Trichome education please

[Greendreams94]

Hey guys, im currently waiting for my girls to be ready for harvest and the only real way i have of telling when i should do that is my jewellers loupe, my problem is my eyesight is not that great and im not sure if my trichomes are clear or cloudy. it is roughly 2 weeks until the 9 week flowering time is up (9 weeks was the breeders time for flowering), the trichomes still look clear to me, i was wondering, if i started my flush now, would the trichomes amber up in the 2 weeks im flushing for?

 

[TintEastwood]

They could amber up n that time.
What type of flush?

 

[Greendreams94]

They could amber up n that time.
What type of flush?

Im flushing coco and will be using a flushing agent called Resin finish by Medtek.

 

[TintEastwood]

The Med-Tek site has some good info on coco.

https://medteknutrients.com.au/hydroponic-coir-substrate-science/

https://medteknutrients.com.au/flushing-the-science/

 

[3rd Monkey]

You don't need trichs to tell. Just watch the pistils, calyxes, and how much it drinks.

 

[Kingrow1]

Ya just use the calyxs pistils and experience

 

[coreywebster]

Yeah I prefer to look at the whole plant first before thinking about trichs .
You can get magnifying camera that you connect to your tv for cheap on amazon which might be easier if your eyes are not great.
Those jewellers loupes are a pain in the ass even for folks with 20/20 vision!

Its easy to think a plant is ready given all the huge changes it goes through in flower, just upload some pics on here and get second/third/hundredth opinion.

Im not one for flushing but coco is pretty quick to flush if you want to do it so no panic , it wont take a few weeks to get the plant to fade. You can also taper nutrients down if you like.

 

[BudmanTX]

your gonna need this...hope it helps...

 

[Greendreams94]

your gonna need this...hope it helps...
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thank you so so much dude, all i have found so far in the way of charts like that were very blurry, thank you again, i will be using that quite frequently.

 

[rkymtnman]

in the 2 weeks im flushing for

i'd never flush for 2 weeks in coco/hydro.

taper off nutes yes, starve them no.