When to pull? What are the myths and facts

[sammysamsam]

Coming close to my first pull and I have been talking to various people who say different things- for example "make sure you pull her up on a hot day around midday for stronger weed" and "make sure you cut all the leaves off prior to pull" then other old mate says don't do that, keep the soil from the plant and them being told nah start fresh etc I'm getting told so many things it's overwhelming to be honest, but I trust this place I've had good reliable info so far so please experienced growers help me out here is there all these tricks I should be doing or just pull her up?

Ps. She's not ready yet but I like to research ahead of time to be prepared

 

[Sativa1970]

Sometimes there is something to some of that. Mostly it is what we refer to as "bro science". As in "BRO! my friends cousins uncle told me how to di it right." lol The most important part is deciding when to cut. Early harvest effect the head and late harvest effect the body. Anywhere from 20% to 80% amber trichomes. If you don't have magnification you can read pistols but that is more of an art than a science. Harder to explain in text.

End of the day is when the minerals are the lowest but you will never notice the difference. Whenever you have time, and the plant is ready is best time.

The hot weather evaporated more terpenes so you notice the smell more. No effect on the bud other than a few lost terpene to the air.

Cutting off leaves prior will make it dry a bit quicker, less chlorophyll to cure out and make trimming a lot easier. Leaving them on to drain into buds is the same as waiting a few more hours to harvest. Yes remove fan leaves.

Keep the soil, as in dry with roots on? No.. just no... Not even going into all the reasons this is a bad idea.

1. Trim the fan leaves.
2. cut the plant at the base and hang upside down.
3. Keep it out of the light around 65 to 70RH and 65 to 80F
4. After a week or two when you pull a bud towards the trunk base it pops off with a snap you are dry and ready for cure.
5. Separate buds into 2/3 full mason jars.
6, Open the lids for 15 minutes every day for a week. Then every 3 days for 2 weeks. Then once a week of three weeks. You can smoke it while you jar. Longer it cures the better it gets, to a point.