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Hi guys,
Let me introduce you to this Blue Cheese plant that has had quite of a life experience being my first grow ever.
It's now exactly 70 days into her flowering period and she's now been flushed 4 times during the last 2 weeks, and by now it is at 48 hours complete darkness in in quite chilly room.
I was wondering maybe I could get a constructive opinion in a brief period of time from someone on a few questions I'm dealing with atm:
Since I don't have a 50x lens I can't really examine the trichomes with much accuracy, but the pistils as you can see in the picture are not quite all the way orangey-brown yet. Those at the very top of the buds are white and fairly new and alive. All of the are yellowing in the same pace (except the big fan leaves), and they are healthy and still sturdy to the pull.
I'm now in doubt whether to harvest it in around 12-24 hours and let it dry as a whole for 2 weeks;
or
Let it die on it's own in the soil which is already dry, and the later, then after some time cut it and let it finish drying in a 60/60 environment.
What are the pros / cons to each method? Is there really a curing "head-start" if the plant is left in the dark and cold environment at the end of the flowering it would promote it to focus on extracting all of it's nutrients out of it's foliage to create as many trichomes as possible in a sort of defense?
But on the other hand, are there any experienced (and patient) growers who had the means to dry their plants while still in soil? Does it make the whole process longer? Are there any particulate benefits to doing that?
Hope this thread reaches some kind folks who are willing to set aside a minute or two to join in on this interesting topic
Let me introduce you to this Blue Cheese plant that has had quite of a life experience being my first grow ever.
It's now exactly 70 days into her flowering period and she's now been flushed 4 times during the last 2 weeks, and by now it is at 48 hours complete darkness in in quite chilly room.
I was wondering maybe I could get a constructive opinion in a brief period of time from someone on a few questions I'm dealing with atm:
Since I don't have a 50x lens I can't really examine the trichomes with much accuracy, but the pistils as you can see in the picture are not quite all the way orangey-brown yet. Those at the very top of the buds are white and fairly new and alive. All of the are yellowing in the same pace (except the big fan leaves), and they are healthy and still sturdy to the pull.
I'm now in doubt whether to harvest it in around 12-24 hours and let it dry as a whole for 2 weeks;
or
Let it die on it's own in the soil which is already dry, and the later, then after some time cut it and let it finish drying in a 60/60 environment.
What are the pros / cons to each method? Is there really a curing "head-start" if the plant is left in the dark and cold environment at the end of the flowering it would promote it to focus on extracting all of it's nutrients out of it's foliage to create as many trichomes as possible in a sort of defense?
But on the other hand, are there any experienced (and patient) growers who had the means to dry their plants while still in soil? Does it make the whole process longer? Are there any particulate benefits to doing that?
Hope this thread reaches some kind folks who are willing to set aside a minute or two to join in on this interesting topic
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