Early Harvest

Ok say I pulled an early harvest, about 7 to 10 days early. Had no choice, what should i expect? Should i just trash it or finish drying and curing it?

Pics are going to be needed if you want actual advice.

Harvested All Gas OG 10 days early. Was scared I was gonna lose it all in all, so i chopped early. Been hanging for 4 days now.

Dry it and try it.

rijkmus1 said:

Dry it and try it.

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Lick it and stick it

It will be fine. You will just lack some ripeness but mostly loose bud density. This is not a loss my no means.

Yeah its drying quite nice. I think if i didnt cut when i did i wouldve lost it entirely. So itll just be my head bag for now.

No point in trashing it now, let's see what happens.

Cynister said:

No point in trashing it now, let's see what happens.

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Yeah its all i can do now. Its drying and smelling amazingly just not gonna yield alot but definetly gonna be good I think.

Racky said:

Yeah its drying quite nice. I think if i didnt cut when i did i wouldve lost it entirely. So itll just be my head bag for now.

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That is the entire outdoor game...you are always fighting the elements while indoors you fight to reproduce them.

I had to harvest a portion of mine early as well due to possibility of mold creeping in; going to dry and cure as normal to try as smoke, then probably just throw the rest in a crockpot with coconut oil for edible. I’ve done such before and it still works great. Not a loss.

It seems pretty dry at day 5. Have a sample bud in a container with hygrometer and its at 58%. Gonna put the rest in grove bags today and let the curing begin. Seems like it lost ALOT of smell during the hang dry. We will see. Got roughly about 4 ounces to cure.

MAGpie81 said:

I had to harvest a portion of mine early as well due to possibility of mold creeping in; going to dry and cure as normal to try as smoke, then probably just throw the rest in a crockpot with coconut oil for edible. I’ve done such before and it still works great. Not a loss.

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How do i make all the clippings into edibles?

Racky said:

It seems pretty dry at day 5. Have a sample bud in a container with hygrometer and its at 58%. Gonna put the rest in grove bags today and let the curing begin. Seems like it lost ALOT of smell during the hang dry. We will see. Got roughly about 4 ounces to cure.

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How was the outdoor smell. Was it gassy? I’m just now starting to flower this cultivar indoors from hsc. Hoping for some serious kerosene.

Racky said:

How do i make all the clippings into edibles?

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After it’s dry (and cured, if you like- then you can see if it’s worth the smoke)
i just trim anything that doesn’t have (a lot of) trichomes, then roughly grind up in a food processor/blender, and put in a crockpot set on low (250f-300f range) with coconut oil. Leave lid slightly off to let steam out, and stir occasionally. Heat for about 4 hours. Watch for the plant material browning and getting crispy. Sieve/filter out plant material when done. It’s a saturated fat so it is shelf stable at a comfortable room temperature. Melts at body temperature.
I’ll use the whole, lightly trimmed, buds if not good smoke, or whatever crystally trim I have from good stuff.
A ratio of 1 ounce, by weight, of herb,
To 1 quart, by volume, of coconut oil works well for me.

Where did you get that this was 10 days away from being done?

Wizzlebiz said:

Where did you get that this was 10 days away from being done?

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This. It was multiple weeks away from being done.