Day 39 of flowering...how am I doing?

drrasta47

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Hey guys, I'm on day 39 of flowering, and was just curious as to what you guys think about my buds. My buddy came over earlier and said I may only have around a week left, and I was thinking more towards 2 weeks. What do you guys think?
 

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darkdestruction420

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what are the trichomes telling you?
looking at the pics i'd say between 4-6 weeks, the plant sucks energy from all the fan leaves towards the end of flowering and puts it into budding, making them swell up a ton, yours all look healthy. The last 2 weeks is when you gain most of your weight.
 

drrasta47

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Are you able to check trichome color?
Hmmmm, I don't have a microscope on hand...a good amount of the trichs on the tops are turning more amber colored. I am just going to practice my patience skills, because I am mostly concentrated on weight for this grow lol. Is the only way for me to know for sure the microscope thing?
 

hightyde27

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you can use a magnifying glass. I would recommend a small led light and checking during the dark cycle with a magnifying glass. Opaque/milky white is the way to go, IMHO
 

Anonymouse

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Day 39 and they're like that? Schweet!! Go with the standard advice, check your trics. For the weight, I understand that you wait till the 'end of the window' when your buds ripen.

What strain is that? Was it very tall?

:)
 

drrasta47

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It's Purple Erkle. I vegged it out to about 24", but ended up cutting off all of the undergrowth anyways, so I think I would have been better keeping them around 18". Although I didn't anticipate putting a 1k lamp in there...
 

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hightyde27

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For $5? Ridiculous, my ass. That's badass. Oh, and I did a bit of reading in my grow bible on this subject. It is advised, according to Jorge Cervantes, to take your plants when the trichomes start showing milky/white. However, a friend of mine who grows the dankiest gawdamn :leaf: I ever smoked says that to get a super stoney, ultra heady high, with added weight, wait till your trichs turn more amber. They also told me that when you think it's time to pull, wait a week. :weed:
Personally, I pull when half the hairs on the plant are red/orange. But then again, I still buy the uber dank from my boy for special occasions.:-?
 

nelsonjacob

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i am wondering if there are any reason that the white hairs would turn amber besides that the buds are done
?

i noticed that a lot of the hairs on my lady are turing am amber color, but i can tell by looking at the buds that they are not done yet, there is just so much amber compaired to white
 
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