Closet grow

[newdude1776]

Plenty of harvest trichome examples online. I like them cloudy with a sprinkle of amber.

Ok. Where the best place to look on bud ? On the top ? Middle ?

 

[greenmobster440]

Ok. Where the best place to look on bud ? On the top ? Middle ?

Work from the top down. Check the bud/swollen calyxes. Not the sugar leaves poking outta the bud.

 

[newdude1776]

Work from the top down. Check the bud/swollen calyxes. Not the sugar leaves poking outta the bud.

Ok. I’ll try and take a pic

 

[Yanneris]

How I should know when it's ready.

 

[Hippie420]

The color of the trichomes will tell ya.

 

[newdude1776]

If they are done on top and you want to do this. I'd cut them off close to where marked and let them lowers finish to your liking.
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So I did what you said. Been drying for 6 days. Trimmed and this is what I have smells good. Smelled like hay until I trimmed all the leaves off the buds. Have it in a jar now. About 20 grams.

 

[MariJan]

So if I want to harvest the 3 tall bud sites that are finished and leave the rest to finish. What’s the best way to do this.

I just snip them off

 

[Hippie420]

So I did what you said. Been drying for 6 days. Trimmed and this is what I have smells good. Smelled like hay until I trimmed all the leaves off the buds. Have it in a jar now. About 20 grams.

Don't forget to burp 'em now and then. Hate to lose a crop to mold at this stage.

 

[newdude1776]

Don't forget to burp 'em now and then. Hate to lose a crop to mold at this stage.

Open the jars for how long and how often? . Also my son smoked some and said it was very good. But I’ve read to jar for several weeks. Why and how long ?
Thanks man.

 

[Hippie420]

That's something ya kinda gotta figure out. Once you've done it a couple of times, you can tell by the feel. If I'd just jared it, I'd open the jars once a day for 15-30 minutes for a day or two and then wait a couple of days. If it dries out too much, you can rehydrate it. If it's too wet and you get mold, it's only good for making butter.

 

[Hippie420]

They make little gadgets that you can stick in the jar that'll tell you the humidity. I've never used 'em, but someone that has will chime in.

 

[newdude1776]

They make little gadgets that you can stick in the jar that'll tell you the humidity. I've never used 'em, but someone that has will chime in.

Ok. So why do we jar ? I’ve heard people jaring for a long time. Does it make the smell and taste better ? I mean it smokes good the way it is ?

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Something about once the moisture content gets down so far, you want it to finish drying at an extremely slow pace. Some sort of science stuff involved. You should notice the weed smell and flavor get better, enhance the terpenes and what not. The hay, grass type smell will be gone more better. Supposedly. You may not notice it up front but when you open the jars to pull out a couple J's in a couple weeks, You should def notice a difference if done right - In theory anyways. Open the jars and carefully take your weed out and let it breath for an hour and stick it back in for several days in a row. My last couple harvests, I dried until it would smoke and shoved it all in grove bags and stuck half under my bed and the other half in the freezer. Never burped anything. Worked out great so far.

 

[newdude1776]

Something about once the moisture content gets down so far, you want it to finish drying at an extremely slow pace. Some sort of science stuff involved. You should notice the weed smell and flavor get better, enhance the terpenes and what not. The hay, grass type smell will be gone more better. Supposedly. You may not notice it up front but when you open the jars to pull out a couple J's in a couple weeks, You should def notice a difference if done right - In theory anyways. Open the jars and carefully take your weed out and let it breath for an hour and stick it back in for several days in a row. My last couple harvests, I dried until it would smoke and shoved it all in grove bags and stuck half under my bed and the other half in the freezer. Never burped anything. Worked out great so far.

Yes it smelled like hay really bad. Then I trimmed it and it got way better smell. Jared it this morning and just checked and smells it and it starting to smell great now. Crazy. I think the leafs are what give it that chat smell or at least seems to add to the hay smell cause once I trimmed all that off hay smell was almost gone. Thanks for reply’s.