Hi 420

Thanks to you guys, I'm heading towards the end of my first grow with minimal problems so far. I'm in Day 38 of flowering. I have 3 White widows with a month+ to go and a California Hash Plant with only a week or so to go (it only needs 45-50 days). It was a free seed that's turned out pretty well and I'm almost more excited about her than the WW's She's massive and bushy and at the top her main cola and buds near the top are almost ready. They've increased in size massively recently, and the hairs are all oranging and going back in. I'm hopefully picking up a microscope tomorrow to examine trichomes.

Underneath however, she's started throwing out new flowers in the last week on the bottom branches, which are just starting to grow, and won't really amount to much in the next 10 days or so. I was thinking of harvesting the top half of her and leaving the rest to flower for another month. I've had a flick through this forum and seen that it's a possibility, I'm just looking for advice as to whether it is a good idea in my situation, and if so, some tips as to how to go about it.

I'd like to know the best way to harvest the top buds, while causing the least amount of harm / stress to the remaining parts of the plant. I'd also love some tips on how to balance the nutrients, regarding flushing them out for a good smoke on the first harvest, while still keeping her alive and healthy enough to grow after I chop her head off

Here are some pics to help you help me !

In all her glory:
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top bud:
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There are about 10 new pics of her on my grow diary (link in sig) if you want a better look.

Thanks for reading

if you want to keep the bottom buds flowering m8...just cut the stem above them.... they`ll be fine
alhough i personally wouldnt bother...just use the airbuds to make oil or hash if you have enough


WM

Hey weedmonsta, thanks
I've just been reading Kafka's harvesting and curing guide (glad I did or I wouldn't have known what airbud was ), and read about that option. I hadn't considered it before. I guess I'll wait until the top is ready, and see how far the bottom buds have come along by then, then decide what to do.

got to say i agree with weedmonsta, just harvest her when she is fully ready and if bottom buds are not up to much stick them in a qwiso oil run - or butane - and you will have some fine oil to go with your sweet looking weed

forget about those small buds mate, not worth the agro..

Or the electric!!!

Hi Judd, MrCoco and KC

Thanks for your advice, you all seem to agree so I'll just harvest the lot in a week or two


Judd - I'm not so confident about making BHO, I'm pretty accident prone and don't like the idea of working with flammable substances, especially stoned I'm really looking forward to making some hash though, so hopefully I'll have enough to do that. I can always store / freeze them and add them to the trim from the widows, right?

im the biggest fish there is mate ,if i can do it , you can and bho is worth the effort , just do it in the shed or summat.
peace
enjoy your harvest

geeeep

KAABBOOOOOM!! If your going to make BHO the whole procedure is safer done outside..

That's not really filling me with confidence

I don't have a shed and my neighbours can see over my back garden fence.... so I think I'll probably give that one a miss. Maybe another time ... when I've read up about it more.

try qwiso then mate, i'v done it once before - peice of cake, even done it in the living room (with the widows open!!) when i tried it. NO SMOKING THOUGH

i'm actually waiting on some iso gettin delivered and may post some pics of the run for some extra tips on my method

anyways - yeah, i cant see no probs with storing them with your other trim

Been reading about the forum, and if anything, I'm now more tempted to use the sub-par stuff / trim, to bake with. I'm a dab hand at chocolate brownies, muffins, cakes, e.t.c. I'm sure some cannabutter chocolate delicacies wouldn't go amiss. Plus I've never eaten any "space cakes" that have actually worked before, would be interesting to see the effects of getting baked off eating space food.

be very careful when making/eating cakes.. the stone will creep up on you just as you finish the second one ... and then its too late .. its white city ..