sneakerhead702
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because the top pf my plant looks ready it has alot of amber hairs over it but the bottom of the plant still have majority white hairs.....im 5 weeks into flowering and there under a 400watt HPS
is it possible to harvest half of the plant???
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racerboy71
bud bootlegger
its possible, and a very smart thing to do if part of it looks finished and the other part not so much, go ahead.. but saying that, at 5 weeks of flowering, i can't think of one single strain that won't need atleast another 3 weeks or so of flowering for it to be anywhere near being ready to harvest..
5 weeks is only 35 days, and i don't know of one strain that is ready that quick.. most all indica dom strains take a good 8 weeks or more to finish to proper maturity just an fyi..
5 weeks is only 35 days, and i don't know of one strain that is ready that quick.. most all indica dom strains take a good 8 weeks or more to finish to proper maturity just an fyi..
sneakerhead702
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oh okay thanks for the info imma just wait another 3 weeks then ..+REP
Korner420Garden
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dont look for red hairs to tell if its ready... look closely for amber CRYSTALS, that'll tell you deff when it's done
^NoR*CaL@420
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one of my girls is kinda doing the half an half thing too, so if your saying its coo to take whats done and leave the rest, what would be the best way to do that? chop the whole ready branch? and if so what if the buds on top are done but the lowwer ones need some more time?
Hoenhiem
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its not rare for a plant to be harvested in two increments. what im saying is that 5 weeks is premature, but if you were to look at your trich's through a microscope and see that the ones on the top of your plant are becoming VERY cloudy or amber in color but the bottem is still immature than by all means harvest the top and let the ones on the bottom continue to gro.
Kingrow1
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Yo yo yo, 5 weeks is not ready, my bud got lots of red hairs at 5 weeks but 2 days later and a whole new load of white hairs have grown and covered the red hairs, now it looks unripe again! This is how bud grows, flowers grow and mature and new ones grow and mature after that. Red hairs means nothing, now a bud that is producing no more or minimal flowers with most of its calyxs swollen and the red hairs have withered and receeded back into the calyx, now this would mean it is ripe.
Couple of different stages of red hairs too! Red, withered and receeded so you see red hairs mean nothing. When my bud is ripe i dont need a microscope to see all the amber trics, godamn bud looks golden with them so forget the microscope too. Pros judge their bud ripeness by eye, let the bud mature fully so at least you learn when the bud is actually ripe. Good luck, early bud smokes sh!t and Peace.
Couple of different stages of red hairs too! Red, withered and receeded so you see red hairs mean nothing. When my bud is ripe i dont need a microscope to see all the amber trics, godamn bud looks golden with them so forget the microscope too. Pros judge their bud ripeness by eye, let the bud mature fully so at least you learn when the bud is actually ripe. Good luck, early bud smokes sh!t and Peace.
Hoenhiem
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im not a pro by any means but from what i understand you can gauge better with a microscope better the readiness of a plant than by eyeing it. its been a source of debate as to which is better, but it would be difficult to teach a pro move to a novice. myself included in the latter. great advice though.
Kingrow1
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Even simpler is the fact that if you had a strain that matured in 5 weeks you'd be rich and the new found icon of the marijuana world. Sadly you don't!
When the plant senses its days are numbered and death is iminent it puts all its energy into the buds in the hope of preserving its genetics for future generations hence why the bud grows and swells almost twice the size in the last 2/3 weeks, quite a show and one i dont think you wana miss!
Buy a ticket, take a seat and welcome to the grestest show on earth, staring your very own hash plant and produced and directed by none other than yourself! Ladies and gentlemen i give you the amazing, the wondorous and simply the best performance ever in the whole human race - 'RIPENING OF MARIJUANA BUDS'
Credits-
Fertilizers - Your own
Water - From your tap
Soil - Purchased by you
Makeup and Lighting - Your own
Special guest star - Rollitup the website
Copyright 2011 Kingrow1 studios.
Peace!lol!
When the plant senses its days are numbered and death is iminent it puts all its energy into the buds in the hope of preserving its genetics for future generations hence why the bud grows and swells almost twice the size in the last 2/3 weeks, quite a show and one i dont think you wana miss!
Buy a ticket, take a seat and welcome to the grestest show on earth, staring your very own hash plant and produced and directed by none other than yourself! Ladies and gentlemen i give you the amazing, the wondorous and simply the best performance ever in the whole human race - 'RIPENING OF MARIJUANA BUDS'
Credits-
Fertilizers - Your own
Water - From your tap
Soil - Purchased by you
Makeup and Lighting - Your own
Special guest star - Rollitup the website
Copyright 2011 Kingrow1 studios.
Peace!lol!
Kingrow1
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Take it from me, some will tell you many ways to identify the ripening of your bud, pros do it by eye because they realised a long time ago that when a ripe bud is done it looks done, go get the microscope, smoke a sample but basically a ripe bud is unmissable. After a few grows you will see what i mean, bud looks swollen, like it is oozing resin and thc, smell goes through the roof, every calyx is swollen and even new calyxs form swollen, red hairs have withered and receeded back in the bud and loads will have dropped of too. Let me see if i can find a pic on the web that epithamises ripe bud and what to look for. Be right back. Peace
Kingrow1
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Ripe bud, easy to spot swollen calyxs and withered hairs, harvest when most of the bud looks like this, stinky oozy dank bud!
Id give this one another week or two to really swell up and finish, still this is an early harvest to me.
This one needs a few more months, definatly not ripe yet!
^NoR*CaL@420
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hmm seems i may be a week or 2 out. just as i was planning. thats good thanks king
Kingrow1
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Use a microscope or other method but bud is ripe when it looks like above, sometimes i am forced to harvest a bit early if the plant is in a bad state and the bud seems to be browning or dying off with the rest of the plant.
Also flowering is when the flowers start to appear all over the plant not when you turn the lights back. Peace
Also flowering is when the flowers start to appear all over the plant not when you turn the lights back. Peace
Hoenhiem
Active Member
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
kings spot on about usually being able to tell when a plant is ready just by site.. if you've ever read the good thread that fdd2black started on harvesting and curing buds, he shows you how to tell when a plant looks ready just by site.. and just like kings said, it will take on an almost golden hue to the entire plant, and it will just scream out i'm ready now, lol.. now saying that, i do believe that it will take a couple of grows to be able to get this down pretty well..
it's still a good idea to use a simple handheld microscope to check out the tricomes with.. this will give you a great look at what the trics are doing.. they are readily available from radioshack for around like $15 or so..
and as far as harvesting a bud or two at a time, just simply cut the bud that looks done, not the entire branch if there are lower buds that don't look ready yet.. i love to do this as i find a lot of times that not all of the buds will be ready at one time, and in fact, i've seen some buds need weeks more time than some buds on the same plants.. not sure if it was because they didn't get the same intensity of light, or what the deal was, but i've had it happen on almost every grow thus far..
it's still a good idea to use a simple handheld microscope to check out the tricomes with.. this will give you a great look at what the trics are doing.. they are readily available from radioshack for around like $15 or so..
and as far as harvesting a bud or two at a time, just simply cut the bud that looks done, not the entire branch if there are lower buds that don't look ready yet.. i love to do this as i find a lot of times that not all of the buds will be ready at one time, and in fact, i've seen some buds need weeks more time than some buds on the same plants.. not sure if it was because they didn't get the same intensity of light, or what the deal was, but i've had it happen on almost every grow thus far..
Kingrow1
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Yep i too cut my lower buds early when i need some smoke!lol! Ripe bud is ripe bud, i use to use a microscope but so much easier to just look at the plant, thanks racerboy, i see this is the best way to judge as you say not all buds seem to mature at once, 5 weeks is still too short to cut any bud though!lol! Peace