The reason we wait so long to harvest is so the cannabinoids and terpenes can develop and mature. The reason we shouldn't be looking at pistils is because they have nothing to do with development or maturity of cannabinoids and terpenes, their purpose is to catch pollen. And no matter what kind of plant you're growing, if you let it go past its harvest date it'll continue to add on weight. As for the cannabis plant it'll continue packing on weight but while cannabinoids and terpenes are degrading so you're basically sacrificing quality for yeild. Because the quality of a cannabis plant is inside the trichomes
That quality is only present in properly matured trichomes. The whole plant needs to properly mature for that to happen. I dont sacrifice potancy for yield. I harvest my plants when they are fully ripe. This gives me max yield for the max potancy.
this is another hyped thing ppl overlook imo.. ive choped the same plant ive been growing at so many diff times 56 -63 -70-77 and all between them days now at week 8 the high didnt last that long but the smoke and smell is there and if you smoke too much it will put you to sleep, now week 9 the high is last longer and its more potent.. at week 10 the smell is still strong the high is even better and its more potent! week 11 your just going to sleep after couple pulls-- i understand it degraged into cbd and its more sleepy bud... but quality was not sacraficed by yeild more like patients was rewarded with quality potency and yield!
So what you're saying is you shouldn't harvest a Seeded plant based on Pistils and calyxs? Then why would you harvest an unseeded plant based on that? Pistils and calyxs and when to harvest can't only be corralated sometimes.Seeded plants have a new marker, the seeds
Pistils/calyx swell give a general indicator on how far along the plant is, don't over complicate it
some of my chemD crosses are cloudy in the bulbous state... do i harvest yet?
That's not really true. I have seen fully ripe amber trichs in midflower. Not a whole bunch but they are there if you look all over the entire plant you'll see fully mature trichs amongst some cloudy and a bunch of clear
No, what I offered to your scenario is that when if your plant is seeded then you might have a new indicator for judging when it's finished but there's a lot of assumptions baked in like you intended to make these seeds for example.
in my post i gave a 28 day window of when my plant can be harvested when is the so called too late? when did i miss the mark? is the trichomes only ripe for 7 days? how big is the window? like i said i can harvest my plant at week 8 or week 11 and its great bud any week after 8 i wouldnt go past 11 because at that point the calx are swole and its nice and plumped or finished! when is that window?
I would bet that your yield is much better at 10 weeks then at 8 weeks as well as being much more potant.
Imo too late would be would be over 50% amber trichs and too early would be more mare than 20%clear. But what you're talking about is optimal harvest time. Some people may like the effects of a plant taken late some may like it earlier. When harvesting there's also an optimal harvest time factor, which is taking the plant when you like it. But you should be associating the effects with the trichs at the time of harvest not Pistils or calyx size.
What week do you chop on the norm? And I would love to see your plants when done please? I can’t see you chopping a plant that has white hairs coming off it because you seen a few amber trichs? Because you are missing out.. I see the trichs as a benchmark the plant tells you when it’s done! I’m after the high! So when I cut at week 8 and get a half hour high but when I wait till week 10 the high last 3 hrs! Big difference! Week 8 still throws out white hairs but is harvestable.. week 10 looks done no questions asked not saying I can wait 10 all the time some times I need to chop at 8 cuz no smoke and better than buying some.. but if I had tons of bud I would always wait and let them finish
Normally I aim for 60-70 days. But harvest for me is not about amber trichs, it's about clear trichs. In a post above I stated I take my plants when there is 10% or less of clear trichs
Ty sir your plants look very ripe. Great job growing!
Thank you
