When and how to harvest

Harvest timing comes down to trichomes, pistils and your plans for the buds. Start with reading trichomes, harvest windows indoors and out, the 48 hour dark period debate, harvesting in stages or in the rain, and the tools you need. Then it’s cutting, bucking and wet or dry trimming, plus ideas for fan leaves and trim. Once branches are hanging, move on to [Drying and curing](/flowering-harvest-curing/drying-curing-storing/).

Macro of clear and milky trichome heads on a green cannabis bud tip

Cannabis Trichomes 101

Trichomes on weed are the tiny resin glands that make ripe buds look frosty. Look closely at a ripening bud

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