# Help please ready? **URL:** \ **Category:** Harvesting\ **Created:** [August 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017 "2025-08-14T16:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DirtMan101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dirtman101/32/1081460_2.png) [@DirtMan101](https://ilgmforum.com/u/DirtMan101)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/1 "2025-08-14T16:05:11Z")
Bruce banner autoflower soil 42 days old about 11 inches tall. I think I left it in the cup a little bit too long. My second plant. I think I may have to harvest the center bud early. Please tell me what do you guys think… Thank you ![2246](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/d/8/3/d838129911403c1949e453ef68081e06500dd9a0.jpeg) ![2245](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/6/0/b60da6955157f2ea1f72eb4175a15c464e633cfc.jpeg) ![2244](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/f/a/2fafcf07666998dadf5579d996687aacc9606a2f.jpeg) ![2243](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/5/d/b5d34739a22a4e447d08b1e018ef0ae6dbd3f87a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/2 "2025-08-14T16:14:17Z")
You still have white pistils. Begin looking at trichomes when they have browned. Harvest when the trichomes have matured to your taste. ![Trichomes](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/3/4/334b596a450407e50931a0858a8d0e65f2e4976a.jpeg) > [@DirtMan101](#): > > 42 days old A plant is generally ready to harvest after 8 to 10 weeks from the start of flowering. Time from seed isn’t relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Lostgirl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lostgirl/32/1000798_2.png) [@Lostgirl](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lostgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/3 "2025-08-14T16:36:42Z")
Autoflowers I don’t leave in a cup more than 10 days. If the growth is normal anything after 10-15 days, it gets very tight in then roots. At 45 days it’s probably as big as it’s going to get as you’ve already went through your stretch. You got yourself a midget. (Seems to me) If it is a midget you can rest assure it will be the absolute best weed you’ve ever smoked in your entire life. Every midget that I ever grew under 12 in tall has been five 5-10 X better than a regular size plant. Midget Auto flowers are the bomb ---
**Author:** ![4204life](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/4204life/32/1026577_2.png) [@4204life](https://ilgmforum.com/u/4204life)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/4 "2025-08-14T18:56:10Z")
Looking good. I agree with a few more weeks or so left. I have seen autos finish between 80 to 100 days. You have some time left. ---
**Author:** ![DirtMan101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/dirtman101/32/1081460_2.png) [@DirtMan101](https://ilgmforum.com/u/DirtMan101)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/5 "2025-08-15T23:25:54Z")
Thanks everyone I appreciate the input. The first flower appeared near July 10. Hopefully this “midget” will turn out as great as it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Lornakinsh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lornakinsh/32/1159399_2.png) [@Lornakinsh](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lornakinsh)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/help-please-ready/120017/6 "2025-08-16T14:57:21Z")
Thank you, MidwestGuy, this chart helped this new grower a lot!