New Grower Am I ready for Harvest?

[Mugen]

Hey Forum

This is my 2nd Grow.
Growing 2 Auto Glueberry OG's from Dutch Passion with BioCANNA Soil and Nutrients under the MarsHydro Reflector 96 with an 18/6 cycle.

It's now day 87 after planting and day 83 after sprouting. Dutch Passion says they should finish in 77 days.

I been looking at cues like browning of leaves, color of pistil hairs and trichome cloudiness and I'm getting mixed signals from the plant.

More and more leaves are turning brown, most trichomes I can see with the loupe are cloudy (even a few amber already) and on some colas the hairs look good as well.
However, there are a few buds with hairs that haven't turned brown yet and I didn't notice any change for the past week.

So I'm simply wondering what to do, or rather focus on. Any and all input is appreciated.

Here some pictures so you can get an idea.

 

[Mugen]

Bonus Question: why were all my pictures rotated?

 

[KonopCh]

Harvest half today and other half 1-2 weeks later. I did that with White cheese and it's worth it. You can see in my signature.

 

[Mugen]

Harvest half today and other half 1-2 weeks later. I did that with White cheese and it's worth it. You can see in my signature.

Hey man, thanks for the tip. But I'd rather harvest them together. Mainly because the difference in color of hairs is not between the two plants but on both plants depending on the cola. So I can't just harvest the ripe ones and leave the rest, they're together. Also I dry everything in my tent normally and can't grow and dry at the same time.

I'd leaning towards biting the bullet and harvesting it all this weekend rn.

 

[Scar17]

The top cola will always be ready first it's closest to the light.
I had six plants, suggested time was 9 weeks per breeder, the first ones finished right on time, they were directly under my light. The remaining plants on the outside are on week 11, on Sunday will be 12 weeks. After taking some out to harvest they blew up and are about 20% larger. I sometimes cut the colar branch like 4 or 5 nodes down, sometime I don't. But if you want to know just wait till 25% amber trichs as a collective percentage of the buds on that specific plant. So if the top bud has decent amber remember the lower ones will be just starting.

If you flush they leaves will start to yellow, sometimes I don't flush and the constant nutes will prevent the leaves from yellowing, IMHO!
Also check the density of the bud, give it a gentle squeeze should feel like a nice tight ass...lol
Mine drank water all the way until the chop, some say they stop drinking. As a matter of fact my three remaining autos drink 2 liters every other day. The first ones drank only 1 liter every other day, all the same seeds.
Good luck
To fix your pictures edit them rotate them until back in normal position and post, that's only think that works for me. My first posts are all sideways

 

[jingo]

Sativa dominant Harvest now, Indica dominant harvested in another week or two.

 

[Mugen]

Sativa dominant Harvest now, Indica dominant harvested in another week or two.

thanks man, like I said I'd rather harvest together if possible. Could you give me an idea of the consequences from harvesting one them a week too early? Just a different high, or something more severe?

 

[Mugen]

The top cola will always be ready first it's closest to the light.
if you want to know just wait till 25% amber trichs as a collective percentage of the buds on that specific plant. So if the top bud has decent amber remember the lower ones will be just starting.
Also check the density of the bud, give it a gentle squeeze should feel like a nice tight ass...lol

Thanks for the info man, I also think focusing on trichomes is probably the best bet to determine the right time to harvest. I'll have to check and compare the lower and upper trichomes more tomorrow.
Mine get 2-2.5L whenever I feel they need it pretty much throughout the whole grow and yeah I stopped giving nutes like 2 weeks ago.

 

[jingo]

thanks man, like I said I'd rather harvest together if possible. Could you give me an idea of the consequences from harvesting one them a week too early? Just a different high, or something more severe?

The trichomes you mentioned mostly cloudy with a few Amber are perfect for sativa. If you were to harvest with clear trichomes and you had a sativa you might get kind of an edgy and comfortable anxious Buzz. If you have a Indica you don't get the real Great strong Indica effects until you get in my opinion around 10 or 15% Amber, that won't happen until all of your pistols turn brown and shrivel up. You may still have a few white pistils kicking out as a last-gasp the plant puts forth in order to get pollinated. But you can tell the difference between those and the other white pistils because the last gasp white pistils won't have any swelling calyxes underneath them.