Indoor Sun King
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nice pics Twizzlor......still lots of clear trichromes, but a few are turning milky.
Trichomes look 100% clear to me but can you tell by these photos?
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Twizzlor
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TY it was hard as heck to get them I had to rest my camera on the scope and hold a handheld light in my other hand lol, lets just say there where a lot of deletions 
I took clippings from the leaves closest to the pistols, I believe they are called sugar leaves? Is this the proper place to take the clippings from? I remember reading something about it somewhere. Btw Indoor sun your avatar of Dr. Evil is great, it makes me smile every time I see it, definitely love all the austin powers movies 
I have a question for you, should I check daily? My noobness wants to but common sense seems to kick in and say no lol. I guess I'm asking whats the general rule of thumb on checking them? Once a week, twice a week, or does it just depend on the rate of the pistols turning brown?
I took clippings from the leaves closest to the pistols, I believe they are called sugar leaves? Is this the proper place to take the clippings from? I remember reading something about it somewhere. Btw Indoor sun your avatar of Dr. Evil is great, it makes me smile every time I see it, definitely love all the austin powers movies I have a question for you, should I check daily? My noobness wants to but common sense seems to kick in and say no lol. I guess I'm asking whats the general rule of thumb on checking them? Once a week, twice a week, or does it just depend on the rate of the pistols turning brown?
Indoor Sun King
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Personally, when it's getting close (as yours are) I check them almost daily, not that this is really required but my curiosity is the driving force.
Just be careful and gentle with your buds, you don't want to bump the loupe/microscope into them
Just be careful and gentle with your buds, you don't want to bump the loupe/microscope into them
Twizzlor
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Sadly my scope is a stationary one so i have to clip them. I was just doing research and from what ive been reading is that my 2 week window for harvest has just begun. Some of the pistols are turning brown but i have yet to see them really receding and the buds swell. Im going to check it again in a few days. In 4 days its my birthday wouldnt it be crazy if she was ready to harvest then lol.
Indoor Sun King
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I have a 150x USB microscope and a dual loupe (20x / 40x)....I use the loupe more often as it's quick & easy, but I can capture pics with the microscope
Bakatare666
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Sorry bro, I haven't been on much lately, let me do some reading on your thread and catch up.So Baka this one that you posted has a much better range and is easier to use? Also with that type there is no need to remove any parts of the plant? As you can see I'm a newb lol just trying to learn the best ways to do things with the little money I can spend
Bakatare666
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OK bro, just looking at pics #1 and 2 in post #19, I realize you're getting excited, but have patience.
It will pay off, trust us.
I know it's hard man, but with long white hairs like that, you know it's coming, but you're not close to ready yet.
After a few harvests, you will notice the hairs seem to get shorter, but that is just the bud puffing up and gaining weight in the last couple weeks, and the hairs will also turn to a brownish/ red color.
Then, like ISK says, you want to check the trichs at least once a day, and don't forget, it is OK to chop buds that look ready, and leave others that are not yet ripe.
It will pay off, trust us.
I know it's hard man, but with long white hairs like that, you know it's coming, but you're not close to ready yet.
After a few harvests, you will notice the hairs seem to get shorter, but that is just the bud puffing up and gaining weight in the last couple weeks, and the hairs will also turn to a brownish/ red color.
Then, like ISK says, you want to check the trichs at least once a day, and don't forget, it is OK to chop buds that look ready, and leave others that are not yet ripe.
Twizzlor
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Its np baka i was on my way to post tonight on it. The pistols are coming out white again and i just seen massive growth today from yesterday. By massive they grew an extra what looks like 1/3 extra overnight. I see the buds nee growth being a lighter green. Also the last 2 times i watered i didnt give her any nutes, the reason being is because i had a nitrogen overdose. The plant is in mg soil and it does have nutes in there to begin with. My leaves started to talon so i stopped feeding her. I have just started to see the recovery all positive effects i also read that nitro tox screws up bud production. So i think im going to give her 1 more watering then start nutes again 1/4 strength and see how she reacts. I am thinking another month but i am checking the trics every day except for today lol. 95 % of the hsirs are white again. Fixing the nitro tox was like a bud booster 
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Twizzlor
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Ok here is the tiny bud I chopped off, I had to take some new ones of the main one realized that they where bad out of focus so I gotta sort but in the meantime
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Okay after 2 days of drying in a brown paper bag and a week of burping the jar, I tested the immature bud I cut off by accident.
The smoke report goes as follows:
It smoked pretty smooth not 100% as it wasn't fully cured properly.
I would say it definitely was a energetic feeling with OCD property's.
Also with mellowing affects. At most maybe 15-30 minutes of couch lock and then energizing again.
Lasted about 2 hours, but I had to cut back about a week ago the effects prob will very.
Second test is currently in progress, i can say it was a tiny bit harsher then the first time. Still not to shabby
As far as the plant she is still going strong really starting to swell up, the pistols are still coming in standing up and white, with very little less then 25% of them amber. I checked the trics the other day and they are turning cloudy and seem to be more pronounced. Not ready yet but getting really close. Oh I also seen maybe 4 amber trics out of the entire inspection of a 1/2" by 1/2" clipping I inspected.
Bakatare666
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Sounds like you're doing well bro.Okay after 2 days of drying in a brown paper bag and a week of burping the jar, I tested the immature bud I cut off by accident.
The smoke report goes as follows:
It smoked pretty smooth not 100% as it wasn't fully cured properly.
I would say it definitely was a energetic feeling with OCD property's.
Also with mellowing affects. At most maybe 15-30 minutes of couch lock and then energizing again.
Lasted about 2 hours, but I had to cut back about a week ago the effects prob will very.
Second test is currently in progress, i can say it was a tiny bit harsher then the first time. Still not to shabby
As far as the plant she is still going strong really starting to swell up, the pistols are still coming in standing up and white, with very little less then 25% of them amber. I checked the trics the other day and they are turning cloudy and seem to be more pronounced. Not ready yet but getting really close. Oh I also seen maybe 4 amber trics out of the entire inspection of a 1/2" by 1/2" clipping I inspected.
I know it's hard, especially now, but over the years, it gets a LITTLE easier.
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Twizzlor
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Here are some update pics on the trics taken last night, to me and I know I could be wrong it looks as the trics on this main cola appear to be 80% cloudy, 10% clear and 10% amber. Im going to be taking some samples of the other bud sites to see what the other ones looks like. Below are photos of the bottom, middle and top of 1 main cola. The pistols are still white with a few of them turning amber and receding. Should I stop nutes and just giver her plain water at this point? The buds seem to have stopped gaining in size. Also I picked up an new book/ Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible by Jorge Cervantes. A lot of good information I must say. Ive read that sometimes sativa and sativa dom plants will have more then one window for harvest, is it possible that my plant could be ready to harvest but will have a growth spurt even still since the pistols are still white and not receding?
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Bakatare666
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Nice clear pics T.
Looks like quite a bit of clear still though.
Maybe this will help ya a bit.
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Bakatare666
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It is HARD to predict when a plant gets real close, some will ripen quick, and others might throw you a dozen Amber and a lot of cloudy all in a day or two.Good diagram
That's why I like to check 2-3 times a day.
If I had to decide, I would continue with your bloom nutes until you see your very first couple amber, then one water after that.
From then on, water only.
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