Trichomes - Please take a look
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Its depends on how many weeks strain.then you start checking a w eek before ending,you shouldnt look at trichs at week 4 because touching the plant will effect bud production in a bad way by stressing the plant.trichs start growing like a hair then a ball forms at the end ,the ball starts clear than cloudy than amber..if you have a radioshack nearby they see 100x handheld microscope [like the 420 scope in ht mag] for about 15.00..peace redleg
The sim's Bob Newbie
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I'd say cloudy/clear but mostly clear from what I can see - you wanna check them in a fortnight and see if they're ready to start the flush (personally I like my top bud at least to have a fair few ambers before I give them the fortnight flush...should be just about ready by then if about a third of them are amber)
High Time 420
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They are pretty much clear at the moment, i'd give it another week or two.
Nice pic, i love the trichs!
Peace.
Nice pic, i love the trichs!
Peace.
a very expensive camera maybe
cus my 200 dollar 12MP aint cuttin it. im guessing he got a SLR with a crazy zoom which i want real bad 
sparkabowl
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Damn, stoner moment. I meant 8 weeks of flower, not 4 - I edited original post. Thanks for the replies.
Picture was taken with Sony DSC-H5, 7.2 megapix. It's a large body point and shoot, couple of years old. I took the picture in macro mode from about 3/4" away, then cropped in to get closer. Here's the original picture.
Picture was taken with Sony DSC-H5, 7.2 megapix. It's a large body point and shoot, couple of years old. I took the picture in macro mode from about 3/4" away, then cropped in to get closer. Here's the original picture.
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what program do you use? just crop it?
sparkabowl
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I used GIMP. Opened the original high rez picture, used box selector tool to outline area of interest, then right click, edit-> copy. Open new file, default settings. Right click and select edit -> paste. Now under image, select autocrop, then save however you want.
thanks buddy +rep ! are you going to take some updated trich pics, i will try and help
sparkabowl
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I turned off the lights last Sunday, and have been super busy between work, fixing cars, and trimming. I still have some on the plant, I'll post more pics tonight.
sparkabowl
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OK, here's some other pics. Here's the inside of my cab at harvest time. I know it is a mess, but this is my first round.
Here's a close-up of when I turned the lights off 5 days ago.
And here's today.
And the hanging.
I think it might have put on more frost being in the dark, but I'm not too sure. Further experimentation is needed - which means testing different buds, looks like I have my work cut out for me.
Here's a close-up of when I turned the lights off 5 days ago.
And here's today.
And the hanging.
I think it might have put on more frost being in the dark, but I'm not too sure. Further experimentation is needed - which means testing different buds, looks like I have my work cut out for me.
DawgMountain
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Nice pics! I do mine with a macro and raw format. Leaves the picture huge for cropping. What strain was that?
sparkabowl
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View attachment 1137091Hi folks:
I turned this plant on the 15th of July, it will be eight weeks in the flowering period in five days. I stopped ferts two weeks ago, flushed a week ago and wonder when I should do the 48 hour darkness thing? All help gratefully received.
Looking good! Looks like it'll be ready by then, but without more pics it's kinda hard to tell. Whenever it is as done as you want, just unplug your light and let them sit. I unplugged mine last Sunday and was just going to let them sit a day or two in the dark, but I wound up trimming over a period of a few days, finally finishing last night, which was Friday. I can't see a difference in the buds, I just need a way to dry them evenly now.
