Harvest Time: A Tutorial

can someone repost the image of the changing color of the trichs......where it goes from clear to cloudy to amber etc. i know its in here somewhere but i cant find it
 
i asked this in my thread with no answer, so i will ask on here... do all strains trichs turn amber when ripe? also for the hairs... do all strains hairs turn reddish brown when fully ripe or are there strains that stay mostly white when potential harvest time comes around? just curious... like ive said before i am a newb towards the end of his first grow, so yeah... still learning a shit ton...
 
In pic's below .. you can see the Trich's are milky .. then turning to Amber color ..

All the Pistils that I've seen turn reddish Brown .. or orange .. it's from the pistils drying up
 

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i had some stuff outside that was DONE. not a white hair to be found. then it went another week. i just looked at it under the scope and i see 1 or 2 amber trichs, here and there.
 
HPS400power said:
Yes, a lot of the hairs are red and curled up but not receded back into the calyxes.

So are you saying I should just switch to about 9 or 10 hours but just switch for a few days and then go back to 12/12?]




If it seems the plant could actually go on for 18 weeks maybe I should go back to feeding Fox farms Big Bloom? ]
I appreciate any input.
Thanks
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I was really Hoping fdd would comment in here ... I don't want to act like the big Expert .. fdd knows more than I do .. I'd say cut the light hours back to ten .. for at least 5 or 6 days and see what happens .. maybe to nine hrs for one of those days .. u gotta b the judge ..




again .. gotta be ur call .. I wouldn't go back to full strength .. it may not go to 18 weeks .. the rest of the pistils .could dry up any day .. U still don't see milky trich's ? what happens if u dry and cure a bud ? u said it smokes good .. any amber trich's after a few days drying ?
 

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HPS400power said:
I'm starting to see a lot of crystals forming on the buds now that I changed the light so 10/14 so I may leave them go for the rest of the week.
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COOL ! ..................... nice to know !


Also .. turning OFF lights (for 2 or 3 days) before harvest seems to help make em "frosty"
 
krpcannon said:
i thought that putting wet weed into a jar would just cause mold
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I dry my nuggs by hanging in a dark cool room for 5-7 days with a fan circulating air but not blowing at the nuggs till they feel dry on the outside but the stem bends but doesn't break.
Then I layer them in a brown paper bag with Bounty paper towels on the bottom to help absorb moisture.
They stay in the bag until they feel dry on the outside and then I pop them into a 1 quart canning jar until they feel moist again then back to the bag till they feel dry and repeat till they don't feel moist after being in the jar. Then burp 4 times a day for 2 weeks.
 
fdd2blk said:
i was referring to the 2 days of darkness before harvest. sorry. :bigjoint:
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thank u fdd.. i get into so many debates about myths like leavin your plants in the dark or boiling roots to increase thc in your weed...... if u cant get it done in the months of flowering it will not get done in two days..
 
Ouch ... U R both right ..............

Nature don't turn the lights out ................................ and trich's that took week's to develop ... ain't gonna change much in 24 or 48 hrs


Thx .. I needed that
 
I just harvested a small plant after putting a trash can over it for a couple days. I didn't notice anything special happen....


not enough weed to hang dry so I just placed it in a brown paper bag, Im going to but them in a jar in a couple of days and start the curing proccess, thanks for the guide FDD it pretty much covered everything on the first page
 
I hung the buds in my 4x4 foot grow room with the lights off and the same ventilation I used for the grow.
I'm lazy and didn't want to take down my lights and fans so I decided to hang 9 vertical lengths that are six foot each and I attached each length to my grow room ceiling and starting at the bottom I hung using a twisty my largest buds and worked my way up to the ceiling. So all 9 six foot lengths are stung with buds.
and are drying slowly.
Any advice?
 
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