Harvest Time: A Tutorial

SB Garlic

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How many days before harvest do you cut out nutes? Also do you stop watering for a certain amount of days before harvest or anything?
 

fdd2blk

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How many days before harvest do you cut out nutes? Also do you stop watering for a certain amount of days before harvest or anything?
i try to cut out nutes about 2 weeks before harvest. i don't do anything special at harvest time. i usually harvest over a few day period. just because i'm lazy.
 
great thread man exactly what you need to know for a good cure i will certainly be following your advice!!! great pics great info fair play happy growing comrade!!! peace
 

greenjambo

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Just at the stage where I just sat for over an hour trimming! Popped my cut down Nug's and got them in jars! You know when you said do this when the weed is smoke-able and the stems bend but dont snap, when i was trimming the small crystel leaves i could pull them and they wer still damp to peel off, is that too soon to jar them? Another night in a cardboard box first? Nothing worse than growing some dank smelling, sticky well grew weed then loose all smell and taste through not drying it right!
 

fdd2blk

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Just at the stage where I just sat for over an hour trimming! Popped my cut down Nug's and got them in jars! You know when you said do this when the weed is smoke-able and the stems bend but dont snap, when i was trimming the small crystel leaves i could pull them and they wer still damp to peel off, is that too soon to jar them? Another night in a cardboard box first? Nothing worse than growing some dank smelling, sticky well grew weed then loose all smell and taste through not drying it right!
i'd let it dry a little more if it's still damp.
 

greenjambo

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I recently heard that you flush 3 x the the water cappacity the pot your'r using, and dont need to do this over a couple weeks! My mate takes his to bath tub and puts shower on look-warm water and keeps flushing till the plastic tub he does it in has the aquired amount of water flushed through, then let it dry out. But I Still Flush for 2 weeks, one with Mollasses and last week just water, Then let her dry right out (checking the weight of pot will tell you). Last thing you want to do is water your Plants before Harvest!
 
so im gettin down to the last weeks again and i got a quick question.. should i cut out nutes 100% the last 7-10 days or should i follow the general hyrdo nute feeding schedual for "ripening" and feed 1 tsp / gallon bloom and 1tsp/gal liquidkool bloom?
 

cafeculture

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thanks guys made interesting reading - first time i have made it to budding - and they surprised me while i was away on holiday! I'm sooo excited wooo! lol
 

ROBinBKK

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Fdd, I have 2 weeks to go and have noticed a mite infestation on the lower leaves.

Do I a) harvest now before they take hold
b) clean leaves with sponge and mite killer solution
c) do nothing, it's two weeks and it's no great threat

Can mites affect the potency of my bud at all?
 

fdd2blk

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Fdd, I have 2 weeks to go and have noticed a mite infestation on the lower leaves.

Do I a) harvest now before they take hold
b) clean leaves with sponge and mite killer solution
c) do nothing, it's two weeks and it's no great threat

Can mites affect the potency of my bud at all?

i've blown them off with compressed air before. ;)
 

darkdestruction420

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hey fdd, your the most successful and knowledgable grower i know on here, could you tell me how you feel about this statement?
"idk but supplement every day about an hour with a reptile uv lamp and you can increase thc, also you can force stress in the last few weeks by giving them really cold water or poking the stem with a thumbtack and it will increase thc. "
 

fdd2blk

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hey fdd, your the most successful and knowledgable grower i know on here, could you tell me how you feel about this statement?
"idk but supplement every day about an hour with a reptile uv lamp and you can increase thc, also you can force stress in the last few weeks by giving them really cold water or poking the stem with a thumbtack and it will increase thc. "

i was falling for the UV lamp until i got to the thumbtack part. you almost got me. bongsmilie
 
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