Trichomes & Harvesting

RM3 said:
Helps to include a full plant pic and a shot of the cola

But to answer your question, I would not
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Heres a pic of bud, don't have apic with me of whole plant. The way I understood it plant itself doesn't matter, just the trichomes .
 

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bigt4172 said:
Heres a pic of bud, don't have apic with me of whole plant. The way I understood it plant itself doesn't matter, just the trichomes .
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Thank you, I stand on my first post, I would wait another week at least

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bigt4172 said:
Would you harvest this plant based on the amber %? First time doing this any info would be great. This is a autoflower
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no, i wouldn't harvest that plant yet, those both look like sugar leaf pics, get in there and get calyx pics. the trichs on sugar leaves will turn quicker than the ones on the buds, and even at that i'd wait, there doesn't look like there are that many on the leaves, really
 
Roger A. Shrubber said:
no, i wouldn't harvest that plant yet, those both look like sugar leaf pics, get in there and get calyx pics. the trichs on sugar leaves will turn quicker than the ones on the buds, and even at that i'd wait, there doesn't look like there are that many on the leaves, really
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IDK what calyx even is? ;)
 
the bud part of buds, calyxes form the mass of the bud, the pistils or hairs grow out of the calyxes, and the sugar leaves are the single bladed leaves that grow down among the calyxes
 
Day 49 flowering. What do you guys think. Usb microscope pics aren't the best. Seems the software won't let me change the resolution. How many days would you say I have left. 20160830_205744.jpg 20160830_205727.jpg 20160830_205654.jpg2016-08-30-21-45-02.png 2016-08-30-21-46-19.png 2016-08-30-21-47-50.png 2016-08-30-21-49-14.png
 

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You are absolutely correct. They were taken from leaves but from leaves as close as possible to the calyxes (pretty much touching). Not keen on cutting calyxes to check. I've used my usb microscope with an otg cable, but it's near impossible to hold the scope still longer enough to snap a clear pic. Hahaha

So now if I wait until my sweet leaves are 60/70% amber will that mean my flowers will be in their peak? Ready for the snips??
 
you dont have to cut anything , just look at the trichs on the surface of the buds, not the ones on the sugar leaves sticking out of the buds. while some would tell you to wait that long or close to it, my philosophy with most strains is about 10% amber/brown. they continue to mature for at least a week after you cut them, so if you cut at 10 %, by the time its dried and cured you're going to be at 15 to 20%, which seems prime to me.
 
And take note on everything like the smell the taste the high. This is what I did for my first and second harvest. It's really hard to not cut things down and be patient. So iam 8 days away from my deadline of 56 days 8 weeks. I have all milky trichomrs and almost no brown. And I thought well I've never really tested out cbd and thc. Which one I prefer more. I wasn't sure. So every two days until harvest iam cutting down one stalk and drying it. Making sure to keep track of the date so for this strain in the future I will know exactly when I want to harvest it for the high that I like
 
k0ijn said:
If you see hardly any clear, mostly cloudy and a few amber it's a good time to harvest.
You might be able to let your plants flower a few days to a week more or so, but I wouldn't let them flower more than that if you are seeing mostly cloudy a few amber.

You can leave some of the smaller leaves (sugar leaves) on the buds.
These leaves can help avoid a too quick dry and they can also add some good properties to your buds (flavour etc.).
But it's a preference call, if you prefer without leaves, do it that way, just make sure you don't dry too quickly (you want a dry period of ~6-7 days (slow & steady)).
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Thank you for the great info... I had a question... I'm going to be drying in spare room and wanted to know how I should set it up... I worry bout temp my house can get up in the 80s if I don't run the AC but if I do it's 77-79.. I was also thinking of adding a dehumidifier would that be ok... thank you
 
She's coming real nice #greenkingdom from #overgrowncanada #outdoor smells very nice can't wait to taste. How much longer u guys think she have
 

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