Top Buds Done Lowers Not

[dorjewright]

How do I best harvest a cola where only the top buds are ready. Chop it down from the top a little bit at a time?
Photo is of Bubba Kush.

 

[mal]

Exactly

Remove the top finished buds, then remove any leaves in the way of lower buds and let them finish up. Take care


mal

 

[TreFarmer]

yummmy

MAL has gotcha, I just wanna say yummmmy! I have a Bubba shrub in my garden, she's one of my all time favorites!! Enjoy

 

[hiboy]

Mals technique rocks.
Push em as long as u can..
cut off that top canopy
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[Producer]

Hmmm, I actually didnt know this either.
I was wondering the same thing on my last grow.
Thanks Dorjewright for posting this question and thanks Mal for answering!
Props.

 

[NaturalTherapy]

How many fruiting or flowering plants are taken in their entirety? None but cannabis as far as I know. We never cut the tomato stalk when we see the most ripe tomatoes, or cut the squash vine from it's roots with still forming vegetable bodies, so I always wondered why cannabis farmers take the whole plant at once, where forced environmental factors are not the issue.

I know some genetics are more responsive to this- Flo, Ed R. Superbud, etc. and it makes more sense to me than taking the whole plant at once.

I've been harvesting my Blue Widow for two weeks already, probably keep her going another two, assuming this beautiful CO weather holds through

Love & Light

 

[Seamaiden]

I just harvested all my corn last night. It's all coming down today, and that bed will be being prepared for another crop.

 

[dorjewright]

If it weren't for the rain I'd wait to chop the tops. But the botrytis is decimating the Purple Kush (first photos); so far so good on the GDPs ( last 2 pics); but I'd hate to be surprised.

 

[Seamaiden]

The way they're colored up, I'd say they're awfully close anyway, maybe not even another week left in them. Better to chop, I agree.

 

[dorjewright]

Thanks for the encouragement Seamaiden. Started taking the tops off the GDP too; a little bit of bud rot but acceptable.