When to harvest?? Opinions needed!

K

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Hi, im growing a plant that i was given already in flower. I dont know how old the plant is, how long its been in flower or how long the flower period should be. All i know is the plant is a cheese strain female, smells lovley! and looks lovley . ive had her under 400w hps light 12/12 for 4 weeks now. She has quite a few pistils turning red/brown and she is covered in lots of THC. Just looking for some advice on when she needs the chop? or how long abouts in your opinion she has left? . im looking for a strong stoned feeling with a sweet taste .

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AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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The way the hairs look, a lot of them are still sticking out pretty straight, which tells me the plant is still immature. Also, flowering takes a lot longer then 4 weeks.

Without a scope to look at trichs, or at least closer pictures to get really good look at buds, that's what I got to say.
 
boneyards

boneyards

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By the way your hairs look I'd say you at least have another month. Buut I suggest investing in a 420 scope so you know exactly when your trichs are prime and ready for the cut:weed:
 
onlycucumbershere

onlycucumbershere

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I too reckon about another 4 weeks. You still got loads of white pistils and buds are quite smally.

Lumagny 10x handheld microscope - £/$ 10
The sequence is cloudy, then amber. All trichs will turn cloudy, sometimes early, it's when they start going amber/brown and all over everywhere. Some people use a ratio, but really it's all about how long you can hang on lol You can easily give your flowering time another 2 weeks over stated figures and shit will be mucho better, but cutting early can only bring disappointment, so beware.
At least ALL cloudy trichomes before harvesting, the more amber ones the better
 
zubey91

zubey91

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Agree 4 weeks... you also may want to blast it with nutes maybe 2-3 more times then start flushing.
 
NetGuruINC

NetGuruINC

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I throw my 2 cents in and agree with the fellow smokers, youve got at least 4 weeks left, and you wanna get a 10x microscope and look at the trichomes on the plan, wait until most of them are "cloudy" at the tips. But youve got at least 4 weeks before u pull her panties off
 
STLbudz

STLbudz

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cheese strains go like 70-80 days, yours looks around 45-55 (hit or miss) , so yea id say 3-4 weeks, the hairs on buds should turn mostly amber and a few white, when you got them im assuming they where barely starting to nug up ,they just had a bunch of pistols forming the bud? Based on the pics and not personally being there i say youd be good to chop in about 25 days, just post a pic then n ill let you know.
 
wtxmale

wtxmale

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ebay,,,jewelers loupe..60x only 4.99 shipped..has built in light (both led white and blue) and adapter for i phone( makes it easier to look at the screen)
 
AllDayToker

AllDayToker

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I got a nice LED 60x-100x scope from radioshake. $10, and will never regret the investment. Althought I do really want one of them nice 400x USB scopes.
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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plants look ripe. although 4 wks sounds too soon. they look older than that to me. say 2 more wks. buy a cheap scope with a usb connector and look for clear/cloudy triches. thats all you need. amber is a myth. the buds you have may actually be ready now. pluck one. dry it and cure it. then smoke it or vape it. there isn't much yield there. i would kief the whole thing out for some great kief hash. if you need help just ask. it's ez and the kief is killer. better than buds.
 
K

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im growing a plant that i was given already in flower. ive had her under 400w hps light 12/12 for 4 weeks now.

meaning the plant was already in flower when i recieved her , so i dont know how long she has now been in flower, just how long ive had her in flower .

posting more pics soon.
 
K

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these are the best pics i can get and they still not really close to what its like looking at them . cheers for all advice so far , and anymore will be much appreciated. I think this plant is really close to being ready for harvest IMO.
 
STLbudz

STLbudz

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definitely getting there are you feeding nutes? if you are you could start flushing now( just feed plain water) and give them some Molasses if you have any, 2 tbls Gal, at least another week, you could chop em now i suppose if you really wanted to and get some cool smoke but that would be impatient haha, give it at least 12-16 more days and you should be good, really hard to tell without looking at tris but ive grown that strain it always take a GOOD 63-75 days it as a Bunch of hairs for the longest time up till about week 6, post some more pics next week
 
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