Trichomes & Harvesting
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k0ijn
Scientia Cannabis
If you are referring to the height of the sprout; the light is too far away (it stretches to get the light it needs).
k0ijn
Scientia Cannabis
Seems like you have a severe nutrient deficiency, you should recheck your feeding dosage.
However at this stage it might be too late to reverse successfully before harvest.
Flushing will only exacerbate the problem. Pre-harvest flushing doesn't do what you think it does anyway, I suggest you read up on it.
k0ijn
Scientia Cannabis
Seems like you have a severe nutrient deficiency, you should recheck your feeding dosage.
However at this stage it might be too late to reverse successfully before harvest.
Flushing will only exacerbate the problem. Pre-harvest flushing doesn't do what you think it does anyway, I suggest you read up on it.
charleyharle
New Member
Albino Rhino, most buds of mine are clear or cloudy with just a few turning amber, the top tops have strange looking leaves on them and the top looks like it's trying to get taller, should I harvest now or wait a few more days.
k0ijn
Scientia Cannabis
There's not enough information in your post to give you a decent answer.
Post some high-res pictures of the entire plant and the sections you are worried about.
Hi, I'm just finishing my first grow. Already have 4 of 6 chopped and hanging. The trichomes appeared mostly cloudy. So far, I'm very pleased.
Do you think I should not take a plant out of the flower room for 48 + or - hrs before chopping?
I grew in 50/50 Pro mix/ FFOF and used the Fox Farm 'Soil Feeding Schedule' using their liquid and dry products. Followed the feeding schedule to the T and at the end I fed and watered a couple days later, then began harvesting.
My question(s) about this is: Should I have waited any period of time between Veg and Flower? And should it be in complete darkness? And what type of feeding should I do during this period of time?
Do you think I should not take a plant out of the flower room for 48 + or - hrs before chopping?
I grew in 50/50 Pro mix/ FFOF and used the Fox Farm 'Soil Feeding Schedule' using their liquid and dry products. Followed the feeding schedule to the T and at the end I fed and watered a couple days later, then began harvesting.
My question(s) about this is: Should I have waited any period of time between Veg and Flower? And should it be in complete darkness? And what type of feeding should I do during this period of time?
curiousuk
Active Member
Ive been putting my plants into 48 hour darkness since i first read about it back in 2005 an it hasnt harmed any of my harvests. So unless anyone with more experince claims different i would stick to 48 hours before chopping.
If your vegging an decide tis time to jump into flowering stick to the flowering. switching back an forth may not be harmful to see the sex of the plants. But switching back from veg to flowrinring to often migth mentally screw the plants an i dont even want to think what that could result in.
During the lights out timing YES it means FULL darkness. as your plants will need time to rest at some point. If your sticking to the nute schedule and theres nothing wrong during the vegging then you ONLY need to change from the vegging nutes over to the flowering nutes when you decide to go from vegging over to flowering period.
Few things to remember with nutes
Grow nutes = Vegging period
Bloom Nutes = Flowering period
A tip many growers will hint about nute feeding an it is pretty wise. Less nutes is sometimes better than more nutes.
(sounds confusing but underfeed nutes is not as harmful as overfeeding them...)
with any nutes feeding its always ideal to begin feeding them half the recommended doze to slowly introduce your plants to the new nutes. And then slowly build up the nute dosage as you keep the feedings going to ensure you dont give them a doze which will drop them on there butts at the first herdle.
In time your plants will show you how there are handling the additions to there feeding. I didnt realise this until i begin to see it during the grows.
What's up guy. So I'm growing a few plants right now that are pretty late in the flower stage. About week 9. My problem is I'm always unsure when to cut. I have a 100x magnifier so I can see the trichomes well. Their all milky white with a few amber here and there. So I started my flush. I'm growing dwc by the way. This is my first time with hydro. With past harvest I've always cut too early or too late and haven't gotten the curing process down yet. But what worries me with them now is they seem to have stopped swelling although they still have lots of white hairs. Trichomes like I said are milky. But the buds are softer to the touch. I harvested late once before and the bud turned out almost spongey. Not compressed at all. Ill see if I can attach some pics with this and hope to get some feedback.
Curiousuk, thanks man! I did exactly what you said. Fed the last week of Veg nutes, watered(flush) and when they were ready, fed them Flower nutes and flipped from 600W MH @18hrs to a 600W HPS @12 hours and voila, I was in flower! I had read earlier in this post(maybe I misunderstood, could also be the case) that between Veg and Flower, you should keep your plants in the dark for a period of time(like two days...) before introducing to the Flower nutes and the 12hr light period. I didn't do this.
I also do understand that lights-out time is in complete darkness. Thank you very much for the response!
I also do understand that lights-out time is in complete darkness. Thank you very much for the response!
chuck estevez
Well-Known Member
another week or 2
lilmafia513
Well-Known Member
Looks like about a week yet and she could come down
lilmafia513
Well-Known Member
I agree with chuck, another 1-2 weeks.
Next time you take pics thru the loupe try zooming in after you put the loupe up to the lens. It will eliminate the bubble view in the pics.
StykyBudz
Member
Thanks for that suggestion I'll try it lol my scope just snaps to my phone I didn't even think about using zoom cause its already a 60x didn't think I'd get a clear view but I got another this morning that shows trichomes pretty clearly some look cloudy some clear I haven't seen any amber yet
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kingfisher021
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Ok so here is the story,
1/11/2013 put the seed in.
3/11/2013 : Seed popped. Was supposed to be an auto but this plant never autoflowered. It kept growing till third week of january, which is very close to three months of veg time. Survived the coldest months of the year, with tempratures going as low as 5-7 Degrees Celcius. (about 41 degree F). also turned hermie i think because of the cold or bad genetics, either way, i must have pulled off 3-4 nanners during the course of its growth. However very lucky that it has produced ZERO seeds. So not really sure what genetics it is.
22/01/2013: Finally I decided to try light deprivation, which i started in the third week of jan. started covering the whole plant with a big cardboard box a bit before sunset,
27/01/2013 : Within 3-4 days i noticed the pistils forming and the start of flowering. continued with the light dep for about 10 or 12 days, and when i was sure it has started flowering i stopped putting the cardboard on top of it. so basically now this has been in flower since last week of january. probably at day 53-58 now.
02/03/2013 to 10/03/2013: Lots of un-seasonal rain. I think the rain water caused a nute lock out. started losing the fan leaves very rapidly, the buds started to dry out too and become lifeless.
11/03/2013: Flushed the plant and it seemed to have worked. Although i lost all the fan leaves, the buds came back to life, the smell returned and how, and i could see the life come back.
14/03/2013: took a small sample from one of the lower branches. dried for three days and smoked it. very nice energetic high with a slight smile on the face. this smiling effect is completely missing from the hash i have been getting over here.
20/03/2014: lt seemed to me that a couple of the branches were ready to be chopped off. most of the pistils had turned, the color changed to brown/red from white. so today i copped of one of those branches. will dry it for a few days and see how it smokes.
I was wondering if the more experienced people here could help me determine how close is this to being ready?
Overall look of the plant.....
i cant decide if they look clear or cloudy.....will someone please give me their inputs on this???
Some Amber trichomes making an appearance here....what do you think???
bud closeups.......
Through the shitty loupe......
BTW....it smells just GREAT
cheers
KF
1/11/2013 put the seed in.
3/11/2013 : Seed popped. Was supposed to be an auto but this plant never autoflowered. It kept growing till third week of january, which is very close to three months of veg time. Survived the coldest months of the year, with tempratures going as low as 5-7 Degrees Celcius. (about 41 degree F). also turned hermie i think because of the cold or bad genetics, either way, i must have pulled off 3-4 nanners during the course of its growth. However very lucky that it has produced ZERO seeds. So not really sure what genetics it is.
22/01/2013: Finally I decided to try light deprivation, which i started in the third week of jan. started covering the whole plant with a big cardboard box a bit before sunset,
27/01/2013 : Within 3-4 days i noticed the pistils forming and the start of flowering. continued with the light dep for about 10 or 12 days, and when i was sure it has started flowering i stopped putting the cardboard on top of it. so basically now this has been in flower since last week of january. probably at day 53-58 now.
02/03/2013 to 10/03/2013: Lots of un-seasonal rain. I think the rain water caused a nute lock out. started losing the fan leaves very rapidly, the buds started to dry out too and become lifeless.
11/03/2013: Flushed the plant and it seemed to have worked. Although i lost all the fan leaves, the buds came back to life, the smell returned and how, and i could see the life come back.
14/03/2013: took a small sample from one of the lower branches. dried for three days and smoked it. very nice energetic high with a slight smile on the face. this smiling effect is completely missing from the hash i have been getting over here.
20/03/2014: lt seemed to me that a couple of the branches were ready to be chopped off. most of the pistils had turned, the color changed to brown/red from white. so today i copped of one of those branches. will dry it for a few days and see how it smokes.
I was wondering if the more experienced people here could help me determine how close is this to being ready?
Overall look of the plant.....
i cant decide if they look clear or cloudy.....will someone please give me their inputs on this???
Some Amber trichomes making an appearance here....what do you think???
bud closeups.......
Through the shitty loupe......
BTW....it smells just GREAT
cheers
KF
BWG707
Well-Known Member
Amber trics are usually associated with a "couch lock" high, very sedative. Some people tend to get that paranoid feeling when smoking more of a pre mature plant with no or minimal amber trics. Also some people are more apt to becoming paranoid from smoking Sativas as opposed to Indicas. You can google "paranoid when smoking cannabis", or something similar, to find more info.
chuck estevez
Well-Known Member
I was under the impression paranoia comes from very high THC% and low Cbd/n's. a high cbd/n % reduces paranoia, so I was led to believe.