Day 84 week 8 of flower

Iam a first time grower I have read journals on this site and now it's day 84 of my bubble kush auto flower .and I have been checking the trichomes to see if they are turning Amber .what percentage of amber colored trichomes before you harvest. I have the humidity at 50% in the tent I just don't want her to get any Bud rot or mold . Thank you for any information best wishes Ted

Looks nice and healthy but needs another 2 weeks maybe. You want all the hairs to be brown and receding

Nutty sKunK said:

Looks nice and healthy but needs another 2 weeks maybe. You want all the hairs to be brown and receding

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Thank you so much . I was getting a little anxious

UDTghost840 said:

Thank you so much . I was getting a little anxious

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No need to be! Breeders estimates are usually optimum conditions and most likely a fast finishing phenotype of that strain. Another 1-2 weeks on top of the estimate is typical for most autos

Id back off the N a bit and as nutty skunk said at best the breeder estimates are a rough guide the plant tells you when it's ready mate

You are far from the checking the trichrome stage. Could be a month or more.
Keep in mind it's not the red hairs that have the THC, it's the calyx's that form after the hairs have receded and fallen off. That's where you see the most trichromes and THC.
Most cannabis takes closer to 4 months than 3 months to fully ripen. There are of course exceptions, autos tend to finish faster, but not your plant. It's still throwing a lot of white hairs for another week at least. That puts you at 90 days. Then those turn red and your calyx's start to swell which is a couple more weeks at least. Then you can start checking trichromes.
Personally if they are all cloudy with a few amber that's good enough for me.

Thank you .you explained it perfectly I understand I will let her go for a while thank you for the input.

It's a nice looking plant, your patience will be rewarded.
It should bulk up dramatically in the next few weeks.

UDTghost840 said:

Iam a first time grower I have read journals on this site and now it's day 84 of my bubble kush auto flower .and I have been checking the trichomes to see if they are turning Amber .what percentage of amber colored trichomes before you harvest. I have the humidity at 50% in the tent I just don't want her to get any Bud rot or mold . Thank you for any information best wishes Ted

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As others have mentioned, the pistols should turn brown and start to curl in (90% or so, its normal to have a few white pistols). Then you want to use a loupe or zoom lens to watch the trichomes on the buds. (do not count the trichomes on the sugar leaves, just the bud). Once you see mainly cloudly trichomes and a few amber, your in the harvest window. You don't have to wait for a lot of amber, just make sure they trichomes are cloudy. not clear...

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As others have mentioned, the pistols should turn brown and start to curl in (90% or so, its normal to have a few white pistols). Then you want to use a loupe or zoom lens to watch the trichomes on the buds. (do not count the trichomes on the sugar leaves, just the bud). Once you see mainly cloudly trichomes and a few amber, your in the harvest window. You don't have to wait for a lot of amber, just make sure they trichomes are cloudy. not clear...

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Thank you. the trichomes are both cloudy and clear with no amber yet but it's getting close thank you I was concentrating on the trichomes on the leaves now that I look at the ones on the bud I can see that they are more cloudy it's great to really know what to look for.

UDTghost840 said:

Thank you. the trichomes are both cloudy and clear with no amber yet but it's getting close thank you I was concentrating on the trichomes on the leaves now that I look at the ones on the bud I can see that they are more cloudy it's great to really know what to look for.

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Yeah man, those sugar leaves will amber fast, but the buds can still be clear... Ignore the sugar leafs !