Trichomes & Harvesting

Milidin

Milidin

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Maybe Flush her, harvest top, Fertilize, and Flush again before final harvest?

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Conshroomer

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chuck estevez said:
flushing is BS, harsh taste is from sugars being left in the plant when not dried and cured properly. You actually cause more problems and cut the plant off from the food it needs at the most important time. And yes, you can harvest it in sections.
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Wouldn't harvesting in sections hermie the remaining buds due to the stress?
 
greasemonkeymann

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chuck estevez said:
flushing is BS, harsh taste is from sugars being left in the plant when not dried and cured properly. You actually cause more problems and cut the plant off from the food it needs at the most important time. And yes, you can harvest it in sections.
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Man Chuck, I admire you actually taking the time to squash all these flushing threads.
I don't have the time or patience
 
sativaallday

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if you want yeild a week if you wanna get more cbn cbdn and baked stonded wait a week or 2 ! and if not and you aant a nice high from it uplifiting pick it asap , all depends on strain to....
 
MARVEL0US

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I read this post some time ago and used it as a guide2 get stupendous results. Then alas, I also read that High Times article and tried my haul with as much clear as I can get. Nearing harvest I am back2 revisit this information and make the wrong things right.
With clear tri's I was happy with the high and the results, but there was overall lack. The high could have been righter, the taste wasn't as pure, and the bag quality was not smiling as much. The smell was still killer. I concluded that the extra wait time for full development is well worth it. The fullness and potential is reached and these women are not little girls anymore. As is stated repeatedly in this thread: Patience is key.
 
trippnface

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hmm interesting thread! i know it is not about flushing specifically but i have some things to add. besides the debated flush for taste/smoke ; i was under the impression you would want to remove nutes from the regimine so the plant knows it is nearing the end of its cycle ( im sure it does anyway) and it will focus more energy in producing its final lifeline of sticky flowers. or os this incorrect?

also; i have asthma; and i am quite sure i can tell the difference between flushed & unflushed bud. improperly cured or dried weed will not send me into a mild asthma attack; but unflushed bud certainly will. or am i placebo-ing that lol?
 
FATNIZZLE420

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Im a noob and this is my first official grow.These are some pics of my girl. Day 49 of flower phase. By looking at the pics, how long before harvest? I don't have a microscope to check the trics. Thanks in advance. The strain is Lemon Kush. 20140827_195911.jpg20140827_195955.jpg 20140827_200124.jpg
 
k0ijn

k0ijn

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MARVEL0US said:
I read this post some time ago and used it as a guide2 get stupendous results. Then alas, I also read that High Times article and tried my haul with as much clear as I can get. Nearing harvest I am back2 revisit this information and make the wrong things right.
With clear tri's I was happy with the high and the results, but there was overall lack. The high could have been righter, the taste wasn't as pure, and the bag quality was not smiling as much. The smell was still killer. I concluded that the extra wait time for full development is well worth it. The fullness and potential is reached and these women are not little girls anymore. As is stated repeatedly in this thread: Patience is key.
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I'm glad you found it helpful :)
 
k0ijn

k0ijn

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trippnface said:
hmm interesting thread! i know it is not about flushing specifically but i have some things to add. besides the debated flush for taste/smoke ; i was under the impression you would want to remove nutes from the regimine so the plant knows it is nearing the end of its cycle ( im sure it does anyway) and it will focus more energy in producing its final lifeline of sticky flowers. or os this incorrect?

also; i have asthma; and i am quite sure i can tell the difference between flushed & unflushed bud. improperly cured or dried weed will not send me into a mild asthma attack; but unflushed bud certainly will. or am i placebo-ing that lol?
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Plants react to sunlight with regards to growing & flowering, it's why we indoor growers have to make sure we control the amount of light the plants get, we can thus push the plants into flowering by lowering the amount of light (we are essentially mimicking autumn).

It doesn't have anything to do with "removing nutes".
Nutrients are essential to plants, they determine how much a plant can grow and if it will even survive but it has nothing to do with the change of the season and the change in sunlight (short days vs long days).

I cannot comment on your remarks about improperly cured weed vs un-flushed weed, since I have no clue what setup you used, how you tested it and what parameters were used.
What I can say is that I have tested un-flushed weed against 'normal' weed a lot of times, as have many other people, and the only real difference is the size of the harvest, because people who flush stifle the growth of their plants due to restricting the amount of nutrients their plants can have, it's also why you often see famished, stunted plants when people have flushed.
 
GardenBearz

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201408BDogCloseUp.jpg 201408BDog.jpg That part is pretty easy for me to determine now, but I am wondering how should watering be handled up to the harvest? Is it better to hold off watering and let the plants wilt slightly since they need to be dried anyway? Although this seems like it would make for a shorter dry cycle, it seems that it might not be the best way to go. Any help on this would be very much appreciated =)
 
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lilmafia513

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GardenBearz said:
View attachment 3243556 View attachment 3243557 That part is pretty easy for me to determine now, but I am wondering how should watering be handled up to the harvest? Is it better to hold off watering and let the plants wilt slightly since they need to be dried anyway? Although this seems like it would make for a shorter dry cycle, it seems that it might not be the best way to go. Any help on this would be very much appreciated =)
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I would check the temps and humidity of your drying area, and see what those are first.
If your area is low in RH, then i would say keep a little moisture in the plants before hanging. If high RH then let get dryer before cutting.
I judge when to cut this way, and also put them in 24 hrs dark the night before chopping.
More on topic with this thread, I choose to flush the last 1-2 weeks (depending on the look of the plant) but I add 2 Tbsp. molasses per gallon during this time span. This way i am cleaning out any build ups, and i know theres something else the plant produces and stores.....too high to think lol
 
Tim MacIntyre

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Supersoul said:
Hi again, I'm stumped again. I had one plant that i chopped 2 weeks ago with 20% amber. Now the other plants are just stubborn and now they are at 71 day into flowering and 84 days since i shut the lights out for 2 days to trigger the flowering stage. They are purple kush grown in FF soil. I stopped giving them nutes about 23 days ago. Most of the plants are all cloudy and no sign of going amber. 18 days ago i did a 2 days lights out so i can get more trichomes but now the plants are not turning amber...is it because of the lights out or is it because i stopped giving nutes?? Oh and the plant that i did harvest....are the leaves suppose to be brown?....I thought all buds are suppose to be green and where is the purple in the purple kush. Yes this is my first grow and i am stumped at the end...atleast i get to smoke one plant until i figure it out,...thanks for any help.
View attachment 2134293View attachment 2134294these pics of the purple kush that is so brown.
View attachment 2134296these are the stubborn plants
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HEY supersoul i was lookin at ur pics and reading what u been doing with your grow!! and i must stress to you that doing that 2 day dark period in the middle of your plants life cycle like that is very bad and will stress the hell out of your crop, also the only time u should lay off the nuets is during the last week or two during your flush period b4 harvest right b 4 harvest is the appropriate time to give a 2 to 3 day dark period for a thric boost hope this helps ya and ur crop out good luck my friend happy growing!!!!
 
FlyBySoHigh

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I did what I could with my phone camera, from what I see they are milky, only a couple amber. This isnt a main cola but its not a popcorn, but this is basically what it looks like all over.

I'm thinkin its getting real close
Anyone have an opinion or should I wait for a loupe to get a closer look?
 

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