When do the trichromes start to form?

SO MY PLANT HAS BEEN IN 12/12 SINCE 1/2/11 BUT HAS BEEN FLOWERING FOR 2 WEEKS AND ABOUT 4 DAYS.. I'M SEEING TONS OF TINY SMALL CIRCLES FORMING ON SOME OF THE NEW LEAFS COMING OUT. ARE THOSE THE TRICHROMES ? i'M PRETTY SURE THEY ARE SINCE THEY ARE ALL OVER THE NEW LEAVES AND THE NODE LEAVES..

SORRY I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA THAT WILL TAKE A PIC THAT SMALL


MY QUESTION IS... I THOUGHT THEY WERN'T SUPPOSED TO FORM UNTIL NEAR MATURITY???

iv seen thc crystals in veg on a batch of chemos. i wouldnt worry about your crystals, what else is going on? is it showing hairs? are there little nodes coming off the stalk like male flowers are forming? if you just need to know if they are trichs, its pretty hard for someone on this end of the thread to tell you if they are in fact crystals without seeing. you might be better off looking at pics of crystals (think theres a couple grow journals around here somewhere) and deciding or possibly borrowing someone elses camera if you dont trust your own judgement.

zubey91 said:

SO MY PLANT HAS BEEN IN 12/12 SINCE 1/2/11 BUT HAS BEEN FLOWERING FOR 2 WEEKS AND ABOUT 4 DAYS.. I'M SEEING TONS OF TINY SMALL CIRCLES FORMING ON SOME OF THE NEW LEAFS COMING OUT. ARE THOSE THE TRICHROMES ? i'M PRETTY SURE THEY ARE SINCE THEY ARE ALL OVER THE NEW LEAVES AND THE NODE LEAVES..

SORRY I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA THAT WILL TAKE A PIC THAT SMALL


MY QUESTION IS... I THOUGHT THEY WERN'T SUPPOSED TO FORM UNTIL NEAR MATURITY???

Click to expand...

I started flowering about the same time you did. I have trichomes all over my little darlin'

its DEFINATELY a female.. it has buds all over each node.. about an inch think and wide.. i'm just wondering about the leaves coming out .. not the pocket that holds the white shoots.


Carne, what lights are you using?

well like i said about the chemos (which just harvested and are looking extremely tasty) crystals under 24/0 light cycle. well before any preflower hairs showed up. almost looked like a rose bush with no flowers. (but it was crystals not thorns.
this is really a strain dependant thing though. according to the grow bible (which is quite oft wrong), crystal production comes in two waves, supposedly around week 3 flowering and another around week 7. I would disagree completely though, considering strains go anywhere from 7- 20 weeks flowering.
If you are flowering than i would say you are on the right track and keep up the good work

oh yeah for sure theres white hairs and buds forming.. and yeah 3 weeks seems about right for first crystal production.... Its a Mazar/la confidental mix.. I'm hoping its done by the end of february or mid march.. which would give it 42-52 days