First ever grow! Is she ready?

[sohc2]

Hi guys I have been researching alot when is the best time to harvest. I am a bit confused wether my girl is ready yet?

 

There has been alot of bad weather at the moment (wind and rain) Do you guys think she is ready?

[Matanuska Thunder]

She is in desperate need of a water....

 

could be almost ready, but would need a closer photo of the buds to be sure - water her first and let the leaves plump back up before snapping a photo.

 

do you know her strain?

and about how long has she been in flower and/or in 12/12?

[MrCompletion]

Looks like it. Or pretty damned close. Do you have a jewellers lupe to inspect the trichomes? If you're due for a lot of rain ahead Id chop to avoid last minute mould dramas.

 

Nice first go. Wish my first one looked like that. But slots changed in 40 years. Didn't have this plethora of information in the olden days.

[sohc2]

I planted it at start of January so its been growing for 4 months. I dont know what strain it is I just bought a seed off a mate.

 

I just watered her and took some more photos hope this helps.

[Matanuska Thunder]

Much better photos ...

close to harvest but not quite ready... looks like many of your trichnomes are cloudy(?)

 

harvest now, you'll get a stupid stone (heady) vs a couch lock stone (most likely)

harvest later you may get more weight and a more couch lock stone

 

That being said, your strain looks to be a sativa/indica hybrid, if I am correct you defiantly should let her go a few more weeks.

 

BTW... I see webbing in first photo and a black bug in the second... you may have mites

 

I usually suggest taking a bud now, dry it slowly overnight, see what the high is like (the taste will be crap)

if you like the high take the plant, if the high is lacking keep it growing.

[louise]

Normally, with pistils like that would suggest the plant is ready to harvest... but... in your case, I think you will find that the browned off pistils are damage due to lack of water. Although the leaves can usually recover being dried off to the point of wilting, the more delicate structures (root hairs and pistils) are not so lucky. Flowers and root hairs wither permanently.

 

I expect if you keep the plant fed and watered it will continue to flower month or so (ie it will continue to produce new white pistils to replace those that withered prematurely).

Edited April 10, 2015 by louise

[sohc2]

What I dont undersatnd guys is it has been raining. When it rains I dont water the plant for 1 or 2 days. Should I be watering the roots daily? I was worried about over watering.

[growbabygrow]

Hey man in that size pot I would give it 4 L of water almost daily dependant on weather of course. In summer mine was getting 6 a day and drinking it fast. Give it 2 to start with wait about 10 min then do it again cause I noticed when mine was dry if you poured the lot in at once the soil didn't really take the water it just came out the bottom straight away. Give it a little seasol too it will really help.

[growbabygrow]

With rain move it under cover if you can then you can control the watering if your worried about it. If your soil is fluffy too and the size of your plant it would Be hard to over water now. Good luck man

[louise]

What I dont undersatnd guys is it has been raining. When it rains I dont water the plant for 1 or 2 days. Should I be watering the roots daily? I was worried about over watering.

 

Those first couple of pictures show a plant severely wilted from lack of water.

 

How much rain did you actually get? it could be that the pot was bone dry, a light rain fell and made the top soil look damp... but most of the soil in the pot is still bone dry.

 

When you water, how much water do you give the plant? And, how big is the pot... prefer volume so, how many litres?