What do you look for before harvesting?
From what I’ve read it should be something like this:
1-Pistols all orange with no new white pistol growth
- Trichromes on the buds should be mostly cloudy with some amber based on your preference. Note: don’t judge by the sugar leaves, those turn amber well before the buds.
I’m on my 3rd grow, the first two sets I chopped too early. The 2nd time I noticed the amber on the sugar leaves and most of the pistols orange, however some white was still pooping up.
Right now I have a Durban poison auto and a green candy auto, both the same age. I don’t want to chop too early, and to be honest I don’t really know how long they have been flowering (oops).
I fear mold/bud rot, so once they start getting so big I get antsy, especially the last run I pulled too early. Had a bunch of leaves turning yellow and falling off.
What do you guys look for or do?
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There are lots of topics that discuss this, the search bar on this forum can be very educational. That being said you are going to get alot of different opinions because havest time comes down to preference. I like a more energetic buzz so mostly cloudy trichomes with some clear works for me. If you want more “end of the night” you have to wait for more amber…at least 50% amber. Most say around 70/30 cloudy/amber is the right time. The bud will be at its highest thc level at this point.
Every plant will do different things with the pistil color so that is more of an approximate way to tell, not exact. Ive had plants still putting out white pistils when they were ready for harvest
Thanks @Solidgold91. I have been reading up on it and there are mixed opinions for sure.
I’m just curious what everyone else does and if the pistols should all be orange, you know stuff like that.
I’ve read into some pretty lengthy stuff, some of it definitely contradicting.
What I’m curious about is there an easy way to not chop too early, but not so late you run the risk of bud rot/mold. Last time I chopped when the sugar leaves started turning amber, not knowing I need to look at the buds and ignore those.
I believe I also read the pistols stop coming out and turn all orange, then you look at the trichomes and go from there.
I definitely chopped both times previously with at least 50% white pistols.
I’ll keep reading up on it absolutely.
Yeah I’m starting to find out genetics has a lot to do with it instead of a “ basic rule” across the plant in general. Even seed to seed in the same strain. I’ve been reading quite a bit into it.
I’m also currently attempting to clone, for experience so when that one comes along I can feel confident with what I am doing. Not auto-flowers of course but you know.
Get a wifi microscope that can connect to your phone. I think ear only $20 on Amz.
Trichome color = cloudy with some amber, then try and wait a couple more days, unless it’s gonna rain for a few days, then dry for 7-10days, and then in a mason jar with a humidity pack.
Good luck.
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I’m in the same boat with you pretty much. My leaves always yellow the last couple of weeks before harvest I wait usually 16 weeks for autoflowers right now I’m doing blueberry and amnesia Haze 15th week tomorrow is a few pictures from Sunday the 14th week.
This round I’m going to cut certain part of the plant and try to grow the bottom a little bit more. This place is awesome by the way and welcome to the forum
You’ve mentioned budrot several times. As long as you are able to keep your humidity between 40-50% and have good airflow you shouldn’t have to worry about that.
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Those look great! Yeah see that is what mine looked like last time, with the yellowing leaves, based on your photos it had several weeks to go still when I cut them.
Thanks, I lurk a lot but I figured I might as well ask 
Yeah, it’s a fear, mold or bud rot. I’m afraid if I do get it I’ll miss it and make myself terribly sick.
When I look at charts (VPD?) that the temperature and humidity coincide with each other. Based on a 75F I should keep It around 65RH if I am not mistaken. I’ve been running it at 60RH to try and stay on the safe side. If turning it down to 50 is even better without any ill effects I will go with that now.
I didn’t realize these existed, just purchased. Thanks!
Can you post a photo or two? Since you aren’t sure how far into flower they are seeing them would definitely help.
Is it only the caps on the end that turn colors, or the entire thing?
Mostly the caps but the color can fade down. As for your pictures i could guess you still have 2-3 weeks to go. If your temps are 75 or lower you are fine to drop your humidity to 50%. Especially at this stage. If you can get your temps down to 70 you can go down to 45%
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Thanks. At night it drops to about 65, during the day/on period about as low as I can get it is 73F so that should work. I’ll drop it to 50.
I didn’t train these really at all, which I am regretting. I can’t really see anything with that microscope I have, just what you see in the photos so I did go ahead and purchase a WiFi microscope to try that out.
You want nearly all those white hairs to turn brown and recede back into the calyx’s then start checking trichomes for cloudy to amber.
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This is the Durban with the new WiFi microscope.
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