Jigfresh's Grow #1 DIY Closet DWC Scrog - Hindu Skunk & White Widow - First grow ever

Alright guys... now I'm totally freaking out for two reasons:

My plants are going too fast (I think)?

And I found A BUG!!!

I don't know what kind... and I only found one... but I know if there is one...

FUCK

It looked like the worlds smallest grasshopper, and it was tan???

Also, in removing the leaf the bug was on, I looked at the trichs on that leaf and I saw maybe 30% Amber trichs... What the hell guys... It isn't 5 full weeks????

Should I start the gravity tomorrow, run for like 5-6 days then start flushing...

I'm totally worried I'm going to get to the middle of next week, never use the gravity and never flush and have to chop them.

What the hell should I do?

If I don't get other advise I think I am going to do what I said, gravity tomorrow for a few days then flush this time next week.

sorry pics suck

The leaf with amber trichs is from the very center of the screen.

The last 4 pics are from the very edge of the screen.

Not sure about the bug dude, I wish I could help you out with that. I guess as long as there isn't a lot of them you should be good. It might have just been a random bug that got in from outside. And about the harvesting matter. I would go ahead and use the gravity and continue on with the regular schedule. Some growers on here choose not to flush. I can't see any amber trichs from the pics but I could be wrong. You should pick up the 12 dollar 60-100x microscope from radio shack. You can really see the trichs up close so that you know the perfect time to harvest

dam your right that does look like a little grasshopper i wouldnt worry just check some leaves if theres no holes then he was not eating the leave maybe some thc then got so baked he never wanted to leave.

Yea i would go to radio shack get that $12 one works really good i got one, you can focus in on just like three tirchomes, from what i see in your pics i wouldnt think your ready yet, i am trying to find the pic i saw of when to harvest, the trichomes are fully amber and some are little clear and amber. i wouldnt worry yet man i would just go with what you had planed to do and if the trichomes keep on getting more amber then use your gravity and flush, but i would give it another 24 before you do anything. But shit what do i know lmao


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Hey Jig,

Yea you're fine. Assuming you or your camera didn't correct any of the color you're right on schedule. I'd say you're about 30% cloudy.

Some things to think about when you look at the trichs are that they turn amber first on the leaves and then on the calyx. You want to watch the trichs on the calyx because they're a more accurate signal of when the flowers ready. I mean you're smoking the flowers right so you want them to be ripe. Looking at the trichomes under the yellow light of an hps can actually make them look amber when they're not. I like to look at my flowers under a nice bright daylight bulb. They have a very good CRI so colors are very accurate to the human eye.

Check out that microscope they're talking about if its $12 couldn't hurt to try. The reasons why i use my loupe are because it was on hand, its easy to use, and well it was on hand. They're also cheap but for $12 you really can't go wrong. Not bad taking the pics through the loupe though. I've never tried that. The photo loupe is used to look at contact sheets and tiny negatives. The thing you described is a macro lens. I do have one of those i'll have to use it when i start my journal. If you try taking pics through it again you might be able to get a better focus and more contrast if you backed the leaf with something black like black construction paper.

Weird bug... try to identify it online, there's a few good insect indexes online. I used one to identify a few dragonfly nymphs that snuck into my aquarium. I'll see if i can find the link.

Nice was a little worried you were disappointed. You should have seen me when i started playing around with that stuff. I was so excited when got it to that point. It was when my plants really started to take of in the tank.

Cool on the gloves. You know better than me so i say your set. Yea the labs nice, i'm most definitely an artist, i need to be creative, but the draw of the factual definite nature of science is so hard to say no to. Biology is a nice blend of the two. :mr.green:

Alright, thats it. Cross your fingers for no more bugs. I had fungus gnats the one time that i used soil. It sucked because they came from the soil i used. They were in the stupid bag. Found that out because used the soil in emersed culture that i grew in which i keep the lid on all the time. Two weeks after the set up i took the lid off and stupid gnats.

GL

I believe the bug is a fungus gnat, they like moisture. Get some sticky paper, I need some also.