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Green Utopia
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Re: Minor tip for newer growers
Thanks for that. I think its important for folks to hear from more than just me on this subject. I too have tested it and I got 100% the same results from 4 different strains and many different smokers. I used about 15% amber vs 50% amber for a test. Every single person agreed the high from the later buds was better.
Some folks found the stony stuff TOO stony, and wanted some that had been harvested early because it would not get them as high. So I gave those folks two bags - one that was the same stuff, harvested early, and one that was a different strain that simply has less THC, but it was harvested at 50%. EVERY SINGLE PERSON preferred the one harvested at 50%.
Every single person repeated the same thing you just said up there. The premature stuff was the same high - just less of it. Just when they thought they were about to get stoned, it felt like they were coming down. And anyone who smokes regularly had to smoke 2x as much of the premature stuff.
I really think 50% is the LOW end for harvesting. For me, anything less than 50% is an early harvest. If you want THC buy a strain with THC. If you want CBDs buy a strain with high CBD. If you want a beer, don't buy a shot of Vodka and water it down. It will never be beer. Trying to give a strain characteristics it otherwise doesn't have will not work in my opinion. All you can do is subtract, not add.
Thus concludes my extended rant on the evils of early harvest propaganda.
Thanks!! heheheh.
EDIT: The only reason I don't go for 100% amber is because some tris ripen faster than others. Unfortunately at a certain point the number of tris turning from light amber to dark amber is greater than the number turning from milky to amber. This is the harvest window in my opinion. After those 3-7 days then you have degraded more THC than will be formed anew.
I agree 100%. In my last grow I bought in to the propaganda and did an early and a late harvest (two weeks apart), thinking the early harvest would be more cerebral and the late harvest would be more physical and stoney. Pure hooey. The only difference I could tell between early and late harvests was that the late harvest had longer lasting effects and the buds were bigger. I'll always let 'em finish (50/50 amber) from now on.
Great advice as always Papa
Thanks for that. I think its important for folks to hear from more than just me on this subject. I too have tested it and I got 100% the same results from 4 different strains and many different smokers. I used about 15% amber vs 50% amber for a test. Every single person agreed the high from the later buds was better.
Some folks found the stony stuff TOO stony, and wanted some that had been harvested early because it would not get them as high. So I gave those folks two bags - one that was the same stuff, harvested early, and one that was a different strain that simply has less THC, but it was harvested at 50%. EVERY SINGLE PERSON preferred the one harvested at 50%.
Every single person repeated the same thing you just said up there. The premature stuff was the same high - just less of it. Just when they thought they were about to get stoned, it felt like they were coming down. And anyone who smokes regularly had to smoke 2x as much of the premature stuff.
I really think 50% is the LOW end for harvesting. For me, anything less than 50% is an early harvest. If you want THC buy a strain with THC. If you want CBDs buy a strain with high CBD. If you want a beer, don't buy a shot of Vodka and water it down. It will never be beer. Trying to give a strain characteristics it otherwise doesn't have will not work in my opinion. All you can do is subtract, not add.
Thus concludes my extended rant on the evils of early harvest propaganda.
Thanks!! heheheh.
EDIT: The only reason I don't go for 100% amber is because some tris ripen faster than others. Unfortunately at a certain point the number of tris turning from light amber to dark amber is greater than the number turning from milky to amber. This is the harvest window in my opinion. After those 3-7 days then you have degraded more THC than will be formed anew.