Oh man, these pics actually make me drool.
Dude, this is an awesome journal. I especially love the microscope shots. I've never seen a trichome up so close before! I'll be watching!
thanks guys! glad you both are watching, scroll down for some extreme closeup shots
btw, i stuck my nose right into bertha's top colla and took in a deep whiff... man, that was a fucking religious experience.
so when its ready they will not be clear?? they will be amber?
from what i understand, the trichomes start out clear (not recommended to harvest when clear if you like thc in your weed), then they become milky/cloudy (good for a cerebral, functional high), and last they become amber (couch-lock knockout high). I'm going to see if i can pulloff harvesting most of my buds while the trichomes are primarily milky with a touch of amber... a small portion i'm going to let go to a fuller amber.
well, the plants are doing pretty well, i think. i have experienced some minor difficulties, but i think i have dealt with the problems.
problem 1)
the first signs of nute burn (i think)...
i knew this was coming, and luckily, the pic above shows pretty much the extent of the damage, so far. i had been reducing their feed to half the usual dose of ffbb, but only on every other watering, and was giving a full dose on the other waterings... i knew it would end up being too many nutes, since the girls have needed water much more frequently lately.
so, i watered 3/4 gallons of plain h2o for both girls tonight. i think another problem with the past couple of waterings/feedings is that i have done it within the first couple hours of light, instead at the end of the 12/12 day... if it doesn't get worse than this, i'll just be glad that i got to see what this ailment looks like without killing my plants. who knows, it could also be related to heat stress, see below lol
problem 2)
curling leaves
i've been trying to figure out why their leaves have been curling... saw it the first time a couple of days ago (if you look back in the journal) and i thought it was because they were thirsty.
...and no wonder they were, the nighttime temperatures have been in the 90-95+? deg f(uck) range!!! ugh... dumbass me lol
i failed to see this until now, since i haven't watered after lights-out in a while (and was too lazy to check the temps when i set up the dehumidifier). it was about an hour and a half into darkness when i watered them tonight and found the temp at 94 deg f. the problem is the ac unit goes off with the timer, but the dehumidifier doesn't... it was set to level 7 (of 10), keeping humidity in the low 40s, but i turned the dial down until the machine turned off, setting the dial to 5.
now some pics... i screwed up in photoshop and ruined the profile shots of the girls, but here are a bunch of closeups- i think these are some of the best i've taken so far...
i snapped this pic of that low bud on minnie i was eyeballing the other day...
the trichomes looked so cloudy, that... sorry people...
i just had to snip it...
of course, i let it dry for like 30 minutes, and then i just couldn't stand waiting any longer and crammed it in my bowl
i got a little high, maybe for about 20 minutes... it was kinda cool- definitely was a clear thinking high, and i caught myself starting to get the chucklies as it wore on, but this stuff is definitely not even close to being ready for harvest... it was a fun experiment, nonetheless! another interesting thing was the slight headache i had at the end of the high- i suppose from the nutes?? i guess that could be evidence of need to cut out nutes the last week of flowering. maybe it was just from inhaling carbon dioxide...
here's a better trichome pic... definitely a good amount of cloudy pearls, but many clear ones yet to develop! this just went into my lungs.
a couple of tongues for ya...
a fair amount of the hairs are turning red... check out the super-closeup below...
just another bud far and close shots...
a couple more random shots... if your computer ever loads these, hope you think it's worth the wait.
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well, that was a looooong post lol
I tired a few nights ago and it was hardly worth it. I about died when the fat little bud dried to almost nothing..
hypothetically, it's 2-3 weeks from harvest, and i have a feeling they're just gonna keep drinking like crazy.
also are you giving them plain water right now? if so good if not just make sure you start, to rid all other taste's from them other than the buds taste.