Mybabyjustine
Active Member
Hello all I'm getting mixed feelings on when to harvest this is.my 1st grow and I'm hearing different answers.. what color trichomes am I looking for to know she is ready to be chopped and harvested.
Trichomes
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Fredgrow33
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Keep and eye on white hairs u want them all changed first . Then white red I’m pretty sure
Mybabyjustine
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That's not as accurate actually the trichomes really saw it all
Merlin1147
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A pic would help. The trichomes are an indication but they don’t say it all. There are other factors to consider.
Mybabyjustine
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What are the other factors
Richard Drysift
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All of the pistils will have turned orange and receded back into the bud, fan leaves begin to shrivel and die, and the bud will swell a bit as it loses its sheen. Put up a pic we can tell you how much longer....
Merlin1147
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^^^^and also genetics will play a part. Some strains just don’t want to go to amber trichomes.
guitarguy10
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How long have they been flowering?
Buy a $10 jewelers loupe and look at the trichomes with it. If they're all clear it's too early, when they're turning milky you're starting to get close. When there are amber ones you are close.
The % of amber you will here all sorts of varying and argumentative answers from no amber trichs to all amber trichs. In my experience and from what I understand of the chemistry the more amber the trichs *generally speaking* the more of a couch lock type high you'll get (because of more THC-V)
The tl;dr answer, buy a cheap $10 jewelers loupe, there is no excuse not to and when all of the trichomes are milky and some % of them are amber, the more that are amber the more of a couch lock/body high you'll get (GENERALLY SPEAKING).
Also it won't hurt you to take a small bud off the plant, dry it and sample your plant now. Sure it won't be cured right etc. etc. but it will have the same % of cannibinoids as your final cure so you will have an idea if it's ripe enough or not for your desires.
Buy a $10 jewelers loupe and look at the trichomes with it. If they're all clear it's too early, when they're turning milky you're starting to get close. When there are amber ones you are close.
The % of amber you will here all sorts of varying and argumentative answers from no amber trichs to all amber trichs. In my experience and from what I understand of the chemistry the more amber the trichs *generally speaking* the more of a couch lock type high you'll get (because of more THC-V)
The tl;dr answer, buy a cheap $10 jewelers loupe, there is no excuse not to and when all of the trichomes are milky and some % of them are amber, the more that are amber the more of a couch lock/body high you'll get (GENERALLY SPEAKING).
Also it won't hurt you to take a small bud off the plant, dry it and sample your plant now. Sure it won't be cured right etc. etc. but it will have the same % of cannibinoids as your final cure so you will have an idea if it's ripe enough or not for your desires.
Mybabyjustine
Active Member
Hello all so I think I m going to stop feeding and give it a week or like 10 days if flushing the trichomes are 90% milky and 5% clear and 5% amber any advice
