how close are the trich's

Heres some pics of my plant in which i think are getting close to harvest. I'm still very green (pun intended) and unfortunately i am colored blind to boot. Its a auto-flower and thats about all i know. Its 8 weeks old from when it sprouted leaves and have feed her with fish oil at the begining stages then tiger bloom alternating with molasses the last 3 weeks. She's surrounded top and sides with 19 100 watt cfl's of varying k ratings of 6500 and 2700K.
Here are the questions that i have and hopefully someone can help give me a good baseline to where i'm at with this plant and what to expect.
1. should I continue feeding with tiger bloom or start flushing?
2. roughly about how much longer before harvest based on by looking at the trichs in the pics. (going for the energetic cerebral feeling...no couch lock)
3. What color are the trichomes? I'm color/contrast blind and to me they look clear starting to cloud, but I dont think I'll be able to see any amber trichs.
thanks everyone

It's difficult to differentiate cloudy from clear in those pics, but I see no amber and many white pistols still. From that limited perspective, I'd urge you to continue feeding and remain patient.

I see mostly clear some cloudy and white pistils. Keep feeding & check back in a week! Can you attach photo of entire plant?

Looks mostly clear to me, maybe 10-20% cloudy.

I agree the pics are hard to tell. I'll grab a couple more pics and entire plant.
thanks guys!

She is nice, but not ready, things can move along fairly quick, when the dark Amber ones show up you will be able to tell them apart.

Hi guys..
OK, I went ahead and fed her yesterday and wow, the smell and trich production doubled almost tripled over night, I don't think thats my imagination or hopeful thinking. you guys are rt that things can move along quickly, Anyways heres a pic of my girl from jan 14th and a pic of her today. Idk if its normal or not to go from green to buds in a couple weeks but she did. a couple weeks ago it wasn't much to speak and probably still isn't, but for being a noob i'm proud of her. I think she's done pretty good putting up with my crap and mis-guided direction with an auto. if I do an auto again Im only doing lst, fiming doesn't fair too well with an auto imo, seemed to shock her a bit which i'm sure lowered her yields etc.
I tried really hard to get some clear pics of the trichs but this digital scope looks great on screen till you take a pic and view it. I tried getting a good pic of the overall frostiness of the plant but the lighting or camera isn't really picking it up too well. the last plant pic is from jan 14th......on to the pics..
Thanks again guys

. I have noticed the leaves are stiff and the very bottom fan leaves turned yellow overnight and dried up. the top leaves look good (i think) the bottom leaves seem to droop a lil bit covering alot of bud sites up. Considering how fussy this plant is, I dont really want to mess with it or remove any fan leaves. But at the same time I want her to be healthy and potent.

Nice job , the leaves will be fine to yello . Sometimes this is a sign of the final stretch of flowering stage, as the plant takes nutrients from the big leaves in order to feed the budsites for maximum growth before death. I notice a big difference in pics from 14 January, good work m8

That makes sense, good to know i'm on the right track..
thanks for the encouragement tj baba.

they look healthy, trics are developing up

I`d feed/boost them for another 2 to 4 weeks then start cutting back the food getting them ready for cut

You may want to trim off some leaf to let the air get to the buds but that`s up to you only you can actually see the plants

Hi everyone....
lil update here on whats going on with my girl. Everyday I'm noticing a bit more girth in the calyx and trich development. As a result of myself being color/contrast blind I seem to have a problem differentiating between cloudy and clear. I'm also a noob to say the least. I'm probably way off the mark here, but from what I can tell I believe she's about 70% cloudy and 30% clear. Idk if its the digital scope or that the trich's are still clear but this scope seems to make the trich's look as if they're shimmering,
Anyways I'm open to opinions on what I should do here pertaining to harvest. should I continue waiting or cut her down? I don't like couch lock and idk if it means anything, but she's a autoflower and idk if its true or not. But from what i've read autoflower's tend to lean towards couch lock. I did a quick dry a few days ago on a sample i cut. To my amazement she works! the effects came on strong but seemed to leave pretty quick (within a hour). It was a uplifting but relaxed feeling kinda Like I could go either way couch or social. I don't want to cut and sample any more of it cause imho it feels like a waste without proper curing and drying not to mention unneeded stress during this crucial push.
Oh yeah one more thing. She's almost 80 days old, her hairs have pulled back quite a bit and it seems to me that she's sprouted more white hairs.
Thanks everyone!!

That plant is no where near done. You should stop concentrating on the colors of the trichs and instead focus on the whole plant. I suggest you read some of the stickies that this forum offers. The plant as a whole will tell you when she is ready As for your plant I say at least another month.

GeeTee said:

That plant is no where near done. You should stop concentrating on the colors of the trichs and instead focus on the whole plant. I suggest you read some of the stickies that this forum offers. The plant as a whole will tell you when she is ready As for your plant I say at least another month.

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Agree 100% easily 2-4 weeks left.

Agreed with above, at least 3 - 4 weeks. If you see long, straight white hairs you're not close to looking at trichs yet. You're on the right track, be patient, you don't want to waste your effort by pulling them anytime soon. If you're concerned about potency, taste, and yield, wait for the white hairs to recede and then check out the trichs.

fireballrip said:

Oh yeah one more thing. She's almost 80 days old, her hairs have pulled back quite a bit and it seems to me that she's sprouted more white hairs.

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Another indication you need to wait. Now is the time to patient, you'll be glad you did or you'll be sorry you didn't.

You want to look at the trichs on the calyxes, not the leaves

fireballrip said:

Heres some pics of my plant in which i think are getting close to harvest. I'm still very green (pun intended) and unfortunately i am colored blind to boot. Its a auto-flower and thats about all i know. Its 8 weeks old from when it sprouted leaves and have feed her with fish oil at the begining stages then tiger bloom alternating with molasses the last 3 weeks. She's surrounded top and sides with 19 100 watt cfl's of varying k ratings of 6500 and 2700K.
Here are the questions that i have and hopefully someone can help give me a good baseline to where i'm at with this plant and what to expect.
1. should I continue feeding with tiger bloom or start flushing?
2. roughly about how much longer before harvest based on by looking at the trichs in the pics. (going for the energetic cerebral feeling...no couch lock)
3. What color are the trichomes? I'm color/contrast blind and to me they look clear starting to cloud, but I dont think I'll be able to see any amber trichs.
thanks everyone

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Nice pics. You little pets are clear yet.