This cheese needs advise. Is this close to harvest

[rah1965]

Since this is my first grow I want to get good quality out of my harvest. Advice would be welcome on this question.....Are my plants close or ready for harvest, or how long should I wait? Hopefully the pics will help..

 

[Antics]

CLose, possibly ready. What do the trichomes look like? What color ratio of clear/cloudy/amber do you have now?

 

[rah1965]

From last week the color has changed to darker so we wondered if we're close. And the "crystals" look like mushrooms. We read that they start loosing leaves though and that hasn't happened.

 

[Antics]

The color of what changed to darker?

The crystals are trichomes, that appearance is normal. Losing leaves won't happen on every plant, every strain, or every grow.

 

[rah1965]

The trichomes have changed on both plants and all the hairs are dying off

 

[c526]

Thats a sweet looking girl,congrats on a kickass first time

before jewelers loupe,75-80% of the hairs receding/turning brown/orange was a good indicate.Personally(just from pictures) its about done.

 

[Hiddenkoncept]

Check this thread out my friend when to harvest

Best advice I could give is to get a cheap jewellery loupe that has 40-60x room and wait till most the trichomes are a nice milky colour!

 

[Antics]

Trichome colors:

Clear isn't ready.
Cloudy is considered optimum by most.
Amber signifies the degradation of THC.

 

[rah1965]

I got a zoomed in pic of the plant. Hope you can help. And tks for the pics and advice. The debate continues..#newbees

 

[devils letuce]

to me they aren't ready yet . and it all depends on the kind of high your looking for , once they start to get cloudy and ambered u can make a decision . on the great looking plants .

 

[rah1965]

Thank you everyone for the tips. Went with some good pics and advice and we decided to harvest. TKS

 

[rah1965]

The trimming so time consuming. Hope it's right

 

[Antics]

Yeah the trimming is my least favorite part lol. BUT it's all worth it in the end, and your bed looks trimmed nicely man. I'd be proud to have that bud in one of my jars here!

 

[DarkGreenGoo]

They looked pretty milky in the pic. Next time pick up a 60X (or even 30 X) microscope/jewelers loupe.

I remember my first harvest. I thought trimming was going to be easy. Six hours late, and three pairs of cheap broken scissors, sticky hands, and a house that stunk for days, I knew a lot better.

 

[devils letuce]

but i bet u were still smiling though lol

 

[rillos]

now be patient and let it dry and cure properly.

 

[rah1965]

Haha it was six hours and we threw our hands up so at it again tonight 2 branches left then the next cheese plant will get the trim and its just as promising. Then it will be my babies turn my Og Widow. She's looking sweet.