Concord Dawn
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cool deal, so all are females now?
First time grow - pictures, will update, suggestions please! closet trash can
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teflondummy
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You have a period of at least a week between the time you notice them and the time that they might drop pollen. A male won't grow nuts and start skeeting on you little ladies overnight or even a couple of days
teflondummy
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It's cool that you are getting lots of girls man.
thegersman
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Lookin' good !!!
Concord Dawn
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hell yeah bro, lookin dam nice, lots of budsites, nice job man!! + rep to ya.
there looking bomb
Concord Dawn
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well bro, that depends on the strain, but my first bag seed grow, i got just over 2 ounces off new bean, which was an idaca strain. some sativas tend to be lighter and fluffier, where as indacas are think dense buds. the pic is the 5 main tops i got from new bean and the plant a few days before i cut it down.
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Concord Dawn
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well with most indacas, flowering period is about 8 weeks, thats from when buds appear, not from when you switch the lights. so you have about 8 weeks of flowering from when you first saw the buds, then you have to watch the trichs. milky gives you an uppy high, amber gives you a deep body stone. heres a pic what to look for.
When to harvest
Trichomes are small appendages that look like hairs. They are produced by marijuana, and other plants. Female marijuana plants produce certain trichomes that are a rich source of THC. These trichomes can be found in their largest concentration on the buds. They start out clear, turn a milky color, then turn amber (light brown).
The trichomes in picture 1 are clear. After the plant has flowered for a few weeks, the trichomes start to turn a milky color (picture 2). After a few more weeks, they will be totally milky in color. In the later stages of flowering, trichomes will turn to a light brown color (picture 3). The amount of time required to get to this point depends on the marijuana strain and the growing conditions.
In picture 2 you can see the stems have started to turn from a clear color to a milky translucent color. For maximum THC content and a more cerebral and energetic high, harvest your plants when a majority of the trichomes on the plants in your garden are a fully milky translucent color.
You can wait until most of the trichomes have started to turn amber, but the resulting marijuana will produce more of a sleepy body stone than it would if plants were harvested earlier. The trichome in picture 3 is about 90% amber, with just a trace of the milky translucent color it previously possessed.
After the trichome is fully amber in color, the THC starts to degrade. This makes it very important to harvest marijuana at the time before a majority of the trichomes have attained a total amber color. If not, the marijuana will not be as potent as it could have been.
Based on that information once trichomes have turned milky white maximum THC levels have been reached and remain at that level until fully amber. So any time between filly milky white and fully amber is the peak THC level and when each person needs to decide when to harvest in that period of time is solely based on each individuals personal preference in high or stone of combination of each.
In short the prime time to harvest is variable based on personal preference as long as it is between when the trichomes have turned fully milky white and when they are fully amber.
Pure sativas and highly predominant sativas reach maximum THC potency when the trichomes are still clear. It will max out just before clouding occurs so it is best to harvest them at the first signs of clouding. But many people call any cross that is over 50% sativa a sativa and unless a strain is upwards of 80% sativa or higher you would want to wait until you see mostly cloudy trichomes with some amber trichomes and possibly with a few clear trichomes left.
When to harvest
Trichomes are small appendages that look like hairs. They are produced by marijuana, and other plants. Female marijuana plants produce certain trichomes that are a rich source of THC. These trichomes can be found in their largest concentration on the buds. They start out clear, turn a milky color, then turn amber (light brown).
The trichomes in picture 1 are clear. After the plant has flowered for a few weeks, the trichomes start to turn a milky color (picture 2). After a few more weeks, they will be totally milky in color. In the later stages of flowering, trichomes will turn to a light brown color (picture 3). The amount of time required to get to this point depends on the marijuana strain and the growing conditions.
In picture 2 you can see the stems have started to turn from a clear color to a milky translucent color. For maximum THC content and a more cerebral and energetic high, harvest your plants when a majority of the trichomes on the plants in your garden are a fully milky translucent color.
You can wait until most of the trichomes have started to turn amber, but the resulting marijuana will produce more of a sleepy body stone than it would if plants were harvested earlier. The trichome in picture 3 is about 90% amber, with just a trace of the milky translucent color it previously possessed.
After the trichome is fully amber in color, the THC starts to degrade. This makes it very important to harvest marijuana at the time before a majority of the trichomes have attained a total amber color. If not, the marijuana will not be as potent as it could have been.
Based on that information once trichomes have turned milky white maximum THC levels have been reached and remain at that level until fully amber. So any time between filly milky white and fully amber is the peak THC level and when each person needs to decide when to harvest in that period of time is solely based on each individuals personal preference in high or stone of combination of each.
In short the prime time to harvest is variable based on personal preference as long as it is between when the trichomes have turned fully milky white and when they are fully amber.
Pure sativas and highly predominant sativas reach maximum THC potency when the trichomes are still clear. It will max out just before clouding occurs so it is best to harvest them at the first signs of clouding. But many people call any cross that is over 50% sativa a sativa and unless a strain is upwards of 80% sativa or higher you would want to wait until you see mostly cloudy trichomes with some amber trichomes and possibly with a few clear trichomes left.
teflondummy
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they won't be big at all and won't really do much for your head. I have cut plants that early and you might catch a buzz while your smoking it. The keyword there is while, as soon as you put it out your "buzz" will evaporate. Why the tight schedule?
ratatoolie
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alright i would tell you to take a deep breath but what you need to do is take a VERY big breath, growing weed is all about patience you said in the begining you were serious about growing well get serious. cutting them down in 2 weeks would be a huge waste of your time, what you need to do is water them when needed feed them when needed and then leave them alone. get your self a 420 scope and when the trics are right then chop them down till then just WAIT unless you like being disappointed. the longer the better looking good so far dont fuck it up good luck
teflondummy
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I have a hard time leaving them alone myself. As soon as they start looking like something smoke-able it is my instinct to want to smoke them. I learned first hand that just because it looks like a bud doesn't mean it will feel like a bud. I found autos helped me out with my impatience. They grow and finish so fast. 60-70 day from seed to smoke.