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My apologies for another post about when to harvest.
The thing is, I have been growing now for only 2 years and everytime I get near harvest I start to doubt myself. That is why I come here for advise as in all the posts that I have read everyone here is really nice and patient.
The strain I am growing is an Indica that has a 7-8 week flowering time according to the breeder. I know that it is a guideline but I have grown this strain before and got till 11 weeks and still saw a lot of clear trichomes under a 60x loop. At the end I decided to harvest and when it was dry and cured it had a large couch lock effect.
This time I am now at almost 9 weeks and the signs are there that she is ready. There are brown pistols (90%) that dried in, she does not drink as much as she used too, the smell is amazing, leaves are showing end of life signs, buds are swollen and heavy but the trichomes look clear and cloudy under the 60x loop. There are again not much amber trichomes.
I know that the trichomes on the sugar leaves are not the onee to check (at least that is what I read), but what do you think? Does she still need some time or is she there and can I harvest? Am I reading the trichomes wrong? I am curious what you all are seeing and thinking.
Another question is about the loop. Is 60x too much and should I use the 30x? The problem is that with a 30x loop I see only milky trichomes and am not able too distinct the clear from milky ones.
Some additional information. I use a small tent (40 x 40 x 120 cm) with a 65 Watt lamp. I have a new larger tent fromSpider Farmer that I start using after this because this one is really small, but it works and is also sort of fun. I grow in soil and use a water meter to determine if she needs water. Always water with run-off and check the ph of the run-off. I feed with Biobizz and use the complete range according to the schedule that they provided.
There were some ph issues in the soil a few weeks ago that I spotted too late and unfortunately that caused the brown spots on the leaves. This was fixed, but some leaves were already infected. I don’t think she suffered from that too much.
Should you need additional info than please let me know.
Thank you for helping!
The thing is, I have been growing now for only 2 years and everytime I get near harvest I start to doubt myself. That is why I come here for advise as in all the posts that I have read everyone here is really nice and patient.
The strain I am growing is an Indica that has a 7-8 week flowering time according to the breeder. I know that it is a guideline but I have grown this strain before and got till 11 weeks and still saw a lot of clear trichomes under a 60x loop. At the end I decided to harvest and when it was dry and cured it had a large couch lock effect.
This time I am now at almost 9 weeks and the signs are there that she is ready. There are brown pistols (90%) that dried in, she does not drink as much as she used too, the smell is amazing, leaves are showing end of life signs, buds are swollen and heavy but the trichomes look clear and cloudy under the 60x loop. There are again not much amber trichomes.
I know that the trichomes on the sugar leaves are not the onee to check (at least that is what I read), but what do you think? Does she still need some time or is she there and can I harvest? Am I reading the trichomes wrong? I am curious what you all are seeing and thinking.
Another question is about the loop. Is 60x too much and should I use the 30x? The problem is that with a 30x loop I see only milky trichomes and am not able too distinct the clear from milky ones.
Some additional information. I use a small tent (40 x 40 x 120 cm) with a 65 Watt lamp. I have a new larger tent fromSpider Farmer that I start using after this because this one is really small, but it works and is also sort of fun. I grow in soil and use a water meter to determine if she needs water. Always water with run-off and check the ph of the run-off. I feed with Biobizz and use the complete range according to the schedule that they provided.
There were some ph issues in the soil a few weeks ago that I spotted too late and unfortunately that caused the brown spots on the leaves. This was fixed, but some leaves were already infected. I don’t think she suffered from that too much.
Should you need additional info than please let me know.
Thank you for helping!
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