PioneerValleyOG
Well-Known Member
It's that time of year where a lot of growers are getting giddy. Frosty buds look so yummy, cold weather is setting in, and a lot of nerves are getting wiggly.
So, I've said it a few times, and I learned it here after sadly harvesting too early. I give credit to my teachers but here's your answer of WHEN TO CUT YOUR PLANTS DOWN!!!
Either get yourself a dope scope, or take a quality photo whee you can zoom in. Enough to see your trichomes.
FOCUS ON THE CALYX. That's the ballsac looking thing with a couple white hairs sticking out. These hairs should be orange, and the calyx swollen. The trichomes on the calyx should be cloudy to light amber. Again:
THE TRICHOMES ON THE CALYX SHOULD BE CLOUDY TO AMBER.
NOT the flower. NOT the leaf. NOT the bud. NOT the stem or ANY OTHER PART of the plant.
The CALYX. Look it up. All your hairs should be red/orange, no white pistils. Yes, none. Top, middle, bottom, your shade leaves should all be yellowing and dying, in effect - the whole plant should be very near the end of it's life cycle.
THATS when you have to chop. THATS when it's time to harvest. And THATS when it's time to cut them down, no sooner.
Ever.
It's always longer than you want, it's always longer than you think. And it's definitely longer than you can stand. Grit your teeth and ride it out.
It will be so worth it, you will understand in the future, and only then will you come to realize that this IS the way it's gotta be done. As painful, difficult, and heart wrenching a process as it is, it is The Way, and the Only Way. It's commitment, it's dedication, and in the end, it's nothing short of Amazing.
So for all you guys asking, in my Way Over Dramatic Fashion, that's your answer. Be strong, be brave, above all, be patient.
And have a damn good plan for curing as well. But that's another story.
Blessings upon your medicine. May it be all it can be.
Humbly,
PVOG
So, I've said it a few times, and I learned it here after sadly harvesting too early. I give credit to my teachers but here's your answer of WHEN TO CUT YOUR PLANTS DOWN!!!
Either get yourself a dope scope, or take a quality photo whee you can zoom in. Enough to see your trichomes.
FOCUS ON THE CALYX. That's the ballsac looking thing with a couple white hairs sticking out. These hairs should be orange, and the calyx swollen. The trichomes on the calyx should be cloudy to light amber. Again:
THE TRICHOMES ON THE CALYX SHOULD BE CLOUDY TO AMBER.
NOT the flower. NOT the leaf. NOT the bud. NOT the stem or ANY OTHER PART of the plant.
The CALYX. Look it up. All your hairs should be red/orange, no white pistils. Yes, none. Top, middle, bottom, your shade leaves should all be yellowing and dying, in effect - the whole plant should be very near the end of it's life cycle.
THATS when you have to chop. THATS when it's time to harvest. And THATS when it's time to cut them down, no sooner.
Ever.
It's always longer than you want, it's always longer than you think. And it's definitely longer than you can stand. Grit your teeth and ride it out.
It will be so worth it, you will understand in the future, and only then will you come to realize that this IS the way it's gotta be done. As painful, difficult, and heart wrenching a process as it is, it is The Way, and the Only Way. It's commitment, it's dedication, and in the end, it's nothing short of Amazing.
So for all you guys asking, in my Way Over Dramatic Fashion, that's your answer. Be strong, be brave, above all, be patient.
And have a damn good plan for curing as well. But that's another story.
Blessings upon your medicine. May it be all it can be.
Humbly,
PVOG
