Trichome development

Marlo95

Active Member
I'm on my last week of flower and I just wanted to know how long it usually takes for some of my trichomes to get milky and how long it should take some to turn amber. If I were to harvest this Wednesday it would be day 56 and I don't see as many milky ones as I'd like to. Do the trichomes just get milky in the last couple of days? Or should they already be milky??
 

ISK

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I'm on my last week of flower and I just wanted to know how long it usually takes for some of my trichomes to get milky and how long it should take some to turn amber. If I were to harvest this Wednesday it would be day 56 and I don't see as many milky ones as I'd like to. Do the trichomes just get milky in the last couple of days? Or should they already be milky??
my thoughts are your plants are not ready for harvest, but without a pic one would only be guessing

IMHO, you should not harvest until you see at least a few amber trichrome, but in your case, you don't see any milky, thus it's way too early
 

Marlo95

Active Member
my thoughts are your plants are not ready for harvest, but without a pic one would only be guessing

IMHO, you should not harvest until you see at least a few amber trichrome, but in your case, you don't see any milky, thus it's way too early
Well some of them are milky but not most and I can't take a zoomed in pic to show you
 

BDOGKush

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What strain are you growing?

Are you counting from the day you flipped to 12/12?

What does the breeder advertise the flowering time to be?
 

roorsmoker

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Are you using a 60x jewelers loupe/microscope? At least 30x is needed, but you probably need another week or two. A good rule of thumb is about 10% amber. Don't look at preflowers either, as they are older than the rest of the plant, they won't be accurate. At about 10-20% amber, it's safe to assume in my opinion, that you can chop. It can be very difficult sometimes with 15 micron trichomes to see anything but amber and not Amber. Also do not check sugar leaves, but calyxes only. Top colas usually finish a few days before the rest of the plant, but a healthy plant that has been defoliated at the right time should finish all around the same time.

Some hybrids/sativas finish long after 56 days. Most indica varieties finish between 8-9 weeks. Rarely 7 in my opinion (although you could, but not ideal.)
 

Marlo95

Active Member
Are you using a 60x jewelers loupe/microscope? At least 30x is needed, but you probably need another week or two. A good rule of thumb is about 10% amber. Don't look at preflowers either, as they are older than the rest of the plant, they won't be accurate. At about 10-20% amber, it's safe to assume in my opinion, that you can chop. It can be very difficult sometimes with 15 micron trichomes to see anything but amber and not Amber. Also do not check sugar leaves, but calyxes only. Top colas usually finish a few days before the rest of the plant, but a healthy plant that has been defoliated at the right time should finish all around the same time.

Some hybrids/sativas finish long after 56 days. Most indica varieties finish between 8-9 weeks. Rarely 7 in my opinion (although you could, but not ideal.)
I'm us using a 100x microscope
 

Marlo95

Active Member
Are you using a 60x jewelers loupe/microscope? At least 30x is needed, but you probably need another week or two. A good rule of thumb is about 10% amber. Don't look at preflowers either, as they are older than the rest of the plant, they won't be accurate. At about 10-20% amber, it's safe to assume in my opinion, that you can chop. It can be very difficult sometimes with 15 micron trichomes to see anything but amber and not Amber. Also do not check sugar leaves, but calyxes only. Top colas usually finish a few days before the rest of the plant, but a healthy plant that has been defoliated at the right time should finish all around the same time.

Some hybrids/sativas finish long after 56 days. Most indica varieties finish between 8-9 weeks. Rarely 7 in my opinion (although you could, but not ideal.)
Then when should I start flushing?
 

Marlo95

Active Member
What strain are you growing?

Are you counting from the day you flipped to 12/12?

What does the breeder advertise the flowering time to be?
Yea I'm counting from the first day and I'm grow. White widow x big bud
And Northern lights x skunk
 
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