onegallongrow
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In some cases, though the trichomes could continue to produce more amber heads, sometimes the plant may signal its end of life and ripe-most state, in which case it is better off harvested in days time.
Not even out of curiosity?I never look at trichomes.
Once you've grown enough plants you know what 'done' looks like without a loupe. You'll get there.Not even out of curiosity?
I don't really consider flowers ripe, I use that term for fruits and vegetables. What are these end of life signals? I notice the plant stops drinking water, almost entirely when you are at the very end. After the plant has eaten most of the fan leaves as it's starving for nitrogen it will start to eat the sugar leaves next. You don't want sugar leaf dying back into the buds because that's a recipe for bud rot.In some cases, though the trichomes could continue to produce more amber heads, sometimes the plant may signal its end of life and ripe-most state, in which case it is better off harvested in days time.