Cannabis Harvesting and Refinement

OK, so I'm not really sure I've nailed this when to harvest thing as I've been a little disappointed with the potency of plants harvested to date. This is Mandala Seeds 8 Miles High outdoors in soil. Started flowering around 10th Feb so has been flowering for approx 8 weeks. Breeder's description states flowering time of 9 weeks or early to mid October. Most of the pistils are brown and, a few amber trichs from what I can make out from the digital USB microscope pics. Should I harvest now or give it more? Having an operation on my [non-dominant] hand on Tuesday so manicuring will be difficult after that. I'm looking for a nice sativa domin…

Here we go...first few amber trichomes visible today on the calyx and sugar leaves, just into day 77 flowering. So here's the plan...I am using Terra Flores and it recommends no fertilizer for the last 1.5 to 2 weeks before harvest but I don't want to starve my girl completely so I will compromise and intend to use water and molasses for only the last 5-7 days. I would hope to being seeing no more than about 10% amber trichomes (closer to the 5% is what I am after) by this stage by mid to late next week. Should be ready? for harvest in no more than 14 days...I think. Anyway that's the plan so will see how we go... Some pics...

Has anyone tried the deleafing process 3-4 days before you chop down the plant. Can anyone think of any reason why this could be bad for the plant

can someone please tell me when i should harvest this big bang, its been 17 weeks so im thinking it wont get much bigger.. any help would be greatly appreciated!

what options are there when bringing a crop home to dry i not possible, and to make it worse, is its a cold wet state, mold would be the worse enemy, would ya just hang full plants in trees, buy some tents maybe, could you have a week bleach,water solution, to kill mold then rinse in a water bath to remove the bleach any help thoughts would be great

Hi guys just wanting to get some feedback on my first grow and any tips I could pick up on judging by the look of it so far..... My plan is to grow myself one great plant to supply just myself and my Mrs (whom suffers terribly from Carpel Tunnel) we only like natural "Bush" smoke and am trying to keep it that way however where i live its already down to 7 Degrees some nights so im planning on growing it indoors under a light. so far...... started March 1st, seeds in a glass of water for 24 hours then onto a plate with a napkin under a mug in a warm part of the house.... day 5 put the best ones (24 of them) into a long pot of seedling growth soil with some perli…

hi guys.. well my plant has become a little bit on a standstill.... its about 3 weeks over the "due date" of the strain and to be honest I havent really noticed much development ethier Its auto think different by dutch passion... In my eyes It still doesn't look as ready yet... last week i decided to give her more PK 13/14.. to see what happened... nothing has changed really but I still have way to many white amber hairs... what do you think? Im just still feeding her bloom nutes... Ive heard in the final last weeks this strain particular starts to really fatten right up with low leaf to calayx ratio... still to many leaf to bud yet imho. She is very very bushy and de…

Can you use a vacuum chamber to dry buds / trim for bho or just smokimg if desperate while the rest drys properly

Okay, bit of a discussion going on here as to optimum drying temp. I say 18° Celsius, max of 22°. Couldn't be bothered scouring topics for an answer, but if I am wrong, please correct me. Kinda cold down here, so I hooked up a 1500w heater to a thermal controller to maintain constant room temp. Set the controller to 18°, kicks in and goes off 2° either side of the mark, but just curious as to what others consider an optimum temp.