Gr8Xcape98
Well-Known Member
Greetings Plant Lovers,
First time grower here, so here's the deal. Two plants, one indica (White Thunder - Kera Seeds) and one sativa (Pineapple Sativa - Kera Seeds) and both are on day 49 of flower - exactly seven weeks. Vertical growth stopped a while ago on both plants and the buds have thickened up nicely. The carbon filter ventilation is keeping the smell down, but when checking/removing yellowing leaves a sweet aroma is easily noticed.
So here's the deal - the sativa, which is said to have a longer flowering period (9 to 10 weeks) is already showing over 90 percent milky trichomes with a few starting to turn amber. However, the indica which has a suggested 8 week flower has about 60 percent milky trichs with the rest still looking kinda clear. To make things more interesting the sativa's pistils are still mostly white, like 80+ percent, but the indica's pistils are closer to 60 percent white with the rest already orange-red.
I'd like to flush and harvest both at the same time as the tent (3' x 3' x 6' tall) will be used to hang/dry the buds and the lights will have to be cut off. The question is, do these look about ready to start the week or two of nute free flush? Will the trichomes continue to develop and buds continue to fatten during the flush? Based on your expert eyes do either of these guys need more weeks of nute feeding before flush? Below are pics of both. The trichome pics were taken using a "Neewer 60x Zoom LED Cell Phone Microscope" picked up from Amazon for under $10 attached to an iPad - works like a charm.
Pineapple Sativa buds
Pineapple Sativa trichomes
White Thunder buds
White Thunder trichomes
Each photo is of a different area of the plants. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
First time grower here, so here's the deal. Two plants, one indica (White Thunder - Kera Seeds) and one sativa (Pineapple Sativa - Kera Seeds) and both are on day 49 of flower - exactly seven weeks. Vertical growth stopped a while ago on both plants and the buds have thickened up nicely. The carbon filter ventilation is keeping the smell down, but when checking/removing yellowing leaves a sweet aroma is easily noticed.
So here's the deal - the sativa, which is said to have a longer flowering period (9 to 10 weeks) is already showing over 90 percent milky trichomes with a few starting to turn amber. However, the indica which has a suggested 8 week flower has about 60 percent milky trichs with the rest still looking kinda clear. To make things more interesting the sativa's pistils are still mostly white, like 80+ percent, but the indica's pistils are closer to 60 percent white with the rest already orange-red.
I'd like to flush and harvest both at the same time as the tent (3' x 3' x 6' tall) will be used to hang/dry the buds and the lights will have to be cut off. The question is, do these look about ready to start the week or two of nute free flush? Will the trichomes continue to develop and buds continue to fatten during the flush? Based on your expert eyes do either of these guys need more weeks of nute feeding before flush? Below are pics of both. The trichome pics were taken using a "Neewer 60x Zoom LED Cell Phone Microscope" picked up from Amazon for under $10 attached to an iPad - works like a charm.
Pineapple Sativa buds
Pineapple Sativa trichomes
White Thunder buds
White Thunder trichomes
Each photo is of a different area of the plants. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
. Needless to say I'm getting anxious, but good things come to those who wait. 
