Harvest early or late?

lfg_CanopyCraft
lfg_CanopyCraftstarted grow question 3mo ago
Would you pull early (7 weeks 5 days) or late (10 weeks)? Due to personal reasons, I'm not available to harvest in the 8-9 week window specified on the strain packaging. If you were in this situation would you pull it 2 days early, or a week late? Here it is week 5 of flower.
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HandsomeTerpz
HandsomeTerpzanswered grow question 3mo ago
I’d also lean towards harvesting later... A week late is usually the better option compared to pulling too early. Early harvest often means less developed buds, lower yield and not fully matured effects.Your plants still look like they’re in mid to late flower, so they’ll benefit from that extra time to bulk up and ripen properly. What you said is spot on: keep a close eye on humidity and airflow, especially as the buds get denser. Also dimming the light a bit to lower temps can really help reduce stress and improve the final ripening phase. I’d add: just keep checking trichomes as you get closer. If they’re mostly cloudy with a bit of amber, you’re in the perfect window. Happy Harvest 🙏
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GoodWeedBerlin
GoodWeedBerlinanswered grow question 3mo ago
I think you have to wait two more weeks to make that decision. But if you decide to leave it for 10 weeks, the harvest is not the only issue. A very ripe plant has a higher risk to get budrot or powder mildew, so someone with a bit of growing experience should have an eye on her.
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squalino
squalinoanswered grow question 3mo ago
salut pour rĂ©pondre a ta question les indications marquĂ© sur l'emballage sont une indications approximative.les plantes ont chacune leur gĂ©nĂ©tique propre . c'est comme les enfants ils ne seront pas tous pareille et ne mourront pas en mĂȘme temps .comme tu peut recolter deux mĂȘme plantes planter en mĂȘme temps et les recolter a 3 semaines de diference. et le mieux c'est un microscope de poche dĂ©pend l'effet que tu recherches plus de trichome blanc effet plus cĂ©rĂ©bral euphorique plus de trichome brun effet plus lourd plus physique j'espĂšre que j'ai pus t'aider bonne journĂ©e
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DrGruen
DrGruenanswered grow question 3mo ago
Hi Growmie😎 das dauert bestimmt noch 3-4 Wochen. Ich wĂŒrde so lange warten, bis 20 % der Trichome bernsteinfarben und der Rest milchig ist........ Lange wird es nicht mehr dauern und ich wĂŒrde es tĂ€glich kontrollieren... Viel GlĂŒck
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JimmyWhite
JimmyWhiteanswered grow question 3mo ago
I'd personally check the pistils rather than counting the weeks. Seems like yours are still all white. My aim is usually 60-70 percent amber pistils to chop it down. I must add thought, due to a similar situation (early harvest necessity) I had harvested a few plant while they were similar to yours and got decent weed. That being said, I'd still aim for at least 30-40 percent if possible. Beautiful flowers by the way!
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RemoveYourChains
RemoveYourChainsanswered grow question 3mo ago
based on the pics it has about 3-4 weeks to go at least.
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Crop_Top
Crop_Topanswered grow question 3mo ago
I would def aim to pull as close to the 10 weeks as possible rather than the 7 week timeframe. If you pull that early you’re going to lose density/trichomes. Not worth pulling that early in my opinion
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3mo ago
8-9 wees on the packaging is always optimistic, with nearly all plants taking longer. Harvesting a bit later (10 weeks) would be my advice.............later, fully mature buds would be much better than early picked immature buds. By the looks of the pictures, you still have roughly 3 weeks to go............which is the same as 10 weeks anyhow.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 3mo ago
i'd re-assess when the time comes... if it looks ripe, take early... if it has ripening remaining, err on late side. can't someone just come in and cut the colas down? You don't need it to be trimmed or processed. Someone could come in and simply cut the branches off andn set them on a mesh rack whole. That wouldn't take any understanding or skill to accomplish.
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