New Grower - Am I Ready For Harvesting?

[ThursdayNext]

Hello! I’m new here and new to growing. I’m in my second year and I’m getting anxious about harvesting. Would anyone mind to give me your opinion on my plants? I got as close as I could to show the trichomes and pistils. Under a loupe, there’s no amber but mostly cloudy.

I think I’m ready but then don’t want to go to early. These photos were taken this morning.

Thank you in advance! I appreciate everyone’s time.

 

[Greenjourneyman]

Hey dude. great buds.
you don’t need our validation, you have a loop you can identify cloudy vs. amber. The cut time is a choice entirely up to you. good looks on the year!

 

[ThursdayNext]

Hey dude. great buds.
you don’t need our validation, you have a loop you can identify cloudy vs. amber. The cut time is a choice entirely up to you. good looks on the year!

Thanks for the validation. I feel like I'm probably doing everything wrong. Trust the process, right?

 

[Derelict999]

As the trichomes turn more amber, the couch lock effect becomes more pronounced. It becomes a personal choice really, in the end. Where you're at is roughly when I harvest

 

[GNick55]

couple weeks to go

 

[FirstLight]

It’s nice when conditions don’t dictate when you harvest.

I grow a bunch of different varieties and in general I want the buds to have finished there last growth spurt.

After that the usual loupe test and your personal taste.


Not knowing the strain, your plant looks excellent.

Plants that are heavily Sativa may go thru several re-flowering cycles if you let them.
Each stage a different high.

 

[ThursdayNext]

It’s nice when conditions don’t dictate when you harvest.

I grow a bunch of different varieties and in general I want the buds to have finished there last growth spurt.

After that the usual loupe test and your personal taste.


Not knowing the strain, your plant looks excellent.

Plants that are heavily Sativa may go thru several re-flowering cycles if you let them.
Each stage a different high.

Thanks! I have 5 plants. I harvested two of the smaller plants this weekend, and I’m leaving one for another week and the last for the next week.

 

[ThursdayNext]

couple weeks to go

Thank you. I was wondering. It’s hard not to jump the gun.

 

[Choppr]

Let the pistils turn brown/orange check Trich's, looks like a week or 2 more to my eyes - I use to run a lot of Panama Red many years ago love the pink/red pistils, right on!

 

[cobblestoner]

It’s nice when conditions don’t dictate when you harvest.

I grow a bunch of different varieties and in general I want the buds to have finished there last growth spurt.

After that the usual loupe test and your personal taste.


Not knowing the strain, your plant looks excellent.

Plants that are heavily Sativa may go thru several re-flowering cycles if you let them.
Each stage a different high.

reflowering cycle? could you elaborate on this?

 

[FirstLight]

Sure,

I grow tropical varieties. I live in Florida.
For example, I did a Santa Marta Gold
Test run for a buddy.
At about 100 days of flowering they looked good. Waiting until more ambers show up.
Boom it starts growing new buds I let them go
For another 3 weeks or so then I harvested.

The breeder tells me with plants from equatorial have several windows to harvest.
The longer flower time was more complex
A buzz but not really stronger.

He is an old coot and tells stories of how in Mexico they would pierce the stems with big nails towards harvest as well.

Of course once spending so long growing some cool herb. It’s prime for Cobbing

 

[3cats]

Hello! I’m new here and new to growing. I’m in my second year and I’m getting anxious about harvesting. Would anyone mind to give me your opinion on my plants? I got as close as I could to show the trichomes and pistils. Under a loupe, there’s no amber but mostly cloudy.

I think I’m ready but then don’t want to go to early. These photos were taken this morning.

Thank you in advance! I appreciate everyone’s time.

Still a bit to go imho 2 weeks more will plump them up more. An old saying I heard was lots of people are upset they cut too soon but few are upset because they waited too long. In my climate mould sets in late in flower so does cold and damp so we chop early to get something rather than nothing but if you have the weather then let them grow