Remember reading sumwhere that thc levels are higher in the morning, anyone know anything regarding this?

Lights r off right now, and its chopping time, should i wait till tonight, or just go for it now?

Orig Cheese @ 10 Weeks today!

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looking great there mate mmmmmmmm

i dont think it matters , just a myth i suspect

cheers mate thought as much, dunno why that particlure bud has went purplish, but i do like the look of it ahaha

think al get me scissors out then!

i read somewhere that morning was best but i dunno mate to be honest i crnt see it making much difference

ive chopped morning , afternoon but now if possible on the stroke of 12 midnight . noone knocking the door then

never noticed a difference

got most of the big buds down now, bottom half im tempted to leave for a week or so n see if it fattens up at all, just the dauntin task ahead of trimming it ahaha...

i hate trimming


if all your bud are like that , should only take an hour

thc production peaks at the end of the day

If the main cola is chopped will the air buds underneath near the bottom fatten up? Always wondered this myself. I usually just use them for flash dried testers:)

Trichs tend to bleach after they've been under the light/sun all day, whether this makes a difference to the overall stone I don't have a clue. But I do prefer to trim at the end of lights out because the leaves seem to be standing more proud so I find it slightly easier. I also like to leave it until the pot has dried out, makes it easier for dispossal.....

I was always under the impression that THC degradation was due to 2 things. Light and heat. which is why we store are weed in cool+dark areas.
Which makes me asume that THC would be at its highest just before lights on.

Buts thats me just guessing.

I'd love for somebody to clear this one up with a bit of science!

I thought that the cannabinoids including THC changed from one on to another as the plant came into late flower... we use trich colour to tell how far along the plants are and then its partly down to personal taste as to when we cut based on clear / milky / amber ratios and percents. This choice defines the cannabinoids in the fresh harvested bud and how much THC it contains as a ratio of the other cannabinoids. But the window for harvesting is strain variable, while your personal harvest point can persist for days without changing much, this suggests to me that the whole THC ratio is not fluctuating daily but slowly changing over days.... maybe THC isn't the only bit that's important though, otherwise all smokes would be the same just stronger or weaker in the "THC high".... I know that's wrong at least

Just smoking a m8s swap now, grown from my clones and its totally different from mine, feel like my bloods been drained out so my muscles don't work!..... thats got to be the day or the week we each harvested not the hour IMO as we have similar grows and both highs are good

fuck blue cheese- this is PURPLE CHEESE

looks great BTW

She's a beauty... stinky cheesy beauty
I've heard it's best to chop just after lights on... so you can see what you are doing ...... nah, plus supposedly has something to do with production of something or other glad I cleared that up then .... sshhhhheeeeeeett...

i may start working on a actual feminized purple cheese when i get my PPC seeds from ace
ive been thinking of this for a while now,
nice plant man an nice lil tint of colour to it, you should take cuts from it if u can reveg it

u could probably sell it for that at my ends to.
but yea i dont think it matters when u chop mate an in theory the lower buds should get fatter but it depends if the plants stopped growing, if youve left it for say 9 weeks then i wouldnt bother id chop it all. but if its say 8 weeks then maybe go another week on the lower ones.

A guy i met once recommended that chopping at night was best.

Give them one last day of light and then chop.
You store them in darkness anyway when they dry.

Anyways am sure whatever you decide will result in a nice smoke

I`ve always got good results leaving the bottoms for another week to 10 days if the room is free, especially if the plants have been fairly tall. I dont think the plant has to be growing still for it to swell up the buds that are there and pump more trich`s out.

Having said that, the strain I`m growing now is ripening from the bottom up and I`m having to take some bottoms off while the tops carry ona while longer

I cook, make bubble hash and honey oil with mine, but I may as well get em as big as I can if the space is free I figure

I'm going to confuse matters by adding that breeder DJShort reckons that hanging a freshly cut plant in indirect light for a couple of days allows the plant to further metabolise any remaining sugars or whatever into thc.
And harvesting biodynamically, ie in time with full moons and other heavenly bodily alignments has had a drastic effect on my crop size and quality in the past. Definately worth looking into biodynamics peeps.

Like how much difference do you notice if you coincide a harvest around the full moon. I know a lot of crazy shit happens around the moon and tides but you`re saying you can notice a better quality or yeild??

I might have to dry out some weed in indirect light, I`ll try and remember to keep it seperate and give it a smoke test.

Not necessarily bigger, but fuller buds, more chunky. and the resin heads seemed more perfectly spherical, even when dried. Could well be due to Luna's influence on water, you know like tides, and 'luna'tics acting up with a full moon.
Biodynamics brings me a better quality high too. It's not something I do all the time, just occasionally, but compared to a non biodynamic crop crown right along side the high is much more uplifting and beautiful.
I can't explain it, but it seems to work. Too much of a rigorous schedule for me to follow though, flower days fruit days no planting days....sounds like hydroponics to this simpleton

edit to add; re drying, it's just two days in indirect light, just til the plant realises it's been killed

this is from r.c. clarke's marijuana botany.
Moon Cycles

Since ancient times man has observed the effect of
the moon on living organisms, especially his crops. Planting
and harvest dates based on moon cycles are still found in
the Old Farmer's Almanac. The moon takes 28 to 29 days to
completely orbit the earth. This cycle is divided into four
one-week phases. It starts as the new moon waxes (begins
to enlarge) for a week until the quarter moon and another
week until the moon is full. Then the waning (shrinking)
cycle begins and the moon passes back for two weeks
through another quarter to reach the beginning of the cycle
with a new moon. Most cultivators agree that the best time
for planting is on the waxing moon, and the best time to
harvest is on the waning moon. Exact new moons, full
moons, and quarter moons are avoided as these are times of
interplanetary stress. Planting, germinating, grafting, and
layering are most favored during phases 1 and 2. The best
time is a few days before the full moon. Phases 3 and 4 are
most beneficial for harvesting and pruning.
Root growth seems accelerated at the time of the new
moon, possibly as a response to increased gravitational pull
from the alignment of sun and moon. It also seems that
floral cluster formation is slowed by the full moon. Strong,
full moonlight is on the borderline of being enough light
to cease floral induction entirely. Although this never hap-
pens, if a plant is just about to begin floral growth, it may
be delayed a week by a few nights of bright moonlight.
Conversely, plants begin floral growth during the dark
nights of the new moon. More research is needed to explain
the mysterious effects of moon cycles on Cannabis

very interesting info organic jim, many thanks!

I heard that a good practise is to just give them 24hrs darkness before you chop, Time to reflect i guess before they make their grower happy...

Correct me if i am wrong, i'll let the guy who told me know too, might even send him uk420's way

OK so whoever said harvest the plants in the morning aka just after lights on are right,
this is because during the dark period your buds are building and loadin up fast on
that thc the plants functions are minimal.but when lights turn on so does normal plant growth as well as bud production.so chop in the am.!!