The

HARVEST
JOURNALS
How growers in a Northern California town harvest their weed

By Jenny Bloom of ilovegrowingmarijuana.com

 Harvest journals

Congratulations! You’ve just downloaded the Harvest Journals ebook. The process of
harvesting is when marijuana growers cut the flowers of a mature plant and dry them.

For this Harvesting Journals I visited a Northern California town that is famous for growing
marijuana due to its remote locations and sunny California climate. This Harvest Journals
will teach you everything you need to know about how growers in one Northern
California town harvest their weed. I met with 4 marijuana growers and asked them
about their harvest.

Every aspect of the harvesting process is explained here, from picking out your seeds to
choosing your nutrients. Carefully read this guide to harvest like a professional!

I wrote this journal after receiving many questions and requests from visitors of
ilovegrowingmarijuana.com. Many people requested a Harvest journal as a PDF to read
on-the-go or to print out. I want to help people grow, and I hope you’ll share your
knowledge as well. Feel free to share this ebook with fellow growers.

To learn more about harvesting and the life cycle of the marijuana plant, please visit
www.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com.
For regular updates and the latest growing techniques be sure to check
out my accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Happy growing,

Robert Bergman

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 CONTENTS

It’s all about the harvest 5

A town build on growing 6

A falling demand 7

The instability of growing outdoors 8

How professional growers harvest 8

Billy, the expert grower 9

Only the stinkiest of strains 9
When mother nature isn’t kind 10
Hack and hang, gang 11
Machines are our friends 11
Harvest more than once 12
All about the buds 13
Curing 13

Sue, the trimmer turned grower 14

I can grow weed too 14
Knowing it’s time 15
Seeds vs. Clones 16
Surviving the October chill 16
Speeding up the Harvesting process 17
Curing 17
Sexism and weed growing 18

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JT, the hot shot new kid 19
It’s about loving you plants 20
The A-Team 20
Overexplain and expect perfection 21
Knowing when to harvest 22
Survivung the frost 23

James, the old timer 24

Plants have changed 24
How much weed does none person need? 25
Harvesting a guerilla grow 26
Knowing your plant is ready 26
In defense of the stem and seeds 27
Seeds are better 27
How to survive a frost 27

The trim scene 28

The importance of good trimmers 28
Making trimming easier 28

Words of advice from the growers 29

Epilogue 30

ILGM Places of interest 31

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 IT’s all about the harvest

When you grow marijuana, everything you do, from picking out your seeds to choosing your

nutrients comes down to the harvest. You aren’t just growing a plant, you’re growing a medicine,

a commodity, or a statement. For thousands of years, the cannabis plant has provided nutrients,

relief, and tools for mankind. Nowadays, we are primarily concerned with one specific part of this

plant – the flower.

Marijuana is made from the dried flowers of the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant.

Follow this link to learn more about Sativa and Indica!

Flowers contain large amounts of phytocannabinoids, which are plant cannabinoids. Cannabinoids

cause psychological and physiological effects on the human body; we produce them as

endocannabinoids. Of course, marijuana isn’t the only plant that produces cannabinoids, but it

is the most popular (and likely, effective). Once the dried plant is heated, the phytocannabinoids

chemically change into a form that is consumable by our bodies.

The process of harvesting is when marijuana growers cut the flowers of a mature plant and dry

them. This process can range from simple to complex; low-footprint to high-tech; top-shelf to

straight schwag.

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 A TOWN BUILT ON GROWING

Growing marijuana for profit can be very lucrative. For this story, I visited a Northern California town

that is famous for growing marijuana. Do you want to learn more about growing in Northern

California?

Check the Grow Calendar here!

Here the effects of the weed business were obvious. It was common to see dirt covered growers

emerge from brand new pick-up trucks. In the bars, you’d find men in their 60s discussing their

latest trip to Costa Rica while sipping on a Budweiser. Turn around, and you’ll see women in heavy

makeup and miniskirts flirting with younger growers playing pool. It was the old wild west; saloons

filled with drunks dreaming about the gold they were sure to soon find.

Except this gold was green, and you plant it, not dig for it.

Growing marijuana was so easy in this small town, due to its remote location, numerous spots for

guerilla growing and sunny California climate.

Read more about growing in extreme climates here!

It was no surprise that the town quickly flooded with ganjapreneurs. As the loggers ran out of

work and left town, new growers took over what remained. What developed was an entire econo-

my built out of the marijuana industry, which emphasis on the growers.

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 A FALLING DEMAND

Many people are happy about the legalization of marijuana in California, but not these folks. For

the most part, everything about it, from the legalization of home grows, to the licensing

requirements for producers, was not in their interest. As the state government relaxed their raids

on grows, it became less necessary to hide them. Suddenly, a town that became famous for its

ability to guerrilla grow was no longer needed.

At the same time, indoor growing technology continued to improve, and even in a state known

for its ability to produce superior agriculture, consumers preferred marijuana that was lab-grown.

Perhaps it has something to do with its proximity to Silicon Valley.

California is no stranger to tech, weed tech included, and the art of growing is slowly being lost to

science. Although many LA and Bay Area buyers no longer want ‘outdoor grown weed,’ some still

pay homage to one of the original meccas of weed. It’s hard to forget that this town helped supply

1960s California with the marijuana that changed a generation, even if we now know how to grow

with LEDs.

Follow this link to learn more about growing with LEDs.

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 THE INSTABILITY OF GROWING
OUTDOORS

When I visited this town, it was mid-October. The Harvest season had begun, and there were

rumors that some growers had already sold a few pounds. However, mother nature had not been

kind. The California wildfires missed this town, but a nearby town was not as lucky. Although there

was no property loss, some growers lost 100s of plants – an entire season’s work lost in flames.

Once the fires calmed down, then came the frost. Indian summer hit the mountains, and many

growers lost plants that were mere weeks from harvest. Suddenly “Where am I vacationing next?”

became “How am I going to pay my trimmers”? The tension was thick, and everyone was eager to

get their flowers safely under cover – but they had to finish growing first.

Follow this link for more information about trimming.

How Professional Growers Harvest

In the following pages, we’ll talk with various marijuana growers from this Northern California

town. They come from all walks of life. There’s the Bay area budtender that moved to the

mountains to make money growing weed. There’s the free-spirited train jumper looking for easy

money and a cool place to crash. There’s also the hotshot new kid with no backstory and the old’

timer Hippie escaping the south in the summer of love.

I met with them all, asked them about their harvest, and some even showed me their grows. They

were a welcoming group in a town full of marijuana growers and international hippies looking for

work as trimmers. The names have been changed to protect their businesses, but the stories are

quite real.

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 BILL, THE EXPERT GROWER

Bill’s never packed marijuana on the backs of mules, but he’s been growing marijuana for

nearly 18 years and can be considered an expert. His garden is expected to yield over 300 pounds

of stinky, sticky marijuana, and he typically harvests 8-10 plants per day. A former budtender, Bill

supplements his growing business with a thriving non- marijuana business.

Only the Stinkiest of Strains

“It is getting more competitive nowadays, and it’s going to come down to the quality of the prod-

uct and personal relationships, that’s why I only grow strains that are particularly stinky.”

Although Bill had been growing for years, the industry in California was rapidly changing, and Bill

was fighting to stay competitive. As a successful grower in an area that had been growing

marijuana for over 50 years, he like others is in the dangerous spot of being not quite legal. His

garden of 88 plants is well – hidden from pedestrians although the aroma of cheese and skunk

hits you from nearly a mile away.

Check out our Stinky strains Blue Cheese and Cheese Autoflower.

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When Mother Nature Isn’t Kind
This year, California experienced some interesting weather. Record heat rocked this mountain

town nearly starving many gardens. Bill, however, was prepared. His grow is well equipped with

water and plenty of hoses. A few weeks later, growers braced while wildfires tore through the

mountainsides. Now, they fear frost.

Follow this link to learn more about how to deal with cold, rainy and humid weather.

“We had to do a hack and hang. It got too cold, and I said take them down earlier than usual.”

Normally, Bill would do a process called ‘bucking’ (or deboning). Staffers would snip the buds and

their surrounding leaves with Fiskars scissors, maintaining the branches so that an additional bud

could grow in its place – weather permitting of course. They then ran the buds through a

machine to separate the leaves and stems, and hand trims the resulting product for an artisan

flower.

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Hack and Hang, Gang
This year, Bill didn’t take any chances, he hacked down nearly a quarter of his garden weeks earlier

than usual. Instead of taking buds, they cut off branches at a time. What was left of the plant

wasn’t very pretty.

“I came out here one morning, and the buds were frozen. Eventually, they thaw and turn to mush.

It was scary to look at.”

Trying to save whatever buds that they could, he and his crew set up an assembly line to cut down

as many salvageable buds possible. Once cut with shears, the branches were hung and dried then

bucked by trimmers. The bucked buds are then placed in a trimming machine to remove the

smaller leaves and stems.

Machines are our friends

While Bill’s grow setup is discrete, it is far from guerilla. In a town that’s so grower friendly, this isn’t

that unusual. Bill is running a business. In addition to his many plants, you’ll also find two trimming

machines, a kitchen and bathroom for his trimmers, even a separate rack room for curing and a

drying room for hanging freshly cut buds.

Although the curing and drying rooms were impressive, the trimming machines were definitely

the stars during harvest. Bill’s use of machines helped speed up the harvesting process and

reduce the amount of people needed to manage the grow.

Normally, Bill used trimming machines, such as TrimPro and Centurian Pro to reduce the amount

of time it takes to trim over 300 pounds of marijuana.

“The bud goes through and bounces like it was in a popcorn machine. It then sucks through the

bottom and comes out probably 85% trimmed. We then dry it on racks and hand it off to the

trimmers to trim around the nubs and shag.” Unfortunately, thanks to the frost, this time he is

paying trimmers to hand trim nearly 60 pounds of it.

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Harvest more than once
In Bill’s garden, he attempts to harvest each plant twice. Before marijuana growing was as

commercial as it is, it was common for grower to cut down an entire plant during the harvesting

process. However, in this town, many growers chose to harvest their buds twice before cutting

down the plant.

“We believe that by taking the best buds off first, we give the remaining buds a chance to puff up.

We also prevent the larger ones from getting so dense that they attract mold.”

By doing this, growers in this town have come up with ways of preventing mold, even when

dealing with Mother Nature. They also can increase their overall yield by giving smaller buds a

chance to fully bloom and encouraging the growth of new buds by nurturing plants that have

been harvested.

Check out our mold resistant strains: Northern Lights, Super Silver Haze and Strawberry Cough.

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All about the buds
Cultivating juicy buds is Bill’s primary focus, and this starts way before harvest. His staff uses the

lollipop method of pruning twice a grow season to help encourage thick, dense top buds. This was

very obvious on some of his Blue Cheese plants, where the plant looked more like small trees than

an herb.

Follow this link for more information about pruning.

Bill knows his buds are ready when the trichomes are ‘nice and milky.’ He doesn’t trust going by

hair color since that can be triggered by temperature rather than plant maturity.

Curing
Once the buds are hung and trimmed, Bill dries them for three more days in a separate rack

room. The rack room features a sliding cabinet with rows of drying buds. Each row can hold three

pounds of trimmed buds and has a mesh bottom to allow plenty of circulating air.

In addition to the racks, the room also included a dehumidifier, some fans, and a heater. After

curing, the buds are trimmed once more and cured further before going to market.

“It’s not done once we dry them for three days. After that, we put them in jars to cure for about 7

days. It makes it taste good and burn properly. I strongly discourage anyone trying to speed up the

process with excessive heat. Microwave may even rupture the trichomes.”

Read everything about harvesting and curing marijuana properly here!

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 Sue, the trimmer turned grower

I met Sue in a bar. Like everyone else there, she grew marijuana. Her grow was located outside of

town on a mountainside. She seemed too happy to be guerilla growing in the California

mountains, but perhaps it was because it was harvest season.

I can grow weed too

Sue showed up in Northern California three years ago looking for work as a trimmer. After a year

cutting other people’s weed, Sue decided she would try it on her own. Last year, that meant

harvesting 88 plants by herself. This year she plans to hire help for her 66 plants, most of which are

sativa.

As a guerilla grower, Sue doesn’t have a permanent operation. Instead she lives in a camper in her

garden. She braves the elements and wildlife all for the safety of her plants. Packing in

electricity and water, Sue escapes to town occasionally to socialize, play pool and have a drink.

While we drank, I asked her some questions about her grow.

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Knowing it’s time
I asked Sue if she was excited for harvest, and she couldn’t stop grinning. This year she hired

experienced trimmers to help her take down her plants. Whereas many new growers worry about

knowing when to harvest, Sue didn’t seem too concerned.

“I let them go as long as possible, probably too long,” she chuckled. “As long as they didn’t

helicopter at the top, you know, spin out… I was leaving them.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t have tools. She had a jeweler’s loupe – a free gift from the local garden

supply store -- but she didn’t use it. “You can just kinda tell when they are ready.”

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Seeds vs. Clones
Most of Sue’s garden are clones that she received as gifts. Growing clones can be a challenge

outdoors, because they often are not as hardy as seed plants. However, Sue prefers clones because

they are easier for her to work with as a guerilla grower. Follow this link to learn how to make

Marijuana clones.

“The clones grow quicker outdoors, but after a while, they reach a point where the clones stop

growing but the seeds keep going. They are better, but they just take longer.” This year she is also

growing a few seed plants that she started earlier in the year.

Surviving the October Chill

Many growers have started cutting down their plants in preparation for colder than usual

temperatures. A sense of panic was hanging over the town, but Sue didn’t seem as concerned.

“It’s colder where I am, but it’s a higher elevation than in town so we don’t get that much frost. But

it’s kinda like a waiting game with the weather all of the time.”

She’s waiting it out, but she’s not foolish. She quickly added that she’d be cutting them all down

at the first sign of frost. I reminded her that with that many plants it may take her hours...

“Yeah, it would be an all-nighter….man, I hope I have enough totes.”

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Speeding up the Harvesting Process
Drying out your harvest can take days, so many growers find ways to make the process go faster.

Sue likes to use a table fan to keep air circulating around her plants. It helps her not have to worry

about mold developing.

She also uses a space heater and a drying stove. With the drying stove she could dry her plants in

three days, whereas some people took 5-7 days to air dry their plants.

Curing
Sue doesn’t cure her plants. She explained that there wasn’t enough time.

“How would I even do that,” she laughed. “I’d need a lot of jars.”

Although she knew it would significantly improve the taste of her product, in the commercial in-

dustry, growing is all about selling. Plus, in a town where everyone is growing, selling is often about

harvesting first.

“I guess I could get some of those airtight containers… but that would be a lot of shit to carry.”

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Sexism and Weed Growing
There aren’t many female guerilla growers in Northern California. Many of the females in town

work in the shops supporting the growers, grow on their own property or work as trimmers. Sue

was an exception, so I asked her if she experienced sexism from the males in the industry.

“You don’t talk about it. They say, you’re a grower.. how cute!” she explained, but laughed it off, and

lowered her voice a bit.

“Last year, I got pneumonia, and ended up in a coma. This year, I’m not letting that happen. I’m

getting help and I’m getting it done.

I suggested looking for a job as a legal grower – something way less dangerous. She explained that

she lacked the credentials to do so.

“If I could get a job in a dispensary as a grower, I might do that. But I don’t look like a grower, so

people don’t even consider me.”

But Sue was far from discouraged. Throwing back some more of her drink she added,

“It’s whatever. I just do it, and when they say oh shit, I say, yeah, fucking, oh shit!”

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 JT, the hot snot new kid

No one asked any questions when JT showed up in town three years ago. He was one of many

new growers eager to cash in on the green rush. With basic training from a friend, a connection to

sell his harvest, and sheer will, JT was poised to make a living off growing some plants.

Loved by many, and good at what he does, JT went from growing completely guerilla to

managing discrete backyard grows. A former snowboarder, he spends his free time exploring the

California mountains with friends.

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It’s about loving your plants
“I’m a farmer, not a grower. I raise agricultural crops, I don’t grow things in a lab.”

Unlike many marijuana growers, JT doesn’t think about his grow like a science project. For him, his

plants are his ‘ladies’ - prized possessions that he is responsible for nurturing to maturity. Working

alone, every plant gets his undivided attention – it wasn’t unusual to find JT spending hours

removing old leaves off of plants, or thinking about ways to drive away gophers. His ladies were the

only thing he needed in life – that and a good book.

His first year he grew around 70 plants, but this year he increased it to 350 plants that include

Bubba’s Gift, Great Ape, Bruce Banner, Berry White and Blue Dream.

The A-Team
Although JT prefers to work alone, this year he had too

many plants to take down. So, he hired a few trimmers to

help.

“It’s hard finding good trimmers. Most just want to sit

around and smoke weed, or just don’t show up at all.

I’m very picky about who I let in my gardens, because this

is a business. I need someone who understands that.”

Thankfully, JT had a short list of trustworthy people. Many

were growers themselves, who had given up due to high competition and instead supported

more eager, younger growers. A few were seasoned trimmers with a great reputation.

“I can’t have them fucking up my grow with shitty work, you know?”

For more information about how to become a trimmer or budtender in California, follow this link!

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Overexplain and Expect Perfection
JT isn’t a talker, but when he does talk, he wants to make sure his point is understood. Walking

through his garden with him, he paid careful attention to the cuts his trimmer was making.

“Just take the B cuts,” he explained. “I already pulled the A cuts last week. I want to make sure we

get everything we can from the plants, and that’s still perfectly good bud.”

The trimmer rolled her eyes slightly and smiled. She was obviously used to his protectiveness of his

crop.

Like many growers in town, JT was using a tiered harvesting system to get the most out of his

plants. When the first buds were ready, he’d go through and remove the premium buds, those he

called A cuts. Then, after a few weeks, he’d return to remove the B cuts. These cuts were typically

close in quality to the first ones, but sometimes do not have enough time to bloom into the

densest buds possible. The C-cuts are removed just before the plant is taken down, and are sold

as off cuts for edibles and topicals.

Follow this link to learn how to make the perfect Marijuana edibles!

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Knowing when to harvest
Harvesting is a combination of art and science. JT doesn’t rely on just one method to know when

his ladies are ready. You can download the Harvesting Guide to learn when to harvest!

“I use a jeweler’s loop, but many old-timers can just look at it and feel it. You don’t need one, but

it’s good if you are interested in seeing the transition.”

In addition to the loop and the hardness of the buds, he also considers weather conditions such

as hail, rain and temperatures. Sudden drops in temperature (like what happened this year) can

be devastating to gardens, and JT is next to his ladies enough to know when they can’t handle the

stress.

“I’ve been out there in the rain trying to take plants down before,” he reminisced, but quickly

added that he was not caught by surprise. “The plant knows when it is on its way out, you just have

to know how to recognize the signs.”

The plant is ready for harvest when

70-90% of the pistils are brown!
Taste and effect are at their peak
and you’ve achieved maximum weight..

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Surviving the Frost
A good mixture of plants may have saved JT’s garden from disaster this year. Rather than growing

the same type of plants, he chose to cultivate both indica dominant and sativa dominant strains.

He also grew from seed and clones.

Check here our Indica dominant strains and here our Sativa dominant strains!

This year, his clones were not prepared for the early frost. As a result, those plants had to be taken

down earlier than planned, missing out on their ability to be further harvested for B and C cuts. It

was a huge loss of profit, but it could have been a lot worse, had they all been clones.

Through it all, JT stayed calm and focused, harvesting the hardest buds first and letting the lost

buds go.

“The hardest buds will dry the fastest. Get them in and get them out. You’re going to need that

space to harvest other plants.“

Want to know how to grow huge marijuana buds? Please follow the link!

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 James, the old timer

There wasn’t a shortage of marijuana growers in this northern California town, and James was one

of the reasons they were there. In the mid 60’ he showed up in town as a long-haired renegade

hippie who wanted to grow some weed. The locals weren’t too happy to have him there, but over

time, their opinion changed.

He didn’t show me his garden, in fact, he didn’t even admit to having one. He’s never grown more

than 20 plants at a time, and had no interest in making large amounts of money off of marijuana

growing. He grew for enjoyment and politics. Sitting alongside two of his younger associates, the

80-something year old and I talked about how harvesting has changed since he started.

Plants have changed

Fifty years ago, marijuana plants didn’t produce as much weed as they do now. Selective breeding

has made it easier to grow a lot of marijuana from a single plant.

“The plants seem to make more limbs now. We used to have to create more limbs through

training. I’ve noticed that these newer plants make more limbs without my help and make more

buds.”

Do you know how much Marijuana you can yield per plant? Follow the link!

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How much weed does one person need?
Northern California has been growing marijuana for decades, and James helped make the region

popular for it. However, he thinks the practice has gotten a bit out of hand.

“If you’re not in it for the money, six plants will supply all the marijuana product that you and your

friends could possibly need. While there’s nothing wrong with growing for money, when you grow

1000 plants, you are just being greedy.”

James voiced his concerns about the impact of excessive

growing on the environment, particularly the watershed.

Unlike the rest of the state, Northern California contained

many mountain streams, and was not impacted by

drought. Unfortunately, large scale grows were putting a

strain on this water supply, impacting local communities

and perhaps the rest of the state.

“What do you need all that money for? Show some

personal restraint. These kids don’t know that.”

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Harvesting a guerilla grow
James grew marijuana when it was highly illegal, so he is an expert at all types of guerilla growing.

He shared a story of how he managed his grow:

“My friends and I hiked through the mountains until we found a stream. We ran

a pipe underground from the stream up to a sunny cliff. No one would think to

look for marijuana there because there’s no water sources. We buried the pipe so

that the bears wouldn’t get to it and break it to drink from it.

I’d send my girls to the grow around harvest time to pick the buds. They’d then

throw them into backpacks and meet me at the bottom of the hill in a waiting

truck. There we were, like gremlins, emerging from the mountains with 80 pounds

of wet bud on their back. I then drive it back to my drying room.”

Knowing your plant is ready

Although bud density is a factor, James primarily uses pistil color to determine when it is time to

harvest.

What is a pistil?

“The little white hairs start turning brown. When that happens, the pollen can’t get to the stamen.

That is a sure-fire sign that the plant will not be putting on any more THC, so you might as well

pick it”.

Of course, many commercial growers are more concerned about weight, because heavy buds earn

more money. However, for the highest quality, pistil color is his method of choice.

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In defense of the stem and seeds
Everybody knows that you can’t smoke marijuana stems, and over time, products that include

stems have been considered inferior. James thinks this trend is silly.

“Marijuana is a social activity. You have your fresh bud in a tin can on your coffee

table. You invite friends over and you roll a joint. You want to reach in and show

them a beautiful tight bud before you share. You pick it up by the stem. You can’t

do that with the tiny buds they sell nowadays, they’re just embarrassing.”

He also insists that the plant matter around seeds is the best smoke possible.

Seeds are Better

Although many of the growers I spoke to used clones, James was not a fan.

“Most people around here grow from clones, because they don’t want to worry about sexing them.

I always grew from seed.”

Chewing slowly, James explained how he watched his plants for the development of balls and

yanked them out the minute he saw one. I waited patiently for him to finish, then mentioned

feminized seeds.

“Well, that makes it easy, but you still have to make sure,” he chuckled.

How to Survive a Frost

Many of the growers I spoke to were panicked by this year’s unexpected frost. James, had some

advice for nervous growers. “If you have a severe frost, mist them with some water in morning prior

to sunbreak. They’ll be okay.”

That is, of course, if you were growing from seed.

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 The trim scene

Although the growers are responsible for producing the marijuana, the trimmers make sure it’s

ready to be enjoyed. There was no shortage of trimmers in this small town. In fact, starting in late

summer, international people in their twenties start showing up in town, expensive hiking

backpacks strapped to their backs, ready to trim marijuana. Some locals call them trimmigrants,

migrant weed workers who approach growers for work in exchange for a place to stay and some

weed to smoke.

The importance of good trimmers

The harvesting process can be lengthy, especially if you are growing a lot of plants. One challenge

with outdoor growing, is that freshly cut plants must be dried as soon as possible, to prevent the

development of mold. Trimmers (and trimming machines) help large scale growers prepare

flowers for drying before mold becomes an issue.

Left over stems after trimming

The amount of time saved by using trimmers can be substantial. A good trimmer can spend ten

hours cutting the tiny leaves and stems from marijuana buds. They also help with take down,

removing branches from plants prior to the final trim.

Making trimming easier

Trimming takes time, and is often the most frustrating part of the harvesting process. However, you

can make it go faster by selecting plants that are easy to trim. Bill recommends using strains that

have a good bud to leaf ratio. In other words, plants that produce big, juicy buds and not a lot of

leaves..

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Words of advice from the growers

“Don’t freak out. Remember, your plant is resilient, and it will be ready when it’s ready. You can

really overthink this.” —JT

“Don’t try and measure your harvest before you harvest. You’ll either be disappointed or just ruin

the surprise.” —Sue

“Even if you’ve been doing this for three or four years, you’ve only done it four times. It’s not hard

to grow marijuana, but it is difficult to master it. Do it at least four times. Even I feel like I’m still

learning.” —Bill

“Harvesting is part of a lifestyle. Don’t rush the process. Do it because you love it.” —James

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 epilogue

Thank you very much for reading the Harvest Journals. I hope this information was useful and

helps you through the harvest. As you know, there are hundreds of marijuana growing-related

articles on my website. You will also find an active marijuana grow support forum, moderated by

expert marijuana growers.

If you are looking to buy viable quality marijuana seeds, visit my seed bank and read some of the

reviews. We ship our seeds worldwide and guarantee arrival and germination.

I’m always looking for growers who can help build the website by writing articles, leaving

comments, becoming a moderator on the forum, or telling their friends about us. So don’t be shy

and leave me a message if you want to contribute.

Happy growing,

Robert Bergman

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