Oddbean new post about login | logout So close and yet so far from harvest. Don't quite see the amber color that I'm looking for, but I've noticed a definite change from clear early trichromes to more milky trichromes on the plant, meaning it's close, but not really ready yet. We're playing that delicate balance in the Pacific Northwest of mold, bugs and wanting to get the most out of the last few sunny days before winter truly sets in. #weedstr https://files.sovbit.host/media/44dc1c2db9c3fbd7bee9257eceb52be3cf8c40baf7b63f46e56b58a131c74f0b/9ee43be1ee549ba2c51b7202b31c7d08909c9e2ffa72896be749a96a2ce5bc41.webp https://files.sovbit.host/media/44dc1c2db9c3fbd7bee9257eceb52be3cf8c40baf7b63f46e56b58a131c74f0b/3d1130169f3be4160fa05d0b7da540cd7dcbc33b1415e649319e885c407e781a.webp
An "old school" technique is to look at trichrome structure. It starts as a cone that forms a ball on top. The ball collapses, looking like a mushroom cap, and eventually falls off. When most of the trichromes are at the "mushroom looking phase", the plant is ready for harvest.
Yeah, I normally look at color. But this is also a valid technique.
Nearly everyone looks at color now.
I do a mix of the two because sometimes that mushroom thing will happen before the color turns.
Maybe different strains ripen different ways? I remember a sativa (Juicy Fruit) that NEVER ripened, and that was an indoor garden. After four+ months in the flower room, the owner harvested anyway, since it was messing up his supply vs legality status for medical.
