My 1st Complete Organic Live Soil LED Grow - Seed vs. Clone -

[Tika]

Beautiful!!!!!!!

[Lotusyde]

Thanks. Another 2 weeks hopefully before harvest. How's week 6 going for you Tika?

[Sonnyhad]

Looking delicious!

[Lotusyde]

I can't wait lol but I have too

[Tika]

Hey Lotus we practicing patience. Last grow -1st LED 6 of 8. Plants finished early by a week so I am paying close attention to thr trichomes. Under the lights the pistils are very brown Lon some plants. Have to bring them out into natural light ..they are changing but not as brown. Fun!!

[Lotusyde]

Niiccee. Did you harvest at week 7? Or week 9? Sorry Idk what your original time frame was when you say a week early, so what was your original timeframe if I may ask?

[Lotusyde]

Re-read it. Did you mean week 6 out of 8?

[Tika]

Super skunk is 7-8 weeks flower. Master Kush, Misty Kush & Sour diesel 8-9 weeks.
right now 1 Misty k is turning the corner at almost 6 weeks. So we are all in completing week 6

[Tika]

Last time 6 of & plants finished 1 week early

[Lotusyde]

NebulaHaze kingfish Royal Nugs Green75 Tika I regard your opinions and experience in all matters cannabis cultivation as trusted sources, that being said, upon further review of my last pictures posted from mid-week 5 of flowering, I've noticed some amber amidst the milky and also some clear trichomes that are on the leafs of some of the top flowering buds. The hairs on the top half of the plants flowering sites are approaching 70% completion to their final red state (this includes the top buds of the lower branches) , and 30% are still white. The inner lower flower sites are still young and small bearing only white hairs towards the bottom inside of the canopy closest to the dirt (im guessing its not good to harvest based on the maturity level of those smallest lower inner buds?)

For your inspection:
These new 3 pictures are from 11am today. 2 of which are one top bud the other is one of the lowest branch top buds. You should be able to zoom in fairly well.

For your consideration:
Bottom line, my question is, if i'm looking to maintain the higher levels of THC and not looking for the sleepy time weed, how soon should i / can i harvest?

And most importantly, Thank you for your time!

[Tika]

With the crew..go for it and have fun! If you have to wait a day then so be it.

[Lotusyde]

I really appreciate your input Tika. I'm going to wait until Friday unless everyone truly advises I cut it today. Opinions?

[Tika]

Also nice photos! Strange 4 me: under the LED s my pustilscare soooo orange on several plants. In natural light not so much but pistils are curling in on most. And like you I don't want to go into couch lock amber. Under my HPS things were easier to read, did not finish early and in most cases was able to flush. I learned then that if I couldn't flush..ok...I rather not flush than have extra wet branches when I HAD to harvest. Due to GWE I am conditioned to wait and so now with LEDs am focusing on trichomes ( as Green says). I just don't want any plant to turn til next Monday after guests are gone otherwise I will be up all night trimming! Anyway again- very excited for you

[Green75]

Hack time lady lotus....to me amber on buds is too much Amber

White hairs red hairs...means nothing to me

A lot of whitehairs will turn red during dry and cure...not all

I love my mind to be rocked...BAMB....eye sockets hot and heavy and deep ....BAMB POW WHAP...

[Lotusyde]

Thanks for your insight Green, i like your sense of humor. I'm taking a trip for turkey day tomorrow and coming back Friday morning. If I just watered yesterday with a 4-10-16 npk. would it hurt to let em go until then? I never got to the flushing point, that would be Saturday when planned to start flushing. Just after further review of my pictures and seeing Amber on the leafs of the top buds it made me reconsider.

[Green75]

What do the tricomes on the kalyxes look like...cloudy? If so ....timberrrr

[Green75]

We can start a debate on flushing some other time...

[Green75]

This is your pic....cloudy with a 100% chance of Fuckedupness!!!

[Lotusyde]

Yeah that's where it all gets a little confusing for me. Maybe I'm not or haven't been monitoring trichome maturity in the proper areas? I shouldn't pay attention to the leafs, instead more so the hairs is where I should focus on?

[Green75]

If cloudy on this section of bud...then done...

Looks cloudy to me...

[Lotusyde]

Oooooo I gotcha. Thanks for connecting the dots for me. I appreciate your patience and your guidance

[Green75]

No thanks needed....we all family here...take that Shit for granted...lol

[Green75]

Still need more convincing huh...



All cloudy with a bunch of amber....passed peak thc

[Lotusyde]

But I'm scared to cut her lol. Do you personally cut the stalk right at the soil? Also do you trim fan leaves off before hanging or after?

[Green75]

I set her in front of me...in all her glory...go branch by branch...cut fans and then throw away....cut sugar leaves off and keep for later needs...take pictures of whole process ....hang to dry...The wait starts over.

Smoke your scissor hash as soon as you are done cleaning up....get messed up...deep

[Lotusyde]

Letting her finish the last 4 hours of her final light cycle should be okay right?

[Green75]

Yes..........

[Pankace]

What week of flower are you on? Only week 5?

[Lotusyde]

Week 6 was today precisely. I'm surprised they finished this quickly. Compared to the lackluster grows I've assisted with these finished super quick

[Tika]

Same as Green: remove fan leaves, separate tray gets sugar leaves and I do burrow in with my curved titanium friskars, once I nip a bud I shape the sugar leaves. Hang to dry on my net. Bottom of net gets sugarleaves ( bottom of net has a solid bottom) and alll oh f..k nips or anything tiny.
I love the ceremony of trim but it really hurts my back.

[Lotusyde]

That's an awesome drying set up. Thanks for the pictures =) can't wait

[kingfish]

Off with her head. Any time between now and this weekend. If you want the happy head high, don't wait too much longer.

[Lotusyde]

Thanks. I appreciate your valuable input. I'm gonna cut em and keep them in the grow closet. RH stays from 45%-65%. I have been using a petite dehumidifier that should work well for that too. I'll just set it higher up in the closet and keep a fan on low to push the air around. I hope that sounds sufficient?

[NebulaHaze]

Just from looking at the buds it doesn't look quite ready, but when you zoom in to look at the trichomes I'd say it looks ready to chop, especially if you want the greatest psychoactive effect and less couchlock This is one of those cases where it's really great to be able to check the trichomes too!

[Lotusyde]

Would you say that I should rather check the trichomes on the interior of the bud instead of the sugarleaf closest to the bud? As in looking level at the bud and it's interior trichomes as opposed to the sugar leaf forming trichomes from a top down view?

[kingfish]

When I think it's time to harvest. The first place I look is the very top buds. If they are ready, My version of ready is 80% milky 20% clear with a few amber mixed in. Then I check 1 or 2 of the lower buds. If they are close, I cut the whole plant. I usually don't even check unless they are flowering in the week that the Breeder says to harvest.

[Tika]

It is a fine line sometimes isn't it?

[kingfish]

Never let the looks of the pistils dictate your harvest. Always and I mean always look at the trichomes. The only way you can pick and choose the type of high you are looking for.