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crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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depends what kinda high you want out of this, and cutting to early could diminish yield if thats what your going for. personally i like 75% amber heads and 25% milky, gives more of a couchlock high great for pain and insomnia. get yourself a trich scope if you dont have one, $10-15 at radioshack or any electronic store really, judging by hairs can be iffy sometimes. the higher buds are likely more finished, but like many factors its strain dependent.
 
puffnpaint

puffnpaint

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crazyhazey said:
depends what kinda high you want out of this, and cutting to early could diminish yield if thats what your going for. personally i like 75% amber heads and 25% milky, gives more of a couchlock high great for pain and insomnia. get yourself a trich scope if you dont have one, $10-15 at radioshack or any electronic store really, judging by hairs can be iffy sometimes. the higher buds are likely more finished, but like many factors its strain dependent.
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you`re pretty much telling him to let 3/4 of his thc degrade. i don`t get the reasoning behind that. you want couch lock get a heavy indica. cloudy trics are ripe, the idea behind amber is to get the cloudy ones to outnumber the clear ones. i`m willing to bet that your weed would be a lot better picked a little earlier. but to each his own man, so if it works for you.
 
Sand4x105

Sand4x105

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puffnpaint said:
you`re pretty much telling him to let 3/4 of his thc degrade. i don`t get the reasoning behind that. you want couch lock get a heavy indica. cloudy trics are ripe, the idea behind amber is to get the cloudy ones to outnumber the clear ones. i`m willing to bet that your weed would be a lot better picked a little earlier. but to each his own man, so if it works for you.
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Totally agree....
Peeps that say:

"I want 40-50% amber Tric's... And now 75% Amber...
I wont mince words...
You don't have a clue, and neither does anyone who advocates more than 5% amber...
They do not have a clue, or are very new to growing, or have been lied to over and over...

Read this thread Newbies... and Others that say: I harvest at 75% Amber cause I want couch lock...
You really just have no idea....

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/516184-trichomes-harvesting.html





  • Trichomes are of course not the only indicator of when to harvest.
    There are other factors that should be taken into account when determining when to harvest.


    Calyxes on the plant will swell up, these swollen calyxes are a sign of maturity.
    The pistils (what some new growers call hairs) will change colour (often to an orange tinge) and recede into the calyx.
    Receding pistils are also a sign of maturity.
    Then there is the overall look of the plant. Many experienced growers simply go by this factor, they can determine peak harvest just by looking at the plant and seeing how it looks from afar regarding colour tinge and the look of the calyxes.


    All these factors should be taken into account when harvesting. All of these factors usually align when peak harvest approaches.






    The best way to check how the trichomes on your plant are doing is by means of a loupe or a microscope.
    I would recommend getting ones that can at least go to 60x magnification.
    Getting one that can go to 100x would be even better, but the more magnification the more cost.


    All you have to do is take a small sample of a leaf with trichomes on it, or if you have a loupe or a USB microscope simply look at the trichomes on the plant to determine their 'state'.
    It's important that you check all over the plant, since trichomes will usually develop and produce faster at the top(s) of branches and slower and the bottom of the plant.


    Some people choose to harvest the tops first and let the bottom nugs grow a bit more to let the trichomes mature and develop further but also to let the buds fatten up more. It's a judgement and preference call really.




    It's almost impossible to harvest without at least some amber trichomes (and some clear), keeping the amber trichomes to the minimum is key if you want maximum potency out of your plant.
    Usually if you are careful and watchful you will end up with around 5% clear trichomes, 10% amber and 85% cloudy trichomes.
    That is a very reasonable % split and is what you should be aiming for.
    ​
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THC turns to CBN = Degraded....
THC does not turn to CBD... and the couch lock you want...
Learn something....
Don't repeat BS which you have no experience at....

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Personally....
I never check for Tric's anymore...
I can tell by looking at the first picture...
You have at least 25-50% Clear... The shinny ones... those are not ready...
First sign of degraded Tric's Harvest... Unless it's damaged....

One last FYI: A healthy plant will make Clear Trichomes until the day you harvest...
Your plant will always have at least 5% Clear...
My plants Buds have BILLIONS [and billions and billions] of milky Tric's....
I look at Tric's the day of harvest...
and many times after harvest...
Your buds will plump upas you wait for more Milky/White Tric's...
Seriously: Cut open a Ripe dried bud...
Check out the Milky flowing THC everywhere...
Tasty....
Oh you don't have a Bud to cut open?
You've never cut open a ripe tasty bud before?
You have no idea what a THC filled bud looks like inside....
It's a Milky Paradise ... of Goodness...
Wait
 
crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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lol i like how all i said was thats my personal preference but that basically saying that when he has to cut huh? maybe i like the effects of cbn, ever take that into account? too much milky trichs give you a more uppity high in my experience. but hey, ive never grown weed or harvested, what do i know :lol:
 
Sand4x105

Sand4x105

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crazyhazey said:
lol i like how all i said was thats my personal preference but that basically saying that when he has to cut huh? maybe i like the effects of cbn, ever take that into account? too much milky trichs give you a more uppity high in my experience. but hey, ive never grown weed or harvested, what do i know :lol:
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It's kewl man...
Peeps say 25-50% amber all the time... They want Couch lock...
Wrong way to get couch lock...
And... CBN is degrade THC the stuff that makes you sick...
You think you want maybe a high CBD, or at least that's what you have been told...
CBN is close to CBD haha, so the two are mixed up all the time...

You maybe should look for a strain high in CBD....

OLD THC Turns to CBN... that stuff is nasty...
 
crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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Sand4x105 said:
It's kewl man...
Peeps say 25-50% amber all the time... They want Couch lock...
Wrong way to get couch lock...
And... CBN is degrade THC the stuff that makes you sick...
You think you want maybe a high CBD, or at least that's what you have been told...
CBN is close to CBD haha, so the two are mixed up all the time...

You maybe should look for a strain high in CBD....

OLD THC Turns to CBN... that stuff is nasty...
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i mostly grow indicas(having the word haze in my name is sometimes misleading lol) so its already going to have somewhat of a couchlock effect regardless of how much amber there is. ive grown shit out to 50-50 but once i tried going slightly beyond that i felt there was more couchlock high and it seemed to help out with pain and my insomnia. could be placebo, who knows, i know ive never felt sick from it though. theres plenty of other cannabinoids responsible for making you sleepy and relieving pain if im not mistaken, it may seem like im giving the amber heads credit for doing this but it could be another cannabinoid. and when i say 75-25 im talking about top buds(sorry for not including that in the original post), lower buds tend to lag behind so the rest of my shit is mostly 50-50.

but in the end, thats my personal preference, i didnt tell him to do this, just threw it out there. people like different things, cannabis effects people different as do cannabinoids.
 
Sand4x105

Sand4x105

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Exactly... I hear ya....
Ya that link has the chart that says all that...
Personally, I want a High... high THC value Hi...
I have found the perfect strain for me...
That's a good reason to try a few different plants to decide the the one you like best...

Good Luck man...
 
BWG707

BWG707

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For my relaxed, sedating high I grow pure Indicas and try to harvest at peak maturity. Which tends to be 5% or less amber in my garden environment.
 
forest42

forest42

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I got a 420 scope. I clipped the end of a leaf off of one other big top buds. There were a few amber one here and there. I am not confident in identifying the clear and milky. They all look milky to me. I then got a sample from somewhere else there were no amber. I really want to wait and at least get in the window. Did I mention it's a BC god bud? I think it is a hybred 75% I and 25% S. I chose it for my wife and her chronic pain. I am more of a sativa person so I don't want to get the short end here. I have been a smoker all my life (40) and all I really cared about is that I have something to smoke. It's still the most important thing honestly. But after my trip to California this summer I want that. I want to know what it is and what it ate and I want to know as much about it as I can. I think I like strawberry cough a lot and that's on my wish list. Babble babble guess what I'm doing. It's nice but I don't know her name.
 
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