[OPINIONS WANTED] How do YOU determine harvest window?

[Don't Fear the Reefer]

I try to use a loupe and check the trichomes and also check see if the plant is drinking less.

 

[N/A-Greengo]

check see if the plant is drinking less

too.

 

[InkAddict$]

I give them 8 weeks minimum of flower. Sometimes push them to 9 and keep an eye on the trichomes. Pistils don’t matter to me because they turn orange pretty much whenever they please.. from heat, too much nutrients, to hermies. Around week 7 of flower is when I begin watching trichomes. Once I start seeing a decent percentage of amber I know they’re ripe. I don’t have a specific percentage, maybe 10-20%?

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That's some nice looking bud what kind may I ask?

 

[MrAutoGrower]

That's some nice looking bud what kind may I ask?

Thank u bro. I agree she’s beautiful. My best grow yet in terms of aroma and bag appeal. Banana purple punch. She just finished drying yesterday. Was stuck in trim jail yesterday and today

 

[InkAddict$]

Thank u bro. I agree she’s beautiful. My best grow yet in terms of aroma and bag appeal. Banana purple punch. She just finished drying yesterday. Was stuck in trim jail yesterday and today

From where? I got to get my hands on that!!!

 

[automan2]

If you have had all amber in an auto strain, you have more patience than I do. I have taken quite a few to far older than breeder specs (including Mephisto), and doubt that I have ever seen as much as 30%. I'd love to get more sleep effects, but worry about leaving them too long.

Being a perpetual grower, with 3 plants in each cycle, it's easy to let one go over the hill....actually found out years ago in MS seminars about the effects available with more and more amber. Couple mods here do the same thing for various nerve maladies.

 

[MrAutoGrower]

From where? I got to get my hands on that!!!

Fastbuds

 

[St. Tom]

for sure i check trichomes but i can normally tell by the hairs on most plants when they all turn brown mainly

 

[Death The Cultivator]

I harvest based on the how much water is being consumed, trichomes checked in several spots, and the fading of the leaves.

 

[Jpkindbud]

Under trichs need to be all cloudy, some amber before I harvest.