Started July 22, 2022 Got these photo fem seeds as a freebie with some autoflower seeds I got from Smoking Monkey Genetics. (Find him and Force of Nature on Strainly). Seeded out during an autoflower run simultaneously since 18/6 light schedule. Breeder is AstralFlowerGenetics fins him on IG as Astralflower
When should I harvest, I think I have about a week left, trichromes are mixed and I don’t want to be couch locked, but I may want these seeds to be viable if possible. Seeds is yellow and waxy and not too big. Could be green gelato auto or from a male from this seed pack
Unfortunately, to harvest mature, viable seeds, you often have to sacrifice the buds holding the seeds.
Seeds need to be at least brownish to be better than 50% viable, so going on this, you still need 2-3 weeks of seed maturation to go, by which time your buds will be over ripe.
The question then becomes, "do I sacrifice my prime buds in order to harvest a few seeds of questionable parentage that may or may not produce reasonable plants once cultivated?"
If you are after seeds that will be close to 100% viable, you will need to leave them for the longest possible time, that is, until they get properly shiny brown (light brown at a minimum, but always shiny), which they will do if left long enough.
Seeds take between 4 and 7 weeks from when pollinated until becoming mature and what I call "confidently viable".
These comments are based on 30+ years of selective home breeding and collecting tens of thousands of seeds in that time.
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