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When To Harvest

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When should I harvest? I'm only 4 1/2 weeks in but already starting to see orange hairs, buds are real frosty.
 

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#2
What strain are you growing? What is the flower time for your strain? I would start with that. Then I'm sure some one will chime in and tell you to get a magnifying glass and check the trics. If they are clear let them ride till there cloudy with some amber. Your buds look killer btw!!
 
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What strain?, what do the trichs look like? They most likely are all clear at this point.
Don't know of any strains that mature that fast. Patience, take a breath, this is a process where if you harvest early, the quality and potency suffers. Don't get me wrong, you can wait too long to harvest but you've got 3-5 maybe six weeks to go.
Top picture was taken four weeks after the bottom. Your looking for some amber, lots of milky, not too many clear.
 
#4
Right on guys thanks. No idea on the strain although the probability of blue dream is high. They definitely have a sativa look but are pretty short so I'm thinking hybrid. I'll get a magnifying glass and check the trichs.
 
#5
My last grow, which was my first, the hairs would start to turn orange/brown and then new white hairs would appear. That happened twice. I'm not sure if that's normal or maybe just a strain thing.

As recommended I used a magnifying glass and harvested when I saw mostly cloudy trichs even though there were still 30% white hairs.

Edit to add- I flowered for roughly 12 weeks.
 
#7
FooDoo said:
hey guys I'm one week in 12/12 and she's looks done, can I harvest
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I'm no expert but if you have just begun 12/12 then you should just be in the beginning stages of flowering. Unless it started flowering before, I would say wait.
 
#10
If not sure of flower time you want to start after 60 days to start looking. Get a scope if you don't have one. She will get bigger.
 
#11
I will possibly get crucified for this, but it is possible to pluck a small test bud and quick dry it to see how it smokes. It definitely will taste awful. But you may get an idea of the high. I tried this with my last plants, took a bud at week 7ish. Like I said tasted terrible but the high was quite nice. The flowering time for grapefruit diesel is 9 weeks, so I figured that another couple weeks it will be very nice. Started flushing immediately. Just a little thought from my amateur experience. But I think its fair to say the average flowering time is 8-9 weeks. Some strains can take up to 12 weeks or more (we're talking sativas here). Cross reference everything everyone tells you on here.
 
#12
You can take that same small bud and hang it in good circulation and easy rh. In 6-7 days it will taste better than quick dry. A week won't do anything too much except dry herb to try. My 2 cents. I actually trim bottoms some and hang those so I can smoke when my plants are hanging
 
#13
Leew421 said:
You can take that same small bud and hang it in good circulation and easy rh. In 6-7 days it will taste better than quick dry. A week won't do anything too much except dry herb to try. My 2 cents. I actually trim bottoms some and hang those so I can smoke when my plants are hanging
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Good strategy, nothing like running out of smoke and have a load hanging in front of you still too wet to smoke :D
 
#14
Leew421 said:
You can take that same small bud and hang it in good circulation and easy rh. In 6-7 days it will taste better than quick dry. A week won't do anything too much except dry herb to try. My 2 cents. I actually trim bottoms some and hang those so I can smoke when my plants are hanging
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Once thing I would disagree with is the part about a week making a difference. Some would argue that a week can make a huge difference to potency, whether positively or negatively...
 
#15
I'm saying as far as amber being the color to avoid. Harvest window is about preference to the grower. I prefer all milk and no amber if I can. I want to be able to enjoy the effects of thc and not so much cbn
 
#16
Also I have learned that when I feel like my plants are ready, adding an extra week makes all the difference.
 
#17
I serve no wine until it's time. I don't even look at suggested times anymore. Anywhere from 8-12 weeks. Maybe cut one at 9 wks and one at 11, depending on trich colors, and see what you like best. I wait for amber to show usually, sometimes I cut with just full white frost. Lots of growth/bulk can be found in the last few weeks as well.
 
#18
LeeMcGee said:
I serve no wine until it's time. I don't even look at suggested times anymore. Anywhere from 8-12 weeks. Maybe cut one at 9 wks and one at 11, depending on trich colors, and see what you like best. I wait for amber to show usually, sometimes I cut with just full white frost. Lots of growth/bulk can be found in the last few weeks as well.
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No reason you can't leave a plant or two for a week or so longer, might try myself actually next run. Whenever that is...:-(
 
#19
What I find interesting is when you pick two different buds from the same harvest and get two different effects.
 
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