Need guidance on harvesting

[Newcomer82]

Im on week 6 its still pop corn and they trypoids not forming and i dont understand . why they are so small. How long should i wait im being told 8 week some ppl telling me 12 and all diffrent strains what do i do.....

 

[socaljoe]

Well, for starters, wait until those white pistils start to turn orange. That's a good sign you're getting close. When that starts to happen, come back and post more pics, we'll help you through it.

 

[sfrigon1]

If u don't have a loop and need something to refer to other than trichomes, def go by the red hairs . Maybe when half are red hit us back

 

[I AM]

Wow...
A sativa BEAST....

You arent anywhere near finish...
You can use this time to boost your feed ppms......try to ripen the bud sites.

Stop feeding site boosters...if you are.
By week 8....you will know if you have a 16 week MONSTER....

ITS ALIVE!!!!

 

[Meatman]

That thing is straight sativa buckle up and hang on it might be awhile still it’s gonna be good if you stick through it and let that baby go to her full potential

 

[I AM]

Watch Franco...

 

[H.A.F.]

Count on a month to harvest, but once most of the pistils are brown look at the close-up pics. Your tops will probably continue to put out pistils to try and breed - it's their job so when checking for ripeness check the middle-nugs.

 

[Opie1]

One of the biggest mistakes made by new growers is that they harvest WAY too early.
Like these guys have already said, it’s looking like at least 3 more weeks, so wait, you’ll be glad you did.

 

[H.A.F.]

I just had two plants of different strains go 101 and 106 days (~15 weeks)
Most of my other harvests have been in the 60-80day range. I have had two plants of the same strain but different pheno's that were harvested 3 weeks apart.

The weeks on the pack is a best guess/ballpark figure, but everyone's environment is different, and each plant can be different.

Hope that helps. Definitely post pics, start a journal or something, and we'll help you get the best smoke out of it

 

[BrokenHoeFarms]

@H.A.F. what took that long?
Not high jacking just curious

 

[MtRainDog]

Are you counting 6 weeks from when you flipped them to 12/12?

How old were the plants when you flipped?

How long did it take to see pistils after the flip?

What i’m getting at is perhaps they weren’t sexually mature when you flipped. Can’t say without knowing the answers to those questions.

The trichs can stay milky with no amber for awhile depending on the plant. Check trichs often, but dont worry they won’t all go amber overnight. Trich checks keep you from being too early or too late.

Let the plant tell you when it’s done. Trich checks are the best, but also you’ll see calyxes swell, pistils darken and recede, fans drying up and dying off, etc. I let the plant tell me when it’s done by looking at all of those signs.

 

[H.A.F.]

@H.A.F. what took that long?
Not high jacking just curious

You are hijacking LOL
I had real gentle lighting for starters - only about 40k lumens. But the Banana Hashplant and the Momma Moonshine were both tall-spire sativa leaners. I could have harvested a few weeks earlier when they started showing ambers, but they were ripening very slowly. Like a week to go from a few ambers to about 5% and it gained about 5% a week. I let them go just because, and I'm glad I did.

 

[I AM]

Did you get the proper caylx swell??

 

[H.A.F.]

Did you get the proper caylx swell??

The calyxes on the calyxes on top of the other calyxes swelled - so, yeah LOL

 

[H.A.F.]

Don't get me wrong, they were "tall-spire" meaning lots of post-flip flower sites, but they were short plants, farther away from the light than others in the tent. Lots of factors in them going longer.