Santa.ClausHOHOHO
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Great post to this thread. I truly hope others read that, very informative. Thanks for taking the time to write that. Sitting here with my better half discussing this thread and we now have a game plan.FYI…the chief grower at a local MA dispensary had a 4-hr Q&A session on growing techniques. This is the first seminar I heard of so I jumped on it and showed up at the very start and I was the only one there for 25 minutes and got some great one/on-one time with him. Although the dispensary grows indoors he has personally grown outdoors in the past and gave me LOTS of info on growing and harvesting that applies to any grow. Many of the growers on this forum are recommending many of his suggestions but some have other methods he does not recommend (like washing buds in dilute H2O2 baths prior to drying and WET TRIMMING). Because trichome color is something we always use in determining ripeness, I asked him what he considers a ripe trichome and he said when 70% are milky and the 30% are clear they harvest because the 30% clear turn milky during the drying process. He suggested avoiding amber trichomes because of the couch lock effect, unless you want that effect.
So if you don’t want heavy couch lock effect, which comes from amber trichomes, you should harvest most or all of the plants after your period of sunny weather. But you should shake them after rains stop to knock off water first and pull the large plate leaves before chopping.
He said at harvest time they pull all large leaves on the growing plant then they chop whole plant at ground level and suspend plant upside down and dry for about 2 weeks in room at 50% humidity (prevents mold growth) and 60-65 F (allows for slower drying) with both conditions enabling plants to consume remaining nutrients and carbohydrates making for smoother tasting smoke. Obviously if you don’t have room to hang whole plants I think hanging big branches will do. He also said to try to keep buds dry starting in 3rd week. If you can cover outdoor buds from rain you should. They stop foliar feeding after 3rd week. He recommended flushing nutrients if growing in soil for two weeks prior to harvest then limit watering in final two weeks saying that this process stresses the plants to increase trichomes and terpene production.
After hearing his suggestions I will be making changes to my 2022 grow. Good luck on your grow and harvest.
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