"Staged Harvest" candidate in the wings?

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Thought I would document, a staged harvest, as we often get questions on the forum.

This is by no means a guide, but a walk through of the process I use.

The difference in height was the tip off a staged harvest may be worth doing.
The Lemon OG Haze (smallest in the tent) on the left measures only 13" plant- while the Alien v Triangle on the right measures 28" (plant).

The LED's I use penetrate about a foot down a plant and I was surpised that the lower portion of the AvT developed buds.
The plant had been lolipoped, but no defoliation:
In week 4 of flower, it was obvious the plant would not mature well below 12" down.



With staged harvest in mind- I defoliated in wk#5 (below) keeping in mind, the upper portion may be mature much sooner than lower-bush.


I left a rather large amount of lower fan leaves and hoepful there will be some remaining- after the first stage is harvested.

Nutrients are a little tricky, low enough to harvest yet high enough for the second stage to continue growing a few more weeks.
I have nothing else going into the tent until January- so no rush

Time to wait and see- how this ripens over the next few weeks and if a staged harvest will be worth while.

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Update: adding weight like crazy- noticed 1 amber- yup just one, lol
Fading nicely- with only 2 fans completely depleted- so far.

Timeline taking 10-12" cola's in 7-14 days, leaving the lower canopy height for the second stage harvest in 14-21 days. <- best guess

[vegas]

Lookin' Good...

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Pot Porn- in it's tent environment and a bud shot.


It has a ways to go- no dark/curled hairs!

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The plant has been in flower for 6 weeks

[Trimmings426]

Nice work

[vegas]

Looks like great stuff...

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UPDATE: getting "wicked" close:
The upper leaves are yellowing a bit and the lower bush still has some green to carry it- still a good candidate for a staged harvest- trichomes will guide the story!

[vegas]

Beauty!!!

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Harvest -stage one: remove 8 cola's.
Plenty of green fans left as I usually leave a lower "skirt" when defoliating.



chop/trim



LST the canopy even, then back in the tent to finish.
Continue water only until ambers appear- hopefully after gaining some weight.

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Stage #2 update:

Trichomes are cloudy with little clear and no amber- the hairs have darkened - so I will continue feeding with no N and at 1/2 strength until amber trichomes- then plain water only.

The buds are not dense and not larfy, but it looks like I have time (est 10 days) for fattening up and perhaps more growth, too.

[vegas]

"The buds are not dense and not larfy"---Larfy???

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larfy= airy buds- that do not fill in

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Decided to trim it out a bit - it had many yellowed fan leaves- shake leaves are still fine and the plant looks great and drinking well.
Since I am feeding again- I didn't feel the need to keep the bush.

Before/After

[Juicyj89]

So is that a true 300w??

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The 300w draws 128w- the 240w draws 105w and the 480w draws 205w.
Be mindful that the fans and drivers use some of that wattage,too so it's not available for the plant.

[Trimmings426]

2nd stage gained a goob bit of weight good growing brother

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Update: 7 more days of bud growth and they are getting much larger and begining to fill out- drinking has slowed by about 1/3.
The trichomes are cloudy and have begun to topple-
I should have more time, as long as, shake leaves don't yellow!

[GreenhouseEffect]

Great looking buds, both harvested and ripening!
I'm a big fan of harvesting in stages, and usually get quite a bit of additional weight on those lower buds when I let them ripen some more, always seems worth it.
Like the whole making a plan you have going on, good ideas on how to harvest in stages, better. Will have to start experimenting with leaving a skirt of fan leaves like you do.

Anyway, great thread, and thanks for posting it for us!!

GH

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I routinely leave a small skirt on all plants.
Any remaining lower leaves, act as a visual clue to the plants health and often gives the first sign if somethings just not right.

[GreenhouseEffect]

That's a good idea, gonna have to start adopting that one. And you have some nice big yummy fan leaves for her to, if she needs them, even if they don't get much light, they serve a very good purpose!

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9 Days and counting!
She's back to drinking again- (& growing): Trichomes the same.



staying nice and green- still faded, but not getting anymore yellowing- shake leaves are fine.

[PRIMO]

Nice work Weed farm.

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The plant is ready for harvest and has grown some great buds- they were all popcorn buds 2 weeks ago, as the second stage started!



I'll post a pic of the trimmed buds - prepared for drying.

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Looks like an ounce or more from what would have been very little in the trim pile.

[Trimmings426]

Damn good job Weed Farm great lookin grow

[GreenhouseEffect]

Man, I love that new Avatar Picture, that' awesome Weed Pharma!!

[vegas]

I'm convinced....Thanks again for all the info...I'll hope for the best...

[TheMugwamp]

Nice work mate👍quick question, when u do your first harvest and remove the big colas, do u remove the whole branch or just snip off the buds?

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I cut the branches off, right at the new canopy height.

[TheMugwamp]

Kind of a dumb question when I thought about it, if u remove the whole branch there'd b no buds 🤣

[DingusKhan]

Great spread, Weed! Very informative. I've been doing staged harvests too, but not as long between stages because it just didn't feel right. But after seeing your results, I'm going to give it a lot more time before the second phase.