they still have to get ripe.
I think one of my plants (plant no. 3) is closer to harvest than the others because she doesn't really have a lot of white pistils anymore... but I think I don't see the calyx swollen... But I want to know what the experts have to say about my plants.
Here are some pictures of the buds (I had some nutritional problems and environmental problems due to a new setup so please don't judge the terrible leaf conditions. They recovered but the damaged leaves won't recover so they look fucked up):
Plant 1:
![plant1_closeup_01.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390441-db6f1cf93fb303a33facb7be518b0e40.jpg)
![plant1_closeup_02.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390442-42e86cf7e0352096626c94e0fa741608.jpg)
![plant1_closeup_03.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390443-7b0f6a4ae5b551607d26a951a7741c47.jpg)
![plant1_closeup_04.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390444-6d412fe21751776a5fdb58e9e96edfb0.jpg)
Plant 2:
![plant2_closeup_01.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390445-35681ae13b79e3513c15008086490735.jpg)
![plant2_closeup_02.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390446-aaf0b202c3b94117e319561f0b16be07.jpg)
![plant2_closeup_03.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390447-22e1a7a7460cd7fc55bd473ab569fb17.jpg)
![plant2_closeup_04.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390448-0288e4a367d70a2ea26eb0db2df65350.jpg)
Plant 3:
![plant3_closeup_01.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390449-4954a6ac4ccec664eb935303c85f2911.jpg)
![plant3_closeup_02.JPG](/data/attachments/4390/4390453-780031346000362523e7eee0a2a47c8d.jpg)