The document discusses how to determine the right time to harvest cannabis plants. It states that harvesting too early or late can negatively impact potency and cannabinoid levels. The best indicators that a plant is ready for harvest are the development of yellow fan leaves, darkening of pistils from white to red/brown/orange, and the appearance of cloudy milky trichomes under magnification. Proper harvesting timing is important to achieve high yields of optimal quality.

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WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO HARVEST YOUR PLANTS?
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How Do You Know the Right Time to
Harvest Your Cannabis Plants?
What is the exact right time to harvest those big marijuana buds?
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Joseph Billions , today at 12:00am
Growing cannabis: how to determine the right time to
harvest cannabis plants?
The goal of a truly bene cial cannabis growing process heavily depends on the ability of the grower to achieve a good
yield at the time of harvest. A good number of factors such as the amount of light, watering of the plant, grow medium,
climatic conditions, temperature, pressure, wind, and cultivation techniques play a huge role in determining the quality

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of yield at the end of the growing process. One other crucial factor that must also be considered carefully if the aim is to
get a sustainable yield from the growing process is the right time to harvest the plants.
The harvest stage
The harvest stage is a very special time in the cultivation process. It is very important and necessary that it is done at the
right time. When cannabis plants are harvested at a time earlier than when they should be harvested, they give o low
quality yield. The potency of the plant is a ected because the plant has not been allowed adequate time to develop the
concentration of cannabinoids to an optimal level. It is also not bene cial when cannabis plants are harvested too late
because the added time degrades the level of THC and some of the other cannabinoids embedded in the plant matrix.
So, to get the best the timing has to be perfect.
Time to harvest
When it comes to the question of the right time to harvest cannabis plants, di erent experienced cannabis growers
have been known to apply regulated time intervals depending on the type of cannabis strain to show when they should
be harvested. Indica cannabis strains are said to be t for harvesting 8 weeks after the onset of the owering stage
while sativa cannabis strains are said to be t for harvest 10 weeks after the owering stage. Auto- owering strains are
also given the same 10 weeks period after seedling to become t for harvest.
The method of using these stipulated time periods is largely based on estimation and is not precise enough because
di erent factors can a ect cannabis plants and in turn change the time that the plant is ready for harvest. If the
precision of the time of harvest is to be reached, the cannabis grower must be well versed with the physical
characteristics of the cannabis plant as these are the surest indicators to point the right time for harvest. Once the
cannabis grower knows the cannabis plant very well and can identify the de ning characteristics of the plants, he/she
knows what to look out for. So once the signs starts to show you know the plant is ready for harvest.
Things to look out for
There are di erent characteristics that show that a cannabis plant is ready to be harvested. They include

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Development of Yellow Fan leaves: Cannabis plants have large fan leaves that are used to facilitate the trapping of
energy from the sun to energize and move the photosynthetic activities of the plant. These fan leaves are easy to
identify in the cannabis plant as they are large and clearly seen as green leaves during the development of the plant.
When the cannabis plant begins to develop with a yellow color after the owering phase, it is a noteworthy sign that the
plant is ready for harvest. However, it is worthy of note that the presence of yellow leaves during the vegetative phase is
an indicator that the plant is su ering from nutritional de ciencies and too many fan leaves take away necessary
resources from the cannabis plant and a ect its ability to produce adequate potent buds.
Darkening of Pistils: This I one of the reasons why it is important for the grower to know the plants very well because
the pistil is a hair-like structure protruding from calyxes. They begin as white wispy structures at the beginning of the
owering stage and are very visible to the eye characterizing the female cannabis plant. On the darkening of the pistil to
either red, brown, or orange, the cannabis plant has accumulated enough amounts of cannabinoids and is said to be
ready for harvest.
The appearance of milky trichomes: Trichomes are small glands that are found between owers and their form and
structure play a very big role in determining whether the plant is ready for harvest. These structures are too small to be
seen by the naked eye hence a small magnifying tool is needed to enable the cannabis grower to see them properly
because it is not only their presence that is indicative of the readiness of the plant for harvest but their structure as well
signifying the potency of the cannabinoids accumulated. A cloudy and milky appearance of the trichomes is indicative of
the fact that the plant has a very good level of THC embedded in the plant matrix signifying that it is the right time for
harvest.
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