Pimpjuice9906
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What does this mean?
Chop or Not
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lusidghost
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It first part means I would harvest them in about a week or so. The second part means the grower with 4 decades of experience gave goofy advice which distracted me.
Jimdamick
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Wow, an angry man.
I'm sorry I upset you
Why the insults?
Burn one & chill the fuck out
Peace (nah, fuck you)
Wizzlebiz
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Pimpjuice9906
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What do you think?
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twentyeight.threefive
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On Sunday it looked like 3 weeks, they don’t look much closer. I’d say give at least 2 weeks before asking again.
Budzbuddha
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Keep going - plant is running show - it is done when it is done.
‘Regardless of breeder hype or calendars. Take the consensus about that plant - All of the posters you list including myself agree to let it play out.
‘Your decision to cut nutes was wrong however keep her fed and she will harden off and ripen. New pistil growth at bud apex still happens ( light ) but the overall maturity of buds will dictate chop time ( pistil recede / color off )
Over time “ looking at triches “ will not be the sole indicator of maturity. None of that ambering nonsense. No flushing or other BS.
With experience you won’t even “ scope “ the plant anymore as other ripening indicators will alert you when ready.
It is far too easy to pull plant early , than too pull “ too late “.
Pimpjuice9906
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I'm trying to learn those other indicators.
Cooked
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A simple loupe and a trich exam will tell you when to cut - not pistil color. I'm not sure why everyone thinks pistil color indicates maturity - not always. I have had plenty plants ready to harvest but with white / lighter colored pistils and no red/orange/brown/darker colored ones. If you've mostly cloudy trichs and a few amber ones and you're ready to cut. If you've many clear trichs, best to wait a few days and reassess once more.
If I had the plants in the attached photos, I would consider cutting sometime within the week.
If I had the plants in the attached photos, I would consider cutting sometime within the week.
blueberrymilkshake
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How do I delete someone else's comment?
blueberrymilkshake
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You should stop tagging Jim because he's been telling you to chop early from page 1.
jondamon
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The reason people are using pistils as an indicator is because some plants trichomes will never turn Amber.
precursors
pistils receded
buds look plump
Buds take on an over all more golden colour
Calyx begin to “crown” or “point”
Then if you check trichomes this is the time to check them.
Pimpjuice9906
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They're definitely getting denser and pistils are turning more red.
Cooked
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I've had plants with pistils that haven't changed color. I've yet to have plants that haven't had clouded trichs.
Boatguy
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Thats a new one.
twentyeight.threefive
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If you don’t wait long enough before cutting them down of course they won’t change color.
Boatguy
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We had a member here, for a long time, that was breeding plants that were chosen because they exhibited very early amber trich's. That didnt mean they were done any quicker, just had amber early on. Trich's are a very poor indicator.
Pimpjuice9906
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I had to chop. Going away for 10 days.
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Cooked
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I've just harvested a full table and the GDP had white pistils on a 10 week flower, other strains on the table had orange/darker pistils.
ALL plants exhibited cloudy / amber trichs. Sure, there may be a genetic anomaly or specific pheno where plants throw amber trichomes as you've stated, but I've found it far more common for plants to have pistils not changing color, than plants not having cloudy/amber trichomes. Trichomes are the medicine you're after.
I've had plants with dark /amber pistils half way through flower. Doesn't mean they're ready in 4 weeks of flower.
Cooked
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You're funny, however I'm aware of how long flowering cycles are supposed to be.