Mephisto Genetics Day 58 Heisenberg Special ready?!

[BFS]

I have 2 Heisenberg Special at day 58 and one of them has milky trichomes and looks ready to chop!

 

[IceWater421]

Getting close :smoking: . If you can hold out I would but if your out of smoke than Timber !!! Lol

 

[Rhubarb Pi]

I have 2 Heisenberg Special at day 58 and one of them has milky trichomes and looks ready to chop!View attachment 787521 View attachment 787522

I say you have about a 3-5 day window to chop - you can certainly chop now if you feel ready but can wait until Day 63-65 if you want. Normal estimate on HS is 65-70. That being said, the ladies look fairly close to home plate

 

[MoreBerry]

To me, it seems like you need to wait till those pistils are all orange.
My Heisenberg Special looks similar to yours but I am aiming towards day 65 to 70 for harvest.

By the way, they look gorgeous!!

 

[Rhubarb Pi]

To me, it seems like you need to wait till those pistils are all orange.
My Heisenberg Special looks similar to yours but I am aiming towards day 65 to 70 for harvest.

By the way, they look gorgeous!!

Pistils being full orange means that THC is degrading in the flowers - which is why you chop at 50-60% trichrome maturity - FYI

 

[MoreBerry]

Pistils being full orange means that THC is degrading in the flowers - which is why you chop at 50-60% trichrome maturity - FYI

Since when does calyx/pistil maturity indicate THC degradation? I think you're mixing up pistils vs trichomes maybe?
Amber trichomes = THC degrading into CBN

Not suggesting you should harvest based on pistils at all, it just appeared as though the first photo had a lot of swelling to do. The majority of white pistils were indicating some immaturity.
Personally, I prefer to let them swell and allow the calyx growth to end, while monitoring my trichomes

 

[MoreBerry]

Here is a silly graphic from 420mag... Not suggesting you go by this, but this is what I was referring to when talking about pistils

Here is a better graphic, with more accurate info for harvesting, however, I have noticed early onsight of cloudy trichombs on all of my Sour Stompers, my Heisenberg Special, and my Skyrone Stomper.
I was seeing nearly all cloudy around day 45 to 50 for those strains, but didn't have any amber until day 70~ for Skyrone and day 65 for the Sour Stompers... Additionally, the plants were clearly way to immature to harvest.

So, that is why I like to allow the calyx's to swell up and stop their growth, all while checking my trichomes.

 

[Rhubarb Pi]

Here is a silly graphic from 420mag... Not suggesting you go by this, but this is what I was referring to when talking about pistils

Here is a better graphic, with more accurate info for harvesting, however, I have noticed early onsight of cloudy trichombs on all of my Sour Stompers, my Heisenberg Special, and my Skyrone Stomper.
I was seeing nearly all cloudy around day 45 to 50 for those strains, but didn't have any amber until day 70~ for Skyrone and day 65 for the Sour Stompers... Additionally, the plants were clearly way to immature to harvest.

So, that is why I like to allow the calyx's to swell up and stop their growth, all while checking my trichomes.

I misstated & indeed got them crossed in terminology - I'm still a novice on getting my timing down on when to chop so take my words as a grain of salt

 

[Farmer Dee]

In my opinon, counting days is the wrong way to judge your plant(s). My belief is the counting days theory comes from breeders approximate projections of when they think you should harvest based on their environment, and cash croppers who live by a schedule since it's 365 days in a year and they need to harvest as many times as possible to maximize their revenue. Jorge Cervantes might be to blame as well...don't get me started on him.

You have to know what you like before you even worry about harvest. You like to be stuck on stupid stoned? Wait and wait some more. Cloudy is what you're aiming for. You like a racy high, energetic, paranoid, make you think and think and analyze? To the point where when you catch your image in the mirror you smile then say to yourself, "damn I'm high as f@&$!"? Then harvest now. The best way to judge is to purchase a jewlers loupe or a magnifying glass that's like 30x or 40x. Other than that you're just guessing and hoping to get what you want.

I've had plants never go amber and were waaaay past harvest, and now I've got 3 White Chems going now that have amber trichs on the leaves but the buds are still clear/semi cloudy but tons of white pistils. I'm waiting till they recede into the buds and the calyxes swell up and look plump, but I'm also checking with my loupe because if I get too much amber before I get pistils to recede, I'm chopping because I don't need more night night meds at the moment.

I am stubborn as they come but after I bought my loupe I literally smacked myself for not getting one sooner. They sell really good ones fairly priced on Amazon. Trust me please, it will pay for itself the very next harvest when you have jars of meds that are what you wanted vs. what you thought you would get based on all your/our opinions and guesses. No disrespect to those who've offered up opinions on this matter.

 

[MoreBerry]

@Fairlynew @Waira @jingo how do you guys like to judge harvesting?