Tried it this year with the outdoor crop and it is definitly worth waiting when you can. Indoor gave substantial result in yield and felt potency/effect. Thank you
I started growing in the early 1980’s long before the talk of amber trichomes. My education came from hippie growers who grew since the 60’s and they always told me to harvest outdoors a week after all the hairs Turn brown and curled in. If you still see white hairs let it go longer. I was also told to harvest in sections. Harvest the top of the plant, wait a week or week and a half harvest the middle and then another week or week and half harvest the bottoms. I have harvested bottoms well into November. Those bottoms that were tiny little buds when I harvested the tops were now fat frosty nugs loaded with resin and a deep purple.
Every time I'm 1 month into flower I start watching these 'when to harvest' videos. They help me sit on my hands and refrain from chopping the plants too soon.
@@jeffngarden The most stressful part of growing. My current method is. 24 hour RO water soak, transfer to between two paper towels sandwiched between two plates, popped seed then placed into a divot of Happy Frog surrounded by Ocean Forest. Clear plastic cup, with air holes cut in, placed on top of the planted seed.
IMO if your looking for max yield, and you let your flowers amber, the buds will get fatter and heavier but not more potent. I pick at the first sign of tricomes turning amber. If you let 25 percent amber up you have reduced the potency of the bud because THC, CBD etc are turned into CBN. Also you will notice the amber heads will begin to deteriorate. Personally I would rather have my flowers at max potency and a little less couch feeling than max yield. I also grow different strains for different effects. Just my unprofessional opinion as a successful home grower.
I do agree. Mostly. Try a few colas and pull around 60-70% instead of 25%. Then allow it to get a full cure. Then next fall try it. So smooth and mental, perfect for the winter blah. Even though I love this, I only do it to maybe 20% of my overall yield.
Grew my first 4 plants last summer. I have not smoked weed in over 40 years. I harvested with only a few ambers showing. 1 or 2 puffs and i am wack. No need for me to fuss over plants any longer. I got enuf stash to last me for years. I added a slice of apple to a tupperware bowl with my flowers to keep them soft and tender
Finally, OMG, finally a good video educating ripe flowers. I have noticed more experience growers get huge buds but don't explain to much. If always "you r choice or you will know". Buds really start bulking up when hairs slow down, you see them shrivel and turn. This happens in bulking, trike's continue to form. Some clear, some cloudy and a few amber. As you keep monitoring which seems forever, the change is gradual over 1 to 2 weeks regarding trike's but the size of the buds keep getting larger. So yes, with practice and time forms confidence. I now start doing my flush when I see 10 to 15 percent clear, 70 percent ish cloudy and about 5 to 10 percent amber. At this point I know I have a good 7 days of flush, checking every other day the trike's. When I see things progress and leafs get used up, I determine when my 48 hours of darkness will be done. Huge tip: this put plant into autumn panic mode and you will get a good amount of trike's. I also keep it cool and that help preserve trike's longer (67 F roughly). Don't boughter watering during this time either. These are my personal finishing touches that works well....most of my friends love the advice and enjoying their grows much better. I hope this helps you too 😉
That lines up with what greengoblin answered in a question I asked on one of his vids. Asked if a mostly sativa hybrid would need to go past 10 weeks as that was the advertised time, actually 9-9.5, but he said some sativa hybrids can go anywhere from 11 weeks to as mush as 14 weeks.
lol exactly, the game is to be sold, not to be told. I laugh at people commenting about milky trichomes, and % this and % that. The bro science is entertaining, Mark is letting out some good secrets!
A new study been done on the 48 of darkness done by a professor at an University. Triconbs are produced in the light cycle through photosynthesis . On you tube Chris Mr. Grow it did an interview about that step and triconbs is a response from stress from too much light or heat . So by putting more stress 48 hrs of light could benefit. Something new to experiment.
For what it's worth, the trichome color is an important indicator of when to harvest but the color is based on your preference: Clear - Do not harvest. They're not ready yet. Milky - Heady high Amber - Couch-lock high
I’m 40 and did this experiment outdoors years ago with just 1 big plant…and you wouldn’t believe the resins and oils, some were almost black they were so prevalent…it ended up being my most potent plant I’ve ever grown…I let it go til the night before I first actually frost…I’m in Buffalo/Western New York area…so yes do NOT be afraid to experiment and try things outside the box! Great video @Mark! ✊🏾❤️💯💯💯
if you grow outdoors white trichomes have less CBD so it will be more uplifting but if you keep it till dark amber it will have more CBD thus making you drowsy sleepy heavy. some might not like it.
Very cool, but to maybe enlighten. Depending on your desired effect.... letting it go to far can give people headaches. Fast high with quick recovery. Personally I chose to start a week flush when I see on buds only, about 75% cloudy leaning into solid milk. I know that I have a solid 7 days for flush and 48 hours of darkness. With no water, leafs nutrients being eaten by plant/bud they hit 48 hours of darkness. The trike's go into overdrive preservation ( like it's winter). Seriously, trike's plump, and dam near double the frost. I chop and hang in cool dark insulted box with little air flow with cool air from bottom and warmer air venting top where fan and filter is. 5 to 8 days for stem pop and its trim time, start to cure and burping. I usually have bud last a full year, strong and tasty as the 3rd and 4th week of cure. Terps hate heat and light, love 62% RH to maintain that semi moist freshness. Many people do this different but use same principles. I enjoy my long lasting clean high from a half bowl. Nothing wrong with amber but it's a sign of over ripping, to much amber I fined the taste s effected.👍 Happy growing buddy!
@@LiesGov You mean cbn, thc turns into it when the trichs ripen. Cbd is strain dependant it tones down THCs effect and has other health benefits but won't make you as sedated as cbn
The kid who taught me how to grow eight years ago, had two words for me about harvesting. "Not yet". At 4100 feet, I leave them in the ground until the hard freezes come or Haloween--whichever comes first. This year I might have to pull some of my indicas before that so I don't plug up my drying area. Ended up growing twice as many plants as I needed because the runts kept growing after their replacements took over, and i just couldn't kill them. Now the runts are two feet taller than me.
I've been a prisoner of the trichome trap and harvested way too early for so long. Not that I'm impatient but listened to the wrong information. This is GREAT!!! Makes sense, next plant will be a proper plant!! Thanks for the videos!!
I just did the same thing. I got impatient. Started to see some Amber and ended up clipping them a few weeks too early. Very disappointed… but this is my inexperience showing. This was my first indoor run.
"Next one will be...". Great hobby as you an never reach 100% perfect result, so you will never get bored to grow the next plant 😊 Ive been growing 25 years and still no perfect plant🤠
Ive seen this go the other way many times. Ive seen growers get scared to harvest too early and end up harvesting too late and product has lost all terps and structure. Ive seen this happen in a matter of 2 weeks. There is definitely a happy medium. Most cultivars have their own specific "best" time to harvest.15+ years exp here. The only way to be close to perfect is to have experience with the cultivar you work with.
absolutely nailed it "The only way to be close to perfect is to have experience with the cultivar you work with." My mentor preaches genetics and I am convinced with all my research its mostly genetics that decides the potential, its your knowledge of how it grows that can maximize it.
Great video! I have gotten patient and don’t rush any of my grows anymore. People can wait and the product will be there when it’s ready. I refuse to rush cutting down my plants because I used to be in that position all the time. People would bug the hell out of me asking me at least every couple of days “is it ready, I need blah blah this and I need blah blah that”. I don’t care what they need because all they want is to be the first to get my bud and sell it so they can move on and forget about whether or not if it was fully ready or not. Be patient and wait!!! Don’t let anyone start pushing you to cut everything down they can go to the next one and pester them.
It's a trade-off. You are getting more yield by waiting, but when trichs turn amber they are decarbing. Am I going to get more profit from the extra weight or the higher THC? Every single time - the higher THC brings in exponentially more per harvest batch. This is why I wait until the trichs are milky white and no more than 30% turning amber. To get extra weight, I defan about 2 weeks before harvest. This gives you one final boost in weight, and after 2 weeks the boost slows down to a crawl. This is the way. When I wait until the trichs are all amber, it means that at least 30% of them are now copper and brown. My THC% is now crashing and that 21% strain is now down to 14%, which is a HUGE difference at market.
@@slaup1163 I manage cannabis farms and always get more $$$ from high TCH than higher weight. A 25% strain fetches up to $2000 a lb. at market, but if I wait to harvest while bulking the buds and those trichomes turn amber and copper, my THC is now 14%, but I got an additional 5% weight of a strain that only sells for $800. Clearly I'm falling behind when I wait to harvest while trying to bulk. I always do my bulking techniques before harvest anyway, so at harvest time its 100% about the trichomes. Yes, you get a more sophisticated smoke from amber trichs, but nobody buys weed for its complexity. It's all about bag appeal: Eyes, Nose, Mouth, with the Head, Body, Legs and Wings being a story I have to tell the customer since they can't see or smell those qualities in the dispensary. Same goes for a complex smoke - it's a story I have to tell them and stories typically don't sell weed. They want high THC%, the higher the better, because this stuff is expensive to buy and the less they have to burn to get high the longer their bag lasts, right?
I agree with you 100% except i wouldn't defan. my growers all this season brought in between 22% - 34%, No one got lower this year in my group. I would also recommend Drops of Balance ty for you post bother you are being pinned
@@SuperZekethefreak thats what ive heard and read, thc numbers sell because thats really all customers have to look at unless the terp numbers are listed too. Even then, its the overall thc numbers that help the sale
kept the leafs on half of my in's this last time. it took a bit longer to dry but i can tell the difference on the press. the flower even looks better. long time wet trimmer changed now. thanks mark for sharing all the great info. i also only flush for a few days. happy growing everyone
Quick tip from personal experience: let the entire plant completely dry out, roots in soil and everything. Once dry you will have bud instantly ready to smoke, smoother than anything else
I allways used to harvest early. I was doing guerilla grows in the woods.small patches here and there then i lost one patch i couldnt find for a few weeks. I finally found them by smell. Waaay better bud. I couldnt figure out before why my weed smelled so grassy before turns out i had been jumping the gun that whole time!
Great trichome talk, man. I just pulled one plant from my tent, it was showing plenty of red/brown trichomes, I'm giving it 48 hours of darkness, then snipping and drying. I probably could of waited another week, but it's my first grow, and I'm still getting sensitized to the cues. Thank you!
@KALI GIRL ....and then you change the strain and it could be totally different.....each strain has its own strengths and weaknesses.....unless one grows multiple grows of same strain for at least 2-3 runs, it is IMPOSSIBLE to know and learn that strains strengths and weaknesses, and all of that strains specific capabilities.....my 2nd run of any strain, is ALWAYS better than the first round.....the first round is a learning experience....period....lol....imo
it develops into a personal preference, how amber, how soon, etc and when you can get them all down (weather pending) I start the harvest when I see begining to turn amber, or if I have a 2 wk flush undergone, as long as they are all milky and hairs dry, good to go before the insects come and ruin everything. (or thieves)
😉I could tell by the leaf texture as well, my lavender plants have been growing for some time but my key indicator was its leaves. They went from this silky smooth texture to a almost lizard rough quality. Yet they are still green and healthy looking. I'm pulling my lavender pedals this weekend.
I grow outside in Central Illinois. Three years ago, I had some friends plant on my property. I took the seeds that I found in the bud and planted them last year and this year. When my friends planted on my property, the plants ended up with some bud rot and orange worms. Last year's crop was beautiful. Everything turned purple as it got closer to harvest. I had to harvest early though, due to winter coming. I got my plants in earlier this year. I have one plant that is 10 times bigger than all 5 plants, that I grew the year before. Last year, it had no seeds and no bud rot. I take very good care of my plants though. I'm hoping these plants this year also turn purple. I don't have problems with bud rot nor mold, only bugs. I don't use anything on it everything is all natural. No pesticides or insecticides. The only thing I fed my plants last year was Epsom salt water. Just to keep it healthy. This year's harvest is going to be insane because two of my plants are at least six foot tall, with over fifty different branches. All the branches have nugs the size of Pringles cans. Some are bigger and longer than a Pringles can tho. I am going to try Grove bags this year, instead of Mason jars with humidity packs.
You have genetically acclimated your seed strain by growing it over consecutive years in the same climate. Plants will do better vs rot and pests the less they move from region to region. They can all become quite massive if they are given enough time. The trick is to start them indoors early, and mulch them once they transplant. Hay, straw, grass clippings. This will ensure moisture retention. Less stress on the plant stalk touching the hot dirt. Smother weeds. And decays into fertilizer. Fantastic story. Happy growing!
@derekfuqua1254 Thank you so much, I appreciate it. The people who grew on my property 2 years ago started their plants inside. They were so small and all yellow when they brought them out to my house. They were pretty far along for the size they were when they brought them out. They looked like dwarves until they got nitrogen and turned green, then started expanding. They didn't do a very good job transplanting them, so a lot of them died. I appreciate the information you passed along, though.
@@robertromig90 I have 6 years outdoor growing experience. 2 indoor. Here is what works for me. I saved my seeds from year to year and grew any seeds i found from dispensery bud, or was given as a gift/clone. The main point. Every weed is bred for THC or CBD. If you introduce a higher strain to your already existing line, the genetics should combine to improve THC content as well as retaining some regional hardiness. This years seeds will be the 7th generation. Use many sources of natural fertilizer from chickens, goats, rabbits. Just establish a healthy soil and your plants will thrive.
I have one plant set to pick on the 9th (full moon). The rest are set to get picked on the new moon (Oct 23rd). Cut waterings from the 9th. Now water on 11, 14, 18, and harvest on the 23rd.
THANKS for the info. Growing two different strains for the first time and one strain Ambered up at week 5 of flower, week 10 total. Tri comes were mostly clear but in a matter of days went amber without really clouding up. I waited a week and then it clouded up with the Amber and therefore put it to sleep. Cutting it down tomorrow evening! Video gave me confidence I made the correct decision.
Mark. I agree with you on most of what you are saying. But isn't it true, that when the trichs. turn to color. That the THC is degrading ? So why would you want more trichs. to turn color? Sure you MIGHT get more yield, but if the high isn't there. Is it worth it? I don't believe the lost in potency is worth the percent or two of yield. I totally agree with you in regards to. If you think your plant is ready, that waiting another week or two won't hurt. I've performed numerous experiment's on this subject. With numerous different strains. Each experiment was performed on 42 plants at a time. The first experiment I let the 42 plants go 10 weeks. The next 42 plants 12 weeks. Then 14 weeks and the last 42 Plants 16 weeks. On each experiment I took one plant at 8 weeks, one at 10 weeks and so on up to 16 weeks. I used the top bud only. And measured the diameter. I just squeezed it for density. I took a wet and dry weight. And I used a microscope to see if there was any degradation or increase in trichrome production. And any degradation in bud structure. Oh and all these experiment's were performed with so called 8 week strains. The results of these experiment's were so small. That it's not even worth mentioning. I spent alot of time on these experiment's. Probably close to 40 hours. For basically nothing. I did find out that bud structure started degrading at 15 weeks. And then the difference from 15 to 16 weeks was pretty big. And of course that effected the trichs. a little. Also it was very hard to tell any difference in the high. So in conclusion this was a total waist of my time. Now if I wanted to make a name for myself. Like most the clowns in this industry try and do. I could state, oh at this week it increased this and at that week it increased that. But that's not what I'm after. I always try and keep it real. What I'm after, and what I have not even come close to achieving. Is some great one hit weed that knocks you on your ASS. Now this is just my opinion. And like Mark says. Opinions are like assholes. And almost everybody is one. LMAO 🤣. Later.....
Great experiment but shitty strains. they already genetically modified to die after 8 weeks so your experiment was already doomed from the begining. stay away from ALL GMO crops.
@@LiesGov LOL I didn't know you were a mind reader. Tell me, What strains did I use ? Oh and these experiment's were performed about 10 years ago. Good try........
@@assog5737 take it easy on levander it kills your memory too! as u wrote: "Oh and all these experiment's were performed with so called 8 week strains."
I think the high i better with cbd. I have heard the more cbd is on the plant the longer it flowers. Maybe I misspoke or misused the word degraded ty for your post as alway Ass OG
Lately I keep hearing about seed companies claiming 8 week harvest, then I see the actual plant harvested on their CZcams page at 72 days, not even looking heavy like they claim. Then you read actual journals and hear this top shelf advice here thankfully, don't listen to the seed companies, like his current videos are talking about. Don't be scared of "bagseed" either a lot of the time a good growers bag seeds are quality S1 seeds. Chemdog came from Gerry Garcias Bag seed lol.. So glad to come reference this video again upon my harvest. Tired of the industry speed dried and trimmed weed, done in bud tumblers which steal all the tricomes for their pleasure, leaving you with cured hay, not to mention non organic issues of all kinds you could avoid easily with Brix and Perfect Gardens. Thanks again Mate!
Who else is doing recon for harvesting?I'm so excited myself,first time iv gotten to the point where I have buds and I spent 125$ on a rain barrel,that's all iv been given my plant and three feeds of plant nutrient dry mix to the soil.
Good luck. It's the season for harvest. I grew a few this year. And cut 4 plants yesterday. I didn't realise it took so long to trim them down. Nor did I realise the amount of sticky that would end up on your hand and scissors. Oh well. Have fun...🎄
@@capitaldd3693 well it was a nice harvest but I didn't premature harvested..smoke was good tho.this year I have tree plants. not going to screw up like I did ten months ago.i had small piece of paper laid down underneath the buds to catch anything that fell off
Did that last year, threw down some fine alfalfa hay to mulch and just harvested the large buds, left the rest till December, harvested that, leaving some lower growth. Around February I started to get seed sprouts coming up through the hay (that I had watered a little daily). They were all self pollinated guaranteed females. I dug them up and brought them inside till March, no direct sunlight. One plant gave 12 sprouts, I gave six to neighbors and got laid for it. Gas, grass, ass is still alive and well, thank you Jesus. What's weird is that my crop was completely seedless when I cured and cleaned it and I looked carefully at the buds that I left on the plant and never saw seeds, but there they were sprouting. I was using Bergman's Gold Leaf, shout out to them, they've replaced any order I had trouble with, sometimes twice! I have a secure outdoor grow of less than 6 plants, yearly, invisible from outside the property, locked, surrounded by cactus and cattle dogs in the Palm Springs area. Did I mention, two 300 pound, ornery (except to me), black mini pigs - if you go down in the back yard, all trace of you will disappear by dawn. Even the big bones. Also, I water cure and process to an amber resin for a couple of reasons. Vaping what amounts to shatter reduces the amount you have to smoke - You're not smoking sticks and stems. There is absolutely no pot smell whatsoever, and,...if you harvest everything at once you will have an illegal amount temporarily. So, harvesting over November into January allows you to never have an uncomfortable amount stinky, fat beautiful buds advertising their presence. I can Bubble Bag everything into a small jar that doesn't really even require refrigeration. And I could put that in a safety deposit box in case of a zombie apocalypse.
I was always told that you’re trying to keep the tricomes in the “milky/cloudy” phase because that’s when they’re the most “potent” and less “couch lock”. And to harvest when tricomes are 1/3 amber so ensure maturity and to get a mixture of mind/body effects. Definitely get noticeably more yield every week after this point though
Yeah as I’ve understood it, and noticed myself, an early harvest is obviously weak and in the head with no body. A peak harvest (milky white with a few just starting to turn amber) is preferred in my opinion. A late harvest being anywhere from 20% to 70% amber. I like to harvest buds as I feel they mature. A few months back I made an early, peak and late harvest of Jungle Cake, all off the same plant. The early had a creeper effect, almost psychedelic and visual, very heady. The peak was the best and most balanced. The late was very physical, almost like a different strain. Confusing and stupefying. To me it all depends on what you want. I work at a grow and if you take three people who like Jungle Cake, one is gonna prefer that creeper effect, and one is gonna want it so stupefying that they can’t use it on break and successfully go back to work! We know this, it’s all a matter of preference. I prefer the peak harvest of basically no to very few amber trichomes. My grows are all personal though, I’ll share with friends and have my own. I don’t go for yield, I always go for the closest thing to “perfection” I can find. I suppose you could say quality over quantity. With a large commercial grow, the cost of quality is naturally gonna dip when yield is the focus. 20 years ago, the way we harvested was by the amount of pistils that turned orange compared to the ones that were still white. There was no consensus about trichomes or what peak time was, and no one I knew or in any books I had were actually inspecting them under magnification. It was much more touch-and-go than it is now. Everything is so scientific now.
@@ajhproductions2347 I think I’ll harvest when they just start turning amber too. Gelato 41 x Sunset Sherbet bx2 by Seed Junky. Very gelato purple indica. Want more euphoric effects but want them to be done too. They’ll keep turning amber as they dry/cure. 15%/20% amber in the end is what I want.
The best way to know ( for sure) is to let the plant tell you, other words let the heads fill out, or stay swelling until they start looking like their mushrooming. Not a problem to let a good portion of them to go full amber, almost too much. As long as the majority are still swelling and ripening up. Personally I let mine go until its obvious there finished. 70-75% will be that nice golden color just before they reach that amber look. And 25% will be that dark amber you know is finished. I've noticed the terpenes are abundant at this time. The last week of flowering is when the Terps start stacking up... Remember you want the grow media to be good and dry at harvest. This hastens the ripening, brings out terps, makes clipping easier I Does the balloon look like it can take more air
You bet, the longer you let it ripen,or swell up, the heavier the high..they'll take up all water/carbs left in the roots and leaves. Big key is leach your soil, before the golden trichromes turn amber. By this time the plant should be in the last 7 days of flower. Stop watering all together. Let her take up all the water/nutrient storaged in the roots,leaves. When the leaves are wilting because of dehydration. Put them in the dark for 3 days, colder you can make the room the better. A little air flow is all you need. I've been doing it like this for about 8 years now, with no problems. The trimming work is easier too, sucker leaves are about ready to fall off. Looks like crystals on Everything... im gonna call it "couchlocking"a plant
@@kylesyx8432 All great advice! My soil is soo good I have worms crawling around in it and the amnesia haze that’s sitting in it has buds as big as my arm. 😂. But I’m figuring out very fast that chopping it is just the fucking beginning. I luckily have a cedar lined closet that dries nice and slow. If they were photo period seeds I would usually wait till first frost but I do autos because of I don’t want to go to jail. And they are fast.
Haven grown alfalfa for years, past a certain point, you sacrifice quality for quantity big time by letting it mature more. There is s sweet spot there though to get kinda the best of both worlds. I’m guessing lavender is the same.
I harvested my plant in April and I left the little buds on the planet and I kept watering my plant and it started all over and I will be harvesting my plant for the second time! 😅😂
When you cure the little buds do a smoke test to feel the difference so is it more couch lock or energetic ? I have wondered if leaving the lower limbs longer after cutting the main top colas would be the way to go because the lower limbs did not get as much light .
10 year grower here I found a new easier way to tell. Take the new vape pens with the ceramic hot end. Vape some sugar leaves close to the buds you think almost done. If that's the effect you want harvest. If not wait. No grower can know what the consumer wants unless they know them personally. Ask 3 people to grow you the same 3 different strains. Even if you let them grow more than one cycle they will all have different effects. From each grower even though the strain is the same. This is why anyone who smokes. Not really sure what their fav herb is cause it's to random unless you grow it yourself. Sure there are great dispensaries with great growers but get ready to pay hard cash for that. Herb should be so cheap that when it's federally legal big tobacco companies cannot take over. I got it down to about 80$ an ounce of top shelf herb, 15 a gram for dabs, and 50 a gram for crystalline. I swear if big tobacco companies try to get into my area I will hand out free herb till they shut down.
@KALI GIRL This is nature. This is why breeders will plant hundreds of seeds cause they all will vary. So they look for the genetics they want. Then clone that plant/breed it. Each seed will always vary. There is no way that I know to control nature trying to evolve and alter it's genetics in the process. Besides cloning from a mother plant. Same goes for the bs % numbers of thc that the seed will be. It's a marketing scam. It's impossible to know how much thc will turn up in your grow setup and will always very. So grow them out and take clones so you can keep that strain you like that comes out better. Hope that helps.
I've always had that theory that if you think it's ready wait 2weeks . I live in Maine so when there ready they usually start to get bud rot. An it's usually not quit ready. So to get that ripe flower you have to cut a little off. It is what it is
It’s hard to get good info about Maine. In this video he mentions keeping the foliage to make a cocoon. If we did that up here it would rot from lack of airflow.
I never worried about the flood because I always did long cures. When they were ready around Xmas time and just after the new year, the flood dried up and I was just putting it out to the market.
I'm a beginner grower and my last grow I stripped off a lot of leaves because I heard that the plant will use the energy to grow the buds bigger but I didn't realize that the plant might need the leaves to draw nutrients from in case there is some sort of deficiency in the soil. I ended up really struggling later into budding trying to figure out what my plants were needing. This time I am leaving as many leaves on as possible so if there is a deficency the plant can get what they need from the lower leaves.
@@roycerock4615 nope, green parts of plants are green because of chlorophyll, chlorophyll is the thing required for photosynthesis. That’s how cacti grow, many leafy plants can drop leaves and still survive off the green in their stem. A few plants have green flowers that photosynthesize as well.😮
As everyone will always have an opinion mine would be the more amber trichomes you have the more you decrease the potency of your grow. Yes, and I agree your yield may be slightly more but that's where my trade off begins. I harvest at a milky/cloudy stage where the potency is at its peak and a better high than a so-so high without waiting to be disappointed. Nice video though. Good work.
I just did what you suggested with a little autoflower I had outside a couple months ago, and I'm glad I let it go to observe what would happen. I learned I've been harvesting a week to 2 weeks too early this whole time, definitely an eye-opener for me.
I feel as if you need to let the plants mature don't pull so early the more surface area the more clear or milky trichomes you will get even if you see alot of amber and some clear still. Trust me always take it 2 extra weeks is my rule of thumb. Also a 200x scope will be a miracle tool for you. Great video growmie
Man your videos are F'n awesome. Im new. Ive been checking out different sites trying to learn as i get my feet wet with my first grow. I am also a doctor and I appreciate your approach to explaining things and going over anatomy in detail. Thanks to all those who choose positivity and a helpful hand to those getting started like myself.
@@PerfectGardensTV Thank you so much for the reply! I'm doing my best and it's easy to get quite obsessed...just ask my wife! 😆 P.S. I'm also a fan of liver detox and there is a lot that can be done to save a gallbladder before it has to be removed although you won't hear that often.
@@josephheinecke1992hi doc, wow I need a cool Dr bad, I have 25 years of growing experience, are you indoors or outdoors? Two completely different methods, and ways to control each
Been reusing my coco for 5yrs. Amending with organic dry ammendments and recharge. Buying soil from big box stores that store bags outside may lead to unwanted pest in your garden. Reusing coco (as long as you dont have any pest) gets better over time.
@@PerfectGardensTV thank you for the suggestion. I received my package quickly, intact and without leaks. I've used drops of balance for a couple of weeks now and can tell a definite improvement in the girls! I even got a choice of a free gift. The product was definitely worth the investment and excellent customer service. You have a new customer Mike! Thanks again.🙏
My trichomes are 90% cloudy and 10% amber. I'm pulling them under the full moon on Monday night. Oh what a marvelous summer it's been for growing. My friend's crop got whacked with spider mites. I took one puff and it smelled like Bigfoot lit a fart with a Zippo. Tasted like hamburgers.
Some years here in NW Oregon, I'm growing outside and usually I'm forced to harvest just hours before a month of hard rain begins. Usually the 2nd or third week of October. This year it looks like I'm going to get 15% amber, 70% milky and 15% clear which what I've always tried to get to. Thanks for reassuring me.
With my indoor plants, I turn the lights off for about 10 to 14 days at the end of the plants life, and the drying cycle is in the dark as well!! The results are great 👍 👌
@johnbell1396 The reason why I do this method is because I had a plant that was half albino and the other half was green. The green side kept the white side alive because of photosynthesis. The taste of the white side is as pure as you can ever get!!! I drain out as much of the nutrients as possible when in the flowering cycle and when ready for flowering cycle to end, I turn the lights off completely, and the crystals go into hyper drive a more potent result 🔥👍
I'm in southern VA right on the NC border and grew 4 that hit 15 ft tall..I started them inside vegging 3 months then put them outside end of April .. Got 13 pounds
It depends on the weather if it's outdoors, inside you can have trichomes that take forever to switch over to amber. In the real world it's hard it's difficult you just got to make a call
Ive grown for over 8 years, alot of poeple see big buds n wonder what am i doing wrong, most heavy resinous buds are acheived through strain type, air flow n the types of food you use, honestly, most huge buds depend on the strain, theres thousands of hybrids available yet only some are heavy yeilders. If ya want huge flowers pick a strain that produces bothe yield and potency, what i recommend is big bud, blue dream, white widows etc. Dont believe the pictures, ya cant make a medium yielding strain produce huge buds, its in the genetics
Also i forgot, if ya want to, purchase a strain that matures in 50to 65days, some strains require up to 90 days. Its common sense, faster developing strains offer more growing cycles.also, through almost a decade ive known about terpene enhancers, how it works it tricks the plant into a higher photosythesis wich increase smell, taste, plant resins and you can usually harvest a week earlier then normal. I personally prefer medium yields with a faster growth cycle. More crops better production without losing quality. And also make sure the strain you choose is wise because alotta genetics dont get super tall, questions??, contact an experienced person like myself. Theres way more too it then ya read.
Bro...my lavender 💜 plants are getting close.. trichomes all clear still on the most advanced girl...perfect timing on ur post. Thnx for the guidance, Mark!
I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve passed it on to people and they just laughed and they kept doing the same old thing they have been hearing from growers who really doesn’t know exactly when to harvest.
Good show, getting them a bit early is the biggest mistake made , sometimes the most swelling/ripening isn't put on til the last week, even the last 3 days, another good tip for amateurs is look at the flower size, the 1st flowers to come out with the two white hairs will be the biggest ones , this is the mature "flower" size for the variety your looking at, when 80% of all of them almost out to the tips are that size all your little stickies will be right.
great vid i probably wouldn’t recommend to people not to flush because alot of people get the potting part wrong and use the wrong soils and end up with a butt tone of nutes and they dont even realise and you taste it even if they flush for a week you still taste it, 2 weeks flushing if not more is the go
Well, they did tests with no flush, 4 days and a week and the one which smoked best was the one with no flush. I guess I also depends on how much you load on the nutes...and if autoflowers or photoperiod...Not sure what to think...
@@nidieunimaitre007 the first part is irrelevant if they cant get the soil right to begin with which is my point, if you have never tasted a nute packed bud then your opinion isn’t really relevant to be fair
I dont know if anyone can answer but i live in maryland i have a outdoor plant the plant. Went into flowering a little late for my liking but hey shes going to go at her pace my question is it oct 16th and its getting down to low 50s at night this last week her leaves up top started turning a dark purple i dont know if she is just exspressing her colors or is it the temp ? Her trichomes are still mostly milk and some clear their a few amber colors maybe 10-15 percent would you wait longer or harvest its around week 8. Oh so geuss my qeustion is will this colder weather hurt my quality of Bud or let it go a little longer the weather has been crap nothing but rain for 2 weeks straight and during weeks 4-6 of flowering when the raim came i put a clear tarp over her and fan . luckly no bud rot but 1 little nugget i cut whole nugget of down to node . ? I think their is question somewhere in my comments sorry if confusing. Will they still turn amber in a colder environment towards end of October. I would think all plants should be done at this point outside ?
When terps start turning golden/brown means that the thc/cannabinoid count is depleting and dying out. So it’s up to you if you want stronger kush with a little bit less of a yield or wait a bit for a bit more of a harvest and little more flavour.
Honestly, after years and years of hands-on experience, the absolute best gauge of when to harvest is your nose! Yes! Just smell it! After you get a nose to when the terpenes are at peak, you can 100% smell when they are ripe just like fruit. Works perfectly every time. there is no need to even check trichomes. You're welcome. The same thing goes for how to properly make compost or teas. Nothing fancy needed, just smell it.
Dude thank you for this video, I have been watching so much videos to try and understand when I should harvest, I'm so close about 1 and half weeks away from harvest... But this helps put things into perspective
There’s so Many other factors involved besides yield and $$$! I’ve always gone by the “window of harvest” approach. By taking your plants with +15% ambers you are getting a product that gives you a more uplifting head high. The greater the concentration of amber tricholms the more couch lock your high becomes. I find that to be true no matter what the strain, sativa or indica. If you are dealing with pests or molds, bud rot etc… some of these factors force the issue of harvest. Location also might force the issue. Areas of the PNW can count on steady rains starting around the 2nd week of October. I intentionally grow 7-9 week finishers and hope that they finish before I need to “tent”my plants. Tenting 10-12’ plants isn’t easy to do. So sometimes I’ll have to take a plant at the 15% amber because I can’t tent a monster plant and steady rain is coming. The other thing I think is a hood practice is to harvest the top half of the plant, for me that’s clipping and harvesting 18-24” branches and leaving the larf underneath to mature another week or two.
Sorry to burst peoples bubbles but flushing does matter. It matters for our bodies and it matters if you're smoking your final product. I have over 20 years of smoking and growing experience and I always notice harsh smoke and bad taste if I don't stop using my organic nutes 2 weeks before harvest
I just stumbled on this video. Without having seen it before, I just waited an extra 17 days from the time I first saw my trichomes were cloudy looking and NOTHING HAPPENED. There was no change to the size, density, aroma or appearance. The plants are just damn near dead and the amount of amber heads have not increased either. Could be the variety I am cultivating, or something I did, but aside from a vague and uncertain increase in knowledge, I got nothing from waiting but increased time until I can enjoy it. I like the sound of your voice though - like a brown bear on shrooms and Robitussin.
Good day, I have a friend that grows outdoors and right now we are in rainy season, so he wants to know if he should harvest his plants now because they are good, could stay but afraid of losing his plants to bud rot.
I harvested at milky trichomes and the rest, I waited a month. While feeding the tap root only, with Turmeric. organic light brown sugar and calcium = 1/3/ cup every 3 days. What a difference!
Sorry it took so late reply I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps. I think u will love it czcams.com/video/RPEvtfBpwCY/video.html
You know thats us slippin at the mouth and google over-hearing through our damn CIA spy operative aka phone. This popped up in my feed rather suspiciously...who knew growing Lavender was so popular
@@hankbardukis381 haha foreal tho, that "algorithm" is sure something...but anyways same here, my first grow outdoor in MI and my girls started flowering the last week of august
I have a friend that goes out and watches his plants to see if the are spitting, he called it. He said at one point they spurt. That's when he harvests. It's the only bud ive ever tripped on. It was a pin joint..😂😂 idk what hes doing..but wow
Hey bro', that's wild. Cannabis "spitting." We'd love to see that on video. Ask him to record a visual of it happening, and we'll invite him on the show to chat about it. Our viewers would LOVE to check it out. Thanks for the comment bro'! Happy harvest!! Hope you get some more of that psychedelic thc.
I put 2 Bruce Banner Auto seeds in the dirt, back in December. I'm starting t get nervous, now. It has a lot of buds, and the trichomes are really glistening. I only have 2 plants, indoors, and it grew fast, but I'm getting nervous about the length of time it's taking. It also smells great. Thanks, for your common sense ideas.
Sorry it took so late reply I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps. I think u will love it czcams.com/video/RPEvtfBpwCY/video.html
5 pound plants for years!! Nothing but good seed (ordered from High Times in the 80.s) and this is how I've done it too!! I make GREAT soil, pinch every third set, train them flat with mesh (for pouring concrete) and the product has sent MANY stoners to bed early!! Dont listen to all the garbage out there now!! This guy has it right!!
This is a little off topic but I would like to say something about adding sugars to the soil. I am against adding sugars because when a plant is in the lights out mode the roots release sugars into the soil to feed the microbes causing the microbes to stay close to the roots and if you add sugar into the soil it would cause the microbes to go away from the roots and out into the soil to get to the sugar and if the microbes are not at the roots the plants don't get what they need from the microbes. I only use sugars in my compost teas to feed the microbes and if I could strain the sugars out of the tea before giving it to the plants I would but of course there is no way of doing that.
@@DIRTYPLACCY Honey is antibacterial, so sort of kills microbes i think, mollases is the way to go, it just doesnt feed microbes but also feeds of photisynthesis and chelation of nutriets to plants
An excellent point being raised here is that Its always a good idea to re assess the ways and whys of what you do. my babys have just started sexing coz im in the southern hemisphere and I dont have fancy stuff like feminized seeds :) I got a bunch of unknown sativa strains growin out back that are the reason I get up early :) Love the channel and Ill try let some more amber into my life this year
I have noticed a big difference in how it feels. Too early and you feel anxious and speedy, too late and you get couch lock. Your preference can help determine the best time.
That is great information i was looking for to avoid couch lock as i want a energetic high for day time use . My first grow is likely Durban Poison as it is easy grow for beginners and a landrace pure sativa strain not a hybrid so the high is mostly mental . Lol my tolerance is low i think , i smoke 2 tokes off a opal 5 inch pipe and am right where i like to be but if i take 3 tokes back to back it i am too high and stoned physically couch locked ! The Durban strain may be a one hit wonder for me and last forever ! I have been smoking a good strong hybrid it feels like ! One review of Durban Poison said it does not give the munchies !
I live in central Ontario Canada and I'll take mine until the end of October early November. They can handle a few 0°C nights as long as it gets warm during the day.
what do people here think of harvesting a indica at a cloudy trich or maybe a sativa at couch lock trich? i only have last fall and this fall for experience with cannabis. lots of perennials though under my belt. its so fascinating how many different techniques are capable of being utilized with cannabis!
The trichome color will affect the actual perceived potency (more CBG as it darkens, more activated d9), so yeah, it's not a "bad habit" (you say it like 10 times) to choose a more thcA-rich flower, rather than the subtly more sedative effects of the "seasoned" flowers. It's a matter of preference, and the "bad habit" is the public's average idea of what they want the flower to do them. Just saying, no need to be antagonistic to an approach. I completely agree with aging the buds to get more cushion for the... smokin.
I have 2 plants left. They are stinking noticeably more each day, I can even smell them when it's windy now🔥. I'm hoping for a few days of good weather 🤞.
I got my plants in the ground too late this year, they probably had another 4 weeks to mature. i decided to transplant them back into pots and stick them in my indoor grow room, under LED'S. It has been two weeks and so far they are doing great. Has anyone else experimented like this?
I have not had my strains tested for potency, but they are definitely way up there. I have given away several pounds this year. Everybody's happy.. edit- back again, algorithm. 3rd harvest, still great stuff!
Sorry it took so late reply I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps. I think u will love it czcams.com/video/RPEvtfBpwCY/video.html
I tend to chop a little earlier .. every strain seems to be prone to fox tailing at a point, and i live in very hot Mediterranean weather too.. it loses density, gets airy and looks weird.. so i rarely get ambers, when most are milky and it has a nice dense sticky bud, i harvest. I also notice its when the smell its at its "sweetest".
9:40 I wouldn't think the plant just pulls nitrogen out of the leaf's. The plant itself knows its getting close to the end of cycle but will never give up until actually killed. Even if the smallest chance to continue living, it will try. This includes devouring itself to remain viable. Its using whatever it needs from wherever can be spared, leafs are just the first sacrifices. In a natural setting she likely would be storing extra, nature doesn't operate on specifics or regularity concerning nutrition and water. You get what you get, that's it. As far as leaving foliage for a "cocoon" effect. Again not sure the benefits of that but the plant significantly overproduces foliage as well. Another "stockpiling" defense and for thousands of years this planet was grazed by herbivores in the wild. Plucking tender new growth from all over, exactly how we mimic topping and defoliation. These are regular experiences for it in the wild even today. People who say leave it alone it knows how to grow. Well, your kinda wrong. It knows how to make seed that's it's only desire in life, to do whatever necessary to remain fertile and develop seed. If your looking to harvest seeds that's fantastic but most are not. Prune them, top them and bend them, how naive are we to think pruning has just come from humanity. 😂 Nature's got this shes been using animals to prune long before any humans started doing it.
Grow 5 plants outside for fun this year they hit a point where the they smelled so strong and looked perfect I should have pulled them . I went 10 days to long . The flowers is still good but not not as beautiful as last year as far as smell and appearance
Not the whole picture. It depends on crop rotations too. If you can harvest a couple weeks earlier and get 90% of the same yield, then you get a whole extra grow in throughout the year which more than makes up for that 10% per harvest.
Do you remember back in the day? If you are a old timer or a kid. I remember all those fine sativas we used to get that come from south of the border. I know, doesn’t sound right but it is. There used to be fire come across the border. They always let it almost die on before they picked the plant. They didn’t pull it before it was finished completely is why.
No one mentions fans lights!!! And many other options. Re: out door plants. I have done this for years. And no one has any videos of tarp and pot. And of the few I’ve seen not done well videos. I cover my plants in the end of September. I live in Canada Ontario. I included tarp lights and fans outside. And it works great. But I can’t find any videos or northern Ontario and crops and tarps. It can be done. Just gotta have the equipment and patience. Maybe I’ll do one next year.
if you grow outdoors white trichomes have less CBD so it will be more uplifting but if you keep it till dark amber it will have more CBD thus making you drowsy sleepy heavy. some might not like it.
Nope! Don't let your plants get too old. I have been it ruins the taste. At the end when your plant has about 50% orange hairs there will come a day you will smell amazing weed when you get close to your grow spot, that is when you harvest.
I’m at the beginning of week 9 with two amnesia haze plants and 1 sour diesel. I think I have about 2 weeks but, some of the buds look completely done but, I have to resist the urge to not harvest early. The struggle is real. 1 of the plants is massive and is wanting to collapse into itself and I think I will let that one go one an extra week
The flower will only give a COUCH LOCK high when you let all the trichs turn amber💯% the reason they want less amber is for that in between buzz so you can function. Me I function too much so I need that calm my ass down buzz n relax💯% atleast you didn’t get it harvest prematurely
Tried it this year with the outdoor crop and it is definitly worth waiting when you can.
Indoor gave substantial result in yield and felt potency/effect.
Thank you
Cool but the thychomes are not full ambers?
@@Userx4566 you want cbd? :p
I started growing in the early 1980’s long before the talk of amber trichomes. My education came from hippie growers who grew since the 60’s and they always told me to harvest outdoors a week after all the hairs Turn brown and curled in. If you still see white hairs let it go longer. I was also told to harvest in sections. Harvest the top of the plant, wait a week or week and a half harvest the middle and then another week or week and half harvest the bottoms. I have harvested bottoms well into November. Those bottoms that were tiny little buds when I harvested the tops were now fat frosty nugs loaded with resin and a deep purple.
I don't know enough to give advise but what i do know you hit right on the head...
THIS is GOLD... thank you so much 🧡👍
thank you
can you do this indoors as well thank you for your comments
Ya ??? I’ll try that
Every time I'm 1 month into flower I start watching these 'when to harvest' videos. They help me sit on my hands and refrain from chopping the plants too soon.
😂I swear … I search seedling care every time I germinate 😅
@@jeffngarden The most stressful part of growing. My current method is. 24 hour RO water soak, transfer to between two paper towels sandwiched between two plates, popped seed then placed into a divot of Happy Frog surrounded by Ocean Forest. Clear plastic cup, with air holes cut in, placed on top of the planted seed.
@@sensorycircuits1338 great method!
😂😂😂 Same. A out 60% of my pistols are amber. I'm like "Is it done yet." 😂😂😂
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IMO if your looking for max yield, and you let your flowers amber, the buds will get fatter and heavier but not more potent. I pick at the first sign of tricomes turning amber. If you let 25 percent amber up you have reduced the potency of the bud because THC, CBD etc are turned into CBN. Also you will notice the amber heads will begin to deteriorate. Personally I would rather have my flowers at max potency and a little less couch feeling than max yield. I also grow different strains for different effects. Just my unprofessional opinion as a successful home grower.
Truth!
I definitely agree, cloudy trichs and 1st sign if amber is chop time for me as well. Dont like the feeling of cbn
I do agree. Mostly. Try a few colas and pull around 60-70% instead of 25%. Then allow it to get a full cure. Then next fall try it. So smooth and mental, perfect for the winter blah. Even though I love this, I only do it to maybe 20% of my overall yield.
You are correct
Amen...my thoughts exactly..but i love seeing other ways work for others...occasionally ill find a trick i like....grow on
Grew my first 4 plants last summer. I have not smoked weed in over 40 years. I harvested with only a few ambers showing. 1 or 2 puffs and i am wack. No need for me to fuss over plants any longer. I got enuf stash to last me for years. I added a slice of apple to a tupperware bowl with my flowers to keep them soft and tender
Finally, OMG, finally a good video educating ripe flowers. I have noticed more experience growers get huge buds but don't explain to much. If always "you r choice or you will know". Buds really start bulking up when hairs slow down, you see them shrivel and turn. This happens in bulking, trike's continue to form. Some clear, some cloudy and a few amber. As you keep monitoring which seems forever, the change is gradual over 1 to 2 weeks regarding trike's but the size of the buds keep getting larger. So yes, with practice and time forms confidence. I now start doing my flush when I see 10 to 15 percent clear, 70 percent ish cloudy and about 5 to 10 percent amber. At this point I know I have a good 7 days of flush, checking every other day the trike's. When I see things progress and leafs get used up, I determine when my 48 hours of darkness will be done. Huge tip: this put plant into autumn panic mode and you will get a good amount of trike's. I also keep it cool and that help preserve trike's longer (67 F roughly). Don't boughter watering during this time either. These are my personal finishing touches that works well....most of my friends love the advice and enjoying their grows much better. I hope this helps you too 😉
Great advice man thanks for share of the knowledge 💪
That lines up with what greengoblin answered in a question I asked on one of his vids. Asked if a mostly sativa hybrid would need to go past 10 weeks as that was the advertised time, actually 9-9.5, but he said some sativa hybrids can go anywhere from 11 weeks to as mush as 14 weeks.
Great advice, you must be speaking on indoor only I asaume
lol exactly, the game is to be sold, not to be told. I laugh at people commenting about milky trichomes, and % this and % that. The bro science is entertaining, Mark is letting out some good secrets!
A new study been done on the 48 of darkness done by a professor at an University. Triconbs are produced in the light cycle through photosynthesis . On you tube Chris Mr. Grow it did an interview about that step and triconbs is a response from stress from too much light or heat . So by putting more stress 48 hrs of light could benefit. Something new to experiment.
For what it's worth, the trichome color is an important indicator of when to harvest but the color is based on your preference:
Clear - Do not harvest. They're not ready yet.
Milky - Heady high
Amber - Couch-lock high
I’m 40 and did this experiment outdoors years ago with just 1 big plant…and you wouldn’t believe the resins and oils, some were almost black they were so prevalent…it ended up being my most potent plant I’ve ever grown…I let it go til the night before I first actually frost…I’m in Buffalo/Western New York area…so yes do NOT be afraid to experiment and try things outside the box! Great video @Mark! ✊🏾❤️💯💯💯
if you grow outdoors white trichomes have less CBD so it will be more uplifting but if you keep it till dark amber it will have more CBD thus making you drowsy sleepy heavy. some might not like it.
Very cool, but to maybe enlighten. Depending on your desired effect.... letting it go to far can give people headaches. Fast high with quick recovery. Personally I chose to start a week flush when I see on buds only, about 75% cloudy leaning into solid milk. I know that I have a solid 7 days for flush and 48 hours of darkness. With no water, leafs nutrients being eaten by plant/bud they hit 48 hours of darkness. The trike's go into overdrive preservation ( like it's winter). Seriously, trike's plump, and dam near double the frost. I chop and hang in cool dark insulted box with little air flow with cool air from bottom and warmer air venting top where fan and filter is. 5 to 8 days for stem pop and its trim time, start to cure and burping. I usually have bud last a full year, strong and tasty as the 3rd and 4th week of cure. Terps hate heat and light, love 62% RH to maintain that semi moist freshness. Many people do this different but use same principles. I enjoy my long lasting clean high from a half bowl. Nothing wrong with amber but it's a sign of over ripping, to much amber I fined the taste s effected.👍 Happy growing buddy!
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ty for your post bro
@@LiesGov You mean cbn, thc turns into it when the trichs ripen. Cbd is strain dependant it tones down THCs effect and has other health benefits but won't make you as sedated as cbn
The kid who taught me how to grow eight years ago, had two words for me about harvesting. "Not yet". At 4100 feet, I leave them in the ground until the hard freezes come or Haloween--whichever comes first. This year I might have to pull some of my indicas before that so I don't plug up my drying area. Ended up growing twice as many plants as I needed because the runts kept growing after their replacements took over, and i just couldn't kill them. Now the runts are two feet taller than me.
I've been a prisoner of the trichome trap and harvested way too early for so long. Not that I'm impatient but listened to the wrong information. This is GREAT!!! Makes sense, next plant will be a proper plant!! Thanks for the videos!!
I just did the same thing. I got impatient. Started to see some Amber and ended up clipping them a few weeks too early. Very disappointed… but this is my inexperience showing. This was my first indoor run.
"Next one will be...". Great hobby as you an never reach 100% perfect result, so you will never get bored to grow the next plant 😊
Ive been growing 25 years and still no perfect plant🤠
Growing for almost 50 years for personal use, I leave as long as I can, makes buds denser and more narcotic effect.
I am going to pass along advice I heard from an old timer... "I've never met a strain that wouldn't benefit from a good 9 week flower". 63
Try just one healthy plant and you’ll see that your old timer didn’t know everything.
@@johnhutchinson5398 You do know that It depends on the strain right🤦🤭😅😅😅
Is that frm lights change to 12/12
@@marcusdarkus8266 yes
@Kirk M if they are all milky yes. I pull when just starting to show amber.
Ive seen this go the other way many times. Ive seen growers get scared to harvest too early and end up harvesting too late and product has lost all terps and structure. Ive seen this happen in a matter of 2 weeks. There is definitely a happy medium. Most cultivars have their own specific "best" time to harvest.15+ years exp here. The only way to be close to perfect is to have experience with the cultivar you work with.
absolutely nailed it "The only way to be close to perfect is to have experience with the cultivar you work with." My mentor preaches genetics and I am convinced with all my research its mostly genetics that decides the potential, its your knowledge of how it grows that can maximize it.
Great video! I have gotten patient and don’t rush any of my grows anymore. People can wait and the product will be there when it’s ready. I refuse to rush cutting down my plants because I used to be in that position all the time. People would bug the hell out of me asking me at least every couple of days “is it ready, I need blah blah this and I need blah blah that”. I don’t care what they need because all they want is to be the first to get my bud and sell it so they can move on and forget about whether or not if it was fully ready or not. Be patient and wait!!! Don’t let anyone start pushing you to cut everything down they can go to the next one and pester them.
It's a trade-off. You are getting more yield by waiting, but when trichs turn amber they are decarbing. Am I going to get more profit from the extra weight or the higher THC? Every single time - the higher THC brings in exponentially more per harvest batch. This is why I wait until the trichs are milky white and no more than 30% turning amber. To get extra weight, I defan about 2 weeks before harvest. This gives you one final boost in weight, and after 2 weeks the boost slows down to a crawl. This is the way. When I wait until the trichs are all amber, it means that at least 30% of them are now copper and brown. My THC% is now crashing and that 21% strain is now down to 14%, which is a HUGE difference at market.
Im with you 100%, harvest for prime ripeness, not yield. But to this video's defense, in it's title its "how to harvest for more $$$".
@@slaup1163 I manage cannabis farms and always get more $$$ from high TCH than higher weight. A 25% strain fetches up to $2000 a lb. at market, but if I wait to harvest while bulking the buds and those trichomes turn amber and copper, my THC is now 14%, but I got an additional 5% weight of a strain that only sells for $800. Clearly I'm falling behind when I wait to harvest while trying to bulk. I always do my bulking techniques before harvest anyway, so at harvest time its 100% about the trichomes. Yes, you get a more sophisticated smoke from amber trichs, but nobody buys weed for its complexity. It's all about bag appeal: Eyes, Nose, Mouth, with the Head, Body, Legs and Wings being a story I have to tell the customer since they can't see or smell those qualities in the dispensary. Same goes for a complex smoke - it's a story I have to tell them and stories typically don't sell weed. They want high THC%, the higher the better, because this stuff is expensive to buy and the less they have to burn to get high the longer their bag lasts, right?
....and that, " ALL amber ", will put you straight to sleep, EVERY TIME....YOU ARE 100%....BIGGER YEILD, MEANS LOWER THC.....
I agree with you 100% except i wouldn't defan. my growers all this season brought in between 22% - 34%, No one got lower this year in my group.
I would also recommend Drops of Balance
ty for you post bother you are being pinned
@@SuperZekethefreak thats what ive heard and read, thc numbers sell because thats really all customers have to look at unless the terp numbers are listed too. Even then, its the overall thc numbers that help the sale
kept the leafs on half of my in's this last time. it took a bit longer to dry but i can tell the difference on the press. the flower even looks better. long time wet trimmer changed now. thanks mark for sharing all the great info. i also only flush for a few days. happy growing everyone
Quick tip from personal experience: let the entire plant completely dry out, roots in soil and everything. Once dry you will have bud instantly ready to smoke, smoother than anything else
I allways used to harvest early. I was doing guerilla grows in the woods.small patches here and there then i lost one patch i couldnt find for a few weeks. I finally found them by smell. Waaay better bud. I couldnt figure out before why my weed smelled so grassy before turns out i had been jumping the gun that whole time!
The reason it smells like grass normally is because of poor drying and curing practices.
Fast drying is the cause of the grassy taste/smell.
It will also happen on an early pull when there's more chlorophyll in the plant.
Great trichome talk, man. I just pulled one plant from my tent, it was showing plenty of red/brown trichomes, I'm giving it 48 hours of darkness, then snipping and drying. I probably could of waited another week, but it's my first grow, and I'm still getting sensitized to the cues. Thank you!
Good stuff!
@KALI GIRL ....and then you change the strain and it could be totally different.....each strain has its own strengths and weaknesses.....unless one grows multiple grows of same strain for at least 2-3 runs, it is IMPOSSIBLE to know and learn that strains strengths and weaknesses, and all of that strains specific capabilities.....my 2nd run of any strain, is ALWAYS better than the first round.....the first round is a learning experience....period....lol....imo
Try giving them 48 hours of light instead before harvest
My first year as a homegrower, I’m going to harvest at 70% cloudy and 30% amber roughly, see how it goes. Great video
When your flushing are we just watering no food for how long till they go to Amber?
@@mramsey123Probably too late now, but trychomes take 2 weeks from cloudy to amber. So when u get 30%mily u start flushing
it develops into a personal preference, how amber, how soon, etc and when you can get them all down (weather pending) I start the harvest when I see begining to turn amber, or if I have a 2 wk flush undergone, as long as they are all milky and hairs dry, good to go before the insects come and ruin everything. (or thieves)
@@mramsey123 When his flushing?
😉I could tell by the leaf texture as well, my lavender plants have been growing for some time but my key indicator was its leaves. They went from this silky smooth texture to a almost lizard rough quality. Yet they are still green and healthy looking. I'm pulling my lavender pedals this weekend.
I grow outside in Central Illinois. Three years ago, I had some friends plant on my property. I took the seeds that I found in the bud and planted them last year and this year. When my friends planted on my property, the plants ended up with some bud rot and orange worms. Last year's crop was beautiful. Everything turned purple as it got closer to harvest. I had to harvest early though, due to winter coming. I got my plants in earlier this year. I have one plant that is 10 times bigger than all 5 plants, that I grew the year before. Last year, it had no seeds and no bud rot. I take very good care of my plants though. I'm hoping these plants this year also turn purple. I don't have problems with bud rot nor mold, only bugs. I don't use anything on it everything is all natural. No pesticides or insecticides. The only thing I fed my plants last year was Epsom salt water. Just to keep it healthy. This year's harvest is going to be insane because two of my plants are at least six foot tall, with over fifty different branches. All the branches have nugs the size of Pringles cans. Some are bigger and longer than a Pringles can tho. I am going to try Grove bags this year, instead of Mason jars with humidity packs.
You have genetically acclimated your seed strain by growing it over consecutive years in the same climate. Plants will do better vs rot and pests the less they move from region to region. They can all become quite massive if they are given enough time. The trick is to start them indoors early, and mulch them once they transplant. Hay, straw, grass clippings. This will ensure moisture retention. Less stress on the plant stalk touching the hot dirt. Smother weeds. And decays into fertilizer. Fantastic story. Happy growing!
@derekfuqua1254 Thank you so much, I appreciate it. The people who grew on my property 2 years ago started their plants inside. They were so small and all yellow when they brought them out to my house. They were pretty far along for the size they were when they brought them out. They looked like dwarves until they got nitrogen and turned green, then started expanding. They didn't do a very good job transplanting them, so a lot of them died. I appreciate the information you passed along, though.
@@robertromig90 I have 6 years outdoor growing experience. 2 indoor.
Here is what works for me. I saved my seeds from year to year and grew any seeds i found from dispensery bud, or was given as a gift/clone. The main point. Every weed is bred for THC or CBD. If you introduce a higher strain to your already existing line, the genetics should combine to improve THC content as well as retaining some regional hardiness. This years seeds will be the 7th generation. Use many sources of natural fertilizer from chickens, goats, rabbits. Just establish a healthy soil and your plants will thrive.
No-one has time to waste reading you shit
I have one plant set to pick on the 9th (full moon).
The rest are set to get picked on the new moon (Oct 23rd).
Cut waterings from the 9th.
Now water on 11, 14, 18, and harvest on the 23rd.
THANKS for the info. Growing two different strains for the first time and one strain Ambered up at week 5 of flower, week 10 total. Tri comes were mostly clear but in a matter of days went amber without really clouding up. I waited a week and then it clouded up with the Amber and therefore put it to sleep. Cutting it down tomorrow evening! Video gave me confidence I made the correct decision.
Mark.
I agree with you on most of what you are saying.
But isn't it true, that when the trichs. turn to color.
That the THC is degrading ?
So why would you want more trichs. to turn color?
Sure you MIGHT get more yield, but if the high isn't there.
Is it worth it?
I don't believe the lost in potency is worth the percent or two of yield.
I totally agree with you in regards to.
If you think your plant is ready, that waiting another week or two won't hurt.
I've performed numerous experiment's on this subject. With numerous different strains.
Each experiment was performed on 42 plants at a time.
The first experiment I let the 42 plants go 10 weeks.
The next 42 plants 12 weeks. Then 14 weeks and the last 42 Plants 16 weeks.
On each experiment I took one plant at 8 weeks, one at 10 weeks and so on up to 16 weeks.
I used the top bud only.
And measured the diameter. I just squeezed it for density. I took a wet and dry weight. And I used a microscope to see if there was any degradation or increase in trichrome production. And any degradation in bud structure.
Oh and all these experiment's were performed with so called 8 week strains.
The results of these experiment's were so small. That it's not even worth mentioning.
I spent alot of time on these experiment's.
Probably close to 40 hours.
For basically nothing.
I did find out that bud structure started degrading at 15 weeks. And then the difference from 15 to 16 weeks was pretty big.
And of course that effected the trichs. a little.
Also it was very hard to tell any difference in the high.
So in conclusion this was a total waist of my time.
Now if I wanted to make a name for myself. Like most the clowns in this industry try and do.
I could state, oh at this week it increased this and at that week it increased that.
But that's not what I'm after.
I always try and keep it real.
What I'm after, and what I have not even come close to achieving.
Is some great one hit weed that knocks you on your ASS.
Now this is just my opinion.
And like Mark says.
Opinions are like assholes.
And almost everybody is one. LMAO 🤣.
Later.....
Great experiment but shitty strains. they already genetically modified to die after 8 weeks so your experiment was already doomed from the begining. stay away from ALL GMO crops.
@@LiesGov
LOL
I didn't know you were a mind reader.
Tell me,
What strains did I use ?
Oh and these experiment's were performed about 10 years ago.
Good try........
@@assog5737 take it easy on levander it kills your memory too! as u wrote: "Oh and all these experiment's were performed with so called 8 week strains."
@@LiesGov
You prove my last paragraph, TRUE.
Thanks......
I think the high i better with cbd. I have heard the more cbd is on the plant the longer it flowers. Maybe I misspoke or misused the word degraded
ty for your post as alway Ass OG
Lately I keep hearing about seed companies claiming 8 week harvest, then I see the actual plant harvested on their CZcams page at 72 days, not even looking heavy like they claim. Then you read actual journals and hear this top shelf advice here thankfully, don't listen to the seed companies, like his current videos are talking about. Don't be scared of "bagseed" either a lot of the time a good growers bag seeds are quality S1 seeds. Chemdog came from Gerry Garcias Bag seed lol.. So glad to come reference this video again upon my harvest. Tired of the industry speed dried and trimmed weed, done in bud tumblers which steal all the tricomes for their pleasure, leaving you with cured hay, not to mention non organic issues of all kinds you could avoid easily with Brix and Perfect Gardens. Thanks again Mate!
most companies lie to sell seeds
Who else is doing recon for harvesting?I'm so excited myself,first time iv gotten to the point where I have buds and I spent 125$ on a rain barrel,that's all iv been given my plant and three feeds of plant nutrient dry mix to the soil.
Good luck. It's the season for harvest. I grew a few this year. And cut 4 plants yesterday. I didn't realise it took so long to trim them down. Nor did I realise the amount of sticky that would end up on your hand and scissors. Oh well. Have fun...🎄
@@capitaldd3693 pro tip is to not step on all the leaves and trim, makes your shoes and floors sticky
@@capitaldd3693 well it was a nice harvest but I didn't premature harvested..smoke was good tho.this year I have tree plants. not going to screw up like I did ten months ago.i had small piece of paper laid down underneath the buds to catch anything that fell off
Did that last year, threw down some fine alfalfa hay to mulch and just harvested the large buds, left the rest till December, harvested that, leaving some lower growth. Around February I started to get seed sprouts coming up through the hay (that I had watered a little daily). They were all self pollinated guaranteed females. I dug them up and brought them inside till March, no direct sunlight. One plant gave 12 sprouts, I gave six to neighbors and got laid for it. Gas, grass, ass is still alive and well, thank you Jesus.
What's weird is that my crop was completely seedless when I cured and cleaned it and I looked carefully at the buds that I left on the plant and never saw seeds, but there they were sprouting. I was using Bergman's Gold Leaf, shout out to them, they've replaced any order I had trouble with, sometimes twice!
I have a secure outdoor grow of less than 6 plants, yearly, invisible from outside the property, locked, surrounded by cactus and cattle dogs in the Palm Springs area. Did I mention, two 300 pound, ornery (except to me), black mini pigs - if you go down in the back yard, all trace of you will disappear by dawn. Even the big bones.
Also, I water cure and process to an amber resin for a couple of reasons. Vaping what amounts to shatter reduces the amount you have to smoke - You're not smoking sticks and stems. There is absolutely no pot smell whatsoever, and,...if you harvest everything at once you will have an illegal amount temporarily. So, harvesting over November into January allows you to never have an uncomfortable amount stinky, fat beautiful buds advertising their presence. I can Bubble Bag everything into a small jar that doesn't really even require refrigeration. And I could put that in a safety deposit box in case of a zombie apocalypse.
I was always told that you’re trying to keep the tricomes in the “milky/cloudy” phase because that’s when they’re the most “potent” and less “couch lock”. And to harvest when tricomes are 1/3 amber so ensure maturity and to get a mixture of mind/body effects. Definitely get noticeably more yield every week after this point though
Yeah as I’ve understood it, and noticed myself, an early harvest is obviously weak and in the head with no body. A peak harvest (milky white with a few just starting to turn amber) is preferred in my opinion. A late harvest being anywhere from 20% to 70% amber. I like to harvest buds as I feel they mature. A few months back I made an early, peak and late harvest of Jungle Cake, all off the same plant. The early had a creeper effect, almost psychedelic and visual, very heady. The peak was the best and most balanced. The late was very physical, almost like a different strain. Confusing and stupefying. To me it all depends on what you want. I work at a grow and if you take three people who like Jungle Cake, one is gonna prefer that creeper effect, and one is gonna want it so stupefying that they can’t use it on break and successfully go back to work! We know this, it’s all a matter of preference. I prefer the peak harvest of basically no to very few amber trichomes. My grows are all personal though, I’ll share with friends and have my own. I don’t go for yield, I always go for the closest thing to “perfection” I can find. I suppose you could say quality over quantity.
With a large commercial grow, the cost of quality is naturally gonna dip when yield is the focus.
20 years ago, the way we harvested was by the amount of pistils that turned orange compared to the ones that were still white. There was no consensus about trichomes or what peak time was, and no one I knew or in any books I had were actually inspecting them under magnification. It was much more touch-and-go than it is now. Everything is so scientific now.
@@ajhproductions2347 I think I’ll harvest when they just start turning amber too. Gelato 41 x Sunset Sherbet bx2 by Seed Junky. Very gelato purple indica. Want more euphoric effects but want them to be done too. They’ll keep turning amber as they dry/cure. 15%/20% amber in the end is what I want.
The best way to know ( for sure) is to let the plant tell you, other words let the heads fill out, or stay swelling until they start looking like their mushrooming. Not a problem to let a good portion of them to go full amber, almost too much. As long as the majority are still swelling and ripening up.
Personally I let mine go until its obvious there finished. 70-75% will be that nice golden color just before they reach that amber look.
And 25% will be that dark amber you know is finished.
I've noticed the terpenes are abundant at this time. The last week of flowering is when the Terps start stacking up...
Remember you want the grow media to be good and dry at harvest. This hastens the ripening, brings out terps, makes clipping easier
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Does the balloon look like it can take more air
Does this give more of a couch lock because that’s what I am looking for.
@@KL-uu2vq exactly
You bet, the longer you let it ripen,or swell up, the heavier the high..they'll take up all water/carbs left in the roots and leaves. Big key is leach your soil, before the golden trichromes turn amber. By this time the plant should be in the last 7 days of flower. Stop watering all together. Let her take up all the water/nutrient storaged in the roots,leaves. When the leaves are wilting because of dehydration.
Put them in the dark for 3 days, colder you can make the room the better. A little air flow is all you need.
I've been doing it like this for about 8 years now, with no problems.
The trimming work is easier too, sucker leaves are about ready to fall off. Looks like crystals on Everything...
im gonna call it "couchlocking"a plant
@@kylesyx8432 All great advice! My soil is soo good I have worms crawling around in it and the amnesia haze that’s sitting in it has buds as big as my arm. 😂. But I’m figuring out very fast that chopping it is just the fucking beginning. I luckily have a cedar lined closet that dries nice and slow. If they were photo period seeds I would usually wait till first frost but I do autos because of I don’t want to go to jail. And they are fast.
@@KL-uu2vq gets some PK ;)
Haven grown alfalfa for years, past a certain point, you sacrifice quality for quantity big time by letting it mature more.
There is s sweet spot there though to get kinda the best of both worlds. I’m guessing lavender is the same.
I harvested my plant in April and I left the little buds on the planet and I kept watering my plant and it started all over and I will be harvesting my plant for the second time! 😅😂
When you cure the little buds do a smoke test to feel the difference so is it more couch lock or energetic ?
I have wondered if leaving the lower limbs longer after cutting the main top colas would be the way to go because the lower limbs did not get as much light .
I've been growing outdoors for about 40 years and I still always question whether I'm pulling them out at the right time.
10 year grower here I found a new easier way to tell. Take the new vape pens with the ceramic hot end. Vape some sugar leaves close to the buds you think almost done. If that's the effect you want harvest. If not wait. No grower can know what the consumer wants unless they know them personally. Ask 3 people to grow you the same 3 different strains. Even if you let them grow more than one cycle they will all have different effects. From each grower even though the strain is the same. This is why anyone who smokes. Not really sure what their fav herb is cause it's to random unless you grow it yourself. Sure there are great dispensaries with great growers but get ready to pay hard cash for that. Herb should be so cheap that when it's federally legal big tobacco companies cannot take over. I got it down to about 80$ an ounce of top shelf herb, 15 a gram for dabs, and 50 a gram for crystalline. I swear if big tobacco companies try to get into my area I will hand out free herb till they shut down.
@KALI GIRL This is nature. This is why breeders will plant hundreds of seeds cause they all will vary. So they look for the genetics they want. Then clone that plant/breed it. Each seed will always vary. There is no way that I know to control nature trying to evolve and alter it's genetics in the process. Besides cloning from a mother plant. Same goes for the bs % numbers of thc that the seed will be. It's a marketing scam. It's impossible to know how much thc will turn up in your grow setup and will always very. So grow them out and take clones so you can keep that strain you like that comes out better. Hope that helps.
well said
I've always had that theory that if you think it's ready wait 2weeks . I live in Maine so when there ready they usually start to get bud rot. An it's usually not quit ready. So to get that ripe flower you have to cut a little off. It is what it is
It’s hard to get good info about Maine. In this video he mentions keeping the foliage to make a cocoon. If we did that up here it would rot from lack of airflow.
Great video man, sometimes I get a little antsy and harvest while the trichomes are just milky vs Amber because I’ve had some issues with bud rot
I never worried about the flood because I always did long cures. When they were ready around Xmas time and just after the new year, the flood dried up and I was just putting it out to the market.
I'm a beginner grower and my last grow I stripped off a lot of leaves because I heard that the plant will use the energy to grow the buds bigger but I didn't realize that the plant might need the leaves to draw nutrients from in case there is some sort of deficiency in the soil. I ended up really struggling later into budding trying to figure out what my plants were needing. This time I am leaving as many leaves on as possible so if there is a deficency the plant can get what they need from the lower leaves.
@ ChipRay I think I'm goin through this exact thing now
As they yellow jerk them
Read the same thing the other day,,, interesting info. People mostly pull the yellow, but then I read that. Has validity. I'm curious too.
God doesn’t pull the plants leaves neither do I. Potosnytses only work with leaves
@@roycerock4615 nope, green parts of plants are green because of chlorophyll, chlorophyll is the thing required for photosynthesis. That’s how cacti grow, many leafy plants can drop leaves and still survive off the green in their stem.
A few plants have green flowers that photosynthesize as well.😮
As everyone will always have an opinion mine would be the more amber trichomes you have the more you decrease the potency of your grow. Yes, and I agree your yield may be slightly more but that's where my trade off begins. I harvest at a milky/cloudy stage where the potency is at its peak and a better high than a so-so high without waiting to be disappointed. Nice video though. Good work.
Also binoculars if you look through them backwards they act like a microscope ;)
I just did what you suggested with a little autoflower I had outside a couple months ago, and I'm glad I let it go to observe what would happen. I learned I've been harvesting a week to 2 weeks too early this whole time, definitely an eye-opener for me.
Great job bro!
Tyler ..location please
@@jackmcatee4738 Southern California
How was the effect or high ?
@@itmaslanka it was fantastic.
I feel as if you need to let the plants mature don't pull so early the more surface area the more clear or milky trichomes you will get even if you see alot of amber and some clear still. Trust me always take it 2 extra weeks is my rule of thumb. Also a 200x scope will be a miracle tool for you. Great video growmie
2 weeks from when shes closed up . lumpy swollen no hairs left still wait 2 weeks ?
Man your videos are F'n awesome. Im new. Ive been checking out different sites trying to learn as i get my feet wet with my first grow. I am also a doctor and I appreciate your approach to explaining things and going over anatomy in detail. Thanks to all those who choose positivity and a helpful hand to those getting started like myself.
I appreciate you brother
Some videos you might like more then others
All come from the heart
Have a great grow
@@PerfectGardensTV Thank you so much for the reply! I'm doing my best and it's easy to get quite obsessed...just ask my wife! 😆
P.S. I'm also a fan of liver detox and there is a lot that can be done to save a gallbladder before it has to be removed although you won't hear that often.
@@josephheinecke1992hi doc, wow I need a cool Dr bad, I have 25 years of growing experience, are you indoors or outdoors? Two completely different methods, and ways to control each
Been reusing my coco for 5yrs. Amending with organic dry ammendments and recharge. Buying soil from big box stores that store bags outside may lead to unwanted pest in your garden. Reusing coco (as long as you dont have any pest) gets better over time.
I would give Www.dropsofbalance.com a shoot. I bet you would love it in your coco and living soil
@@PerfectGardensTV thank you for the suggestion. I received my package quickly, intact and without leaks. I've used drops of balance for a couple of weeks now and can tell a definite improvement in the girls! I even got a choice of a free gift. The product was definitely worth the investment and excellent customer service. You have a new customer Mike! Thanks again.🙏
Good advice. "If you think your ready to harvest wait another week or 2" - Jorge Cervantes
Great tip!
@@PerfectGardensTV thank you mark! Although I did essentially steal it from Jorge! Lol😅✌
My trichomes are 90% cloudy and 10% amber. I'm pulling them under the full moon on Monday night. Oh what a marvelous summer it's been for growing. My friend's crop got whacked with spider mites. I took one puff and it smelled like Bigfoot lit a fart with a Zippo. Tasted like hamburgers.
LMMFAO
Lmao
Does he have any bacon flavored phenotypes? 😂
I love Bigfoot !
Don't ever give a Zippo to a Bigfoot. They can't handle the truth.
Some years here in NW Oregon, I'm growing outside and usually I'm forced to harvest just hours before a month of hard rain begins. Usually the 2nd or third week of October. This year it looks like I'm going to get 15% amber, 70% milky and 15% clear which what I've always tried to get to. Thanks for reassuring me.
Thank you for supporting the channel appreciate your brother
@@PerfectGardensTVI love your information Keep up the hard work. Greetings from Venezuela
With my indoor plants, I turn the lights off for about 10 to 14 days at the end of the plants life, and the drying cycle is in the dark as well!! The results are great 👍 👌
@johnbell1396 The reason why I do this method is because I had a plant that was half albino and the other half was green. The green side kept the white side alive because of photosynthesis. The taste of the white side is as pure as you can ever get!!! I drain out as much of the nutrients as possible when in the flowering cycle and when ready for flowering cycle to end, I turn the lights off completely, and the crystals go into hyper drive a more potent result 🔥👍
Moved from Ohio to VA it's Legal to have 4 plants had much fun learning and growing out doors in 2 and 5 gal buckets great video thanks.
I'm in southern VA right on the NC border and grew 4 that hit 15 ft tall..I started them inside vegging 3 months then put them outside end of April .. Got 13 pounds
Milky is full THC (head high)
Amber has more CBD (body high)
also,clear never harvest
sweet spot is milky with 10-20% amber
Thanks for describing this process, appreciate you passing it on, and your commenters are gold for their knowledge also.
It depends on the weather if it's outdoors, inside you can have trichomes that take forever to switch over to amber. In the real world it's hard it's difficult you just got to make a call
Ive grown for over 8 years, alot of poeple see big buds n wonder what am i doing wrong, most heavy resinous buds are acheived through strain type, air flow n the types of food you use, honestly, most huge buds depend on the strain, theres thousands of hybrids available yet only some are heavy yeilders. If ya want huge flowers pick a strain that produces bothe yield and potency, what i recommend is big bud, blue dream, white widows etc. Dont believe the pictures, ya cant make a medium yielding strain produce huge buds, its in the genetics
Also i forgot, if ya want to, purchase a strain that matures in 50to 65days, some strains require up to 90 days. Its common sense, faster developing strains offer more growing cycles.also, through almost a decade ive known about terpene enhancers, how it works it tricks the plant into a higher photosythesis wich increase smell, taste, plant resins and you can usually harvest a week earlier then normal. I personally prefer medium yields with a faster growth cycle. More crops better production without losing quality. And also make sure the strain you choose is wise because alotta genetics dont get super tall, questions??, contact an experienced person like myself. Theres way more too it then ya read.
Bro...my lavender 💜 plants are getting close.. trichomes all clear still on the most advanced girl...perfect timing on ur post. Thnx for the guidance, Mark!
I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve passed it on to people and they just laughed and they kept doing the same old thing they have been hearing from growers who really doesn’t know exactly when to harvest.
Love how you added "lavender" plant.
Good show, getting them a bit early is the biggest mistake made , sometimes the most swelling/ripening isn't put on til the last week, even the last 3 days, another good tip for amateurs is look at the flower size, the 1st flowers to come out with the two white hairs will be the biggest ones , this is the mature "flower" size for the variety your looking at, when 80% of all of them almost out to the tips are that size all your little stickies will be right.
great vid i probably wouldn’t recommend to people not to flush because alot of people get the potting part wrong and use the wrong soils and end up with a butt tone of nutes and they dont even realise and you taste it even if they flush for a week you still taste it, 2 weeks flushing if not more is the go
video coming up:) ty for your post
Well, they did tests with no flush, 4 days and a week and the one which smoked best was the one with no flush. I guess I also depends on how much you load on the nutes...and if autoflowers or photoperiod...Not sure what to think...
@@nidieunimaitre007 the first part is irrelevant if they cant get the soil right to begin with which is my point, if you have never tasted a nute packed bud then your opinion isn’t really relevant to be fair
I know this older videobi have very bad adhd and your videos are perfect for me the way u communicate ur info i can follow you perfect.
I dont know if anyone can answer but i live in maryland i have a outdoor plant the plant. Went into flowering a little late for my liking but hey shes going to go at her pace my question is it oct 16th and its getting down to low 50s at night this last week her leaves up top started turning a dark purple i dont know if she is just exspressing her colors or is it the temp ? Her trichomes are still mostly milk and some clear their a few amber colors maybe 10-15 percent would you wait longer or harvest its around week 8. Oh so geuss my qeustion is will this colder weather hurt my quality of Bud or let it go a little longer the weather has been crap nothing but rain for 2 weeks straight and during weeks 4-6 of flowering when the raim came i put a clear tarp over her and fan . luckly no bud rot but 1 little nugget i cut whole nugget of down to node . ? I think their is question somewhere in my comments sorry if confusing. Will they still turn amber in a colder environment towards end of October. I would think all plants should be done at this point outside ?
When terps start turning golden/brown means that the thc/cannabinoid count is depleting and dying out. So it’s up to you if you want stronger kush with a little bit less of a yield or wait a bit for a bit more of a harvest and little more flavour.
Honestly, after years and years of hands-on experience, the absolute best gauge of when to harvest is your nose! Yes! Just smell it! After you get a nose to when the terpenes are at peak, you can 100% smell when they are ripe just like fruit. Works perfectly every time. there is no need to even check trichomes. You're welcome.
The same thing goes for how to properly make compost or teas. Nothing fancy needed, just smell it.
Many people don't have great smell though hehe. Good info though. Much love
Dude thank you for this video, I have been watching so much videos to try and understand when I should harvest, I'm so close about 1 and half weeks away from harvest... But this helps put things into perspective
Any time bro
I'm doing that right now. I'm letting my green crack go longer than usual and wow what a difference in size and density.
Have you ordered it from herbies seeds?? How was it?
There’s so Many other factors involved besides yield and $$$!
I’ve always gone by the “window of harvest” approach.
By taking your plants with +15% ambers you are getting a product that gives you a more uplifting head high.
The greater the concentration of amber tricholms the more couch lock your high becomes. I find that to be true no matter what the strain, sativa or indica.
If you are dealing with pests or molds, bud rot etc… some of these factors force the issue of harvest.
Location also might force the issue. Areas of the PNW can count on steady rains starting around the 2nd week of October. I intentionally grow 7-9 week finishers and hope that they finish before I need to “tent”my plants. Tenting 10-12’ plants isn’t easy to do. So sometimes I’ll have to take a plant at the 15% amber because I can’t tent a monster plant and steady rain is coming.
The other thing I think is a hood practice is to harvest the top half of the plant, for me that’s clipping and harvesting 18-24” branches and leaving the larf underneath to mature another week or two.
Sorry to burst peoples bubbles but flushing does matter. It matters for our bodies and it matters if you're smoking your final product.
I have over 20 years of smoking and growing experience and I always notice harsh smoke and bad taste if I don't stop using my organic nutes 2 weeks before harvest
I just stumbled on this video. Without having seen it before, I just waited an extra 17 days from the time I first saw my trichomes were cloudy looking and NOTHING HAPPENED. There was no change to the size, density, aroma or appearance. The plants are just damn near dead and the amount of amber heads have not increased either. Could be the variety I am cultivating, or something I did, but aside from a vague and uncertain increase in knowledge, I got nothing from waiting but increased time until I can enjoy it. I like the sound of your voice though - like a brown bear on shrooms and Robitussin.
Good day, I have a friend that grows outdoors and right now we are in rainy season, so he wants to know if he should harvest his plants now because they are good, could stay but afraid of losing his plants to bud rot.
I harvested at milky trichomes and the rest, I waited a month. While feeding the tap root only, with Turmeric. organic light brown sugar and calcium = 1/3/ cup every 3 days. What a difference!
Sorry it took so late reply
I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps.
I think u will love it
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Perfect timing as my first harvest is in the coming days. You’ve given me a lot of guidance throughout my grow. I appreciate all the info.
You know thats us slippin at the mouth and google over-hearing through our damn CIA spy operative aka phone. This popped up in my feed rather suspiciously...who knew growing Lavender was so popular
@@hankbardukis381 😂
@@hankbardukis381 haha foreal tho, that "algorithm" is sure something...but anyways same here, my first grow outdoor in MI and my girls started flowering the last week of august
I have a friend that goes out and watches his plants to see if the are spitting, he called it. He said at one point they spurt. That's when he harvests. It's the only bud ive ever tripped on. It was a pin joint..😂😂 idk what hes doing..but wow
Hey bro', that's wild. Cannabis "spitting." We'd love to see that on video. Ask him to record a visual of it happening, and we'll invite him on the show to chat about it. Our viewers would LOVE to check it out. Thanks for the comment bro'! Happy harvest!! Hope you get some more of that psychedelic thc.
I put 2 Bruce Banner Auto seeds in the dirt, back in December. I'm starting t get nervous, now. It has a lot of buds, and the trichomes are really glistening. I only have 2 plants, indoors, and it grew fast, but I'm getting nervous about the length of time it's taking. It also smells great. Thanks, for your common sense ideas.
Sorry it took so late reply
I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps.
I think u will love it
czcams.com/video/RPEvtfBpwCY/video.html
5 pound plants for years!! Nothing but good seed (ordered from High Times in the 80.s) and this is how I've done it too!! I make GREAT soil, pinch every third set, train them flat with mesh (for pouring concrete) and the product has sent MANY stoners to bed early!! Dont listen to all the garbage out there now!! This guy has it right!!
Dude. The wink had me laughing, lol
Mine are late slow bloomers. All white trichomes, but samples already knocking dicks in the dirt. Taking em down soon..
This is a little off topic but I would like to say something about adding sugars to the soil. I am against adding sugars because when a plant is in the lights out mode the roots release sugars into the soil to feed the microbes causing the microbes to stay close to the roots and if you add sugar into the soil it would cause the microbes to go away from the roots and out into the soil to get to the sugar and if the microbes are not at the roots the plants don't get what they need from the microbes. I only use sugars in my compost teas to feed the microbes and if I could strain the sugars out of the tea before giving it to the plants I would but of course there is no way of doing that.
You mean mollases right?
Cheers was thinking of putting honey in my water but I won’t
@@DIRTYPLACCY Honey is antibacterial, so sort of kills microbes i think, mollases is the way to go, it just doesnt feed microbes but also feeds of photisynthesis and chelation of nutriets to plants
An excellent point being raised here is that Its always a good idea to re assess the ways and whys of what you do. my babys have just started sexing coz im in the southern hemisphere and I dont have fancy stuff like feminized seeds :) I got a bunch of unknown sativa strains growin out back that are the reason I get up early :)
Love the channel and Ill try let some more amber into my life this year
Mine is a feminine cherry 🍒 I made took yrs
I have noticed a big difference in how it feels. Too early and you feel anxious and speedy, too late and you get couch lock. Your preference can help determine the best time.
That is great information i was looking for to avoid couch lock as i want a energetic high for day time use .
My first grow is likely Durban Poison as it is easy grow for beginners and a landrace pure sativa strain not a hybrid so the high is mostly mental .
Lol my tolerance is low i think , i smoke 2 tokes off a opal 5 inch pipe and am right where i like to be but if i take 3 tokes back to back it i am too high and stoned physically couch locked !
The Durban strain may be a one hit wonder for me and last forever !
I have been smoking a good strong hybrid it feels like !
One review of Durban Poison said it does not give the munchies !
I live in central Ontario Canada and I'll take mine until the end of October early November. They can handle a few 0°C nights as long as it gets warm during the day.
agreed
Doing da same ting bro... Only true Canucks know dis.....
I'm in Nova Scotia. We're lucky if we can get to Oct. The coastal air is damp. Bud rot takes over unfortunately
Iv switched to auto's outside
what do people here think of harvesting a indica at a cloudy trich or maybe a sativa at couch lock trich? i only have last fall and this fall for experience with cannabis. lots of perennials though under my belt. its so fascinating how many different techniques are capable of being utilized with cannabis!
That is another video
The trichome color will affect the actual perceived potency (more CBG as it darkens, more activated d9), so yeah, it's not a "bad habit" (you say it like 10 times) to choose a more thcA-rich flower, rather than the subtly more sedative effects of the "seasoned" flowers. It's a matter of preference, and the "bad habit" is the public's average idea of what they want the flower to do them. Just saying, no need to be antagonistic to an approach. I completely agree with aging the buds to get more cushion for the... smokin.
i am a strong believer in the "wait another" week method. Once it looks good, wait a week :)
looks good as in some of the trichromes are amber
I have 2 plants left. They are stinking noticeably more each day, I can even smell them when it's windy now🔥. I'm hoping for a few days of good weather 🤞.
Since I was a kid I was told to harvest at 3rd frost covering of course during all 3. I'm in Michigan by the way. Great video homie
When is that usually oct 7th tennessee we goto Nov usually.. waning quarter
@@rockytop4 Halloween is good rule of thumb for that
I got my plants in the ground too late this year, they probably had another 4 weeks to mature. i decided to transplant them back into pots and stick them in my indoor grow room, under LED'S. It has been two weeks and so far they are doing great. Has anyone else experimented like this?
Cold weather came in early this year
Back in the day I used to grow in Northern Canada, we did this all the time. Due to the short growing season, worked great, imo.
This is my first grow and from looking at the pic of the tricomes it really helped me to decide to not chop it yet thanks man u just earned a sub
Glad I could help
@@PerfectGardensTV Can u take a look they look like they need to get a little more amber color to them
I have not had my strains tested for potency, but they are definitely way up there. I have given away several pounds this year. Everybody's happy.. edit- back again, algorithm. 3rd harvest, still great stuff!
Sorry it took so late reply
I would check out our recent video showing how we increased our terps.
I think u will love it
czcams.com/video/RPEvtfBpwCY/video.html
I tend to chop a little earlier .. every strain seems to be prone to fox tailing at a point, and i live in very hot Mediterranean weather too.. it loses density, gets airy and looks weird.. so i rarely get ambers, when most are milky and it has a nice dense sticky bud, i harvest. I also notice its when the smell its at its "sweetest".
9:40 I wouldn't think the plant just pulls nitrogen out of the leaf's.
The plant itself knows its getting close to the end of cycle but will never give up until actually killed.
Even if the smallest chance to continue living, it will try.
This includes devouring itself to remain viable.
Its using whatever it needs from wherever can be spared, leafs are just the first sacrifices.
In a natural setting she likely would be storing extra, nature doesn't operate on specifics or regularity concerning nutrition and water.
You get what you get, that's it.
As far as leaving foliage for a "cocoon" effect.
Again not sure the benefits of that but the plant significantly overproduces foliage as well.
Another "stockpiling" defense and for thousands of years this planet was grazed by herbivores in the wild. Plucking tender new growth from all over, exactly how we mimic topping and defoliation.
These are regular experiences for it in the wild even today.
People who say leave it alone it knows how to grow.
Well, your kinda wrong.
It knows how to make seed that's it's only desire in life, to do whatever necessary to remain fertile and develop seed.
If your looking to harvest seeds that's fantastic but most are not.
Prune them, top them and bend them, how naive are we to think pruning has just come from humanity. 😂
Nature's got this shes been using animals to prune long before any humans started doing it.
Grow 5 plants outside for fun this year they hit a point where the they smelled so strong and looked perfect I should have pulled them . I went 10 days to long . The flowers is still good but not not as beautiful as last year as far as smell and appearance
Not the whole picture. It depends on crop rotations too. If you can harvest a couple weeks earlier and get 90% of the same yield, then you get a whole extra grow in throughout the year which more than makes up for that 10% per harvest.
Do you remember back in the day? If you are a old timer or a kid. I remember all those fine sativas we used to get that come from south of the border. I know, doesn’t sound right but it is. There used to be fire come across the border.
They always let it almost die on before they picked the plant. They didn’t pull it before it was finished completely is why.
I just harvested my "tomatoes" yesterday, my eyes are still red and just woke up 😅🎉
No one mentions fans lights!!! And many other options. Re: out door plants. I have done this for years. And no one has any videos of tarp and pot. And of the few I’ve seen not done well videos. I cover my plants in the end of September. I live in Canada Ontario. I included tarp lights and fans outside. And it works great. But I can’t find any videos or northern Ontario and crops and tarps. It can be done. Just gotta have the equipment and patience. Maybe I’ll do one next year.
if you grow outdoors white trichomes have less CBD so it will be more uplifting but if you keep it till dark amber it will have more CBD thus making you drowsy sleepy heavy. some might not like it.
You mean CBN not cbd. CBD actually will calm a buzz down a lot of people don't know that but it's true I'm a grower too
CBN the degradation of THC. Do some research.
Check trichomes on flower parts not leaf. And bud will swell a lot if you wait.
Yes DO this if you want more yield AND want to cough more. Do NOT do this if you want potency and smoother smoke.
why do you think the cough is caused by harvest time?
I’m 7 weeks 55 days into flower. I swear some look ready but I see them still growing.
Nope! Don't let your plants get too old. I have been it ruins the taste. At the end when your plant has about 50% orange hairs there will come a day you will smell amazing weed when you get close to your grow spot, that is when you harvest.
As far as yield goes... as long as my yield is decent I dont mind bc I'd rather grow for quality not quantity
I’m at the beginning of week 9 with two amnesia haze plants and 1 sour diesel. I think I have about 2 weeks but, some of the buds look completely done but, I have to resist the urge to not harvest early. The struggle is real. 1 of the plants is massive and is wanting to collapse into itself and I think I will let that one go one an extra week
The flower will only give a COUCH LOCK high when you let all the trichs turn amber💯% the reason they want less amber is for that in between buzz so you can function. Me I function too much so I need that calm my ass down buzz n relax💯% atleast you didn’t get it harvest prematurely