Way to hang in there GG. Mother Nature's going to have to throw a lot more than a few frosts at you to mess with your harvest.
When you get a sec. I'd love to hear in some detail your harvest practices. If all goes well I may be doing some cutting next weekend as well, and hopefully the weekend after. Sounds like we've got some rain on the way this week after a tremendous dry spell, so we'll see but fingers are crossed here.
I'll post my weekly update on my thread later today.
When you water do you shoot for about 5g per plant? More?
Yes 5 gallons a plant.
Sooo as far as harvest it really depends on the plant but... I usually take about foot and a half to 2 feet off. I take all of the fan leaves off and leave the sugar leaves. I then put about 4 to 5 on a hanger and then put that hanger on a line. I do have a fan in the room for circulation but not blowing hard and never at the buds.
With the long stems and the sugar leaf still on it takes anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks to hear the snap in the branches.
At that point I take a couple of branches and take all the buds off and throw it in a jar with a hydrometer and check the rh. If I'm on target (between 62 and 55) it all comes off of the stems and gets jarred...or bagged or however I do it that yr. I burp them a couple times a day for a week. After that they are stored away till I need some.
The most important thing is to dry slowly...too fast and you will have a hay smell that wont go away.
Also the dry trimming is awesome because it releases a lot of terps all over again.
