Should I harvest now?

Hi All,

8 weeks now since switching the lights to 12/12. Most of the trichs are milky and some are amber. But still the odd clear one here and there.

Have been feeding just plain water for last 10 days.

Thanks

It looks done but it could swell more, another week?

Popcorn900 said:

It looks done but it could swell more, another week?

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Thanks mate. Was thinking the same thing.

Cheers

it still has a while IMO

id say a week they look great btw

iwearpanteez said:

id say a week they look great btw

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Many thanks... I will wait till next weekend maybe.

you see all those white pistils, (hairs) those arent even developed yet. those hairs should be orange red amber. another thing at the end of a plants cycle most plant leaves turn yellow right about time to harvest. you have atleast 3 weeks to go. keep feeding.. base nutes around 700ppm bloom booster n sweetener to 950ppm should be right around where you need to be.. week before final flush give it a good ripener like MOAB n push for trichs

I would not keep feeding IMO. I would say you are a couple of weeks out though. Keep flushing. I bet the fan leaves will yellow out in another week or so.... that will be the plant sucking the goodies out of the leaves and giving them to the buds. Those hairs should recede as the bud swells. You're doing great man.

Nice looking plants...
However, I say you are weeks away! Hairs need to recede back into bud, or at least start to recede... I'd wait, buds will change/grow wait!
Now, in my opinion, you have started to use "ONLY" water too soon ! If plants take another three weeks to finish, are you going to 'feed' them only water for the next three or even four weeks?
You've done so good till now.... Don't f them up by starving them the last four weeks of their life? They will wilt, turn yellow, and look like they are dying, if you continue....

Or, you can wait P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E.... wait for hairs to recede... then re-check for trics....

FYI: [on a healthy plant] Plant will make clear trics until the day you pull it....
As plant dries, some clear turn milky....
Some even milky ones turn tea/amber colored...

Amber/Tea colored = degraded THC....
You want as many [as high a %] milky/white ones as possible...
Now don't say you have a few amber or a few clear ones... you ever cut into a nice bud, then look under a loop at it?
Billions of Milky Trics.... BILLIONS.... with a B....
That's what you want.... a milky THC Highway....
Good Luck!

jsynicky said:

Hi All,

8 weeks now since switching the lights to 12/12. Most of the trichs are milky and some are amber. But still the odd clear one here and there.

Have been feeding just plain water for last 10 days.

Thanks

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NO.... your plant wants to finish.... please let um.... too soon, less THC.... because it will plump up when those hairs recede....

Something tells me, you either already chopped it, or you are planning to do it tomorrow... wait...
Sample/Try a bud from 6-8" down on plant ...

No .. not chopped it. I will see how she looks in a week or so

It would be nice to be able to have a smoke for Christmas though. I guess if I chop a bud off around the 20th Dec and dry that somewhere for a few day I can then have a smoke for Xmas day? What do you think?

I cant really take any lower buds as there aren't any. I used LST and created an even canopy.

Thanks

Take the bud(s) of your choosing about 10 days from when you want to have a taste. Hang it in a darkened cool dry place with adequate air movement for 5 - 7 days and then place into a paper bag or another couple of days and then into a sealed container opened once a day until use. This is a quick cure and will not give the full aroma/flavor of bud cured for 6 - 8 weeks. Merry Christmas

CaretakerDad said:

Take the bud(s) of your choosing about 10 days from when you want to have a taste. Hang it in a darkened cool dry place with adequate air movement for 5 - 7 days and then place into a paper bag or another couple of days and then into a sealed container opened once a day until use. This is a quick cure and will not give the full aroma/flavor of bud cured for 6 - 8 weeks. Merry Christmas

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Excellent.. Thank you mate

OK.. after reading all the feed back I have decided to wait at least two week before cutting down. I may cut one bud earlier so it is ready for xmas.

They are looking ok but still seeing new hairs form.

N

That's a player move.. good job!

My .02, feed 1/2 strength with every watering for the next week, and then continue your flush. They look great, but this is one of those very critical parts in the bud growing where they almost double in weight. Since you have flushed for the past 10+ days, you will have a cleared system so you wont need as long/strict of a flush on your last week.

Good luck n keep up the good work!

blowincherrypie said:

That's a player move.. good job!

My .02, feed 1/2 strength with every watering for the next week, and then continue your flush. They look great, but this is one of those very critical parts in the bud growing where they almost double in weight. Since you have flushed for the past 10+ days, you will have a cleared system so you wont need as long/strict of a flush on your last week.

Good luck n keep up the good work!

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Thanks dude !!

OK so have fed the two girls 1/2 organic nutes today. Will see how she goes.

So... I still have not chopped them. But may well do in a couple of weeks or so.

Noticing some "rusting" going on on the leaves in pic 3 and 4... Any ideas? PH is at 6.6 and have only fed the other day with half the recommended nutes on the label.

Should I worry?

Thanks

Sand4x105 said:

wait for hairs to recede... then re-check for trics....

FYI: [on a healthy plant] Plant will make clear trics until the day you pull it....
As plant dries, some clear turn milky....
Some even milky ones turn tea/amber colored...

Amber/Tea colored = degraded THC....
You want as many [as high a %] milky/white ones as possible...
Now don't say you have a few amber or a few clear ones... you ever cut into a nice bud, then look under a loop at it?
Billions of Milky Trics.... BILLIONS.... with a B....
That's what you want.... a milky THC Highway....
Good Luck!

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Pretty much this pal! All about the trichs! A Billion Billion cloudy milky trichs.