Is it time to harvest? (pics)

[HedgedAndLevered]

Day 98, Jack Herer. midway through the 7th week of flowering
Planning on storing in pitch black for 3 days. I prefer higher energy so I don't want to be late in the window, but I'm seeing some stigmas that look pretty new, and I haven't seen any amber on the trichomes yet. I think they're white? hard to tell clear vs white...

 

[MisterHelix]

I dunno about all that three days in the dark business.

 

[HedgedAndLevered]

I just barely believed it enough to try, first time it beefed up the buds so much one of the branches broke off. This is in still air, inside. Seems like at worst it does nothing

 

[HedgedAndLevered]

bump
anyone? thoughts? was planning on taking it in tomorrow

 

[GNick55]

darkness does nothing..
to me maybe 2 more weeks

 

[dreamnfox]

agree with the no dark, you are just increasing your chance of mold. Looks like you might have some spider mite webbing on the first close up pic, you might want to do a bud wash before you bring it in to dry

 

[Toohighmyguy]

darkness does nothing..
to me maybe 2 more weeks

I'm in the same boat. If she needs to come down for one reason or another. There she goes. But she is definitely not ready

 

[HedgedAndLevered]

What do you guys make of the noticable plumping up and branch breaking (on day 2 of darkness) last time I took it inside in the dark?
That was what really sold it for me. And the theory seems to make sense.

Really would be nice to avoid though... its pretty annoying to do.

Thanks for the advice guys, saved me from harvesting too early

Those wispies on top are likely those floaty tree seeds unless you're sure? Those wispies blow around a lot where I live. If I can just grab it and take the whole thing off, thats not a spider web, correct?
Yes, gotta do the full lemon juice/baking soda 3 bucket wash after a full season outside. All outdoor growers should!

 

[GNick55]

What do you guys make of the noticable plumping up and branch breaking (on day 2 of darkness) last time I took it inside in the dark?
That was what really sold it for me. And the theory seems to make sense.

Really would be nice to avoid though... its pretty annoying to do.

Thanks for the advice guys, saved me from harvesting too early

Those wispies on top are likely those floaty tree seeds unless you're sure? Those wispies blow around a lot where I live. If I can just grab it and take the whole thing off, thats not a spider web, correct?
Yes, gotta do the full lemon juice/baking soda 3 bucket wash after a full season outside. All outdoor growers should!

dude darkness does nothing…
and lemon juice baking soda wash, geezus no..
a 3% strength peroxide wash..
here i just did this to show how..

Post in thread 'Let's see your 2023 outdoor grow!'
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/lets-see-your-2023-outdoor-grow.149031/post-3019932

 

[JKash]

I did the dark thing like a decade ago... to me it's a myth... if your seeing your buds beef up it's due to the fact they are not done... even after flushing plants can still go 30+ days for development...

But definitely got a couple weeks Togo

 

[dreamnfox]

dude darkness does nothing…
and lemon juice baking soda wash, geezus no..
a 3% strength peroxide wash..
here i just did this to show how..

Post in thread 'Let's see your 2023 outdoor grow!'
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/lets-see-your-2023-outdoor-grow.149031/post-3019932

Yeah, i tried that lemon juice baking soda once. Definitely wont do that again. These days i do 3 buckets of plain water. That works great for me

 

[dreamnfox]

What do you guys make of the noticable plumping up and branch breaking (on day 2 of darkness) last time I took it inside in the dark?
That was what really sold it for me. And the theory seems to make sense.

Really would be nice to avoid though... its pretty annoying to do.

Thanks for the advice guys, saved me from harvesting too early

Those wispies on top are likely those floaty tree seeds unless you're sure? Those wispies blow around a lot where I live. If I can just grab it and take the whole thing off, thats not a spider web, correct?
Yes, gotta do the full lemon juice/baking soda 3 bucket wash after a full season outside. All outdoor growers should!

Yeah, wasn't sure about the wisps. Just looked a little suspicious, you could always scope a few leaves and see

 

[HedgedAndLevered]

ha, did peroxide the last couple times, just noticed that lemon juice and baking soda seemed to be a common option
guess I'll just do peroxide again

 

[HedgedAndLevered]

oh god its supposed to be high humidity and cloudy/rain, mid 40s-50s for the next 6 days
really not cooperating