Dr.Amber Trichome
Well-Known Member
wow, thats really awesome to see the girls flowering so beautifully . They look great! really beautiful pictures Brandon! i especially like the one with the pink flowers in the background.
You have a ways to go in the flowering stage. they will fill out much more..... and when the pistils start turning amber things are getting closer.
I decide when to harvest by checking trichome.
I recommend this scope to check your trichomes.
http://www.amazon.com/Carson-MM-200-Micromax-60X-100X-Microscope/dp/B000P8AUMU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315798142&sr=8-2
Cut a small sugary trichome covered leaf and place it on a table with the scope over it... its a little tricky but move the scope around until you see your trichomes appear. At the early stage you will see clear trichome. The next stage of rippening they will turn milky and finally amber. I start to flush when i see a few amber because by the time the flush is over there will be a lot more. Not many amber will give you a soaring head high effect. Many amber will give a full body indica couch lock effect. Waiting for too many amber you will loose potency with over ripening.
Also i think there is a thread somewhere where you can post your bud pictures specifically for help to see if they are ready. I have a feeling you have a ways to go though, those buds are going to get huge , heavy and fat. You might even need to get some posts to support their wieght!!!!
awesome job on keeping the budworm at bay.
fantastic gardening im looking foward to a massive harvest.. peace out amber
You have a ways to go in the flowering stage. they will fill out much more..... and when the pistils start turning amber things are getting closer.
I decide when to harvest by checking trichome.
I recommend this scope to check your trichomes.
http://www.amazon.com/Carson-MM-200-Micromax-60X-100X-Microscope/dp/B000P8AUMU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315798142&sr=8-2
Cut a small sugary trichome covered leaf and place it on a table with the scope over it... its a little tricky but move the scope around until you see your trichomes appear. At the early stage you will see clear trichome. The next stage of rippening they will turn milky and finally amber. I start to flush when i see a few amber because by the time the flush is over there will be a lot more. Not many amber will give you a soaring head high effect. Many amber will give a full body indica couch lock effect. Waiting for too many amber you will loose potency with over ripening.
Also i think there is a thread somewhere where you can post your bud pictures specifically for help to see if they are ready. I have a feeling you have a ways to go though, those buds are going to get huge , heavy and fat. You might even need to get some posts to support their wieght!!!!
awesome job on keeping the budworm at bay.
fantastic gardening im looking foward to a massive harvest.. peace out amber
. Made another small batch of the flowering tea last night, fed them with 4 tbs/gal of it and 2 ml/gal of the bloombastic this morning. Gonna start hitting them hard with the tea now that I have enough to finish me off 
The Red Dragon is losing A LOT of leaves, but oh well, it's looking good to me either way 
. Don't really know if I'm going to support them more than I already have. The DV started leaning hard a few weeks ago so I put two stakes on either side of it closer to the pine trees and tied both the RD and the DV to the stakes. 
