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West coast rains come early, Growers begin the harvest premature. What are you doing?

WokkaWokka!

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Got a phone call today from my confidential source in California's own 'deliverance country' of the northern west coast. This storm moving through has completely soaked everyone from the bay area to humboldt county north and inland as far as redding where a moderate rainfall still accumulates. Specifically in mendocino county growers are scrambling to get their plants upside down and dry if they are anywhere close to being done. There must be some thick buds on those plants already, because the proper harvest window is close but not quite here for the vast majority of california's cannabis crop.

Is anybody pulling their plants now due to rain? What strains are you growing if you are indeed going to harvest them now to spare the risk of losing buds to rot?

Personally I am going to give a close look to a few of my indicas that are looking to be on their final home stretch right now. Hardly any of the crop is close to ripe but some are definitely within 2 weeks. It would really be a disappointment to cut them now, mostly because I have been dying to sample the fully matured buds because until now we have had nothing but dry heat.

If it only ends up raining lightly for 6-8 hours, perhaps it won't be so bad for me but there is this massive blockhead cola. . . :fsu: And I can hear it on my roof now, drumming away with its incessant threats of rotting dank carcass.

My two ripest big'uns, a pure kush and a GDP are both maybe 20-25% withered pistils and three F1 blockheads from seed along with a massive, chunked out royal kush are comparable. I want them to go another 2 weeks but now all bets are off.
 

Babbabud

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Gonna get a little breeze and some clearing starting tomorrow. Shake the water off your plants and sit tight.
 

WokkaWokka!

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Believe me babba I just got out there and shook the plants very thoroughly, at 5 am. The rain here was only 3 hours at most and very light. Is that going to compromise my biggest tops? One is HUGE if it has another 2 weeks it will be a dried and cured gallon jug sized top weighing at least 60g. And the GDP and blockhead, are right at like 45 days.
 

krunchbubble

Dear Haters, I Have So Much More For You To Be Mad
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rains snapped alot of branches on my plants. lost major weight. had to put huge fans outside to try to dry them off, what a disaster....
 
Next time, if possible, place tarps over the plants to make them a "tent". Looks like the weather is clearing up and it will be hot this coming week. Best of luck to all of you outdoor types!
 

KGB47

"It's just a flesh wound"
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All mine got a good soaking but i went out and shook them really well, the weather is cooperating it's going to heat up the next few day, it should dry out the buds by Wednesday. Some of the branches got bent really low due to bud and water weight but they didn't snap. They should be fine unless mother nature dumps Autumn on us early.
 
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