Harvesting seeds

[Chrondocious]

I've got my first little batch of seeds, and I was wondering how people harvest them. Do I pick them out right away, ot let the plant dry, and pick them out? Im assuming dry would be easier, but I only have a few.

 

[Mike Wright]

I let them cure in the buds for at least a month to really ripen up.

 

[Icemud]

I let the buds dry completely as it makes breaking up the buds much easier.. (I personally throw away the bud when harvesting seeds). The more powdery the better for me.

I break the buds up with my fingers, over a large 4 foot floor mirror sideways on a sable, where the mirror side away is raised about 2" and slopes towards me. The lip on the mirror catches the seeds as I break up the buds and they roll down. Its not perfect but helps speed up the process.

I don't smoke the bud though, so this is a very destructive method if you are trying to get good smoke also out of the harvest as you are left with a conglomerate of mini seeds, sticks and stems, leaves and bud all pulverized together. You can howerver sift some nice kief out before tossing it which I do

 

[Chrondocious]

I let the buds dry completely as it makes breaking up the buds much easier.. (I personally throw away the bud when harvesting seeds). The more powdery the better for me.

I break the buds up with my fingers, over a large 4 foot floor mirror sideways on a sable, where the mirror side away is raised about 2" and slopes towards me. The lip on the mirror catches the seeds as I break up the buds and they roll down. Its not perfect but helps speed up the process.

I don't smoke the bud though, so this is a very destructive method if you are trying to get good smoke also out of the harvest as you are left with a conglomerate of mini seeds, sticks and stems, leaves and bud all pulverized together. You can howerver sift some nice kief out before tossing it which I do

I only had. A couple branches worth. I let the branches get close to death looking and cut them down. Must have worked, cause a few must have fallen off and already sprouted in the pot they were in! Sweet! Thanks for the tips.

 

[grayeyes]

Whether they fall out or just dry with the buds let them continue to dry and set for a couple weeks. Then you can preserve them either of the ways Big Sur told you.

 

[Artrix]

I've got my first little batch of seeds, and I was wondering how people harvest them. Do I pick them out right away, ot let the plant dry, and pick them out? Im assuming dry would be easier, but I only have a few.

Letting the plant dry a bit can make it easier to remove the seeds. You can gently harvest them after the plant has dried a bit, but make sure they're fully mature first.