Here's those pics I promised like a week ago......! The forum resized them so you can't see the trichomes as well as I would have liked but let me know what you think. I think they're ready.
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Here's those pics I promised like a week ago......! The forum resized them so you can't see the trichomes as well as I would have liked but let me know what you think. I think they're ready.
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Your plants look healthy but I don't think they're quite there yet.
How many amber trichomes would you guesstimate?
Based on the pictures and info I'd say about 1-2 weeks left.
But some of the pictures look a bit like foxtailing which might mean you're closer to peak harvest than 1-2 weeks.
You should be very happy with the result so far, it seems like you've grown the plant properly, with proper amount of nutrients and under proper conditions.
Thanks K0ijn. I think I may have bit off a little more than I could chew with 18 plants for this first timer but it seems like they are doing well. I'd estimate around 1-5% amber, 70-80% cloudy and somewhere around 15% clear. I'm very happy with the results so far but the true test will come when I'm able to enjoy the finished product. I've ordered a couple of the western caliber III hygrometers to use after drying so hopefully my cure turns out well!
Here's some pics of the canopy rather than close ups of the trichomes.
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Good to hear that it's all going well, it's a fair amount for a first harvest I'd say.
Especially since the harvest, dry and cure is done properly so you will get the full effect of the strain.
I'm glad you found it helpful
Hopefully your next harvest will be even better than the previous!
I'm not sure exactly what you mean about the decrease in water absorption.
I haven't spotted this myself, in fact my plants usually get more 'hungry' the older they get.
Although it doesn't make as big as a difference as Sativa V Indica, amber trichomes actually do add to the more sedative high. CBN is psychoactive and it's what gives most of sedation of the high. It DOES help with anti-inflammatory too. CBD gives the pain relieving and all that good stuff. It wouldn't make a HUGE difference really, but it would definitely help.![]()
In the research I did, I found where some said that MJ will not use as much water towards the end of its life. In both of my grows, when the leaves turned yellow and the plant was winding down for harvest, I did not have to water my plant as often. I recorded every watering cycle throughout both grows, and water consumption decreased before chop, chop. In fact, this is 1 of the last signs I look for before cutting.
Very nicely said, but aren't you supposed to harvest indica when it's mostly amber and sative when it's mostly cloudy? Someone told me sativa is ready to harvest when it's 80% Cloudy and 20% amber and indica when it's 3/4 amber and 1/4 cloudy. He told me both of his indica strains are cloudy from the start.
(Short rider and some cheese strain)
Well I'm sorry, but there's no proof of that being true.
CBN is 90-260% less psychoactive than THC, the exact number is not know for sure but it's somewhere between those two numbers.
THC is also sedative. As are most other cannabinoids.
To say CBN is what gives most of sedation of the high is ridiculous. Because it's so much less psychoactive than THC which itself has sedative properties.
And many other cannabinoids affect the high much more so than CBN (since most experienced growers don't let their plants attain a high number of amber trichomes (CBN)).
CBD is not the only cannabinoid which is analgesic. THC is also analgesic, as is CBG.
It sounds a bit like you're grasping at straws trying to prove an irrelevant (and wrong) point.