First time grower help

I have a northern lights autoflower thats 70 days old and has been flowering since 8 apr 24. pics taken on my phone so sorry if they look bad and [the plant](https://i.imgur.com/5OZA6xM.jpg) so should I wait 1-2 more weeks to harvest ?.

And then there's my mystery plant that just started flowering once I wen from 18/6 to 12/12 lighting on 28 apr and I bet it's not a autoflower. My next issue is room, I can't leave the NL in the 2x4 tent to dry while the other one is still not ready to harvest and only place left is the closet, do people put the flower in brown paper bags to dry ?, does it work ? or should I just hang the plant in the closet to dry ?. will very low light be a problem.

You definitely should wait at least a couple weeks. Lot's of options for drying, best advice is the lower temp and slower you can dry it the better it will be. So wherever you dry it, low temps and moderate humidity (50-60%) and out of direct light. A closet will work.

Phytoplankton said:

You definitely should wait at least a couple weeks. Lot's of options for drying, best advice is the lower temp and slower you can dry it the better it will be. So wherever you dry it, low temps and moderate humidity (50-60%) and out of direct light. A closet will work.

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Thanks, I do keep the temps around 75 f and the RH between 40 and 60 %. I've read about drying and about 15 days to dry but curing cannabis I read 1-6 months. On average about how long assuming I use the 60/60 method to cure my buds ?.

vondetour said:

Thanks, I do keep the temps around 75 f and the RH between 40 and 60 %. I've read about drying and about 15 days to dry but curing cannabis I read 1-6 months. On average about how long assuming I use the 60/60 method to cure my buds ?.

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At about 55%-60% RH curing stops and just becomes drying, so you want to maintain 60% or higher for as long as you can. After a couple/few weeks the bio action of curing is pretty much done. After that it's more of a personal choice of how dry you want your buds. I like around 60%, but some people prefer it drier. Once it hits your desired RH, seal the jars up and store in a cool, dark, dry, place.

Phytoplankton said:

At about 55%-60% RH curing stops and just becomes drying, so you want to maintain 60% or higher for as long as you can. After a couple/few weeks the bio action of curing is pretty much done. After that it's more of a personal choice of how dry you want your buds. I like around 60%, but some people prefer it drier. Once it hits your desired RH, seal the jars up and store in a cool, dark, dry, place.

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So dry at 60/60 till the stems snap as I've read then jar it for a month burping often.

vondetour said:

So dry at 60/60 till the stems snap as I've read then jar it for a month burping often.

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Yeah hang drying is best done around 60/60.

calvin.m16 said:

Yeah hang drying is best done around 60/60.

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Well that how I will do it, thanks.

And you can smoke them after 4 days id say
It bes dry can be harsh be most times not even harsh
Dry off the branch but if you were to put it in a bag or jar to sweat it you mighted be able to smoke it then

Smoke as in take a small branch off and smoke it leave the rest to hang

joesoap2013 said:

Smoke as in take a small branch off and smoke it leave the rest to hang

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I had no idea, I though you had to dry the buds then put in a jar to cure for a month or more. So I could smoke my NL say the end of this June ?.

Once I trim then all the branches are hanging drying for 4 days I smoke them all the time
Helps you not to jar all the buds to soon
I've done plenty of times
When I smoke the branches I can let them hang for 2 weeks
From about 4 on in I'm smoking it

vondetour said:

I had no idea, I though you had to dry the buds then put in a jar to cure for a month or more. So I could smoke my NL say the end of this June ?.

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If they’re dry enough to burn, you can smoke it.

deej2 said:

If they’re dry enough to burn, you can smoke it.

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I cut off a small branch and it's drying in my closet with a fan, was reading about northern lights auto and seems like it's not 70 days as advertised on seedsman but it can take as much as 120 days before harvesting. This morning I saw how the buds have almost doubled in size since I posted this.

vondetour said:

I cut off a small branch and it's drying in my closet with a fan, was reading about northern lights auto and seems like it's not 70 days as advertised on seedsman but it can take as much as 120 days before harvesting. This morning I saw how the buds have almost doubled in size since I posted this.

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Advertised flowering times are optimistic, at best. Just keep watching your plants, they’re ready on their own schedule.

deej2 said:

Advertised flowering times are optimistic, at best. Just keep watching your plants, they’re ready on their own schedule.

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Sadly I gave up on it being ready in 70 days so I'm waiting till it's ready, I was hoping to start a new grow but not for a while. I will keep posting when anything new happens and thanks a lot.

vondetour said:

I cut off a small branch and it's drying in my closet with a fan, was reading about northern lights auto and seems like it's not 70 days as advertised on seedsman but it can take as much as 120 days before harvesting. This morning I saw how the buds have almost doubled in size since I posted this.

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I have run a couple batches of northern lights auto now from Royal Queen seeds and mine are usually finished right around 100 days. 97 days my last one went. I'm still smoking it lol. It's not the best smoking weed but it gets the job done, allegedly it's best used for making hash. Little known fact, northern lights photoperiod sensitive plants are actually faster to grow than northern lights autos...