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[Marq1340]

Looking for clarification.

I've heard multiple people say things like "harvest your crop early when trichomes are clear and cloudy to receive that energizing + head high".
Or "harvest when trichomes are cloudy and amber for that body high/couch lock high


With that logic when a sativa is harvested late it smokes like an indica and vice versa, is that correct? How much of this is true exactly because I've also heard those same groups say amber trichomes are weaker in THC than cloudy trichomes.



Indicas:

Are typically associated with full-body effects, such as increasing deep relaxation and reducing insomnia.


Sativas:

Are known for their “head high,” an invigorating, energizing effect that can help reduce anxiety or stress and increase creativity and focus.


New grower, class of 2019/2020.

 

[MAGpie81]

Looking for clarification.

I've heard multiple people say things like "harvest your crop early when trichomes are clear and cloudy to receive that energizing + head high".View attachment 5148495
Or "harvest when trichomes are cloudy and amber for that body high/couch lock high
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With that logic when a sativa is harvested late it smokes like an indica and vice versa, is that correct? How much of this is true exactly because I've also heard those same groups say amber trichomes are weaker in THC than cloudy trichomes.


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Indicas:

Are typically associated with full-body effects, such as increasing deep relaxation and reducing insomnia.


Sativas:

Are known for their “head high,” an invigorating, energizing effect that can help reduce anxiety or stress and increase creativity and focus.


New grower, class of 2019/2020.

Credit to this post on RIU

Trichome color and THC

Hi Guys, I just found this pdf online (http://www.gwpharm.com/uploads/finalfullthesisdjpotter.pdf). It’s a thesis on Cannabis botany, and it has some really great info in it. I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but I did read one section on trichomes. The author does a study on trichome color...

www.rollitup.org

 

[MAGpie81]

If you want to look at it poetically think of the difference between a sunrise and sunset.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Running a good IBL sativa will run til the wheels fall off. Never looked at until around week 14.

 

[Budzbuddha]

This is my opinion …. It seems ” modern “ ( hybrids - Sat - Indy ) generally should run a minimum of 9-11 weeks ( actual flower ).
Regardless of breeder marketing. Those “ 8 week strains “ labeled seems to be marketing hype. Even autos - I run those without going week by week. I note only when stretch period slows or stops then to me it’s in actual flower. There will be a time when branching / leaf making is over.
Rooting continues thru flowering.

No need to watch a cooking pot as they say.

 

[Marq1340]

Credit to this post on RIU

Trichome color and THC

Hi Guys, I just found this pdf online (http://www.gwpharm.com/uploads/finalfullthesisdjpotter.pdf). It’s a thesis on Cannabis botany, and it has some really great info in it. I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but I did read one section on trichomes. The author does a study on trichome color...

www.rollitup.org

The original link is no longer there I really would have like to know the strain used and why he only tested one darken trichome.

 

[Marq1340]

This is my opinion …. It seems ” modern “ ( hybrids - Sat - Indy ) generally should run a minimum of 9-11 weeks ( actual flower ).
Regardless of breeder marketing. Those “ 8 week strains “ labeled seems to be marketing hype. Even autos - I run those without going week by week. I note only when stretch period slows or stops then to me it’s in actual flower. There will be a time when branching / leaf making is over.
Rooting continues thru flowering.

No need to watch a cooking pot as they say.

Good take, very insightful as usual.

 

[Budzbuddha]

Good take, very insightful as usual.

I’m pre-blunt … check back in 10 minutes

 

[Marq1340]

I still feel like I haven't gotten an answer. A sativa harvested when the trichomes darken still gives the same as one harvested when cloudy just not as potent, or does that sativa start to give me a couch lock kind of high?

 

[Budzbuddha]

Triches are at times over thought - some strains don’t even amber until long chopped and dried.
Clear triches to me are immature but if there is a “ high percentage overall “ of cloudy / opaque, then I go by that instead of amber vs. cloudy.

Every grower can judge their strains by simple partial harvesting - take colas with ( minor clear / cloudy ) then peak cloudy or 50/50 type of ratio.
It can give insight on your preferences for that strain so realistically you decide when to pull. Like a steak , a little pink inside or shoe leather.