Nonagronomist
Well-Known Member
So here I am, a newbie hobby/medicine grower in Northern California, cultivating autoflowers outdoors in 5-gallon pots.
Since I started in March, I've had several 'successful' harvests, but have never seen a significant number of amber trichomes. So far I've brought three Jack Herer X AK47s to harvest -- which never showed any amber, but were obviously ripe by all other standards. Potency and flavor-wise, these ended up being so-so (by which I mean so potent that they would have blown the top of my head off 30 years ago, but today just on the high side of 'meh.')
Here's my Jack before it went to the blade. Raggedy, sunburned, obviously as swollen as it's going to get -- and no amber trikes.
Now I have a mystery Buddha auto (probably a Syrup) at 60 days since first pistils (much nicer looking than the Jack), but also without amber trikes.
This looks ready to go to me, but again:
All my trichomes are white (some still clear).
I don't wan't to leave anything on the table by harvesting too early, but I also don't want the THC to deteriorate too much or the overall stone become too couchlocky.
So counsel me: Patience, or Chop the Damn Thing?
Since I started in March, I've had several 'successful' harvests, but have never seen a significant number of amber trichomes. So far I've brought three Jack Herer X AK47s to harvest -- which never showed any amber, but were obviously ripe by all other standards. Potency and flavor-wise, these ended up being so-so (by which I mean so potent that they would have blown the top of my head off 30 years ago, but today just on the high side of 'meh.')
Here's my Jack before it went to the blade. Raggedy, sunburned, obviously as swollen as it's going to get -- and no amber trikes.
Now I have a mystery Buddha auto (probably a Syrup) at 60 days since first pistils (much nicer looking than the Jack), but also without amber trikes.
This looks ready to go to me, but again:
All my trichomes are white (some still clear).
I don't wan't to leave anything on the table by harvesting too early, but I also don't want the THC to deteriorate too much or the overall stone become too couchlocky.
So counsel me: Patience, or Chop the Damn Thing?