Are these ready to chop?

[dveight]

my oaksterdam mag says the flowering time on this strain is 9 weeks. its dream star.
it has been 8 weeks now, the whole time in the bag. a lot of the trichs are amber and i dont see many cloudy looking ones. also a i noticed a bunch of ants in the soil of it for some reason so what do you guys think?

my mag says this strain lasts 7-8 weeks odyssey.....

 

[Mogwai5]

Loads of Brown pistils, most trichs amber, hmmm TIMBER don't want it to start deteriorating (IMO)

 

[rzza]

nah, not quite yet man if i was to guess i would prob say 2 weeks left.... just give em lots of water and they will finish up soon.

 

[meezy4tw]

5 more days. just in case, but other than that its choppin time.

 

[Mike Maxwell]

What do the trichomes look like? From what I can see lots of balloons with string. Id say no more than 5 more days of flushing. Have fun, I love this part.

 

[dveight]

well theres 2 strains here the first is dream star and i think it has about 5 more days also. the second strain is the odyssey, this one was said to have 7-8 weeks flowering time and i think im going to chop it today seeing as its been 8 weeks and 1 day

 

[col. forbin]

2 weeks min!!!! be patient. I always wait to see a few amber trichs then its time.

 

[wannaquickee]

im sure they could swell up some more yo!

 

[REALSTYLES]

Just give them 8 hours light and 16 dark and they'll be finished in a week (the plant will think it's in the middle of winter and it will finish faster)

 

[Agent Provocateur]

Just give them 8 hours light and 16 dark and they'll be finished in a week (the plant will think it's in the middle of winter and it will finish faster)

Have you had experience with this? i've turned mine down to 10 hrs light and 14 dark a week ago and i dont see much of a maturation as i'd hoped qas thinking turning down more but wondered if it would be worth it seen as my plants are now at 13 weeks and im losing patience

 

[dsnutts]

Question, are you seeing mostly amber? if so you have waited too long my friend chop NOW!! You want mostly cloudy with some amber....

 

[rzza]

Question, are you seeing mostly amber? if so you have waited too long my friend chop NOW!! You want mostly cloudy with some amber....

get outta here with that ....

 

[rzza]

Have you had experience with this? i've turned mine down to 10 hrs light and 14 dark a week ago and i dont see much of a maturation as i'd hoped qas thinking turning down more but wondered if it would be worth it seen as my plants are now at 13 weeks and im losing patience

ive done this alot of times and i DO see a difference [i think] but your right its not like super finish or anything.

 

[dsnutts]

dveight,,, read this thread for everything you want to know about harvesting your plant doesnt have to look done to be done, scope the trichs and they will tell you and it really depends on the "high" you want.

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/401369-trichomes-cloudy-good-amber-shit.html

 

[rzza]

dveight,,, read this thread for everything you want to know about harvesting your plant doesnt have to look done to be done, scope the trichs and they will tell you and it really depends on the "high" you want.

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/401369-trichomes-cloudy-good-amber-shit.html

thats bs, your sacrificing taste and smell when you chop according to color of the trichs.

 

[dsnutts]

rzza you smoke it how you like it he asked a question and i gave an opinion supported by facts.

 

[rzza]

your plant doesnt have to look done to be done

this is not fact. this is wrong and if you go harvesting flowers that do not appear ripe simply because you see cloudy trichs then you will have an inferior product. face it your very wrong.

 

[Bonzi Lighthouse]

Stolen from J:
You should go into the harvesting and curing forum and look at threads about checking when your plant is ready.

Some of the ways are

THE SWELL the buds will swell up when nearly ready
THE RECEEDING HAIRS the pistels will receed back toward the bud when the plant is ripe.
THE TRICHOMES these will be however you like it to be 20/80 50/50 80/20 amber to milky
and the overall appearance, A bud will take on a completely different appearance ...​

 

[dsnutts]

I agree with bonzi, each plant is very different i have had plants that continued to shoot white pitels even though i was in week 8 and the triches were 40/60. As far as the swell goes it is true buuuuut to gain size and lose potency in a no win for me unless you are doing it for the $$$. My advice for the Original Poster is to find a strain that you like and keep working with it until you dial it in for you. Rzza there is no set way to grow my friend everybody does it different you feed into the whole more amber the better, well I dont! I know what works for me and I have been around the block or two so if you want to keep telling me I am wrong please feel free too but you could offer some actual advice instead of saying you are wrong.