This week by week shit is confusing

Hempire828 said:

I gotta lot to learn

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There's no end to the learning. lol

I found a great spot to download FREE POT BOOKS. I downloaded a grow bible first and got lots more. Books look great and complete like the real ones I have here. No web site but just a page of links. Just right click on what you want and then "Save Link As" to download so they don't open first as some are 50+ megs. They got lots. Enjoy.

Hempire828 said:

I think what freaked me out was the fact that I didn’t want the cbd effect or a late harvest had me paranoid of harvesting to late... just flat out babying the darn plants... and now I’m working on knowing what done is..I’m pretty sure all of mine would have been better... even the ones I liked...

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It is VERY EASY to harvest early, it is VERY HARD to harvest too late. In my last 13 years of growing I have NEVER seen someone accidently let a plant go too long. It won't happen, it takes weeks of ignoring a plant for it to be over ripe. The harvest window on these plants is weeks long, not a one day thing or usually even a one week thing. Over ripening a plant must be done intentionally, it won't happen on accident so relax, smoke a bowl, and let your plants mature longer then you want to, because you WILL be rewarded in yield, flavor, smell, and smoke quality.

Well said... just got my new light in so I’m gonna sit back and let them do there thing..

BudmanTX said:

you really wanna learn patience, start making producing for yourself your own seeds, or get a friendly bag of seed that you don't know any history about them. Those two will really throw you for a loop in the patience arena.

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Yes, I have a friend who collects bag seeds and has been for like five years or more... I've got like 30-40 that he gave me that I am slowly growing out... saving the good strains via clones and what not and good pollen from the males that I've gotten. Chucking for myself is a ton of fun...

Been meaning to ask you guys, sort of on topic here - but this whole thing about harvest early vs late giving you different effects, you guys find any truth in that? My experience has been that harvesting early just makes the bud less potent and no taste, and I get more paranoid than anything. And I always seem to have plenty of amber trichs on my dried cured bud that weren't there when I chopped, if that makes any sense... I just really look at trichs out of curiosity more than anything really these days when I chop.

hawse said:

Been meaning to ask you guys, sort of on topic here - but this whole thing about harvest early vs late giving you different effects, you guys find any truth in that? My experience has been that harvesting early just makes the bud less potent and no taste, and I get more paranoid than anything. And I always seem to have plenty of amber trichs on my dried cured bud that weren't there when I chopped, if that makes any sense... I just really look at trichs out of curiosity more than anything really these days when I chop.

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Trichs continue to age and amber after cropping as the THC breaks down to CBN which takes the edge off that paranoia/anxiety. How the high is depends a lot on the strain tho. I used to grow Kali Mist and it was great for my depression but a tiny bit too much and I'd have an anxiety attack. I crossed that with NL#5 and tho it still worked great I had no more problems with anxiety. I don't get anxiety as part of my depression and didn't much like it from toking.

I've tried to wait for trichs to go amber and it never seems to happen so try to get the trichs mostly cloudy then crop the ripest colas first and allow the rest to ripen for up to two weeks before taking the rest. I slow dry fully trimmed buds for up to 5 weeks before putting in jars for a month of burping before they are almost dry enough to smoke. I just snip bits off for my pipe even when damp. Only roll joints for company and rarely have company that wants to smoke a joint. 90% of the pot I consume is in the form of edibles, mainly cocobudder.

hawse said:

Been meaning to ask you guys, sort of on topic here - but this whole thing about harvest early vs late giving you different effects, you guys find any truth in that? My experience has been that harvesting early just makes the bud less potent and no taste, and I get more paranoid than anything. And I always seem to have plenty of amber trichs on my dried cured bud that weren't there when I chopped, if that makes any sense... I just really look at trichs out of curiosity more than anything really these days when I chop.

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trichs for me are usually an eh thing now and days. Not that i don't ck them at all....for me i usually wait till mostly cloudy with a little clear, but that me. I like to get motivated as it were this way i can work on projects and stuff......

now for my wife who has a medical problem, she enjoy little motivation with a little couch lock this way she can sleep through the night and not have leg movement when she sleeps. She gets Sativa during the day, and at night i hit her with Indica.

I also do a lot of infusions too.....

hawse said:

Been meaning to ask you guys, sort of on topic here - but this whole thing about harvest early vs late giving you different effects, you guys find any truth in that? My experience has been that harvesting early just makes the bud less potent and no taste, and I get more paranoid than anything. And I always seem to have plenty of amber trichs on my dried cured bud that weren't there when I chopped, if that makes any sense... I just really look at trichs out of curiosity more than anything really these days when I chop.

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If you want different effects smoke different weed. I have found the if you cut early you get decreased effects, decreased smell, flavor and over all quality. The high doesn't last as long. It may seem like more of an "up" high when you chop early, but it is just an undeveloped high. If you want speedy grow out a sativa, don't chop early.

I chop by over all ripeness of the plant. Have the bracts(calyxs) swelled, and does the whole plant have that ripeness "glow".