AMS is it ready to harvest?
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Ou8aCracker2
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The last few weeks is when a lot of the weight gets b packed on.IME the buds start to swell around week 4-5, then a bit more stretch,then more swelling the last few weeks.
Get a 60x-100x scope to check maturity of the trichomes.
Clear trichomes = immature trichomes
Cloudy/milky trichomes = Mature trichomes
Amber trichomes = degdading thc
I like to harvest when thrichomes are 100% Cloudy/milky or 90% cloudy/miljy 10% amber.
Another thing to look for (in relation to trichomes and maturity) is to look for swelling of the calyxes and for the hairs to turn from white to pale orange and finally a reddish orange color aswell as the hairs receeding back in to the calyx.
Also,when you think it's ready....wait another week.
Breeders flowefing times can be subjective,if growing a hybrid you'll have to pheno hunt,plants in the indica range will finish before the sativa pheno but not necessarily....it's all depedant on growers skill,and environment.
Get a 60x-100x scope to check maturity of the trichomes.
Clear trichomes = immature trichomes
Cloudy/milky trichomes = Mature trichomes
Amber trichomes = degdading thc
I like to harvest when thrichomes are 100% Cloudy/milky or 90% cloudy/miljy 10% amber.
Another thing to look for (in relation to trichomes and maturity) is to look for swelling of the calyxes and for the hairs to turn from white to pale orange and finally a reddish orange color aswell as the hairs receeding back in to the calyx.
Also,when you think it's ready....wait another week.
Breeders flowefing times can be subjective,if growing a hybrid you'll have to pheno hunt,plants in the indica range will finish before the sativa pheno but not necessarily....it's all depedant on growers skill,and environment.
See that's the thing, buds swelled then stretched and now nothing for two weeks
Maybe my girls are not happy with me. I ordered pocket microscope from ebay should be delivered just in time so I can check trichomes.
Don't want all that precious time to go to waste.
neonknight420
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Lesson well learned, never take anything that the breeders at GHS say too serious.
churchhaze
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Looks like they're still growing to me. They've still got at least a week to go. Probably 2.
Either it takes longer or grower error > those are the only things it can be...
Those buds look like mine do when they are halfway done! Another month and they'll be looking ripe.
My plants only take 65-75 days depending on strain. Anything over that is not cloned!
Potency/Taste/Yield(in that order)are my priorities.
Just because it finishes fast doesn't mean it will be potent+flavorful(the important attributes)
I've grown GHS in the past (multiple GHS freebies) next to G13labs/Dinafem/WOS freebies.
GHS were the worst of the entire room + took 14-15 wks on most of them.
G13labs+WOS had keepers I'm still running today Pineapple Exp.+Skunk47.
Both Skunk47 + PE need to be staked or they will flop to the floor BEFORE finish flowering.
Those buds look like mine do when they are halfway done! Another month and they'll be looking ripe.
My plants only take 65-75 days depending on strain. Anything over that is not cloned!
Potency/Taste/Yield(in that order)are my priorities.
Just because it finishes fast doesn't mean it will be potent+flavorful(the important attributes)
I've grown GHS in the past (multiple GHS freebies) next to G13labs/Dinafem/WOS freebies.
GHS were the worst of the entire room + took 14-15 wks on most of them.
G13labs+WOS had keepers I'm still running today Pineapple Exp.+Skunk47.
Both Skunk47 + PE need to be staked or they will flop to the floor BEFORE finish flowering.
So I have checked trichomes today again with microscope that I bought and notice that about 10% turned amber. when i checked 3 day ago it looked like they are clear not milky but they would not turn amber from clear so my guess is that they were all milky when I checked them last time. what would be difference between milky and clear? I cant see right trough them but i would not say that they are milky neither. so is it time to chop if they turning amber??
Saerimmner
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looking at them buds probably best to just chop em,cut your losses and star again with decent genetics tbh
brotherjericho
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Really weird...I grew out one PE freebie, took a clone from the top of the first from seed, and another top of the clone, so three plants in succession. Both the mother and first clone, flowered under my LED panel, were fine and stood up by themselves though they did lean against the side of the tent and would droop when I took them out. Now the last clone is under my PLLs in the flower tent, and all of the buds are flopping around every different direction. I'm not certain but I think I will get a larger yield from this last clone which doesn't make sense to me, thought the LED panel should be outperforming the PLLs...
BatMaN SKuNK
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There's no way that's ready. Not close. Looks half done. You got a few, definitely 3 maybe 4 weeks to go.
brotherjericho
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Its close to 12 weeks on 8-9 week strain? Something is stressing this plant, if it truly has been almost 12 weeks of flowering (and not just from seed!). The only time I've had a plant go this much longer than advertised was due to a light leak and partial reveg.