How do you tell when your plants are ready for harvest? Newbie!!!

[Mr..P]

Made it through all the bull shit, now i think im ready to cut em down. Leaves are turning yellow, buds look full and dense. But what it a true way to tell when it is the right day to cut em down? Im thinking aboot drying on screens. Hasnt failed me with the outdoor buds. Or is hanging upside down from the main stem better? How much of the leaf do you all trim off?

Thanks boys!!!!!

 

[chrishydro]

Pics and do you have a scope to look at your trich?

 

[Mr..P]

No scope bro, and no pictures. on week 6 of bloom, almost 7no nutrients for almost 2 weeks, flushing them good

 

[Coho]

The pistils red/brown and retracted? I always go by a scope. You can get a loupe for $5.

 

[trevronious]

Theres an entire section here just on harvesting and curing. Check that out first.

 

[mr2shim]

Theres an entire section here just on harvesting and curing. Check that out first.

Yes there is, no need to ask this question for the 300,000th time

 

[superstoner1]

when mine are ready i will hear them say "chop me, smoke me."

 

[chrishydro]

If the pist are turning amber and are greater than 50 to 60 percent than you can be ready. The longer you wait the more of a body high you will get. Depends on what you want when you are done. I wait because that is what I need something to put me to sleep

 

[mr2shim]

If you can determine body high or cerebral high based on how long you flower, doesn't that make all of the different strains a massive gimmick?

 

[chrishydro]

If you can determine body high or cerebral high based on how long you flower, doesn't that make all of the different strains a massive gimmick?

I only grow the indicas or the sativa indica mix. No pics tough to tell.

 

[superstoner1]

If the pist are turning amber and are greater than 50 to 60 percent than you can be ready. The longer you wait the more of a body high you will get. Depends on what you want when you are done. I wait because that is what I need something to put me to sleep

pistils have nothing to do with ripeness. i have some strains that pistilsnwill be almost all red at week 4 but they are not done until almost week 9. trichs are the determining factor of ripeness.

 

[mr2shim]

pistils have nothing to do with ripeness. i have some strains that pistilsnwill be almost all red at week 4 but they are not done until almost week 9. trichs are the determining factor of ripeness.

Exactly. pistils used to be the old fashioned way of checking.

 

[chrishydro]

Exactly. pistils used to be the old fashioned way of checking.

Still works for me but also have a scope.