How long until I'll start to see amber trichomes if all of them are milky right now?

[gorillaglueaaron]

All of my trichomes are milky and I'm planning to harvest as soon as I see amber ones so how much longer do you think it'll be until I see one. I looked it up and from what I found, it said 2 weeks but I highly doubt that because flushing takes 2 weeks and you're supposed to start that as soon as you see milky trichomes.

 

[growsince79]

All of my trichomes are milky and I'm planning to harvest as soon as I see amber ones so how much longer do you think it'll be until I see one. I looked it up and from what I found, it said 2 weeks but I highly doubt that because flushing takes 2 weeks and you're supposed to start that as soon as you see milky trichomes.

Could be tomorrow or it could be never. Judging harvest by trichs alone is crazy imo. Ive grown strains that never turn until after harvest.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Could be tomorrow or it could be never. Judging harvest by trichs alone is crazy imo. Ive grown strains that never turn until after harvest.

What do you go by then?

 

[growsince79]

When the bud swells and the smell says I'm ripe. Listen to your nose.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

When the bud swells and the smell says I'm ripe. Listen to your nose.

This is from yesterday, it seems swollen and it has a really strong smell and the trichomes are all milky but most of the pistil hairs are still white. Do you think it's ready? Flushing was kind of a train wreck this grow so don't mind that.

 

[growsince79]

Not even close. When the calyx swell then you are close.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Not even close

How much longer?

 

[waincox]

How much longer?

At least three more hours

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

At least three more hours

Thanks, I was thinking more like 2 but maybe you're right.

 

[MIMedGrower]

This is from yesterday, it seems swollen and it has a really strong smell and the trichomes are all milky but most of the pistil hairs are still white. Do you think it's ready? Flushing was kind of a train wreck this grow so don't mind that.View attachment 1049493

No need to check trichs til she is finished growing. And then only deep in the calyx. Not on the bud leaves they can turn early.

I would start taperining down nute strength. She has a little too much can see too dark leaves and tips yellowing.

Nice work though. Looks very healthy. With a proper taper she will likely get a third bigger and way frostier.

Then you check trichomes. Because new clears will have started.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

No need to check trichs til she is finished growing. And then only deep in the calyx. Not on the bud leaves they can turn early.

I would start taperining down nute strength. She has a little too much can see too dark leaves and tips yellowing.

Nice work though. Looks very healthy. With a proper taper she will likely get a third bigger and way frostier.

Then you check trichomes. Because new clears will have started.

Using a cheap blurple so I think thats why the leaves are so dark because they've been dark the whole grow. I flushed a couple days ago and got the ppm pretty low. I'm new to this so I thought I was just supposed to get all the nutrients out of the soil, didn't know I was supposed to taper but i doubt it would be a good idea to start feeding again.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Also its been 7.5 weeks of flower and flowering is supposed to be 8-9 weeks for this strain.

 

[_mahavishnu]

Also its been 7.5 weeks of flower and flowering is supposed to be 8-9 weeks for this strain.

Don’t put a ton of stock in stated flower times. You don’t know whether that is from flip, from the first sighting of buds, or what, since people and breeders have different choices of what constitutes “day 1.” I think 9 weeks is a safe minimum for most plants where people will start checking regularly for peak harvest.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Using a cheap blurple so I think thats why the leaves are so dark because they've been dark the whole grow. I flushed a couple days ago and got the ppm pretty low. I'm new to this so I thought I was just supposed to get all the nutrients out of the soil, didn't know I was supposed to taper but i doubt it would be a good idea to start feeding again.

Tapering is just a better way to do it for best potency and yield. Flushing can work too. But if the plant has weeks to go and no nutrients left it will canabalize itself for the nutrients. Its a flawed notion designed by cash croppers so they can pump the plants with high levels of nutrients for yield then “flush” them out at the end to try to get them to taste passable to sell faster.


Over the years the grow book writers interviewed the growers and it got put in as a normal technique.


Feeding properly is much better for quality.


But again. It works. Dont sweat it. But dont be afraid to give a fading plant a light dose of nutrients. Light dose.

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Don’t put a ton of stock in stated flower times. You don’t know whether that is from flip, from the first sighting of buds, or what, since people and breeders have different choices of what constitutes “day 1.” I think 9 weeks is a safe minimum for most plants where people will start checking regularly for peak harvest.

9 weeks from flip or from pistil hairs?

 

[MIMedGrower]

Also its been 7.5 weeks of flower and flowering is supposed to be 8-9 weeks for this strain.

What if your phenotype goes longer? None will likely match the breeder stated time. And i have never seen a plant truly finished in 7.5 weeks. They say that to sell seeds.

Truth is. Longer flowering plants are always better quality smoke.

Most hybrids i grow i cut at 10-10.5 weeks or so. Some “8-9 week plants” need 12.

 

[_mahavishnu]

9 weeks from flip or from pistil hairs?

Personally I always count from flip for simplicity. I’m not gonna consider chopping any of my girls until 63 days from flip or more.

How long a plant takes to develop budsites after flip is an important aspect of the plant’s growth habit and is important to include in flowering day/week counts imo

 

[gorillaglueaaron]

Totally unrelated but what's the difference between quoting and replying?

 

[MIMedGrower]

Personally I always count from flip for simplicity. I’m not gonna consider chopping any of my girls until 63 days from flip or more.

How long a plant takes to develop budsites after flip is an important aspect of the plant’s growth habit and is important to include in flowering day/week counts imo

The only reason to start counting after flowers start appraring is to lie about short flowering times. Its a bad metric. Different plants take different times.

It is proper to count from flip. Its how long in 12/12 we need to know.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Totally unrelated but what's the difference between quoting and replying?

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