Trichomes When to Harvest
Determining when your cannabis plant is ready for harvest is the most important part of harvesting marijuana buds. As a medical marijuana grower, whether indoors or outdoors, you need to know how to check the weed plants trichomes and the pistils to make sure you harvesting marijuana at the perfect time, preserving the plants thc and potency levels. The easiest way to understand how to harvest your medical marijuana crop is to watch the video “harvesting cannabis plants for buds”. In this video I show you when to harvest marijuana plants and buds for maximum size, potency and quality.
Trichomes When to Harvest
How to Harvest and Cure Marijuana
Harvesting Marijuana Signals
If you are growing MMJ in a large warehouse, you need to take into consideration how many plants need to be trimmed and calculate that by the time it takes to trim each plant or how long it takes to trim a pound of bud. While using appropriate marijuana harvest time signals, you will need to either hire some people to help trim and manicure or you will need to invest in an automatic trimmer which runs between $8000-$15,000 to buy or some companies have rental options that include an operator, saving you time which results in more profit for your grow business.
Hanging & Drying after Harvesting Medical Marijuana Buds
Once the buds of the marijuana plant have been trimmed and harvested, they now need to be hung to dry and cure. This is the last step in harvesting marijuana buds and is also the most important part of drying marijuana buds. Every cannabis plant is different in size and density, therefore drying times will vary. The average bud takes 5 days to dry. You can feel the buds to see if they are dry. Keep in mind that even though they feel dry, they will regain moisture once they are put into the cure stage. During drying, you always want to make sure the temperature and air flow are perfect as this will help eliminate mold and nasty odors. Keeping light away from the buds while drying will preserve the THC trichomes, keeping potency at a maximum. The pictures below are just one simple way I use to hang and dry my cannabis plants. Due to limited space in this specific marijuana grow room, I use a dark, dry and cool area that has plenty of air flow, using some electrical cables that are already there to hang the plant branches from. In my large warehouse grow rooms I use drying racks that I custom made.
Trimming & Manicuring while Harvesting Marijuana Plants.
Now that you have checked your marijuana plants trichomes and pistils for harvest, I am going to show you how to trim your plants buds and branches. Harvesting marijuana buds takes a lot of time to do. Having patience is very important when you choose to trim each plant by hand and not by using an automatic trimmer, which some people say damages thc trichomes and results in lower potency. Knowing how to cut the branches and trim the leaves properly will make drying and curing much easier. In this video “trimming and manicuring marijuana buds“, I show you how to cut branches and trim each flower to perfection. After watching this short video, you will be ready to hang your marijuana buds to dry.
How to Set Up a Grow Room
Now that you know how how to tell when to harvest marijuana , you can smoke, sell or turn the dried weed into edibles.
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you said in your video that you just throw away the shade leaves cant you use it in butter or is there not enough thc in the leaves to use them tanks for your time jtm
the shade (water leaves) do not contain THC. so i just toss them. all they will do is add green color to the butter
Hey There,
I love the site and videos,they are very helpful. I am working on my third harvest,and due to the great sunlight i get out in CA,I have moved them form inside to outside. And they are growing like never before. You have gave some great tips on how to tell when the plant is ready to harvest. Is it ever acceptable to cut some of the larger buds before harvesting the whole crop? The larger buds on top are very heavy and making the plant droop. I have tied them up give support. Just curious if I should trim the larger ones. Will that effect the plant and the rest of its buds? Thanks
yes u can cut the tops a bit earlier than the rest of the plant.. just make sure they are ready to be cut. dont cut them just because they are too heavy. Thats a good thing!
dang that was some awesome buds
hello,
I have seen your videos on your website and like the way you present your information and the process you use to produce quality MMJ. I’m a grower myself, and have been sucessfull in my own personal grow for two years now. I am interested in a job working with your company doing anything from trimming to managing a grow. Currently Im using sunshine mix #4 with the Advanced Nuitrents connisure system and have had great results. I have many other friends who have grows as well and through working with them have experience with flood and drain systems and other methods of growing MMJ. Another thing I greatly respect about your style is the hand trim only method, thats the only way I’ll trim my crop. I’ve applied for the job openings you have posted and look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your time. Sincerly, Chris Montes
Hi Chris.
I did receive your application online. I am going through them 1 by 1 in the order they were received. I will be contacting each applicant by phone to talk more about the position applied for. Please bare with me as this process will take some time.
Thanks for your nice comments about my site and my style. I appreciate it!
Talk to you soon
Thanks,
GHB
I just would like to say that is a very intersting process… I’m from arizona and leave further north from all the medical marijuana experiences. I don’t think that we will ever get a chance to explore into it that field where I live, I am native american and seeing natural medicine being put to use is very awesome. I just would like to say that I am a fan, and hopefully one day I get to expierence something like that, because I am a farmer by nature and am very good with plants.
@ Brian Begay – Thanks for your interest in my site. As far as you growing in AZ, do you live on the reservation? if so, will the BLM allow you to grow medicine? Im actually interested in learning about more native americans growing mmj, as there should be.
Why dont you talk to your local authorities and ask what it would take? Never hurts to ask. If you do, please keep me updated as I would love to learn more.
Thanks and Good Luck