What's up with my trichs? Advice needed (pls?)

jaytea

jaytea

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Hello community,

I am into my 5th week of flowering two Black Cherry Soda plants and everything looks good. My concern is that I just examined my trichs and about 50% of them are purple . I though it was conventional wisdom that once your trichs darkened it was time to harvest. I am only into my 5th week so should my trichs be this dark yet? Should I harvest now? What say you ?
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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jaytea said:
Hello community,

I am into my 5th week of flowering two Black Cherry Soda plants and everything looks good. My concern is that I just examined my trichs and about 50% of them are purple . I though it was conventional wisdom that once your trichs darkened it was time to harvest. I am only into my 5th week so should my trichs be this dark yet? Should I harvest now? What say you ?
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See the problem with going by trichs is they are not always clear/cloudy/amber. Wait for the swell then check again. Pics of the whole plant would help more then you think.
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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They look to be ripening already, how long since you've flipped the lights?
Did your trichomes start out light purple/pink?
Are the trichomes still standing up with ball heads or falling over with mushroom heads?
 
jaytea

jaytea

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SPLFreak808 said:
They look to be ripening already, how long since you've flipped the lights?
Did your trichomes start out light purple/pink?
Are the trichomes still standing up with ball heads or falling over with mushroom heads?
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I would say about half of the trichs have fallen down and about half of them are still standing upright. 50/50 at this point...for some reason the photo I took you can't see the purple trichs... I had to install twine to hold them up because the buds are so heavy the plants started falling over. The trichs started out clear maybe with a pinkish hue once they got cloudy. I flipped the lights about 5 weeks ago
 
jaytea

jaytea

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Bbcchance said:
I don't see any purple in the trichs,some red hairs, definately have a way to go still, but I think I do see something else.........have you investigated those splotchy white patches on your fan leaves? What's your humidity like? Got plenty of air flow?
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Like I said above the purple trichs are not visible in the picture , when you look at it with a loop you can see them .. I think the iPhone camera I used and the lighting is not showing them.
 
jaytea

jaytea

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jaytea said:
Like I said above the purple trichs are not visible in the picture , when you look at it with a loop you can see them .. I think the iPhone camera I used and the lighting is not showing them.
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Oh the white spots .. I had a little white mildew about a week ago and I sprayed it down with Baking Soda and water .. What you see is the Baking Soda residue.. I got the mildew under control.. I had to install a dehumidifier and a heater to keep the temps around 55 at night... That's under control.
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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jaytea said:
I would say about half of the trichs have fallen down and about half of them are still standing upright. 50/50 at this point...for some reason the photo I took you can't see the purple trichs... I had to install twine to hold them up because the buds are so heavy the plants started falling over. The trichs started out clear maybe with a pinkish hue once they got cloudy. I flipped the lights about 5 weeks ago
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Well it looks very hybrid like but, seems to be an early finisher, those tops have a nice size for 5 weeks in flower! Double check them in 2-4 weeks. Get those nutes in check.
 
jaytea

jaytea

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SPLFreak808 said:
Well it looks very hybrid like but, seems to be an early finisher, those tops have a nice size for 5 weeks in flower! Double check them in 2-4 weeks. Get those nutes in check.
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I'm using Fox Farms Grow Big and Tiger Bloom and floralicious and liquid Kabloom , I've flushed last weekend with fresh water with a little neem oil added to it to help fight off the mildew. I think Im good .. I will give them another 2 weeks and see where i'm at.
 
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