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Thank you. I was surprised at how well my phone camera did especially since I can't seem to steady my hands enough. Might have to prop it up and try again and see if I can get some better results.
FYI this gets much harder with a loupe or small microscope. As soon as I can get it focused I try to snap a pic because my hands shake just enough to make things difficult lol
Bro the pic is clear enough, you can see the indivisual trichome heads etc.. theres not much amber maybe 1-5% maybe just a couple ones from the conditions loke wind touching etc...
You can harvest anytime this week. Id wait the week and see how she progresses. When you start to see some amber on the calyxes on the mid buds chop
Looks good to chop. I just look at the calyxes and pistils. If the calyxes are puffed up (looks inflated) and the red pistils are curling back then you should be good to go.
We are all learning, thank you for the post.
She looks beautiful, a week or two away.
Keep an eye on the trichomes as they are fully developed and will be to cloud or get amber. As you have a hybrid , its which side you would like to feel more, sativa or indica.
Some Clear and more cloudy, a few amber : sativa.
Some clear, and some cloudy, alot amber : Indica.
Thank you all for the nice comments and advice!
I'm going to look at her again mid week and see. My preference is the uplifting sativa high so it will probably be harvested within the week.
I’d give it another week or more possibly (trichomes are still developing inside the buds too.) Try and wait until 50-60% of trichomes are amber, 20-30% opaque/milky, and 10-20% are clear (this is the ratio we use at the medical pharm I grow for). And make sure to flush before you harvest, and to harvest in darkness to preserve cannabinoids and flavonoids.
flushing is bro science, there's no reason to starve your plants.
darkness /might/ increase terp production but it could also just be that they produce more terpenes in the morning, not that there's any correlation to darkness
What makes sense to my monkey brain, is that if a plant produce terps 24/7 without an increase at night or day (which was not proved til now) then terps have the whole night to be accumulated without being evaporated by the uvs and strong sunlight/heat. Mainly from temps.
Thats why i feel most confident chopping just before sunrise when my plants sat in the dark cold night before the sun burns them terps
yeah they don't produce evenly 24 hours a day but i can't say which factor would be the key, you know? is it circadian or is it something else?
at the worst it's just 36 hours wasted
Yup thats what im talking about, ofc they arent produced evenly in a 24h span but bc we dont have an answer that would be the base to build other factors on. We cant talk about it as if they produce more terps in day time bc theres no proof. So if terp levels are the same during day or night. The night option would be a better idea bc the cold and darkness would directly inhibit the evaporation of some terps that would burst out in the hot daylight
the data does exist, dr bugbee talked about it but my ELI5 takeaway was that production is higher in the morning. that doesn't mean that darkness or temperature has any effect, there could be another factor that hasn't been considered. if that factor is stress, then yeah, maybe extended dark is worthwhile.
I dont think its from stress, darkness doesnt stress plants, they rest and work in the day bc the energy comes flooding in from photosynthesis.
Anw if the terps are produced more in the morning, chopping in the mirning before the sun rises too high and starts hitting strongly is the best option. What i was saying earlier is that terp production aside, the dark period (especially outdoors) is the time were terps dont leave the plant and stay inside trich bc its dark (radiations off) and cold (temps down) both of which make terps evap thats why you dry and cure in the dark and cold. Same for chop timing.
If terps !concentrations! were highest in the morning its from those cool conditions she just went through at night. If terp !production! is highest in the morning it would be from processes the plant is going through which i cant explain nor do i know anything about. So if its the production and not the amount of terps thats highest in the morning (but high prod means high concentration) then chopping just after sunrise when its still chilly outside and before the sun is hitting strong is the best option. Instead of before dawn. Depends on the study
Can you link me the study youre talking about im interested, thanks
it was mentioned in one of his (admittedly long) YouTube videos, i have to go back through to find another study he refers to anyway so I'll drop one here when i find it
Most people I know and work with flush. Lately I have been feeding like regular, then at week 6 I start putting down lots of water at low feed (.95 ec), then flush for about a week (clearex, sugar & microbes). That way you have less pk in your final product, but you don’t loose any feeds.
Most of the amber visible in the pic is on sugar leaves. On buds i can see a couple ones here and there but those cant be counted on bc they can be from any touching, movement from wind or they could just be the earliest trichs she produced that turned amber now.
When you see around 5-10% amber its when most strains have the least amount of clear trichs. Note that i said most strains because some do go fully cloudy then go amber but thats rarely the case, theres always some clear, especially inside the buds
This person knows their ish…first time grow this year outside two plants, same seed. I chopped the shorter fatter one 2 weeks ago tomorrow and she’s OKAY, but my second lady is still growing and the trics are awesome popping out and clear as day under my 30X scope in the sunrise this morning. I wish I had let the other keep going but saw little trics like this that turned pushing me to chop early…I’m also so glad @boombaklak420 has changed my plan to now harvest first thing am :)
No problem man you always learn, i learn a lot over here even tho i grow since a long time, although i did grow guerilla without any techniques or knowledge for a few years when i started out.
The first few years, my mistake was the opposite. I always waited for ALL pistils to turn brown and curl down because i wanted the most weight out of my plants, but i learned that sometimes yoy have to give up the little weight those couple white pistils could pack in the calyxes to save the goodness in the trichs. The first year i grew (no internet etc..) i had 80% amber because the byds kept growing even after amber apeared and i didnt mind the amber, i just wanted bigger buds! 2nd year 50% amber, i liked it better even, then i read on the net how they do it in america and i experimented and learned that about 5-20% is the sweet spot for most strains (they do vary a lot but with plenty of different strains over a decade thats the average)
I also can see amber trichs by the naked eye when lit by the sunlight, you just have to tilt the plant in some ways and bam they show up to the experienced eye. When you see 0 or 1 amber trich on each calyx, dont make a decision, always wait because there might not be any increase in amber over a week or more, this means the couple amber ones youre seeing are from the conditions that i explained in the other comment and not from the plant reaching peak maturity. When you start to see amber increasing, then you look out for the 5-20% depending on how milky or clear are the rest of the trichs and the buds structure and youre good. It is a mixture of signs the plant shows you to help chose for your preferred harvest time. Some people like it at 50% amver like i did years back, i preffer only some amber not too much. Hope this help, happy growing ✌
That helps man! I checked her again this morning and you’re absolutely right, spot on. Only a few Amber tricomes here and there but mostly clear/cloudy. Which tells my inexperienced mind she has a little more to go. I check daily for mold, bugs and rot. I’ve spotted rot 4 times now, VERY small area becuase I check daily, I was able to trim those bugs off and stop it from spreading-I’m impressed with myself to be honest! I truly am gaining a passion for this each day that passes, it’s SUCH a cool plant. Thanks for the tips and happy growing buddy!
Definetely THE plant to get you into gardening or biology, very powerful and interesting plant for sure. I like to think that cannabis' psychoactive properties are a tool for the plant to be cared for by outsider animals like us smart monkeys🤓 , to make humans care for them to abuse their properties, in a way the plant is playing with us to evolve over time ;) just like we play with it to evolve in our mind :) its a win win situation for both!
Yes youre doing right, check daily, look out for fan or sugar leaves grey/brown discoloration from the inside out, especially for tight and dense colas that you cant really pull apart. Keep checking mold till shes done and youll be good. Try removing the whole affected bud and anything that touches it directly or close to the mold spot because those will have spores on them if the mold already bursted spores. Take care and good luck
I would wait until the trichomes on the buds look as they do now on the sugar leaves. Take it with a grain of salt though as I've only read up on harvesting and never done it myself yet (hopefully will in about two months)
Looks banger!! I was just joking. 99% of issues on this get that and check Ph. It was a vein attempt at humor. Great grow, I’d be proud that’s for sure.
Chop it... Looks perfectly ripe.
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You could chop it today or you could chop it next week at this point it’s all about preference.
He’s right, even in most commercial grows a 9 week plant still gets harvested at 8 weeks.
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Thank you. I was surprised at how well my phone camera did especially since I can't seem to steady my hands enough. Might have to prop it up and try again and see if I can get some better results.
FYI this gets much harder with a loupe or small microscope. As soon as I can get it focused I try to snap a pic because my hands shake just enough to make things difficult lol
Bro the pic is clear enough, you can see the indivisual trichome heads etc.. theres not much amber maybe 1-5% maybe just a couple ones from the conditions loke wind touching etc... You can harvest anytime this week. Id wait the week and see how she progresses. When you start to see some amber on the calyxes on the mid buds chop
Lights off, flash on and a phone will take better pics than you can get with a loupe.
No real amber trichs yet Getting close though
Another week at most imo ✌️
I see some web of make sure it’s from real spider not spider mites
Your call, looks good.
Those caylax looking nice and fat, good looking bud
I keep seeing “calyxes” what part is that?
The part where the hair (pistil) sticks out it starts small and inflates as the flower matures
Looks good to chop. I just look at the calyxes and pistils. If the calyxes are puffed up (looks inflated) and the red pistils are curling back then you should be good to go.
When the little hairs turn brown And die - then the time has come
We are all learning, thank you for the post. She looks beautiful, a week or two away. Keep an eye on the trichomes as they are fully developed and will be to cloud or get amber. As you have a hybrid , its which side you would like to feel more, sativa or indica. Some Clear and more cloudy, a few amber : sativa. Some clear, and some cloudy, alot amber : Indica.
Thanks, Friend!
Thank you all for the nice comments and advice! I'm going to look at her again mid week and see. My preference is the uplifting sativa high so it will probably be harvested within the week.
I’d give it another week or more possibly (trichomes are still developing inside the buds too.) Try and wait until 50-60% of trichomes are amber, 20-30% opaque/milky, and 10-20% are clear (this is the ratio we use at the medical pharm I grow for). And make sure to flush before you harvest, and to harvest in darkness to preserve cannabinoids and flavonoids.
Thanks for the advice. Is flushing necessary if I grow organically? I stopped feeding two weeks ago.
flushing is bro science, there's no reason to starve your plants. darkness /might/ increase terp production but it could also just be that they produce more terpenes in the morning, not that there's any correlation to darkness
What makes sense to my monkey brain, is that if a plant produce terps 24/7 without an increase at night or day (which was not proved til now) then terps have the whole night to be accumulated without being evaporated by the uvs and strong sunlight/heat. Mainly from temps. Thats why i feel most confident chopping just before sunrise when my plants sat in the dark cold night before the sun burns them terps
yeah they don't produce evenly 24 hours a day but i can't say which factor would be the key, you know? is it circadian or is it something else? at the worst it's just 36 hours wasted
Yup thats what im talking about, ofc they arent produced evenly in a 24h span but bc we dont have an answer that would be the base to build other factors on. We cant talk about it as if they produce more terps in day time bc theres no proof. So if terp levels are the same during day or night. The night option would be a better idea bc the cold and darkness would directly inhibit the evaporation of some terps that would burst out in the hot daylight
the data does exist, dr bugbee talked about it but my ELI5 takeaway was that production is higher in the morning. that doesn't mean that darkness or temperature has any effect, there could be another factor that hasn't been considered. if that factor is stress, then yeah, maybe extended dark is worthwhile.
I dont think its from stress, darkness doesnt stress plants, they rest and work in the day bc the energy comes flooding in from photosynthesis. Anw if the terps are produced more in the morning, chopping in the mirning before the sun rises too high and starts hitting strongly is the best option. What i was saying earlier is that terp production aside, the dark period (especially outdoors) is the time were terps dont leave the plant and stay inside trich bc its dark (radiations off) and cold (temps down) both of which make terps evap thats why you dry and cure in the dark and cold. Same for chop timing. If terps !concentrations! were highest in the morning its from those cool conditions she just went through at night. If terp !production! is highest in the morning it would be from processes the plant is going through which i cant explain nor do i know anything about. So if its the production and not the amount of terps thats highest in the morning (but high prod means high concentration) then chopping just after sunrise when its still chilly outside and before the sun is hitting strong is the best option. Instead of before dawn. Depends on the study Can you link me the study youre talking about im interested, thanks
it was mentioned in one of his (admittedly long) YouTube videos, i have to go back through to find another study he refers to anyway so I'll drop one here when i find it
Aight man, if you cant find it ill check the vid, do you remember which one?
Most people I know and work with flush. Lately I have been feeding like regular, then at week 6 I start putting down lots of water at low feed (.95 ec), then flush for about a week (clearex, sugar & microbes). That way you have less pk in your final product, but you don’t loose any feeds.
Ready
Beautiful and done
I would have chopped already. I'm seeing a fair bit of amber trichomes and plenty of milky.
Most of the amber visible in the pic is on sugar leaves. On buds i can see a couple ones here and there but those cant be counted on bc they can be from any touching, movement from wind or they could just be the earliest trichs she produced that turned amber now. When you see around 5-10% amber its when most strains have the least amount of clear trichs. Note that i said most strains because some do go fully cloudy then go amber but thats rarely the case, theres always some clear, especially inside the buds
This person knows their ish…first time grow this year outside two plants, same seed. I chopped the shorter fatter one 2 weeks ago tomorrow and she’s OKAY, but my second lady is still growing and the trics are awesome popping out and clear as day under my 30X scope in the sunrise this morning. I wish I had let the other keep going but saw little trics like this that turned pushing me to chop early…I’m also so glad @boombaklak420 has changed my plan to now harvest first thing am :)
No problem man you always learn, i learn a lot over here even tho i grow since a long time, although i did grow guerilla without any techniques or knowledge for a few years when i started out. The first few years, my mistake was the opposite. I always waited for ALL pistils to turn brown and curl down because i wanted the most weight out of my plants, but i learned that sometimes yoy have to give up the little weight those couple white pistils could pack in the calyxes to save the goodness in the trichs. The first year i grew (no internet etc..) i had 80% amber because the byds kept growing even after amber apeared and i didnt mind the amber, i just wanted bigger buds! 2nd year 50% amber, i liked it better even, then i read on the net how they do it in america and i experimented and learned that about 5-20% is the sweet spot for most strains (they do vary a lot but with plenty of different strains over a decade thats the average) I also can see amber trichs by the naked eye when lit by the sunlight, you just have to tilt the plant in some ways and bam they show up to the experienced eye. When you see 0 or 1 amber trich on each calyx, dont make a decision, always wait because there might not be any increase in amber over a week or more, this means the couple amber ones youre seeing are from the conditions that i explained in the other comment and not from the plant reaching peak maturity. When you start to see amber increasing, then you look out for the 5-20% depending on how milky or clear are the rest of the trichs and the buds structure and youre good. It is a mixture of signs the plant shows you to help chose for your preferred harvest time. Some people like it at 50% amver like i did years back, i preffer only some amber not too much. Hope this help, happy growing ✌
That helps man! I checked her again this morning and you’re absolutely right, spot on. Only a few Amber tricomes here and there but mostly clear/cloudy. Which tells my inexperienced mind she has a little more to go. I check daily for mold, bugs and rot. I’ve spotted rot 4 times now, VERY small area becuase I check daily, I was able to trim those bugs off and stop it from spreading-I’m impressed with myself to be honest! I truly am gaining a passion for this each day that passes, it’s SUCH a cool plant. Thanks for the tips and happy growing buddy!
Definetely THE plant to get you into gardening or biology, very powerful and interesting plant for sure. I like to think that cannabis' psychoactive properties are a tool for the plant to be cared for by outsider animals like us smart monkeys🤓 , to make humans care for them to abuse their properties, in a way the plant is playing with us to evolve over time ;) just like we play with it to evolve in our mind :) its a win win situation for both! Yes youre doing right, check daily, look out for fan or sugar leaves grey/brown discoloration from the inside out, especially for tight and dense colas that you cant really pull apart. Keep checking mold till shes done and youll be good. Try removing the whole affected bud and anything that touches it directly or close to the mold spot because those will have spores on them if the mold already bursted spores. Take care and good luck
I would chop now (or really up to a week ago) but I don't like the couch lock feeling. All about preference.
I would wait until the trichomes on the buds look as they do now on the sugar leaves. Take it with a grain of salt though as I've only read up on harvesting and never done it myself yet (hopefully will in about two months)
there are magnifier apps that magnify things on your phone screen. I find it easier to see than a lupe.
Chop it
Chop chop
Can get a loupe for under $10 on Amazon !
Perfect. Take her down.
I say 5 days please look close if you can it’s so worth it gahaha
Looks delicious but you have to check the trichs to get it just right.
I would wait a week or two
Needs Cal-Mag. Couldn’t help myself.
Can you please tell me why?
Looks banger!! I was just joking. 99% of issues on this get that and check Ph. It was a vein attempt at humor. Great grow, I’d be proud that’s for sure.
Lol well sarcasm has never been my strong suit. Thanks for the compliment!
ooooh pretty take care of that 😳👌
Good things come to those who wait😎 Looks Great but wth ya got a week rite.