Harvest Time: A Tutorial

Ribbityrob

Ribbityrob

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im a little confused. this is my first time and my plants real close to ready. i have a 50-100x magnifier to measure it but i have encountered something in which i dont know what to do. i took a leaf from the top and the trichomes up there are almost half amber and half clear. but when i tried a leaf that was one of the middle nugs there were only a couple amber trichromes and most of the others were cloudy. i took one from the nug on the most bottom part and their was no amber but plenty of cloudy trichs. should i wait till its half amber through and through? or is it gonn be different to a degree from top to bottom. its a straight indica

as well for curing it i was gonna string it up in a dark ventilated place, but somewhere i heard that leaving it in the dark for two days before you harvest will increase the yield, is that true?
 
bicycle racer

bicycle racer

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that is normal buds getting more light are ready first the lower ones take longer so harvest the buds that are ready and harvest the smaller ones later on no big deal. besides when you harvest the ripe ones the lower ones receive more light speeding the process.
 
MVZZ

MVZZ

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Ok i doing this right now i been checking my bud for the last few weeks i going to put up a pic tomorrow and was wounding if you would help me to do it right
 
MVZZ

MVZZ

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MY SHIT LOOK KIND OF LIKE IS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I DID WRONG DID I HANG DRY TO LONG
 
#1Raiderfan420

#1Raiderfan420

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Wow.. OK.. I made it to page 51 and then skipped here. Great tutorial and a entertaining thread..expect for the few times poeple highjack your thread for a minute. That orange guy just kept comming back lol Thanks for taking the time 2 years ago to put this together.:clap:

+ REP
 
jsteezy1290

jsteezy1290

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i tried your method of hanging until bud is crispy on the outside and put it in a a little tuperwear container and left it over night and wen i opened it in the morning the bud was wet and mold was forming on it already so is tuperwear a bad idea or didnt i put it in there to quick cause the stem even snapped so i thought it was dry
 
jsteezy1290

jsteezy1290

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i did that yesterday and i just put it back in the container for the night, also the bud smelled good on the plant but since i dried it the smell is gone smells like some grass now , so dissapointing and a waste of time if the smell doesnt come back
 
Katatawnic

Katatawnic

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jsteezy1290 said:
i did that yesterday and i just put it back in the container for the night, also the bud smelled good on the plant but since i dried it the smell is gone smells like some grass now , so dissapointing and a waste of time if the smell doesnt come back
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Curing restores the smell, as well as vastly improves the taste. Definitely read up on curing. It'll save you the disappointment you're feeling now. :hump:
 
jsteezy1290

jsteezy1290

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i have and most people say use a orange peel when curing but is that after the buds have the moisture out of them or during because you would think theres moisture in the peel so it would affect the bud moisture so idk
 
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