Harvest time in Colorado. Boy, it looks as though we are going to have 6 or 8 good days of clear, sunny growing weather up and down the Front Range. We’ve had several difficult days of rain and wind. Now we will be able to let them grow as we do a selective clipping.

I’ll examine the buds and the colas. I’ll snip off of the twig only that portion of the cola that is good and ready. When the pistils-stigmas are colorful and the THC sugars are thick, I’ll consider clipping that part of the twig/branch, take it into the house and manicure it, then  put it into a paper bag to dry.

This bud is not ready to clip off.

This flower top is not yet quite ready either. With the sunny, mild weather in front of us, I can afford to be picky as to what colas I clip off the plant.

This flower top was ready to go to the scissors.

Some people clip the buds tight. I don’t. Dispensaries trim their buds very close, like an Army haircut, I don’t. I trim to the frost line. I do what is called a farmer’s cut; loose and scraggly. When to harvest and how to trim the buds is the farmer’s prerogative.

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This bud is so heavy that it is bent over, but it still is not yet ready to cut off the plant. I don’t use any overly scientific formula to tell me when to clip. I look for a ratio of about 70% colorful stigma to 30% fresh, creamy pistils. I look for a lot of THC sugar. I look at the general health of the plant. I watch the TV weather forecasts in making my decisions.

When I do harvesting and trimming, I’ll end up with 3 piles of plant matter. One pile of sticks and twigs that goes into the compost. Another pile is all the trim, leaves and scrum. This gets put into a bag to dry and will eventually go to the dry ice bags and be made into keif. The last, biggest and best pile, the manicured buds, will be put into paper bags to dry for six to eight days. Then I’ll weigh the dried buds and put them into glass jars for curing and storage.

It is harvest time and we get excited as well as busy…but keep it low keyed and keep your gates locked.

Happy harvesting.

P.S. Republican politician, Bobby B has promised to lead the way to undoing our new found hard fought for marijuana freedoms. If the republicans get elected this November 4th, that old grump, both ways Bob B. will support the effort to REPEAL our legal marijuana amendment. He does not like us or marijuana. Nor would he not replace the lost revenue to the detriment of Colorado Public Schools.

The republicans will repeal and take away women’s rights, reproductive rights, Pell grant monies, voting rights, our Civil Rights and our ability to grow and smoke pot legally. Do you want a well-rounded Liberal Arts Education or would you rather have a conservative, propaganda filled strait jacket narrow education that will leave you ill-equiped to get along in real life? In the actual world?

The Democrats have our back. The republicans have a gun in our backs.

This marijuana business with the associated laws and rules that affect us, is already the most over regulated industry in the state of Colorado. We need to protect our marijuana rights in particular and vote against anymore republican obstructionism and over regulation.