harvest now, or wait?

[johnb1963]

Hello my Friends,
so a had a plant that was in the flowering stage, and I decided to cut off a few of the bottom branches. one of them i planted, and after a month or so, it started growing. fast forward to today, is a small plant with a few rock hard buds. the water leaves has been dying off for the last week and a half, so I have been monitoring the tricomes. they have been all cloudy for the last week, but no amber. so not sure if I should keep waiting, or go ahead a harvest tomorrow. What to you guys say? unfortunately, my scope doesn't take pics, so I can't share how the tricomes look.

[ChadWestport]

Thats a fatty bud, should be some great smoke.

I like to wait until I see at least a bit of amber. I'm in the same boat, milky trichomes and should have finished last week, but I'm still waiting to see the amber in there before I chop. You could go either way, but I'm waiting another week.

[johnb1963]

hi Chad, i agree, i'm going to wait another week. i'm just excited to start another grow, and I need the tent to do so, lol!

[ChadWestport]

The last few weeks of flower, I usually lose my interest because everything that can be done, has been done and my mind is already focused and thinking about all the potential of the new grow. I think I feel what you are saying. Always good to be patient with the harvest. It seems the ending (harvest / drying / curing) is the part of the process that requires the most patience.

[SoOrbudgal]

Ahhhhh the awful word is patience so much time so much care we get it. But it will happen some plants just stall and say " when i feel ready you'll know ". It's a very trying time waiting. What i've been doing is removing large leaves knowing it's just going to be 2-3 days. Makes me feel good anyway opens up the windows of my plants.

[johnb1963]

as the late great Tom Petty said "the waiting it the hardest part". I think I'll trim of some of the yellow fan leaves, so I feel like i'm doing something, LOL