when should i harvest?????????

I always hang my bud in a dark vented space takes about 2 weeks depending on weather or central heating but should be dry enough to smoke, Light degrades thc so the dark is important. From there you could chop it up and spread out on paper to dry the rest or just keep hung up till stems are dry and will snap when bent this can take upto another 2 weeks. With in reason the slower you can dry the better the finnish product.

You can use a paper bag or in loosely folded newspaper, (Prefold first, saves crushing bud structure.).

But not putting on a heat source will will give you best results, a bit to sample Nuked or dried on TV/monitor/HD etc is fine but not the lot.

Place in a cool place and just let the paper draw out the moisture, i like to change the paper daily to air the buds and keep colder moisture removal efficient.

Prolonged heat and light are the enemies of bud as much as moulds are, because both degrade THC's faster, a cold drawer may take a day or two longer to crisp 'n' dry, but what you toke out of the curing jar will be better for more time taken.

It'll still smoke well with faster drying but you will lose a wee bit of potency and personality, depth, that only comes with slow processing.

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Rocklobster.

If adding dark to hasten ripening, better to nudge down 30 mins per 5 days rather than a 2 hour jerk, this allows necessary changes to occur in the plant which a big jump may cause the plant to rush too fast and alter the effects, for worse or better, no real way to tell so better the plants hasten on a rising curve than one leap.

Cannabis tolerates jerks and jumps, but prefers and responds better to, graduation and incremental changes.

Keep a closer eye on trich' maturity as finish window will be narrowed.

Hows them plants looking now grafter? They must be there or there about now, any updates?

the hotter it is the growing conditions the more thc will be produced

Originally Posted by bekyboo52

the hotter it is the growing conditions the more thc will be produced

Not so young chap light and heat destroys thc the idea is that the plant produces resin to protect its self from the heat. Kinda the other way but I've always found its chillie nights that produces the best resin and smelling buds.

well as u know rocklobster thats the 2 weeks of flushing complete, the grow is looking very good, leaves are turnin yellow on them and i have noticed that there seems to be new pisils growing out the bud is this normal just that there is quite a few amber pisils but this looks like its still producing those white hairs even tho its at the end of its cycle ?????

Originally Posted by grafter77

there seems to be new pisils growing out the bud

What do you mean by that???
What i find happen at the end is that the plant does start to grow new buds but its on top of the bud, at first it looks like ya've got a nice plump bud its nice and ROUNDED but its starts to get like a nipple of new bud growth on the very top of the bud then that just starts to shoot up growing more buds but they dont fill out so it just start to look like a willie poking out the top of your plump bud thats is when its done but very important to catch it just as that starts to happen.
To me it sounds like ya've done and its time to chop if your at 70-75 percent brown pisils.

well rocklobster thats it i am now officially smokin my own produce and it seems to be quite a nice smoke considerin it being my first grow. i didnt get as much as i predicted (soil method), neverless its still all good in the hood, the buds hav plenty crystals on them and taste very nice and i would like to say thanks for alll the info u hav helped me out with. one more question, how do i get my plants 2 go more bushier in bud stage, my plants were very tall and not so much bud on them but all very healthy 600w hps all the way with nutients added thats wot i used for my grow, any further help wud be kindly appreciated.

Sounds like you did'nt top or pinch the main growing head when your plants were younger thats how you get bushy plants. With mj you wanna be growing heads and bud points (node sites). From seed I'l say anything over 6 weeks is fair game for topping, simply remove the growing head from the main stem by pinching it out or by cutting the top off the plant (topping) after that let it grow on in veg. The loss off the growing head will force your plant into generate new heads and branches mmm and hence lovely yield.
Size dont matter your rolling your own but great news thats enjoy.

When To Harvest

Your crop will be ready to harvest when the Trichromes are a light Amber color, just as they turn amber, dark amber means over ripe, darker is not better.

Get a jeweler's loop and look at the buds, you will see little crystals, like panes of glass or prisms. When you see the first signs of amber color it is time to harvest.