Trichomes & Harvesting

Don't trust time frames and take trichs with a grain of salt. The best way to know how stoney it is, is to try and get stoned
 
I cut when there is no more visible clear trics, they will mostly all be cloudy at this point with a little amber kickin around.
 
Brandawg92 said:
I have a microscope that zooms between 60 and 100x. I used to go by this but now im relying one the best method... pick smoke, decide if you got blasted or not. The reason is my chemdawg #4 is 31 days and covered in cloudy trichs. Didn't get me high. And seriously for every 30 cloud's there's about one amber and 2 clears. So I suggest sampling to know if its stoney yet or not
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Why are you even bothering to check your trics @ 31 days? Of course it isn't going to get you high!
 
Brandawg92 said:
Don't trust time frames and take trichs with a grain of salt. The best way to know how stoney it is, is to try and get stoned
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Or you can read what else Koijn wrote:


  • Trichomes are of course not the only indicator of when to harvest.
    There are other factors that should be taken into account when determining when to harvest.


    Calyxes on the plant will swell up, these swollen calyxes are a sign of maturity.
    The pistils (what some new growers call hairs) will change colour (often to an orange tinge) and recede into the calyx.
    Receding pistils are also a sign of maturity.
    Then there is the overall look of the plant. Many experienced growers simply go by this factor, they can determine peak harvest just by looking at the plant and seeing how it looks from afar regarding colour tinge and the look of the calyxes.


    All these factors should be taken into account when harvesting. All of these factors usually align when peak harvest approaches.​


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You should not even bother with checking trics until these signs appear!
 
Most accurate trichome post on all of the internet.

Chopping when you have about 5-10% clear, 5-10% amber and the rest cloudy is the best overall time to chop.

Use your flowering times(start from first white pistils showing, not 12/12 switch) and this trichome formula to chop at the best time. It's not rocket science people.
 
LizRoll said:
Hey everybody - This is my first grow and I think my plants are just about ready, but I'd like some feedback on whether they need more time.
This is from an AutoFem Northern Lights and I'm two days shy of 9 weeks flowering (assuming I started counting at the right time - and I've read so much info since then I don't remember what indicator I used haha).
I hope these images will do. Thanks in advance :-P

Two buds from top:
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Bud from base
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The first two pics you can see most of those glands are still clear. How long did you grow them out before counting flower weeks? That is an important question when referring to autos, even ones that are crossed with regular fem strains like this one is. I hope you did not harvest them yet, a good two weeks to go yet. 9 weeks can mean 10 or 11 many times. I just don't know about those autos.
 
If you are referring to "the best way to know is to know" is by testing your bud right off the plant then fine. I myself would never test bud fresh off the plant, I allow mine to dry and be cured for at least 2 weeks before I touch mine. But that's just me. If you pluck a bud off a flowering plant and it gets you high then you know that after drying and curing it will be twice as potent.
But, this IS IN NO WAY the proper way to judge when to chop.

Flowering time is MORE accurate when starting the count on the first sign of pistils, not the switch to 12/12 lighting. The seed shops may use the times they give for flowering specific strains from 12/12 switch, maybe that's why I have never had a strain finish on or before those times.
You use flowering times from first pistils to BE MORE ACCURATE, not to calculate exact harvest times.

But to say tricohmes are not a good accurate way to judge when to chop is a ridiculous statement. It is the best way to determine harvest time.

Your way is actually more inaccurate being the THC isn't even fully processed until dried.

I suggest you refrain from calling others retards, not only won't you last long on here with that attitude but you won't be taken seriously.
 
Look at the pic. According to what you all say, that 31 day old (or as you say 25) is ripe... its simply not. You can't see THC but you can definitely feel it. How is that inaccurate? Who said I was smoking wet shit. This is socal I can dry it super fast if I want a sample (not that that's proper, to defend against your next attack.) Checkmate?
 
Brandawg92 said:
Look at the pic. According to what you all say, that 31 day old (or as you say 25) is ripe... its simply not. You can't see THC but you can definitely feel it. How is that inaccurate? Who said I was smoking wet shit. This is socal I can dry it super fast if I want a sample (not that that's proper, to defend against your next attack.) Checkmate?
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For the second time... Trics are not the only sign of ripeness. Calyx swell, hairs reddening off and receding into the bud, the overall look of the plant need to be in line BEFORE even bothering to check your trics. So I will ask again, if you are the expert grower and we are all the newbs why are you even bothering to check your trics @ day 32? Anybody can dry superfast, being in cali is pointless to your argument as is testing a bud at that time to determine "ripeness. If you want to discuss the issue further start your own thread instead of junking up Koijn's which is full of scientific evidence and facts.
 
The thread says look at trichs under a microscope and pick if theyre cloudy. Id be misinformed by his "scientific facts" if I didn't know better than to take this as fact
 
Put up a better pic! I can't tell how many clear or cloudy or amber glands you have in "your" pic. I've scoped in an area of leaf or bud many times and got a bronze-amber shade before I got the focus correct and it turned out to be no amber trichs, just shade in color while focusing from other objects.

For all anyone knows your 30 days is 50. IDK. For all I know that pic is off google. IDK

Point being, correct flower timing(first day from first sign of white pistils) and viewing trichomes is the best way to estimate harvest time for most. If you wish to pick at your plant like a child does their food go right ahead.

You do it your way, we'll do it our way.
 
Brandawg92 said:
The thread says look at trichs under a microscope and pick if theyre cloudy. Id be misinformed by his "scientific facts" if I didn't know better than to take this as fact
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For the third time... It says to look at the other signs that your plant is ready as well as the trics. If you want to have an informed discussion try acting like an adult instead of acting like a child who isn't getting there way. Anymore posts with your immature bs will be deleted. Thank you.
 
Thank you. I was actually hoping to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about. I disagree with this thread and I have provided photos of why. (Apparently unbelievable ones!) An unfinished bud that is ready by your standards. Why defend someone else's opinion so fiercely when all I've done is poke a hole in this theory. Calm your tits.
 
Brandawg92 said:
Thank you. I was actually hoping to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about. I disagree with this thread and I have provided photos of why. (Apparently unbelievable ones!) An unfinished bud that is ready by your standards. Why defend someone else's opinion so fiercely when all I've done is poke a hole in this theory. Calm your tits.View attachment 2292799
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Nowhere in this thread does it say just to check the trics and that is all... I think this would be for the fourth time. Post a pic of your plant and some bud shots and I will explain in detail why your buds aren't ready @ day 32 without having to smoke them.
 
Brandawg92 said:
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Do you really need me to explain why these are not ready yet?

1) They are not even buds yet they are so early into the flowering stage, you are not even halfway through (5+ weeks remaining IMO)
2) No sign of calyx swell (Obviously)
3) The few hairs that are there are white as can be (Premature)
4) They are nowhere near done

Trics are a way of verifying what the rest of your plant is telling you when you are close to harvest time, I do not check my trics until at least week 7ish or the signs I have mentioned and Koijn mentioned fall into place. I don't understand the issue you are having with being told it is WAY to early for you to be checking your trics, there is no reason for it at this time.
 
I think it is utterly fantastic that people have no idea when to harvest when there is so much literature out there explaining exactly when to.

Party on, Wayne.
 
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