Ready to harvest? Post your pics and get advice 🌸

[ReikoX]

I’ve noticed no difference between 12 and 48 hours of darkness. I did notice a difference between cutting during lights on vs lights off. I always chop at the end of the dark cycle.

[BrotherBulldozer]

lower bud furthest away from the lights
I’m sry I still havnt got a microscope, but I’m still utterly lost in regards to what to look for

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[sanddan]

Drying question here. I harvested last Friday and hung the plants to dry. We had a mini heat wave and the dry tent was 75 deg and higher to 85 during the day and the humidity was low running 40-45% for the first 3 days. The temps are better now running 65-75 deg and I got the humidity up to 52%. The outside of the buds are feeling crispy dry but the stems are still bending and not breaking. Is this normal? It’s only my second time doing this so I am a complete newby at this part of the process. I just trimmed one stem as a test and the larger sugar leaves felt flexible but the short ones on the bud were dry. I put the buds in a jar with a humidity meter (ones used for reptiles) to see where the humidity settles. Any other input from the more experienced on how to tell when it’s time to trim and jar for the curing step? Pic is from harvest day.

[BrotherBulldozer]

Just to be completely sure:
Is it all those little white “sugar balls” on the leaves I have to look for, to change colour to amber ?

[Shadey]

Leaves don’t matter you don’t smoke them, it’s the trichromes on the buds you need to check.
You are wanting them to change from clear to milky, then milky to amber, so long as they are mostly milky and some amber you are good to chop.

Doesn’t hurt to let them go a bit longer for bigger buds either.

[beacher]

I look for small stems snapping. Like the tiny ones that hold on leaves or small side buds. When they snap or are close to I’ll final trim then start slow sweating out the rest by sealing and breathing them over a few days.

Usually at that stage I trim and put the nugs into a foil baking pan (closed with lid) for a dayish then open it for a couple hours, repeat until satisfied. The ‘roll a J’ test never lies too. You’d be surprised how wet they can feel but roll and burn great. I store longer term so I go past that point to avoid mould etc but that seems to be the sweet spot.

[BrotherBulldozer]

So this is what to look for right ?
when those milky drops gets amber

[Esrgood4u]

You want around 15 - 20% amber and remaining trichomes to be mainly cloudy unless you want to get stoned rather than high let them amber up to 40-50%

[Shadey]

Correct.

They are looking pretty good, you could chop it now for more of a head high or leave it longer for some amber and get more couch lock effect, they will continue to change to amber as they dry and cure.

[sanddan]

The test trim ended up settling at just under 60% humidity after being jarred over night. I long store my store bought bud using 62% Boveda pac’s so 60% should be perfect for the cure. As to when to harvest, I waited until I saw some amber trich’s on the buds before cutting. The comment about amber increasing after harvest is true, at least in my limited experience. My first grow was harvested too early and gave a major head high, really too much for me, but mellowed after a year in the jar and became much nicer to smoke. It was a Sativa dominant strain to start with so would have been a head rush anyway

[Ftlob]

I’ve got this beauty,I’m thinking that I may take her down early tomorrow,it was raining today on and off, looks like the weather might clear up over night
Low Ryder x Ulta Violet, from @ReikoX

I shook as much water off of her that I could, would appreciate any feedback thank you and Overgrow On! yeah

[Ftlob]

Same LRxUV2 !

A couple close ups from earlier today

[Shadey]

I think you have a little longer to wait, looking about 50/50 clear to milky from what I can see. Give it another week and check again.

[Ftlob]

Yes my brother! Thank you so much! I will wait for at least one week!I am so tired of harvesting early,and no lift! Very grateful!

[ttutone]

These are called Shark. They are at the proper date to be harvested but they don’t look ready. Any idea if they are ready to be harvested?

[toastyjakes]

Getting there… I’d say let’s see how they look next week but close

[ttutone]

Thank You! I thought the same thing. Maybe next time I can get better pics.

[George]

Need your help and expertise to check how far are they from chopping. They are in the 6th week of blooming period. Please check:

PLANT #f1:

PLANT #2:

I am in the flushing side so would like to know when to starve them to death with no nutes , thanks for your input …

[Mongobongo]

@George still 2-3 weeks out.

[Mongobongo]

This one is close.