What makes trichomes mature from clear to ready?

[RobertM46]

What makes trichomes mature from clear to cloudy to amber? Is it time? Does fertilizer have any effect on that? For example, if I am using organic dry amendments in soil and the fertilizer may have run out but it is only like 1-2 weeks to harvest would the trichomes then continue to mature or would they need fertilizer to do that on there? I do see lots of cloudy and very little amber on the buds though there is amber on some of the leaves. What happens if you harvest when some trichomes are then clear on the buds for it on there?

 

[farmerfischer]

The Harvest widow is the growers preference.. but idealy you look at the whole flower and not just the trich's ..

 

[RobertM46]

The Harvest widow is the growers preference.. but idealy you look at the whole flower and not just the trich's ..

Thanks

 

[LowRange]

What makes trichomes mature from clear to cloudy to amber? Is it time? Does fertilizer have any effect on that?

I'm just guessing here but i assume it's like any other fruit or flower that starts out green or as a flower bud, then it matures in to ripe fruit or flower then starts to die and turn brown. So it's just a natural progression involving time (the plants biological clock), genetics and environment.