"White" Strains Trichome Colors

AlexMR

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I read somewhere that strains with "White" in it, For Example White Dwarf, White Widow, Etc, the Trichomes don't turn as amber before it's ready to harvest. It sounds like Bro Science to me but I just wanted to confirm that it is. Thanks
 

xtsho

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I read somewhere that strains with "White" in it, For Example White Dwarf, White Widow, Etc, the Trichomes don't turn as amber before it's ready to harvest. It sounds like Bro Science to me but I just wanted to confirm that it is. Thanks
I've never heard that one before. It's not any kind of science. It's a myth. What isn't a myth is the fact that with some strains the trichs don't amber. It has nothing to do with having white in the name.
 

Boatguy

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White widow was the first ultra frosty bud i ever saw or smoked.. Somewhere late 90's.
Seems like most stuff these days could have the name white attached to it.
 

conor c

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White widow was the first ultra frosty bud i ever saw or smoked.. Somewhere late 90's.
Seems like most stuff these days could have the name white attached to it.

Sadly true very few people have the original im lucky i still got old seeds left of her one of my fave plants even the first i ever grew the original was one of the strongest hybrids ive ever had the pleasure of smoking most widow today aint the same sells on name alone
 

xtsho

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Sadly true very few people have the original im lucky i still got old seeds left of her one of my fave plants even the first i ever grew the original was one of the strongest hybrids ive ever had the pleasure of smoking most widow today aint the same sells on name alone
Strain name is basically meaningless anymore due to all the copycats. You can go to a seed bank and look up a strain. There may be half a dozen breeders all offering the same strain but when you look at the descriptions the lineage is all over the map. Take White Widow for example. If you look on seedfinder there are over 100 different versions of White Widow. It's a joke. That's why I don't pay any attention to hybrid names. They're meaningless. Someone can say they're growing this or that but it might not have any of the lineage as the original. Some of the stuff out there are just pollen chucks given a well known name because it makes them sell better. The is no oversight over cannabis seeds. Someone could make a website to sell seeds, make one pollen chuck, and make up twenty different strains for sell using the same seeds. Things like that are definitely occuring.
 

Boatguy

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Strain name is basically meaningless anymore due to all the copycats. You can go to a seed bank and look up a strain. There may be half a dozen breeders all offering the same strain but when you look at the descriptions the lineage is all over the map. Take White Widow for example. If you look on seedfinder there are over 100 different versions of White Widow. It's a joke. That's why I don't pay any attention to hybrid names. They're meaningless. Someone can say they're growing this or that but it might not have any of the lineage as the original. Some of the stuff out there are just pollen chucks given a well known name because it makes them sell better. The is no oversight over cannabis seeds. Someone could make a website to sell seeds, make one pollen chuck, and make up twenty different strains for sell using the same seeds. Things like that are definitely occuring.
With those little seeds that go for up to $30 a piece, from a plant that can produce loads.. Is that really any surprise.

I can understand the price on proven cuts, but seeds are a crapshoot most times. Definitely not worth that kind of money
 

CanadianJim

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Reminds me of a guy here in town who was trying to sell immature seeds, he was saying they were white because they were the original white widow.
Don't see him around anymore.
 

madvillian420

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Reminds me of a guy here in town who was trying to sell immature seeds, he was saying they were white because they were the original white widow.
Don't see him around anymore.
bruh dont you know? The white ones are the females! A common incredibly dumb fallacy repeated by many here in Chicago that dont know dick about growing bud
 

Hydrowannabe

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Sounds like bro science. Although, I did flower some white skunk for 84 days without seeing hardly any amber trichs. Could be coincidence tho
 
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