"inner" trichs are way more amber than outer

hawse

hawse

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So I've been thinking anyway - I took a look at my current grow under the scope - I'm on the start of week 12 since the flip, pretty sure this is an unknown sativa dom... But my question - now that the buds are finally starting to fill out, I noticed that the newer grow has still clear and cloudy trichs, but if I dig a little bit further in and look underneath at the older buds (if that makes sense), the trichs are mostly amber. I'm about about 50% amber pistils, still thinking she looks like two more weeks probably to go based on the swelling. Do sativa's just do this? Either way I'm waiting till she stops swelling, but I just though it odd - seems to contradict the whole harvesting based on amber percentage thing right? These flowers are just slow growers...
 
Renfro

Renfro

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Long flowering sativa varieties break all the rules and you have to judge by other things like the calyx swell. The reward is often stellar yields provided they can finish in the climate in which they are being cultivated.
 
hawse

hawse

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Renfro said:
Long flowering sativa varieties break all the rules and you have to judge by other things like the calyx swell. The reward is often stellar yields provided they can finish in the climate in which they are being cultivated.
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Cool thanks - yeah, this is indoor so I should be good... She's stopped getting taller, but really taking her time finishing up... Yes it's already shaping up to be a ton...

It's almost like the flowers grow in little "waves". There's a stacking, then the pistils start to darken and there's a little swelling - and then another wave of buds starts stacking on top of that with fresh white hairs... She hasn't needed much in the way of nutes either.
 
Renfro

Renfro

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Things to consider at this juncture, the ripening phase, especially when growing sativas indoors.

  • Dimming lights - Incrementally dim the lights during ripening.
  • Decreasing Temperature - Everytime you dim the lights a notch drop the temp a notch as well.
  • Reducing RH% - prevent bud rot, stay around 45%.
  • Feed, making sure to provide a feed that is low in nitrogen and favors phosphorous and potassium as well as sulfur for terpene production.
  • Reducing supplemental CO2 enrichment, reducing CO2 PPM incrementally as you reduce light intensity.

Those things will encourage ripening and help create denser nugs with less foxtailing and superior flavor.

It was hard for me at first to get it through my thick skull that less is often more when growing cannabis. I wanted to nail them down with as many photons as I could thinking thats going to get more yield. What this really does is stress the plant when it's ripening, often resulting in airy fluffy buds that are excessively foxtailed. So I have learned that during the last 2 - 3 weeks dimming lights, reducing temperatures actually improved my yields and increased terpene production (THC is a diterpene). Save money on energy and grow better weed.

These are just my ways and some will disagree but to each their own.
 
hawse

hawse

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Renfro said:
Things to consider at this juncture, the ripening phase, especially when growing sativas indoors.

  • Dimming lights - Incrementally dim the lights during ripening.
  • Decreasing Temperature - Everytime you dim the lights a notch drop the temp a notch as well.
  • Reducing RH% - prevent bud rot, stay around 45%.
  • Feed, making sure to provide a feed that is low in nitrogen and favors phosphorous and potassium as well as sulfur for terpene production.
  • Reducing supplemental CO2 enrichment, reducing CO2 PPM incrementally as you reduce light intensity.

Those things will encourage ripening and help create denser nugs with less foxtailing and superior flavor.

It was hard for me at first to get it through my thick skull that less is often more when growing cannabis. I wanted to nail them down with as many photons as I could thinking thats going to get more yield. What this really does is stress the plant when it's ripening, often resulting in airy fluffy buds that are excessively foxtailed. So I have learned that during the last 2 - 3 weeks dimming lights, reducing temperatures actually improved my yields and increased terpene production (THC is a diterpene). Save money on energy and grow better weed.

These are just my ways and some will disagree but to each their own.
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Thanks, it seems obvious, but I hadn't thought about dimming and lower the temps... I've already reduced the daylight hours, but I didn't notice a real change until I started using a little less light and lowered the day time temps... Great idea. They are finally starting to look about done now! Amazing how fast that can happen when the time comes... Patience pays off! I would send pics but I don't have a good macro camera... Also the trichs are finally filling in good all over and the hairs are about all orange now! Going to let her go one more week for a full 13 since the flip... Also the smell has come back, changed and stronger now... Getting a sweet/woody/oil kinda smell..
 
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