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im new to this auto flower game they been in the room 7 weeks today the problem i have is knowing when to chop can anyone help me please i dont wanna mess this up
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Can you post some pics? That would help. Do you have a jewelers loupe or a pocket microscope?
 
i dont know how to post pics and i do have a loope and i been looking at them close but no amber the place i got them said 8 weeks and im using fox farm soil in five gallon buckets very light fox farm tiger bloom every other watering ten plants all planted at the same time all look to be at diff stages but one is very yellow other then that all look very well can you explain how to laod pics so i can get some advice sorry never been threw this
 
below this post where you can type a reply hit the go advanced button, then scroll down until you see manage attachments button and push it. A window will pop up and in upper right corner theres a button that says add files, select the file you want to upload and upload them. then submit your post
 
Hey and Welcome!!
When to harvest is always a good question. Can you look at the trichomes? An inexpensive high powered loupe or microscope is handy for this. Clear trichomes are immature and not quite ready, milky cloudy are ripe and ready, amber and they are really done. The less ripe the more cerebral the high going towards amber the more body, couch lock (within reason!) The leaves are another good indicator, when the fans start to yellow and maybe even fall the plant is close to ready. Here is a link to a good sticky about the leaves https://www.autoflower.org/f44/when-harvest-autos-your-leaves-will-tell-you-4889.html
Peace and happy growing (and harvesting!!)
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Hey dude! go check out Muddy's post in new growers thread, as Willie mentioned before. its really good and will tell you everything you need to know i learnt a lot from it being a new grower myself.. Peace :smoke:
 
I like the advice the others gave about the trichomes. The problem is that for people that have standard setups, 250-400 watt HPS etc the plants take longer than the advertised time; at least in my experience. Perhaps it's a marketing tactic or if they actually do finish in 2 months they are using 1000 plus watts of lighting, CO2 tanks and everything dialed in to perfection when testing the grow time.

The danger is harvesting too early, the buds may look really good but if the tricome development is immature the high is shit. My first soil plant was looking really good to me at the time and was pretty large so I harvested it. I barley felt any kind of a buzz even after smoking a cigar sized blunt. It needed much more time, what a waste, a shoe box jammed pack full of dried bud that was completely bunk.

Here's some stuff I harvested in the past month that turned out good. (400 watt HPS) Most were advertised 60-70 days.
Kabala - 89-92 days
Auto #1 - 75 days
Auto Jack Herer - approx 125 days (was stunted but turned out killer)
Critical Jack - 90 days

After some experience you can almost get a good idea when they are almost finished visually. Most or all of the hairs will be red/orange and receded, not sticking out. On the tip of the bud if there are still white hairs standing up it needs a bit more time. The leaves will begin to yellow starting at the tips and continue to yellow.

When you figure out the pics it would help to post them.
 
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