Help!! First time grower not sure when to harvest.

Ya.grower · Jul 9, 2025

Hello all. This is my first grow and I’d like a little help with trying to figure out how much longer I have in my flowering girls until harvest day. I predicted July 11th as my projected date but I’m thinking I might need a bit longer based on how many white pistils I’m seeing.

Firing GSCE (Girl Scout cookies extreme) from ILGM
Growing in soil
Humidity 60%
Temp 75 (I’ve been trying to get it lower but where I live it’s extremely hot this year.
Grow started March 18 directly into soil.
Flipped to flower May 9th. Now approaching week 9 of flower.

I’m sure I left out some needed information. If I did feel free to ask. Thankyou any help is greatly appreciated.

goner · Jul 9, 2025

pretty plants. nice mainlining.

your instincts serve you well. the bracts will swell more over the next couple weeks as well.

excellent first grow.

ArtfulCodger · Jul 9, 2025

Once the bud trichomes are all at least cloudy, you've reached max THC potency. After that, it's a matter of taste. Earlier is more of a speedy/head rush, and later/more amber is more of a body/couchlocky vibe. I usually shoot for around 10% amber, but it's up to you.

fishmon · Jul 9, 2025

Nice looking bud whether it's your 1st or 100th but especially nice 1st. I'll venture a harvest date. Judging by the large quantity of white pistels, she's still cruising and stacking. If you flipped on may 9, I'll assume 5 days or so before actual flower began so May 14 day one of flower. I almost always find 11 weeks of flower until pistels are orange and receded, little to no new pistels, and a smattering of amber trichomes. Counting out 11 full weeks from May 14 I arrive at July 30 or 3 full weeks from today for tentative harvest date, assuming genetics aren't wildly out of the norm. Maybe check back in a couple weeks minimum. Congrats on a great 1st grow!

Hossgrows · Jul 9, 2025

Very nice. Congrats so far.
Im left dealing with mother nature, so I'll be holding off as long as I can, weather permitting. I'm hoping for 75/25 amber, cloudy. But I'll take what I get, before I let it go to bud rot. It was bad, in my parts last year. One guy I know lost 85% or his grow, last fall.

Ya.grower · Jul 10, 2025

ArtfulCodger said:
Once the bud trichomes are all at least cloudy, you've reached max THC potency. After that, it's a matter of taste. Earlier is more of a speedy/head rush, and later/more amber is more of a body/couchlocky vibe. I usually shoot for around 10% amber, but it's up to you.

I plan on getting a jewelers loupe this week but without it is there a way to check trichomes without it?

Ya.grower · Jul 10, 2025

fishmon said:
Nice looking bud whether it's your 1st or 100th but especially nice 1st. I'll venture a harvest date. Judging by the large quantity of white pistels, she's still cruising and stacking. If you flipped on may 9, I'll assume 5 days or so before actual flower began so May 14 day one of flower. I almost always find 11 weeks of flower until pistels are orange and receded, little to no new pistels, and a smattering of amber trichomes. Counting out 11 full weeks from May 14 I arrive at July 30 or 3 full weeks from today for tentative harvest date, assuming genetics aren't wildly out of the norm. Maybe check back in a couple weeks minimum. Congrats on a great 1st grow!

Thankyou this helps a lot. I’ll be keeping an eye on the pistils I’m hoping for a nice harvest really excited.

Ya.grower · Jul 10, 2025

goner said:
pretty plants. nice mainlining.

your instincts serve you well. the bracts will swell more over the next couple weeks as well.

excellent first grow.

Thankyou a lot I’ll be checking in and posting more photos possibly this up coming Monday.

ArtfulCodger · Jul 10, 2025

Ya.grower said:
I plan on getting a jewelers loupe this week but without it is there a way to check trichomes without it?

Magnifying app on your phone?

Ya.grower · Jul 10, 2025

ArtfulCodger said:
Magnifying app on your phone?

I tried to use my phones camera and zoom in but I’ll download an app and see if I can find one that works better.

Ya.grower · Jul 10, 2025

Hossgrows said:
Very nice. Congrats so far.
Im left dealing with mother nature, so I'll be holding off as long as I can, weather permitting. I'm hoping for 75/25 amber, cloudy. But I'll take what I get, before I let it go to bud rot. It was bad, in my parts last year. One guy I know lost 85% or his grow, last fall.

Any ways to see like early signs of but rot ?

Help!! First time grower not sure when to harvest.

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