Quick question on hairs color changing

bigsteve said:

I use indica seeds/clones whenever possible and pistils changing color after 4 1/2 weeks is about right. Now is a good time to check your tris and see if any have started to turn from clear to milky white. Harvest when most of the tris are milky or darker. From the looks of your pix I think they will finish before 9 weeks. I'm guessing 7-8 weeks flowering.

Good luck, BigSteve.

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interesting, do you think the lens i used to take those photos are good enough to check the trics?

I used a 30x lighted mini-scope to check tris. You have to be careful at high magnification while looking at clear or transparent objects. If you put a bit of leaf on a piece of white paper it will make the clear tris look milky because of the white background. I learned to cut a small piece of a sugar leaf and balance it on the back of my hand to keep a steady image. I used the 30x 'scope. Place one end of the 'scope on the back of your hand next to the leaf. You should be able to focus one-handed because both the object and the viewer are anchored or stabilized by touching your hand. Takes a bit to get handy but you'll soon be 'scoping like a pro.

OT but potentially interesting.....
I've been doing this a long time and I'm always looking for an easier way to do something. While learning to 'scope tris I noticed that some strains have a correlation between tri color/development and pistil coloration. With time I realized that with my main strain (Blueberry Gum via G13 Labs) I could predict overall tri coloration by observing the pistils mature and change color. Now I can glance at the pistils and know how mature the tris are.

Good luck, BigSteve.

thought id update, and i got a question. day 34 of flower, still getting thicker and thicker, however some bud hairs are turning orange, yet some are staying white, on both plants. is that normal? do they just develop at a different rate?

" do they just develop at a different rate?"

Yes. Tris, and pistils, are just like apples or pears in that they develop and mature at differing rates. I think nature does that so plants will be developing mature seeds or fruit over a longer period of time. Such an internal mechanism would prove beneficial in the case of an early frost, for instance. Anyway, it is normal to see these structures grow with a lot of variation.

Good luck, BigSteve.