Harvest & Curing Trichome shot. Is she ready?

[Twiddles2]

Not so much degrading but as THC oxidizes it changes to CBN, as this change happens is when you see the trichomes turn colour from cloudy to amber. CBN is a pretty strong sedative which i have read in some studies that 5mg of CBN is as effective as a 10mg pill of Diazepam, so in theory the more amber trichomes the more THC has converted to CBN which in turn will deliver a more sleepy stone than mind racing creative high. The amount of amber you want to harvest at is completely down to the buzz you are looking and personal preference, the start of the harvest window can be when just about all the clear immature trichomes have gone and the rest are cloudy for a real heady and depending on the strain possibly a racy uncomfortable high, 10%-20% amber to cloudy will give a pretty good balance of both body and head high, 20%+ is gonna start giving a real powerful knockout sleepy time stone and as i use most of my buds in the day is a bit too much for me to function on but make for some great nighttime meds. I just wait till there are very few clear trichomes left and once that has happened just monitor daily till i see the right mix of amber coming on in.

Ha ha, I've been guilty of using Valium on occasion to sleep. CBN may be the ticket to getting off the pharmaceutical. I heard about doing a staggered harvest although I am concerned that removing buds over a couple of weeks will somehow hurt the entire plant. If feasible this should allow me to take buds in various stages for different effects. @Spanglish, thanks for taking the time to explain this so well.


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[Spanglish]

Ha ha, I've been guilty of using Valium on occasion to sleep. CBN may be the ticket to getting off the pharmaceutical. I heard about doing a staggered harvest although I am concerned that removing buds over a couple of weeks will somehow hurt the entire plant. If feasible this should allow me to take buds in various stages for different effects. @Spanglish, thanks for taking the time to explain this so well.


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No worries pal am more than happy to help. Sounds like some nice ambered up nugs is what you will be needing for a night smoke then, as if your "guilty of using Valium on occasion to sleep" overly cloudy buds may have a less than desired effect when it comes to sleeping and may keep you awake with mind racing thoughts longer than you wish.

Some nice amber sleepy time meds should be just as effective as any Valium or sleeping pill, and would say would be a perfect way to get you off the pills and sleeping well without any of the nasty pharmaceutical side effects that come with the pills, just remember to come off the meds slowly when you feel ready and not to cut them out in one go as this could end up doing way more harm than good.

Nothing wrong with a staggered harvest to get a mix of different types of meds, i done it a few times when growing under CFL as due to the less than perfect penetration from that type of lighting the tops were always done well before the rest of the plant, never saw any undesired effect from doing so and if anything increased a bit my yields by letting the rest of the buds swell just that little bit more.