when to harvest bubba kush

[soldier coleone]

alright my bubba kush is going on 10 weeks in flower already and the shit is pissing me off real bad kinda i look at the trichs every day real close and today on a few tops there is at least 2 or 3 that are finally amber how much longer do you guys think i should wait to kill this bitch lol

 

[bamfrivet]

That really depends on the high you want. For a more energentic uppy high go for like 25% clear/ 50% cloudy/ 25% amber. For a more couch lock, wait for more like 50% cloudy/ 50% amber.

 

[soldier coleone]

i want 50 50 i guess my real ? was do you think they will change in a couple of days?

 

[soldier coleone]

my bad for being a dick but the shit is frustrating n shit i thought this was an 8 week strain and here im one the 10th week already

 

[soldier coleone]

well i couldnt wait its my first grow so ill use that as an excuse lol

 

[Vedder6]

can you post any pics? and some close ups of some buds?

 

[soldier coleone]

shit alright ill try

 

[bamfrivet]

If you bought these seeds from a breeder, then the flowering time will probably be longer than what they say. There flowering times are based off their set ups. Where everything is dialed in perfectly.

 

[soldier coleone]

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this the best i could do for now i guess

all off a 150hps pretty good i think i hope lol

 

[714HB]

the hardest part about growing is waiting for the right time to harvest,almost everytime i feel i could have waited a few more days LOL looks good for a 150wattr

 

[Vedder6]

i agree. thats the hardest part is telling when to chop down.. personally i wait untill ALL the fan leaves turn yellow and fall off. then i wait for the 2nd phase, when the sugar leaves start to yellow and wilt, then i know im getting close. once most of the sugar leaves have changed then its pretty much time. Plus by that time, almost all the white pistols have turned a maroonish color so that will also let me know.
but yeah, not bad for a 150watt.

gj on your grow. looks pretty good regardless.
next step, drying and curing!

 

[soldier coleone]

i agree. thats the hardest part is telling when to chop down.. personally i wait untill ALL the fan leaves turn yellow and fall off. then i wait for the 2nd phase, when the sugar leaves start to yellow and wilt, then i know im getting close. once most of the sugar leaves have changed then its pretty much time. Plus by that time, almost all the white pistols have turned a maroonish color so that will also let me know.
but yeah, not bad for a 150watt.

gj on your grow. looks pretty good regardless.
next step, drying and curing!

thanks for the complements yeah i trimmed them and damn thats alot of work lol how long should i leave them hanging for? im thinking 2 or 3 days then im gonna start putting em in jars to cure

 

[bamfrivet]

i agree. thats the hardest part is telling when to chop down.. personally i wait untill ALL the fan leaves turn yellow and fall off. then i wait for the 2nd phase, when the sugar leaves start to yellow and wilt, then i know im getting close. once most of the sugar leaves have changed then its pretty much time. Plus by that time, almost all the white pistols have turned a maroonish color so that will also let me know.
but yeah, not bad for a 150watt.

gj on your grow. looks pretty good regardless.
next step, drying and curing!

You know that yellowing leafs is just nutrient deficiency. If you feed your plant what it wants then the leafs will stay green the whole way through.

 

[Vedder6]

You know that yellowing leafs is just nutrient deficiency. If you feed your plant what it wants then the leafs will stay green the whole way through.

yep, but when youre getting ready to chop you normally want to flush your soil so the plant will eat up what ever nutes are stored in the leaves, starving them so that the dank eats whats left and gives it that last growth push before you chop her down.
but like i said before, its all personal preference. i know ppl on here that feed their plants nutes up until the end. personally, i'll starve mine for the last week or two and just water with normal PH water and let the plant suck up whatever food it has stored.

 

[DCgrow505]

i grow the bubba as well and shes one of my favorit strain cause you gota love the kush strains but any ways i usally let her go for about 8 to 9 weeks and shes all good to cut i have never had to let it go for more then that

 

[Vedder6]

thanks for the complements yeah i trimmed them and damn thats alot of work lol how long should i leave them hanging for? im thinking 2 or 3 days then im gonna start putting em in jars to cure

no problem.
do you know what the temp and what your relative humidity is inside your drying room? for example, if your drying room's RH is 65%, let your plants hang upside down for 7 days (1 day for each RH, plus 1 extra day). But remember, after the 4th day check your stems, check your bud. if its too dry, or if the stems are crunching/cracking when you bend them back its time to stick it in a jar.
Once theyre in the jar, youre going to need to monitor it by "Burping" your jars to let moisture and air trapped inside. Its easier if you get a small humidity meter like a AcuRite or Caliber III meter. They are around $10-$25, but if you dont have the money for it dont worry. Just find a dark, cool spot you can put your jars in and leave them there. Once a day open the jars up and burp them for a couple hours the first day. After a few days, burp them for about a hour each day, for about a week, and you should be good.

Its a long drawn out process, i know. But trust me in the end it will be worth it. I know how hard it is not to smoke your plant, i smoked my 1st one all up almost before I was able to get a perfect cure on it. But my next plant I held out and followed that curing process to a T. Now my Grapefruit Automatic smells and tastes like heaven, and im going to do the same thing to my Haze Auto.
Theres nothing like smoking your own dank that you slaved over for months, the satisfaction you get knowing that "Hey, I did this the right way"
And like i said to bamfrivet, Its all personal preference. A lot of people have a lot of different ways they do it, and it might work for them, but it might not work for 50% of other people. Experiment a little, dont be afraid to think outside the box and most definitily dont be afraid to ask questions. Theres a lot of good stuff on this forum that you can get ideas from and 90% of the time, find the answer youre looking for because chances are very high a lof of us have had the same problems as others.