The trichomes are about 80% cloudy 10% clear and 10% amber. My question is I still have about 20% of the pistils white and the orange ones aren't there yet as far as curling in/laying down should I wait to harvest another week or 2 I'm at 9.5 weeks flower
If you see Amber trichomes on the buds, it's already losing potency. Id harvest.
If you have amber trichs there's something wrong, probably way excessive air flow or too much light or something. I've never seen one amber trich on any plant I've even grown, not even at 75 days. You guys tend to use huge fans in small spaces for no good reason, other than getting amber trichs I guess, and also bigass circulation fans that make the plants look like they're in a constant monsoon. I don't know if that's what does it or not but the browning is presumably from oxidation so maybe. Weird how I never get one amber trich and others get plenty though, to the point that they have to inspect them with a microscope and take emergency action. Only place I see amber trichs is on weed that's a few years old.
Yeah I know that's the common thing when you read forums and tutorials, I just don't think trich color matters much myself. I base it more on time, meaning number of weeks of growth, and general appearance of the plant, if the buds have filled out completely or not. Generally when the buds are nice and dense and the leaves are starting to die and 70-75 days have passed since starting 12/12 it's time.
Yup, mostly Sativa then. Looks good though, big calyxes for a Sativa. Apparently a 10 week plant, but I find that most seed companies understate the ripening time of their strains. So probably more like 11.
