First Time TRICH SPOTTING - WHAT A THRILL!!!

[NorthofEngland]

My 9 Plants are 39Days into Flower.
One of the top colas is causing it's main stem to bend
(A problem that could be considered better than most!)
and the trim leaves sparkle like diamonds when they reflect the light.

A few days ago I had to reach through them, to remove a few dead fan leaves.
Afterwards my forearms felt like they had been painted with glue!
Glue that STANK of SKUNK!

Tonight I used my little magnifier, for the first time.
MAN! What a great feeling!!!
The TRICHOMES were everywhere...
Like splashes of crystal clear water frozen in time.

95% of the pistils are still white, so I'm quite sure there's a few weeks left to flower.
But now I will check the TRICH's every few days.

I WAIT TILL I OBSERVE THE WATER CLEARNESS TURNING 'MILKY' AND 10% AMBER ???
Is this correct???

 

[mr sunshine]

Yea mostly milky with a little bit of Amber! U Can also look at the hair colors and swelling of the calyxes.

 

[zubey91]

Its up to you when you want to harvest, i myself go 25% amber, but thats how i like it!

 

[NorthofEngland]

MR SUNSHINE
What exactly is the CALYX???
I have this Greg Green 'Grow Bible' (which devotes about 65 pages to explaining the nature of light)
but leaves many other things completely neglected.
(Like what level of EC/CF/PPM TDL is suitable for very young plants).

ZUBEY91
I want to harvest when it's at peak strength.
When you say "25% amber....".
Is that 25% of the trich's turn amber
or
each trich is 25% amber???

AMBER is an indication that degeneration as began, isn't it?
So, AMBER, is the proof that you've hit the peak and the downslide has started....???
Yes?

 

[Ace Yonder]

The Calyx (Plural Calyces) is the small teardrop shaped flower out of which come the Pistils (the white hairs). Buds are made up of large clusters of Calyces



As for trichome color, you are looking for % of number of trichomes at a given color. Each trichome will be either clear, cloudy, or amber, so you are looking for 10-25% of the total number to be amber, not for each trichome to be 10-25% amber. It is worth noting however that a trichome turns amber when the THC in it degrades to CBN (Not CBD, as CBD is a separate cannabinoid and not a product of degradation), and CBN is only about 9% as potent as THC. The trichome turning cloudy is the indication that degradation has begun, it turning amber is the indication that the degradation is complete. Dr. Paul Mahlberg found Clear trichomes to contain on average 57ng thc, Cloudy trichomes to contain on average 35ng thc, and Amber trichomes to contain 9ng thc

 

[NorthofEngland]

The Calyx (Plural Calyces) is the small teardrop shaped flower out of which come the Pistils (the white hairs). Buds are made up of large clusters of Calyces

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Do Males not get Calyces?
And how do they change as an indicator of peak maturity?

 

[Ace Yonder]

Do Males not get Calyces?
And how do they change as an indicator of peak maturity?

Males do not grow (What we usually refer to as) Calyces, as (What we usually refer to as) the Calyx is the female flower and sex organ. Males grow pollen sacs that eventually open and release the pollen into the air, where the female's Pistil receives pollen and the Calyx houses the eventual seed. As the plant matures the Pistils will shrivel up to a fraction of their original size, often times changing color from white to red, and then again from red to brown. The Calyces will swell, and the pistils will seemingly recede into them. An immature calyx is very small, whereas a mature one is usually slightly larger than an average sized seed.

 

[NorthofEngland]

Males do not grow Calyces, as the Calyx is the female flower and sex organ. Males grow pollen sacs that eventually open and release the pollen into the air, where the female's Pistil receives pollen and the Calyx houses the eventual seed. As the plant matures the Pistils will shrivel up to a fraction of their original size, often times changing color from white to red, and then again from red to brown. The Calyces will swell, and the pistils will seemingly recede into them. An immature calyx is very small, whereas a mature one is usually slightly larger than an average sized seed.

I didn't think a Pollen Sac counted as a Calyx
I googled CALYX and clicked on IMAGES FOR CALYX
Several were photo's of pollen sacs - which made me wonder.

My girls are on DAY 40 of Flower
The pistils are virtually all fat, long and white (although a few reds are now visible).
And the trich are colourless and crystal clear
Really rather beautiful, actually.
They remind me of SUPERMAN's home

 

[Ace Yonder]

I didn't think a Pollen Sac counted as a Calyx
I googled CALYX and clicked on IMAGES FOR CALYX
Several were photo's of pollen sacs - which made me wonder.

My girls are on DAY 40 of Flower
The pistils are virtually all fat, long and white (although a few reds are now visible).
And the trich are colourless and crystal clear
Really rather beautiful, actually.
They remind me of SUPERMAN's home

Upon further pondering I believe it's worth pointing out that technically the male pollen sacs could be classified as calyces, as a calyx is just a name for the sepals of the outermost whorl of a flower, but colloquially I believe that when people refer to calyces in relation to cannabis they are referring exclusively to the female flowers. The Pistils are the true indicator of gender (I just rarely separate them in my mind)
And I agree, there are few sights in nature more wondrous and beautiful than the flowers and resin glands of Cannabis Sativa L.