NugNewb
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LOL....
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What do you look for when you say the whole plant picture.... ??Trichomes don't matter. You can tell from the whole plant pictures that they had at least a month to go.
Mature buds, hairs receded no new white hairs etcWhat do you look for when you say the whole plant picture.... ??
And the task is that this guy harvested immature flowers.
people need to learn to actually let a plant grow to its potential and stop being eager to harvest and then subsequently be disappointed by the outcome.
If you’d been growing any amount of time you’d know this.
how long you been growing? If it’s less than a year do you even know what a ripe plant looks like?
Most people don’t know what a truly ripe flower actually looks like.
I love simple sentences so here’s one I say quite often.
“It’s easy to harvest too early, it’s hard to harvest too late!”
have you ever heard anyone say “damn it I harvested too late!”??
how many times have you heard someone say “damn I harvested too early”??
In response to just these pics alone, yes you harvested too early!
Everyone gets hung up on trichome development and as such they see amber and think whoohoo I’m within the Harvest window.
but ultimately your plant needs to at least look somewhat “ripe” before you even begin checking trichomes.
once you understand ripe plants and how their appearance over all changes during the flowering to ripening phase, you’ll never need to check a trichome again.
Notice the plant starting to take up nutrients from the leaves.A plant that looks like this...
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Swollen calyx and pistils that are brown/orange and retracted to the calyx.
Thanks for the advice.... I am going to grow two more, they are called strawberry diesel. I WILL NOT early harvest those.. This was a hard lesson to learn. Live and learn.. thanks for the advice buddy. and for the pic...A whole plant picture can only tell you you're close to harvest. Get a jewelers loop or a hand held USB microscope and inspect the trichomes.
Don't deep 6 it. It'll still be good. Hell, maybe it'll be exactly what you're looking for. Just dry and cure as slowly as possible. Dank's comment of a cardboard box is good. There are a few examples on YouTube.
Worst case, it won't be as strong as some people want. I like my smoke smooth and weak. I look for smooth ride and effect so my days of getting fucked up after a joint are over.
Trichomes turn amber because they're exposed to oxygen, So they will continue after you harvested. That said, with tight buds, the trichomes inside the bud won't oxidize any where near as much as those on the outside. But chemical processes will continue for quite a while. That means the CGBa (clear trichomes) will continue to convert to THCa, CBDa, CBCa. etc during the dry and curing.
I get it.. I see what your talking about and how easily you saw mine were early... Thanks so much...A plant that looks like this...
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Swollen calyx and pistils that are brown/orange and retracted to the calyx.
There may be a few more. Some we need to learn over and over. In my case it was loving them to death by drowning them. lol. I still have that issue indoor. But I'm getting better and letting them go for 4-5 days when i notice it.Thanks for the advice.... I am going to grow two more, they are called strawberry diesel. I WILL NOT early harvest those.. This was a hard lesson to learn. Live and learn.. thanks for the advice buddy. and for the pic...
Thanks... I appreciate it. I don't know why I got so stuck on that 9 weeks thing.... looking back, I kind of locked into it....White widow is a long running strain too...that shit routinely takes 14 weeks or more.
It doesn't have to be that way...better growers than I can keep their shit green through harvest.Notice the plant starting to take up nutrients from the leaves.
Beautiful example. Nicely grown and without necrosis.
yeah that happens, I was locked on 8 weeks. I saw multiple youtube videos, and visited different web pages with bad info about it.Thanks... I appreciate it. I don't know why I got so stuck on that 9 weeks thing.... looking back, I kind of locked into it....
I'm thinking you haven't been paying attention in this thread at all. You're literally a week further than the guy that started this thread...And popandson wonders why people here give harsh responses to the same questions.My current effort is a white widow, here a couple days ago at ten weeks into flower:
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I'm thinking at least another week.
Won't be finished in a week either. Or two. Or three. Read the thread you're in or make your own. My point is you can't read or comprehend.Sorry, what is your point? I'm not finished yet.