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Cut a bud and play with itHa nice! And fear not, I won't go cutting too soon. I'll error on the side of letting them go a little longer than I might want, but not too much longer!![]()
Cut a bud and play with itHa nice! And fear not, I won't go cutting too soon. I'll error on the side of letting them go a little longer than I might want, but not too much longer!![]()
When are you harvesting? I’m gonna die of old age before you do. Remember you promised to e-mail me a few grams!
Good luck on your grow! The 6 inch fan will be perfect and that’s a nice one you are looking at. I would get a plan for a pms. Will keep your pests away before they start and keep powdery mildew away also. I love to scrog but I don’t use a net. I run a few strings on the edges and middle to tuck my branches. But like someone mentioned before that it does limit you to moving plants once scrogged
I have seen pics of plants that looked like pure death and still hadn’t been chopped. If you got any leaves startin to yellow or dry out you can cut em off, any trimmin you can do ahead of time at a leisurely pace you will appreciate when you harvest. I started at 8 this mornin, I know a day early, and quit at 2:30 still not finished and kinda half assed it, I still have 1 plant to go, got a nice gob of hash off of the trimmers I am wreckedDay 107 - Start of week 10 since flip - Start of weeks 8-9 of flower
I meant to post an update yesterday with some pics but I'm puppy-sitting a 17 week old golden and she's insane; cute as hell but absolutely certifiable.
I spent a lot of time looking at videos and reading articles about the right time to harvest. After seeing so many great trichome comparison pics I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about knowing when to harvest my own crop. They still didn't look ready when I was in there for a watering yesterday, but tomorrow I can set aside a decent chunk of time to open the tent for inspection. I also have one of those little digital microscopes coming today that you can attach to your phone. I don't know if that will make it any easier to take pics but I guess I'll find out.
And holy hell do my plants look like they're at the end of their life. I'll post some pics tomorrow but I'm pretty sure they're running out of available nutrients faster than I'd like. I'd probably attribute that to doing all of my timed top-dressings too early because I was basing my flowering weeks on flip date. Between that and the Recharge I bet I burned by plants a bit during early flower now they're running low early. No big deal though, just something to keep in mind for next time.
Let me know your thoughts on the digital microscope. I was also planning to get one when I approach harvest.Day 107 - Start of week 10 since flip - Start of weeks 8-9 of flower
I meant to post an update yesterday with some pics but I'm puppy-sitting a 17 week old golden and she's insane; cute as hell but absolutely certifiable.
I spent a lot of time looking at videos and reading articles about the right time to harvest. After seeing so many great trichome comparison pics I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about knowing when to harvest my own crop. They still didn't look ready when I was in there for a watering yesterday, but tomorrow I can set aside a decent chunk of time to open the tent for inspection. I also have one of those little digital microscopes coming today that you can attach to your phone. I don't know if that will make it any easier to take pics but I guess I'll find out.
And holy hell do my plants look like they're at the end of their life. I'll post some pics tomorrow but I'm pretty sure they're running out of available nutrients faster than I'd like. I'd probably attribute that to doing all of my timed top-dressings too early because I was basing my flowering weeks on flip date. Between that and the Recharge I bet I burned by plants a bit during early flower now they're running low early. No big deal though, just something to keep in mind for next time.
Is that on the surface? You may want to snip out a piece from inside a bud and have a lookThe little usb microscope arrived yesterday and its fricken awesome.
I feel I have steady hands but getting a clear, focused image of trichomes from plants in the tent was still a challenge with the microscope. I ended up taking extra pics because only 1 in 4 was usable if I was freehanding. When a flower was close enough to a tent pole that I could use it for support I was able to get a good image every time. What I really loved was pairing this thing with my phone (via wifi) and using it as a video camera to inspect flowers. Not only was I able to inspect flowers in areas my giant head would never fit with a loupe, but I was able to do it quickly and therefore inspect far more flowers than usual. Anyway, for $40 bucks or whatever I'm happy to have it in the tool box.
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So remember that stuff I said yesterday about feeling more confident about knowing the right time to harvest? Forget all that...
Here's a quote from Ed Rosenthal's guide on when cannabis is ready for harvest. The emphasis on the word begin is mine.
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Your Essential Guide to When Cannabis Buds Are Ready to Harvest — Ed Rosenthal
Here’s all the details you need to know about the best way to determine the picking time of your marijuana buds: Ripening facts, trichomes and more.www.edrosenthal.com
"Under magnification, you can see individual glands turning from clear to amber or a cloudy white. These colors indicate that THC is beginning to degrade into two other cannabinoids, cannabicyclol (CBL) and cannabinol (CBN), which are not nearly as psychotropic as THC.
When the trichomes begin to change from clear to amber or cloudy white, the buds should be harvested—this is the peak moment."
Okay, the word "begin" kinda worries me in that sentence, because the very last thing in the entire world I want to do with these indicas is create a bunch of fricken sleep medicine. Here are a smattering of trichome pics I took this morning with the new microscope.
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Is that on the surface? You may want to snip out a piece from inside a bud and have a look
Those microscopes are worth their weight in gold. I use mine to check for pets religiously now.