[PetFlora]

I put ONE plant outdoors. She's tiny but super healthy.

I pollinated her ~ 6 weeks ago

I see mature dark seeds in her cracked calyxes

Her cousin was harvested on 2/09, Her leaves show no signs of being ready to harvest, though

I am 99% hydro.

When will I know to pull her?

[Bud Green Sr.]

She is tiny!
I guess you're an indoor guy....
Have the trichs turned cloudy yet? At least 75% cloudy and 25% clear? if so chop her...

If the seeds are important to you, and you're not ready to chop yet,
Carefully poke the mature seeds out of their shells, so you don't lose them..
Or place some kind of paper or plastic under her, so the seeds fall out on it and you can collect them...

[bsgospel]

Harvest for seeds or harvest for bud?

[Chappi]

6 weeks plenty of time for seed development. When you pollinate the plants’s energy goes to making seeds so don’t expect yield. Every calyx matures at it’s own rate so I would sample a few and see if you like what you have now. Happy harvesting.

[PetFlora]

Originally Posted by bsgospel

Harvest for seeds or harvest for bud?

for harvesting the plant/buds

all her leafs are a healthy green, no signs of yellowing or brown pistils

[PetFlora]

Originally Posted by Bud Green Sr.

She is tiny!
I guess you're an indoor guy....
Have the trichs turned cloudy yet? At least 75% cloudy and 25% clear? if so chop her...

If the seeds are important to you, and you're not ready to chop yet,
Carefully poke the mature seeds out of their shells, so you don't lose them..
Or place some kind of paper or plastic under her, so the seeds fall out on it and you can collect them...

Thanks

she's tiny because I pulled her when I saw coconuts some 12 weeks ago. It was grown in a coco pellet that expands to ~ 1.3" x 4". I literally threw it on my tile patio. It got enough water to survive. About 8 weeks ago I noticed pistils at the top, so I planted HER. A testament to how resourceful this plant is to survive

Indeed, he may have flipped to preserve itself

Never saw pistils beyond the top bud, and none there now!

I put one leaf under the scope. Most of the trichs have lost their head, but only ~ 10% cloudy with a few dark amber

[AgentPothead]

I could just be really sober and not parsing this right, but why would you pollinate the plant if you were later going to harvest it for buds?

[Douglas.Curtis]

Originally Posted by AgentPothead

I could just be really sober and not parsing this right, but why would you pollinate the plant if you were later going to harvest it for buds?

You wouldn't, unless you like mineral rich flower. Feed for seeds or fine flower, pick one because they're exclusive.

I've been chopping at 5-15% amber for over a decade and it's produced wonderfully ripe cannabis with all the strains I've grown through the years.

Count 20 trichomes on flower only (not sugar leaves), in a few spots to get an average. 1 amber trichome in 20 is 5% amber. 2 is 10%, 3 is 15%. Chop each strain at a few different %'s and label them for later testing.

You're welcome.

[AgentPothead]

After re-reading I think it flipped on it's own after he put it out to die and he's just trying to harvest what he can. But yeah, seeds or buds, pick one.

[PetFlora]

Originally Posted by AgentPothead

I could just be really sober and not parsing this right, but why would you pollinate the plant if you were later going to harvest it for buds?

what genius says you can't have both?

Obviously, you would not sell seeded bud, BUT, once the seeds have been physically removed, the remaining smashed bud is still very smokeable, or make butter with it