Thanks for your response GreyLord. I'll post more pics in a couple weeks.I haven't seen a response...your very patient.
I'm no expert but your plants look to be a long way to go before harvest. I'd like to see more pictures in a few weeks time. They are certainly nice & healthy looking
Want to Know If Your Plants are Finished?
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nova1992
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hay fdd
started flowering her on july 30th
can you tell me approx how long she has left?
i have a loupe but this is my first grow and i cant gauge if she's a few weeks or less or more
thank you for the help!
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started flowering her on july 30th
can you tell me approx how long she has left?
i have a loupe but this is my first grow and i cant gauge if she's a few weeks or less or more
thank you for the help!
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Boutros420
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first timer...I've gotten her this far, I don't want to screw it up now...lol! She started flowering Aug. 15th. I bought a microscope, the trichomes on the broad side of leaves are mostly cloudy, with a mix of clear and a few amber. On the leaf edges they are mostly clear. Any thoughts would be appreciated. 
My camera kind of sucks.
My camera kind of sucks.
Beefbisquit
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Long white pistils mean wait. Disregard trichome color until you get some darker pistils and swollen calyxs!
Can someone show an example of what a swollen calyx looks like? I've heard this expression a few times but I don't know what to look for.
Thanks!
Beefbisquit
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Here's swollen Calyx's....
See the roundness? See how the pistils have receded and are dark color?
ThorGanjason
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The calyx is the part of the plant that the pistils (hairs) grow out of. Basically, the calyxes swell up (almost like bunches of grapes) and make up most of the smokable matter in a bud. They are the little nodules that make up the bud. Sorry if I'm not explaining it well
View attachment 2832846 See the "balls" that make up the bud? Kind of a bad example BC the pistils have already fallen out of those.
In this one, the calyxes still have white pistils, so it still has a little way to go. The calyxes start really small when the pistils first start shooting out, but then they swell up as the bud grows
If you zoom in to the top of that one you'll see them. I always look for that textbook swollen calyx formation when I'm buying good bud. Some of the lower quality shit you can't tell the difference between calyx and leaf.
View attachment 2832846 See the "balls" that make up the bud? Kind of a bad example BC the pistils have already fallen out of those.
In this one, the calyxes still have white pistils, so it still has a little way to go. The calyxes start really small when the pistils first start shooting out, but then they swell up as the bud grows
If you zoom in to the top of that one you'll see them. I always look for that textbook swollen calyx formation when I'm buying good bud. Some of the lower quality shit you can't tell the difference between calyx and leaf.
ThorGanjason
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Haha, I was about to say right after I posted that--theres a perfect picture of swollen calyxes above. And then i was like Wait a second, that post wasn't there a second ago.
And then it hit me: Ninja'd!!
And then it hit me: Ninja'd!!
Patience grasshopper. To quote Beefbisquit "Long white pistils means wait".2 More weeks? Check grow journal for more info.
More pictures in a couple of weeks would be good. Nice bud.
Beefbisquit
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Typically when people THINK their plant is done, it needs 2 more weeks.
Your plant looks like it needs more than 2 weeks. Probably more like 3-4.
AGAIN; if your plant looks like an explosion at a string factory don't bother asking if it's done. It's not.
It's not even close, and there's no way of telling exactly how much time is left until the calyx's swell, and the hairs turn color.
Where have the pistils gone? Have they all retreated? Idk but I'd say [2nd picture] that's about as ready as it'll ever be. DON'T CUT on my advice, wait for a more experienced opinion but that looks done. Beefbisquit?
Beefbisquit
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That looks done! Nice fur.
Nice swollen calyx's, no wispy white pistils.Leaves are nice and green, very healthy looking. Any chance you could take a pic that's a little closer/more magnification? If that's an indoor plant (if you haven't already) I'd go straight water for at least a couple days, and chop in appox. a week.
new2420grow
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I tried to take a close up with my phone. Can anyone tell anything from these? It's my first harvest.
Hydrogp, nice bud. Now...3 days...? Looks ready to me.
Why is it always so much easier to tell when others plants are ready or weeks to go when it's not so easy when they're your own? Is that just me?
2420, need to see more of the plant. The bud in the photo,[swollen calyxes, retreating pistils, the leaves] is either ready or very close. Now's the time to check the trichomes, 10% amber - 20-30% if you prefer couch-lock type stone - happy days Don't forget to tell us the end result after curing
Why is it always so much easier to tell when others plants are ready or weeks to go when it's not so easy when they're your own? Is that just me?
2420, need to see more of the plant. The bud in the photo,[swollen calyxes, retreating pistils, the leaves] is either ready or very close. Now's the time to check the trichomes, 10% amber - 20-30% if you prefer couch-lock type stone - happy days
Don't forget to tell us the end result after curing