Help in flowering !!

So I've been growing this unknown seed since late January and this white widow since early March and I was wondering if they were ready for harvest.
They've been in 12/12 since April and the smaller one which has been growing since Jan has lost its leafs in an accident so I was wondering if anyone could tell.

chop, dry &cure....they are ready

Thanks bro I was thinking about letting them go another week but if now is a good time, what should I do now ? I read online blogs but what is the steps you take ?

I highly recommend reading the https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237 thread it's a doozy but it's helpful.

My personal steps are to examine with a jewlers loupe and cut when I'm about 20% amber trichs. I think some people like more 10% range, it's all personal preference you have to find out what you like best. I cut the branches and hang them from a string across the room for 2-4 days in a roughly 80F 50% humidity room until they stems bend but don't snap. If they straight up snap you are probably too dry, so check them every day till you get a handle for your drying. I then trim the buds off the larger branches and the larger leaves I don't want curing and transfer to quart mason jars. I put a hygrometer on one side and an integra boost 55 on the other of the jar. It's like a boveda and it just keeps the humidity around 55. Then put the jars into a dark, not too cool not too warm area, I store them in my sock drawer in the back. To start check on the humidity daily and burp the jars for a bit in an area that is dryer than the jars. If the jars say 60% and you open them in a room with 80% humidity, you are just gonna make them wetter. Once it seems to settle around 55 stop burping and just let it cure. At this point the longer you wait the better the cure gets is my understanding.

Okay well I dont exactly have the money to buy those things, is there a cheap alternative?? And I heard about washing the buds, should I do that or not at all ?

Wow I forgot about this thread my apologies! If you can't swing all that the bare minimum I would recommend is some mason jars and you really should get a hygrometer. It's impossible to "eyeball" humidity and it's very important during the cure stage. I have no knowledge on the washing of weed so I can't help ya there sorry.

two more weeks


you NEED to be able to check humidity levels, rob a bank for all i care, you NEED one

HuffnPufferfish said:

two more weeks


you NEED to be able to check humidity levels, rob a bank for all i care, you NEED one

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Hygrometer definitely gets used every day, well worth the investment.

Cheap hygrometers on Amazon.

I have a hydrometer the one I used for the grow but I cant put it in the jars, or it doesn't matter ?

Hygrometer

Geelive said:

I have a hydrometer the one I used for the grow but I cant put it in the jars, or it doesn't matter ?

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If it will fit, go for it, put it in there. but you can't use it for the grow while it's curing. I highly recommend a Caliber hygrometer, they are for tobacco and are the best quality and longest lasting I've found and they fit right into a mason jar. https://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Digital-Hygromter-Western-Humidor/dp/B00JXOKQVW
They tend to be more expensive than no name hygrometers, but they are worth the extra cost in my opinion.