Trichs Never Turn Amber

RexRacer420 said:

Are you using Serious Seeds AK-47?

My latest AK-47 grow (on which you posted a response - thank you) went by the book - or reasonably so - I had about 20% amber trichomes on day 61 - at which point I harvested - and early smoke reports are really good.

But I used a Digital USB microscope to view the trichomes - I can't hold a jeweler's loupe steady enough to do any good.

That was only my second grow, so I can't post advice as an expert. But things went really well from planting to harvest...good luck

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Yup, AK-47 from Serious Seeds. I use a cheap 100x scope I bought off ebay a few years ago.

My AK's pretty much did the same thing.

Serious seeds (supposedly, they didn't come in the original packaging) under a 600W HPS.

I vegged em' for about 7 weeks, which was long enough to see pre-flowering and confirm sex before I flipped them. I've seen other AK grows harvest around 63 days, but my trics were cloudy / clear at that time.

Chopped em' day 70, and they're still drying.

Oh man, I had that problem with my last outdoor plant.
unknown strain. Went way too long for me.
Like 14 1/2 weeks! And still barely any amber.
had to chop because bud worms were after her bad!
But unlike you, I'm not happy with the final product.

thanks for the read guys.

HotShot7414 said:

This is true sativas tend to just get cloudy and not amber and also takes long but it has a longer window of harvest.This is why when i grow a sativa dominant plant i watch for pistils mostly.

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Well my last super lemon haze was as sativa as you can get and it turned amber.. Almost too much but devastating smoke.

I think it's more about giving the plants what they need to finish... I used to have issues with amber now almost every strain turns since my nutrients are tweaked when needed.

Just came across this thread

Interesting, I had the same experience with (don't mock) a schwagg plant I recently grew (see my sig below for the full grow report).

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/584136-mexican-brick-bagseed-growing-out-2.html#post8269002

I don't really know the genetics of this plant for sure, but I think its a safe bet that its from commercially grown Mexican circa '99 or 2000. Buds were purchased as schwagg (not by me) in NY area around that time.

Trichomes never turned brown/amber. . ever. Eventually chopped it at about 12 weeks flower. By the time I did, it was foxtailing and still putting out new buds. I didn't mention in the thread, but by this point most of the fan-leaves had yellowed, and were removed.

My take on this is that after the calyxes swell, and the pistils mostly go brown, and the fan leaves are yellow, you're done, regardless of the trichrome color. Amber trichromes are just one sign of maturity, and not every strain shows it.

yes i have grown strains like that let me add in what i also had happen to my plants the heads of the tricones fall off if i wait for the amber tricones

Sencha said:

Some plants won't finish unless you change the light cycle a tad. My source is Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Grower's Handbook.

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I also add more darkness time in the last 2 weeks and also I use slightly colder water also,it seems that also helps,has anyone tried this and also what adjustments to your light schedule do you make?