Are these trichomes ready??!
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Deannacotto
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I am currently smoking a blunt from small buds off the bottom of the plant that I cut like 10 days ago, dried it and it’s been curing for like four days! This shit is already fire! I want to thank everybody for their help… I reached out a lot during this grow and was always helped immediately! Love this place…!
Deannacotto
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I see amber… There are photos up above! Those are Amber?… Right? They look yellow to me as I asked earlier! LOL! But I’ve only been flushing for two days… That’s my question!
Chop, Chop!!Thank you so much for all of your help… Now the million dollar question! I flushed for about three days, a week ago, and then I started feeding again because I realized they were not ready. I didn’t see too much impact but now I have been flushing with just pH water for two days… Can I chop them or do I need to keep flushing?
Rasta Roy
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Cut em! Flushing is for toilets.
Chop, Chop!!!
Rasta Roy
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Those are definitely amber!
min0r
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flushing is preference. some people say there's a difference with flush, some people say there's none. i believe that flushing is beneficial; so i do it for 2 weeks at the end of my grow. you don't seem like you'll have two weeks without the buds turning to mostly cbn, so id just say cut in 2-3 days from now if you'd like to attempt flushing the plant; if you don't care for flushing the plant & the bud you smoked off the blunt wasn't harsh to you, chop now.
Father Ramirez
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OP, you’ve received sound advice from accomplished growers, and yet the advice conflicts. This is why we have chocolate AND vanilla. I like my steak rare medium rare. You may prefer yours more well done. Or be vegan.
As a novice grower you have no frame of reference yet for what maturity level you prefer. The plant looks awesome. You’ll enjoy it.
I like to harvest at differing levels of maturity becaise sometimes I want weed that delivers a burst of energy and is uplifting but short lasting. And sometimes I want to be pasted to the sofa.
Like everyone, I worry that I’ll take them too long, but I can’t say I’ve ever harvested late and said, “ well this sucks. I grew it too long”
Enjoy your harvest and keep growing!
As a novice grower you have no frame of reference yet for what maturity level you prefer. The plant looks awesome. You’ll enjoy it.
I like to harvest at differing levels of maturity becaise sometimes I want weed that delivers a burst of energy and is uplifting but short lasting. And sometimes I want to be pasted to the sofa.
Like everyone, I worry that I’ll take them too long, but I can’t say I’ve ever harvested late and said, “ well this sucks. I grew it too long”
Enjoy your harvest and keep growing!
Rasta Roy
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^^^^ different maturity of trichomes can produce different highs, and there is some preference involved.
Cut early when you first see a cloudy trichome to get a straight up head high, lots of rush, good stone for doing stuff. But the high will last maybe an hour, two hours tops.
Cut when they are over 30%amber or more you're gonna get that stupid dumb couch high where you just veg out. Your thc content will not be as high as if you would have cut earlier though with less amber. Remember amber is thc degrading in quality.
That's why ideally you want as many cloudy trichomes on the plant with no amber when you cut. That's something you'll have to feel out as you get to know your strains. But the industry standard is at 50-75% cloudy trics you cut, if you see any amber at all, you cut.
Rasta Roy
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Flushing is a whole other conversation. I can say professionals don't flush to flush...They reduce fertilizers in the last two weeks to create a sundown or dying effect on the plant...this makes it use the last of its resources in one final push while ripening. You can't "flush out" the fertilizers a plant already absorbed and turned into carbohydrates. If your smoke is harsh it's because you over fertilized (something you can flush out of your soil but not your plant) or you did a shit cure job.
Father Ramirez
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High Times recently posted a piece in which a blind taste test suggested flushing isn’t required for taste. But common sense suggests it’s a good idea to rinse your clothes before you dry and wear them. Who knows what flavorless toxins we are ingesting when we smoke unflushed weed?
I will continue to use organic nutrients, and flush thoroughly. My ash burns nearly paper white and falls soft. Store bought often resembles grey cigarette ash. It’s cosmetic and perhaps unimportant, just like the color of flowers which has no psychotropic effect. But people like what they like.
I will continue to use organic nutrients, and flush thoroughly. My ash burns nearly paper white and falls soft. Store bought often resembles grey cigarette ash. It’s cosmetic and perhaps unimportant, just like the color of flowers which has no psychotropic effect. But people like what they like.
Rasta Roy
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I hear you...but your clothes metaphor is a little off my friend. Think of it like this; does a cattle farmer give their cows only water for their last two weeks of life so we don't taste the cattle feed in the meat?
You can't flush out fertilizers from a plant, they have already been up taken and turned into carbohydrates to feed the plant and root zone. If you have harsh smoke it is something you are spraying, or doing with your cure. Potentially the cleanliness of your room. There is an argument for bud washing that you could support with your metaphor. The air is filled with yeast and bacteria.
And if you're looking for the cleanest smoke...I can tell you our state tests we do here in Michigan have been failing organic growers left and right for heavy metals that are being found in their tested bud. Now those are something that hang around and cant be flushed out.
CanadianJim
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If you're not sure what you like, harvest in stages. That said if the weed you took off the plant is already the way you like it, it's harvest time.
Father Ramirez
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I never intended my analogy to be scientific. And ranchers do often finish their cattle on grass in lieu of grain specifically for flavor.
But more importantly, wow, that is frightening about organic growers failing heavy metals tests. It sounds like it speaks to that we are inundated with toxins and there is no escape!! Ay caramba!!
Rasta Roy
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From what I've heard from local colleagues; it is mostly the guys using fish and other ocean based fertilizers. The guys using plant meals, livestock manure, and meat industry byproduct (bone and blood meal) have been passing tests fine. If that offers you any hope! It is pretty grim out here what we've done to the quality of our natural resources. Responsible fertilizer management and application is key, regardless of your approach because organic can sometimes be more damaging than salt based fertilizers if done irresponsibly. And salt based fertilizers don't have to be as destructive as they have been of used responsibly.
min0r
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i wasn't saying that's the only cause for harsh smoke. it's one of many, i believe. curing also is a large factor, yes.
Rasta Roy
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I'm saying there is no science that says you can flush a fertilizer out of a plant after it's been uptaken by the rootzone.
min0r
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i understand, it's only the concept of the plant eating up the rest of the nutrients it has left to ripen up better.
Clumpyoyster
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dude that lady is ready for the taking....so to speak,lol. Chop her down