Am I ready to harvest?

Cacti · Jun 18, 2025

Hi all, first time grower here. I'm growing Island Sweet Skunk and I think I'm getting close to being able to harvest. I have some brown pistils... should I wait a bit longer?

Another question, I just gave it a bath of nitrogen and ammonium phosphate, should I wait a couple weeks to let it flush out more before harvesting?

Thanks!

Berniemac · Jun 18, 2025

Hello friend, from my observation, it looks like you still need at least 1-2 weeks before chopping, but that’s just me ! Hard to say fully without checking the trichomes and knowing the schedule.

Illbill · Jun 18, 2025

Looks like you have a while to go. 3/4 weeks. Can’t be positive but I would back way off of nitrogen. You need less n and more pk right now.

Berniemac · Jun 18, 2025

Berniemac said:
Hello friend, from my observation, it looks like you still need at least 1-2 weeks before chopping, but that’s just me ! Hard to say fully without checking the trichomes and knowing the schedule.

Yeah after looking back at it, still like 3-4 weeks! In like two and a half weeks I would water only with water after that, no flush needed IMo

homiefromtheshowme · Jun 18, 2025

Definitely a good 3-4 weeks and no more grow blend nutes. Still needs nitrogen but no where the rate you needed 2 weeks ago. How much growth did you get on stretch? You may get lucky and just push a long stretch with your nute boost and just have another week on top of that 3-4 before harvest. Patience and consistency, no big swings in anything at this point

LoveGrowingIt · Jun 18, 2025

I'd say it needs another month.

Check the trichomes on the buds, not the leaves. You'll need magnification. A jeweler's loupe works well and doesn't cost as much as the microscope. Here's a chart.

Prich21908 · Jun 18, 2025

Your pistals need to be 90% amber you have a ways to go keep going

Cacti · Jun 21, 2025

Appreciate all the feedback, folks!

Illbill · Jun 21, 2025

You can’t necessarily go by the pistols. You should go by the trichomes and see exactly the ratio that you like. Amber, cloudy and clear. It makes a big difference. Once you figure that out is when you pick it.

Phyto · Jun 22, 2025

An easy month to go, maybe more. I would not stop feeding, if you want, just cut back a bit. You'll know it's ready when almost all the pistils are red/brown and shriveled back in to the caylxes, (which have swelled up). The trichs should be all cloudy, the amount of amber is personal preference, more amber=more couch lock.

LoveGrowingIt · Jun 22, 2025

Illbill said:
You can’t necessarily go by the pistols.

True, but they usually indicate when it's time to start checking trichomes on the buds.

Illbill · Jun 22, 2025

I agree with that 100%

Cacti · Jul 10, 2025

Ight, so I'm about 3 weeks out from this initial post. On the top buds I have probably 20% amber trichomes. The lower buds have none.

Seems like I might be ready to pull the trigger?

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