cutting/drying colas first?

[upnorthx]

First grow, not a lot of yield...so can I harvest just the main colas first, since they ripen first...then drop the lights and give the lower buds another week to mature? Probably a good reason why I haven't much seen this suggested...

 

[dirtymike]

What you are suggesting is called a perpetual harvest and it is practiced by alot of growers here. This is where i got the information at the first time i accomplished the same procedure. Any yield from a first time grow will smoke like Pure Gold. Enjoy. Hang out. Lots of good reads. Peace

 

[Ckbrew]

It's your grow, you can do what you want. Many people do a staged harvest. Last year I did this and kept all the larf buds on the bones and grew them out for another 2-3 weeks. An easy extra 80g.

 

[Pyrokill]

I'm doing that now and it's working well. The lower buds were still 60% white hair and they are able to finish now with the tops removed.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I've harvested top colas or buds and left lower half to ripen longer. I'll say almost every grow with indoor photos i've done this usually do to not spreading and keeping it low like ivy LOL i haven't ever been able to manifold so low that it looks like a starfish with just the tips pointing up. :tongue-out:

 

[grouchyoldman]

The only potential downside to a sequential harvest is the risk of a single branch drying way too fast when it is cut from the plant.

As long as you plan for that and compensate, it's a very useful technique.

Regards,
-Grouchy

 

[dirtymike]

"sequential harvest" that's the words i was hunting for. upnorthx

 

[Rootsruler]

I tried "sequential gardening", Wasn't worth it for me. The time it took to ripen the larf was time I could use to start flowering new plants. I added up how much I could harvest annually using both methods and "sequential gardening" lost.

 

[Ckbrew]

If there is another grow waiting they larf growing is not the best use of the space. If the grow is done then it is an easy bonus.