New grower: please help identify of bud is ready to harvest

[jkaitzen]

Hi guys

This is my First grow and I’ve come to the end I think of the grow . I wanna please get some opinions of wether it ready to harvest ! My city has just come out of summer and temperatures have dropped to approx 16 Celsius.

 

[SarahJane211]

No, 3-4 weeks to go.
Nothing to stop you clipping a branch off to dry & try early.

 

[jkaitzen]

Even through temp have dropped 10 degrees Celsius in the last month

 

[Rosti]

You should invest in a loupe to scan your buds trichome maturity. I agree you have a few more weeks to go, what week flower are you on?

 

[jkaitzen]

No idea haven’t tracked it
My mate who used to grow said that the red pistils should only be 3/4 down before I harvest ..and he believes it’s ready its autumn here in Melbourne Australia

 

[Rosti]

No idea haven’t tracked it
My mate who used to grow said that the red pistils should only be 3/4 down before I harvest ..and he believes it’s ready its autumn here in Melbourne Australia

Unless that strain matures in an odd way, I’d say hold off as long as you can. You have tons of white pistils and the buds haven’t gone through their swell yet, it’s definitely not ready.
EDIT: if you can take a close up photo of those tops buds for me to examine the plant better

 

[KingJoe83]

Unless that strain matures in an odd way, I’d say hold off as long as you can. You have tons of white pistils and the buds haven’t gone through their swell yet, it’s definitely not ready.
EDIT: if you can take a close up photo of those tops buds for me to examine the plant better

I am with this post in agreement

 

[KingJoe83]

Even through temp have dropped 10 degrees Celsius in the last month

Cannabis are very different note stronger resilient outdoor then Indoor.

Jewelry loupe 40-60x so you can see those trichromes better .

If wait bit longer shame to wait and rush it it early you know ..also colder temps will help man boost any natural genetic colours and help with trichrome production a bit as well.

 

[jkaitzen]

30 x or 60 X i can get off the shelf ...tis ok ?

 

[Rickstertp]

30 x or 60 X i can get off the shelf ...tis ok ?

Better than a loupe is a USB microscope. You can buy it for $20 US on Amazon, I'm sure they have it in Australia. I can't identify amber trichs with my loupe, but the microscope is amazing. You'll have to snip a bit of flower off with an outdoor plant, but you can then take it in the house and put it under the microscope and see WAY better than with a loupe. With my indoor plants, I just put the plant on a table and set up the microscope so I can look all over the plant.

 

[Justin Goody]

Better than a loupe is a USB microscope. You can buy it for $20 US on Amazon, I'm sure they have it in Australia. I can't identify amber trichs with my loupe, but the microscope is amazing. You'll have to snip a bit of flower off with an outdoor plant, but you can then take it in the house and put it under the microscope and see WAY better than with a loupe. With my indoor plants, I just put the plant on a table and set up the microscope so I can look all over the plant.

I just bought one after reading your reply, it was $31, wireless with a stand. I feel like such a stoner for not thinking of that before lol...it will make it so easy!

 

[Rickstertp]

I just bought one after reading your reply, it was $31, wireless with a stand. I feel like such a stoner for not thinking of that before lol...it will make it so easy!

I didn't know they existed until I had already bought a loupe and then another small table scope that didn't work very well either. I learned about them here from someone else. Best of luck with the rest of your grow. Plants look good, but I agree with the others, it looks like they have a few weeks still, but I've never grown outdoors, so my opinion doesn't mean much.