New Grower Harvesting question/Please/ and thank-you

[ejpete2]

The plants look to me like they are ready to harvest, But the pixels are still clear. I read somewhere that on auto's, the pixels don't always turn brown. If this is true, what other ways is there to tell if they are ready to harvest?
I'm going to use a tent and black it out to dry out my harvest. I'm under the impression that you need to keep the humidity around 30% or as close to it that you can, is this true as well? I think it's 3 to 7 days to dry them out and a couple of months to cure. If you could leave me some feed back about this please do.
I'm new to auto's so please help if you can. Thank-You
The pics are as good as I can get

 

[Cartman]

How old are your plants from the day they pushed up thru the soil? Most finish 65-75 days from that.

Looking at your buds I'd say your very close, if your right at 60 days, try letting them go another week and see if your trichomes don't amber up a bit.. the more it finishes like that the more couchlock sleepy time high, if you want a more heady high and uplifting, take them in 5 days. By the way, your LST (low stress training) was like perfection, you really got the most out of your plant by doing what ya did.

Dry & Cure: Drying takes more like 7-14 days if done nice and slow.. your correct about lowering your humidity if possible however I dry mine in higher because of where I live in the swamp. Actually it's ideal to flower them the last month in lower humidity too if ya can.. less chances of bud rot and other issues along with better production..
You want to make sure they are very dry before you jar them up for the cure, and even then, burp the jars the first 2wks or so and see if your getting any moisture build up on the inside walls of the jar, if not your good to jar them up tight and forget aboot them.. what this does is removes chlorophyll and takes that cough out of it, well, unless it's expanding like a bitch.. hehe... but sometimes that cough and harshness is just that green chlorophyll remaining in the leaf material..

Be sure to have a light fan on them when drying oscillating.. other then that your spot on for a nice harvest and great meds, wish you the best, it sure looks tasty bro..

 

[ejpete2]

The plants look to me like they are ready to harvest, But the pixels are still clear. I read somewhere that on auto's, the pixels don't always turn brown. If this is true, what other ways is there to tell if they are ready to harvest?
I'm going to use a tent and black it out to dry out my harvest. I'm under the impression that you need to keep the humidity around 30% or as close to it that you can, is this true as well? I think it's 3 to 7 days to dry them out and a couple of months to cure. If you could leave me some feed back about this please do.
I'm new to auto's so please help if you can. Thank-You
The pics are as good as I can get

How old are your plants from the day they pushed up thru the soil? Most finish 65-75 days from that.

Looking at your buds I'd say your very close, if your right at 60 days, try letting them go another week and see if your trichomes don't amber up a bit.. the more it finishes like that the more couchlock sleepy time high, if you want a more heady high and uplifting, take them in 5 days. By the way, your LST (low stress training) was like perfection, you really got the most out of your plant by doing what ya did.

Dry & Cure: Drying takes more like 7-14 days if done nice and slow.. your correct about lowering your humidity if possible however I dry mine in higher because of where I live in the swamp. Actually it's ideal to flower them the last month in lower humidity too if ya can.. less chances of bud rot and other issues along with better production..
You want to make sure they are very dry before you jar them up for the cure, and even then, burp the jars the first 2wks or so and see if your getting any moisture build up on the inside walls of the jar, if not your good to jar them up tight and forget aboot them.. what this does is removes chlorophyll and takes that cough out of it, well, unless it's expanding like a bitch.. hehe... but sometimes that cough and harshness is just that green chlorophyll remaining in the leaf material..

Be sure to have a light fan on them when drying oscillating.. other then that your spot on for a nice harvest and great meds, wish you the best, it sure looks tasty bro..

Thank-You so much for the info, I do appreciate it. In answer to your question, they are 3 months and 8 days old. I put them in their new homes on 01/17/2016.
Thanks for the complement, it is my first time with the LST. Thank-You again

 

[Joe383]

O dam 3 months is super old for an auto at least any that I have grown. I would chop it.

 

[ejpete2]

O dam 3 months is super old for an auto at least any that I have grown. I would chop it.

But the pixels have not turned into the right color yet.

 

[Discretepete2676]

But the pixels have not turned into the right color yet.

Drop it 2 12/12 for 10 days than chop. Pistols should color

 

[Discretepete2676]

Never ran into that problem really but that's how I would approach it. What strain is it by which breeder? Is it supposed to ba long strain?

 

[ejpete2]

Drop it 2 12/12 for 10 days than chop. Pistols should color

Hay thanks bro, I will try that sounds like good advice. Thanks again

 

[ejpete2]

Never ran into that problem really but that's how I would approach it. What strain is it by which breeder? Is it supposed to ba long strain?

If you are referring to the 12/12 light change, I want to thank you for your 2 cents lol Thanks bro

 

[Discretepete2676]

If you are referring to the 12/12 light change, I want to thank you for your 2 cents lol Thanks bro

Yeah lol. I hope that helps. Do you have a microscope or jewelers loupe? Check the trichs?