Can buds be too ripe??
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homebrewer
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Absolutely. You have about a 10 day window to harvest optimally. From my own experience, I believe this window starts when you're 100% cloudy and starting to move to amber.
MasterHemp
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if i read correct after it goes past its ripeness the THC starts breaking down to CBN or CBD which can be good to give you that couch lock high but if left for any longer it will degrade it
bird mcbride
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I've run plants for extended budding periods and I've found that as long as the plant is healthy and growing alls that will happen is the buds will get bigger. After a female has reached full maturity it's difficult to keep her healthy but I have seen them grown into giants even after they have reached their so called peak. One old dirt farmer comes into mind when I think about this and I often wondered how he kept his plants in bud for so long.
Brick Top
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THC oxidizes and becomes CBN. CBN causes the smoker to feel confused and messed up, but not high or stoned. Many puppy tokers confuse those sensations for high potency, for increased levels of THC so they wait for mostly or all amber trichomes and some ever wait to see brown trichomes.
THC makes you high. CBD causes couchlock. CBN makes you feel confused and messes up. Which two of the three would be positives and which one of the three would be a negative?
If someone wants a major high pick strains high in THC and low in CBD and low CBN and do not wait too long to harvest. If someone wants a couchlock body stone they should pick strains that are high in THC and high in CBD and low in CBN and do not wait too long to harvest rather than wait for and allow THC to oxidize and turn into CBN and then think they got a 'real' couchlock body stone and or a 'real' high.
SOMEBEECH
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Very true agree.Depends on the high you want IMHO.
phyzix
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Good post; he knows what's up.
I was looking looking looking for amber trics and the buds were showing that they were done. The trics had almost no amber but were well beyond full and ready so it is also strain dependant. White russian does not amber much and if it was going to I would have had dead plants and or rotten buds.. It will trip you out with thc though and I highly recommend it