If you have something like a S9 phone you could snap a close up of your buds and zoom in to see any amber. Just because you hear "you need X amount of amber".... don't believe it.
Still waiting for purple paralysis to turn purple, maybe I got a green pheno.
My phone is comparable to a S
.9. The zoom (before and after taking a pic), was a major failure. That's interesting that yours hasn't turned purple. When the cold hit, most all of mine did. I get what you're saying about the green pheno though. Makes sense....
That said.. I’ve harvested plenty of times with no or very few ambers. Another thing I look for is for at least 50% of the green bud hairs turned orange or orangish brown.
You really have a good two week window that it’s safe to harvest.. obviously you want to let it ripen as much as possible.. but better to harvest early than lose the plant!!
Seems like it's getting close. I appreciate the tips!
You just won't find better weather than this for mid Oct, they can handle the cold it just slows them up a bit. I'm taking advantage of every sunny day and holding out as long as possible. Took my Grape Apes down, they were having spotty issues with botrytis. Holding out let me finish them up pretty well..
It's all really plant dependent the other pheno of the CW I grew started flowering 3 weeks before this one, but was so thick and heavy it contracted botrytis during that wet spell we had a few weeks back.
I've had mine covered for our past rain, and each night because of our heavy dew. Luckily, we have a serious breeze here, and I've only had to deal with a slight touch of mildew. I feel lucky after listening to all of the problems other people have had. BTW- GREAT pics! Man, it's so easy to see everything. Are you doing anything special with your camera settings? Depth of view? F setting?
Someone should get a laugh out of these. Enjoy! Lol. First pic is a couple weeks ago. I split a branch, so I backed off the LST. Others are today. In the pot, it's about 5 1/2' tall.