When to harvest

[ToxicGrower]

I posted some pics of the trichomes I was finally able to get. Based on this does anyone have an estimated time till harvest?

 

[kingfish]

I think they are ready now.

 

[ToxicGrower]

But none of the hairs are rly red. Just a couple here and there

 

[UrbZ]

If that was mine I would Harvest now. You have a few Amber's mixed in with mostly cloudy. So right now you're at a good head high without too much couch lock. A few more days and you're probably going to have much more couch lock with less of a head high.

A good rule of thumb ive read is. For roughly every 20 trichs you see if 5 are amber its ready.

 

[Kpenn]

What did you take these pictures with??

 

[ToxicGrower]

My phone camera with a jewelery loupe tapes to the lens

 

[ToxicGrower]

So it isn't really flushed. I have been alternating only water and fertilizers. Last watering was with fertilizer. Do u recommend flushing it or should I cut it now

 

[Flockshot]

If you can find some amber colored tricombs, then harvest now. If not, you can agonize for another week, or take it now. There is no wrong time from here on out. You need to determine the perfect time for you.

 

[UrbZ]

Definitely flush. What size pots are you in?

 

[ToxicGrower]

5 gallon

 

[UrbZ]

How long until they are normally dry after watering?

 

[ToxicGrower]

2 days

 

[UrbZ]

Wow thats thirsty. I water every 6 in 7 gallons. lol

What I would do is mad flush right now. like double or more your normal water. Overwatering wont hurt at this point. If your normal is 2 days i would wait 3 after flushing to harvest. I would also point a fan directly at your pot if possible to dry it out quicker. Remember you dont want bud full of water when harvesting it will take forever to dry. That should give you a a good flush with enough time time to dry before your ambers are out of control.

 

[ToxicGrower]

Yeah very low humidity here so I'm sure the air gets alot of it

 

[UrbZ]

Thats probably why sir. My RH is 65 - 75% in veg.

 

[ToxicGrower]

Yeah it's rly hard to get humidity up here. It's very dry. I even have from me keeping water in my fish tank bc it evaporates so fast