Ricky Pastille
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Outdoor grow of sativa bag seeds in garden in mid-Atlantic east coast USA. Planted seedlings, got great vegetative growth, topped twice yielding four nice limbs on each of three females (pulled three males, no fertilization). So far, so good.
Lots of healthy buds, 12-16" at tips, pistils nearly 100% red/brown; clayxes swollen; bract leaves turned brown, dried and curled-up. Adequate tricome coverage (nothing to brag about) but none turned amber. Under 60-100X magnification, tricomes appear clear stemmed with milky capitates, but not much amber to be seen anywhere on leaves, bracts or calyxes. Some clear tricomes have no heads -- look like curved needles.
The way the flower bracts look I think they're ready to harvest, but everything I've read says 'wait for the amber'. Realize that patience is important, but I'm worried about lack of amber tricomes. Should I be? Are there strains that don't go beyond milky to amber?
Lots of healthy buds, 12-16" at tips, pistils nearly 100% red/brown; clayxes swollen; bract leaves turned brown, dried and curled-up. Adequate tricome coverage (nothing to brag about) but none turned amber. Under 60-100X magnification, tricomes appear clear stemmed with milky capitates, but not much amber to be seen anywhere on leaves, bracts or calyxes. Some clear tricomes have no heads -- look like curved needles.
The way the flower bracts look I think they're ready to harvest, but everything I've read says 'wait for the amber'. Realize that patience is important, but I'm worried about lack of amber tricomes. Should I be? Are there strains that don't go beyond milky to amber?
) I'll give 'em another week or two, keep looking through my little microscope, and wait patiently for some amber.