Is she ready my friends?

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gameofminds

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Hello fellow cultivars, wondering if she is ready for some chopping. Here's some trichome pics of the cloudy spots along with some amber trichome shots. Pretty much the best i could do without a usb microscope but needed some second opinions. The lady is at day 50 of flower but she's well in over 5 months of growth overall. The colas are dense and she's starting so show some upwards wilting on the leaves with darkening and hardening of upper leaves (some sort of immobile nutrient issue I assume)
 

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5thwheelrvgrower

5thwheelrvgrower

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UnknownRemedy said:
A little bit of amber is not true sign of harvest. Half of those pistils are still white.
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Hmmm, pistols have nothing to do with trichomes. Trichomes are the DNA of the plant. If they are amber then they are going past full THC levels.
Clear not ready
Clowdy can be harvested
Amber 0 to 15 percent amber is perfect for harvest
Full amber. Thx has declined

Correct me if I am wrong.

White pistols are a visual sign but trichomes are hard fact!!!!
 
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leatherbackturtle420 said:
White pistils mean flowers are still building. Meaning its Not done. Pistils are just as much of an indicator as trichomes..
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So the trichomes being amber, which they clearly are l, means nothing if the pistols are white? That goes against everything I have read.

Some even harvest when all trichomes turn cloudy says that is optimal full THC.

I have never heard white pistils take more president over trichomes.
 
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5thwheelrvgrower said:
So the trichomes being amber, which they clearly are l, means nothing if the pistols are white? That goes against everything I have read.
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Those amber trichs you are referring to are on sugar leaves.
I don't smoke leaves, I smoke buds.
You Always check the trichs on the actual flower bract not the sugar leaves, sugar leaf trichs mature faster than the buds. Third trich shot OP posted has a lot of clear in it too so no, not ready.
5thwheelrvgrower said:
I have never heard white pistils take more president over trichomes.
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It depends, if you have 3 or 4 white pistils ok, fine. But 20% of the plant? Nah, not ok.
 
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leatherbackturtle420 said:
Those amber trichs you are referring to are on sugar leaves.
I don't smoke leaves, I smoke buds.
You Always check the trichs on the actual flower bract not the sugar leaves, sugar leaf trichs mature faster than the buds. Third trich shot OP posted has a lot of clear in it too so no, not ready.

It depends, if you have 3 or 4 white pistils ok, fine. But 20% of the plant? Nah, not ok.
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Appreciate your response. Newer grower and really getting into the nitty gritty of it. Your explanation is perfect and makes sense.

Thanks for taking time to explain it.
Respect
 
Rootbound420

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5thwheelrvgrower said:
I am confused. I see amber trichomes. Amber is the true sign that it's time to harvest
So what are we waiting on?
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In my experience pistils will keep growing regardless especially if you have a good light of course unless the plant is at end of life ready to shrivel up and die. You want most pistils to change color and recede into the buds. Once that happens is when I start checking trichomes. As far as trichomes go you want ALL cloudy with 10-15% amber for a more racy head feel and higher percent for couch lock and munchies feel. The pictures posted there are a ton of clear triches still and more than likely the amber triches are on leaves which you cannot base off of because the leaves mature faster than the buds. You can see in the pics the background is a lighter green color, that's a leaf and that's why your seeing amber.
 
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leatherbackturtle420 said:
Those amber trichs you are referring to are on sugar leaves.
I don't smoke leaves, I smoke buds.
You Always check the trichs on the actual flower bract not the sugar leaves, sugar leaf trichs mature faster than the buds. Third trich shot OP posted has a lot of clear in it too so no, not ready.

It depends, if you have 3 or 4 white pistils ok, fine. But 20% of the plant? Nah, not ok.
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Beat me to it :mrgreen:
 
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5thwheelrvgrower said:
Hmmm, pistols have nothing to do with trichomes. Trichomes are the DNA of the plant. If they are amber then they are going past full THC levels.
Clear not ready
Clowdy can be harvested
Amber 0 to 15 percent amber is perfect for harvest
Full amber. Thx has declined

Correct me if I am wrong.

White pistols are a visual sign but trichomes are hard fact!!!!
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Depends on where on the plant the trichs were scoped. I used to harvest plants too early because I was scoping leaves and getting milk and amber, but the trichs on the bud material were clear.
 
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gameofminds said:
Hello fellow cultivars, wondering if she is ready for some chopping. Here's some trichome pics of the cloudy spots along with some amber trichome shots. Pretty much the best i could do without a usb microscope but needed some second opinions. The lady is at day 50 of flower but she's well in over 5 months of growth overall. The colas are dense and she's starting so show some upwards wilting on the leaves with darkening and hardening of upper leaves (some sort of immobile nutrient issue I assume)
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gameofminds said:
Hello fellow cultivars, wondering if she is ready for some chopping. Here's some trichome pics of the cloudy spots along with some amber trichome shots. Pretty much the best i could do without a usb microscope but needed some second opinions. The lady is at day 50 of flower but she's well in over 5 months of growth overall. The colas are dense and she's starting so show some upwards wilting on the leaves with darkening and hardening of upper leaves (some sort of immobile nutrient issue I assume)
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For those who were wondering, the trichome pictures were taken on the calyxes. I specifically used 80x magnification, and avoided the leaves, as crappy as the pictures are it took me like 3 minutes to hone in each pic. Regardless, I'm still waiting a bit longer because I don't see enough amber quite yet. When I hit like 30% on the calyxes and everything pulls back, I'll cut. But I definitely have a bit of time
 
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