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To harvest or not to harvest?

kegman83
kegman83started grow question 4 years ago
Do I harvest the King Tut and mystery strain here? I am always so bad at figuring out if its the right time.
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MadeInGermany
MadeInGermanyanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hey :-) Look with a microscope 👌If the trichome heads are about 70% milky and 30% clear, you can start with the flush. If the trichomes are about 70% milky and 30% amber, it is a very good time to harvest 👍🙏🏻 but do not pay attention to the leaves of the trichomes on the buds 👍
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ijustdontgiveaf
ijustdontgiveafanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi there, take a magnifying glass and look at the trichomes (the white little "mushrooms" that started growing on the buds and leaves around mid-flowering). Remember that the type of high depends not only on the strain, but also on the state of the trichomes.. the main question you should ask yourself is "what kind of high" do you like? Should it be more of an "active" head high for during the day, or more of a "body high" which pushes you into the couch and makes you sleep well? Once you know that, you should look at the strain you're growing.. If the plant you grow is a pure indica, the standard high will lock you more into the couch by default, while a pure sativa would give you more of a head-high (the basic sativa-indica difference) when harvested at the same time, but then of course there are still a lot of hybrids in between. This is just a general rule, but it also depends on time of harvest. When it comes to trichomes you know they go from clear to milky and then to amber.. In general if the plant one is an indica-heavy plant (so more of a couch-lock), if you want a head-high, you'd be best off harvesting when a bit over half are still clear, and half are milky.. If you want a body high, then most should be milky and some amber. If 20 or 30% or more of them are amber, it'll just be definitely in the body-high area, pushing you into the couch (and as always, don't wait too long or they'll fall off the plant). In comparison if this were a sativa, then even even when the trichomes are full milky it should still give you more of a head-high, and to get more of a body-high effect you'd need to wait until there are a lot of amber trichomes. The hybrids are obviously somewhere in between.. So it's basically up to you, what you prefer and the type of strain you grow, but definitely keep the trichomes in check. don't go after the color of the stigmas (what people refer to pistils). While his eyes may be better than ours, I'm not sure if Sinatra could assist with making this choice, but it might be worth a try to ask him ;) (knowing how cats can be, he might give a wrong answer though :P)
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