Trichomes. Are they ready?

[RockyGMSD]

Hello all and thanks for looking and responding. The strain is Girl Scout cookies (auto). It’s been under light, (blurple) 18/6 with some photo strains since April 7th. It’s started budding a little over a month ago, I think? I don’t really remember but a month ago sounds right. I can’t tell if their clear or milky? Is there too little amber color in the trichomes and there needs to be more? Do I need to flip to 12/12 to get it finish? And if so if I go from blurple to 1000w white led will that harm the plant? The plant hasn’t grown much in height or width. It’s been stuck at the same size it seems. I don’t want to keep waiting for it to hit a growth spurt, because honestly I feel that’s as big as she’s going to get.

 

[Nafydad420]

Matter of preference at this point. But yea its pretty much ready. Me personally, I would wait another few days

 

[RockyGMSD]

Matter of preference at this point. But yea its pretty much ready. Me personally, I would wait another few days

So I could pull it out or flip the light schedule?

 

[Budget Buds]

Hello all and thanks for looking and responding. The strain is Girl Scout cookies (auto). It’s been under light, (blurple) 18/6 with some photo strains since April 7th. It’s started budding a little over a month ago, I think? I don’t really remember but a month ago sounds right. I can’t tell if their clear or milky? Is there too little amber color in the trichomes and there needs to be more? Do I need to flip to 12/12 to get it finish? And if so if I go from blurple to 1000w white led will that harm the plant? The plant hasn’t grown much in height or width. It’s been stuck at the same size it seems. I don’t want to keep waiting for it to hit a growth spurt, because honestly I feel that’s as big as she’s going to get.

Awesome questions. Nice to see a complete set of relevant questions , I dont see any amber in the trich's nor does it look totally ripe and ready. The color change for lights will not do anything negative to the plant. You dont need to flip the light schedule and in fact it wouldn't do anything positive for the plant. Some autos stay tiny no matter what. I'd wait a little bit longer and scope it again in about a week or so.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I'm impressed when I see a new grower not harvest too early. Nice job man. If you want a more energetic high you can chop now, and if you want a more couch lock type high wait another week or two.

 

[RockyGMSD]

Awesome questions. Nice to see a complete set of relevant questions , I dont see any amber in the trich's nor does it look totally ripe and ready. The color change for lights will not do anything negative to the plant. You dont need to flip the light schedule and in fact it wouldn't do anything positive for the plant. Some autos stay tiny no matter what. I'd wait a little bit longer and scope it again in about a week or so.

Thanks for responding. i thought there was supposed to be more amber color in the trichomes, from what I read at least. I figured I’d ask some people who know what their doing.

 

[RockyGMSD]

I'm impressed when I see a new grower not harvest too early. Nice job man. If you want a more energetic high you can chop now, and if you want a more couch lock type high wait another week or two.

Thanks I appreciate it. I hear patience is key when it comes to grows. another question if I may ask? what is the best way to cure it? Go I just cut and hang upside down for awhile? Jar it? I’ve heard too many different stories.

 

[Budget Buds]

Thanks I appreciate it. I hear patience is key when it comes to grows. another question if I may ask? what is the best way to cure it? Go I just cut and hang upside down for awhile? Jar it? I’ve heard too many different stories.

The drying and curing is the most important part, It will make or break the grow. I dry very slowly over the course of 7-10 days in a room with no more then 50% humidity and no direct lights on the cannabis. whether you trim wet or dry is up to you, It's easier for a less experienced grower to leave the plant whole and dry as one , It will protect the buds from drying too quick and will help ensure a slow steady dry.

Curing is easy, wait till the plant is dry and a branch will snap cleanly and not bend. Put a boveda 62% humidity pack in a glass jar and fill it loosely with cannabis. Burp the jar 2 or 3 times per day for the first 5 or so days, once a day for a week and by then it's done and ready to go. into long term storage or just smoke it up. I dont find any benefits to curing more then 2 weeks or so but you're mileage may vary

 

[RockyGMSD]

The drying and curing is the most important part, It will make or break the grow. I dry very slowly over the course of 7-10 days in a room with no more then 50% humidity and no direct lights on the cannabis. whether you trim wet or dry is up to you, It's easier for a less experienced grower to leave the plant whole and dry as one , It will protect the buds from drying too quick and will help ensure a slow steady dry.

Curing is easy, wait till the plant is dry and a branch will snap cleanly and not bend. Put a boveda 62% humidity pack in a glass jar and fill it loosely with cannabis. Burp the jar 2 or 3 times per day for the first 5 or so days, once a day for a week and by then it's done and ready to go. into long term storage or just smoke it up. I dont find any benefits to curing more then 2 weeks or so but you're mileage may vary

Thanks I appreciate it.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Thanks I appreciate it. I hear patience is key when it comes to grows. another question if I may ask? what is the best way to cure it? Go I just cut and hang upside down for awhile? Jar it? I’ve heard too many different stories.

The slower the better. It's really dry here so I run a humidifier in my drying closet. Still my stuff dries quick. Paper bags can help prolong the dry, and a lot of the time I do a combination of hang drying and then paper bagging it for a day. Then into jars that each have a mini hygrometer in it. Then I burp the jars for awhile. If I dried it a little too much, I'll add a Boveda pack until I get the RH where I want it.

 

[raggyb]

Thanks for responding. i thought there was supposed to be more amber color in the trichomes, from what I read at least. I figured I’d ask some people who know what their doing.

I believe you don't want too much red because red ones are degraded to CBN at that point. A little red is indicating the plant is maturing but the trichs ripen at different times so you expect to see some red. I still think it's hard to tell by trichs because a clear one will look cloudy imho if it's only slightly out of focus. That said yours must be pretty close to done if not done.
On drying I like slow drying and curing a long time. that's just me. still improving on that. Into full plant hang now and wet trim. Stems on slows the dry down and so does leaves on, but found dry trimming too annoying and you cant see the leaf tricks when leaves dry. Im leaving stickiest parts of sug leaves on for edible use though I still prefer bud to smell good, so long cure, but i must have a challenge so no bovedas. mini hygros in the jars. Fair warning, it's easy to miss the 60-65% window and below that or whatever the cutoff is exactly it won't get any better.

 

[RockyGMSD]

I believe you don't want too much red because red ones are degraded to CBN at that point. A little red is indicating the plant is maturing but the trichs ripen at different times so you expect to see some red. I still think it's hard to tell by trichs because a clear one will look cloudy imho if it's only slightly out of focus. That said yours must be pretty close to done if not done.
On drying I like slow drying and curing a long time. that's just me. still improving on that. Into full plant hang now and wet trim. Stems on slows the dry down and so does leaves on, but found dry trimming too annoying and you cant see the leaf tricks when leaves dry. Im leaving stickiest parts of sug leaves on for edible use though I still prefer bud to smell good, so long cure, but i must have a challenge so no bovedas. mini hygros in the jars. Fair warning, it's easy to miss the 60-65% window and below that or whatever the cutoff is exactly it won't get any better.

What do you mean by “it's easy to miss the 60-65% window and below that or whatever the cutoff is exactly it won't get any better."

 

[Gwhiliker]

What do you mean by “it's easy to miss the 60-65% window and below that or whatever the cutoff is exactly it won't get any better."

once the RH of the bud falls below a certain point the "curing process" comes to a complete end and its a done product at that point. no going back to curing after that