Trichomes, clear vs amber
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DrOgkush
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Good read. But no facts. No solid proof. Just one person making a theory.
but good read tho. I like amber trichs too
okmtnbiker
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Guys sorry I looked for that video for an hour and no success. I did learn a lot though. I’m pretty sure it was linked from here, but maybe you can do a search with these details, I tried everything I could think of. It was a university in CO, can’t remember which, and it was done by a professor who never revealed himself, and he took samples at every stage of trichome growth and tested them. If I find it later I’ll post it but for now it’s supper time.
PadawanWarrior
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You must be in the MidWest.
Kerowacked
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Throw a bud at the wall, if it sticks its done.
@okmtnbiker I believe you!!!!
okmtnbiker
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Hey man it’s free what do you expect?
Just imagine me trying to find it with same info lol and I was kinda under the gun since I brought it up. Seriously it was worth the effort I’ll find it. I know it was linked from somewhere else because I never search from that app or website.
okmtnbiker
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It’s that dang obvious, huh?
PadawanWarrior
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It was the supper thing, lol. My wife's family lives in SD. I had to make fun of them for that. Dinner at noon and then supper later. There is no lunch, lol.It’s that dang obvious, huh?
calvin.m16
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The more Amber I've noticed I get more of a heavy stone from it with memory and vision impairment so personally my meds are chopped once all trichs are milky with a few amber here n there. I've let 9 week strains go 11 weeks and they had TONS of amber and the smoke would cause dry mouth, really red & dry eyes and sleepiness which are features I'm not wanting being someone with a sleep disorder.
I let my patients let me know what they prefer and if someone likes more of a couch lock stone I will let the plant go an extra 7-10 days until I see 30-40% amber.
I don't have a degree but from what I understand as the plant ripens the THC (milky trichomes) start to turn into other cannabinoids, this is why it's a sign when to chop if the creamy color starts to degrade into a dark amber/orange color. This is all lamens science but I'm only commenting using personal experience of myself and my patients.
I let my patients let me know what they prefer and if someone likes more of a couch lock stone I will let the plant go an extra 7-10 days until I see 30-40% amber.
I don't have a degree but from what I understand as the plant ripens the THC (milky trichomes) start to turn into other cannabinoids, this is why it's a sign when to chop if the creamy color starts to degrade into a dark amber/orange color. This is all lamens science but I'm only commenting using personal experience of myself and my patients.
okmtnbiker
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A question for you, when you chop like you say to your preference, what do the pistils look like? Because according to pistil color method I have a lot that’s ready now.
fskitch
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Are you a physician?
calvin.m16
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Great question, this is entirely strain/genetic dependent I've noticed. Some genetics will get orange pistols before the trichomes are ready and vise versa. I've noticed that their is some science to that, for example if I had no microscope/jewelers loupe I would certainly go by pistol color and plant shade (purpling/yellowing leaves) and or time in weeks as most strains will be a hybrid of indica/sativa these days and only require 8-9 weeks of bloom time (12/12 light cycle).
calvin.m16
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Caregiver, not a physician. In Michigan we refer to the people we grow for as patients both legally and literally. I provide cannabis to people who use it as medicine and that's the extent of what I do, I never claim what it can/will heal or treat. That's totally their gig.
fskitch
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yeah I knew you weren’t a doc. The narrative of ‘caregiver’ and ’patients‘ sounds so fucking weak and politically correct. How about DEALER and CUSTOMER.
okmtnbiker
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We have a caretaker license here too, I’ve been looking into that myself. Ours is free, and we can grow for another licensed patient for the costs (caretakers can’t sell for a profit). I think up to 6 patients so for every patient I can grow 12 seedlings, but only 6 in flower. I have a couple people who could use the help, and as far as I’m concerned it would be worth my effort just to keep that cash out of big pot’s greedy hands lol.
okmtnbiker
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This isn’t the link but it’s close and I’m still digging. From my research it seems that “ripe” depends on what you want. For best yield it’s better to wait, for more potency it’s sooner. I suppose if I were a commercial grower I would be most interested in yields, as for me I want mind blowing paranoia and anxiety strains, ‘cause they don’t do that to me they make me happy and couchlock is horrible!
okmtnbiker
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