growers experience growing willie nelson

[clovisman]

I am growing willie nelson for second year- last year I harvested last week of October and there were no amber trichs- 8 weeks into flower this season and very few red hairs and all clear on the trichs- I am obviously a long ways off from harvest- if you have grown this strain how long did it take your plants to show amber trichs- I have read where someone grew this strain and after 14 weeks flowering still no amber trichs- because I live above 2500 feet I get early freeze here and several frost before 1st of November- let me here from you if you have grown this sativa strain- thanks in advance

[cway]

Dont worry so much about the hair color, Buy a powered microscope, the handleld kind that you can buy on internet or at head shop , Mine is a ECOPLUS iluminated microscope 60X - 1000X it was only $20 and look for the trichomes to curl and form little bubble heads that are murky.. When most of them are like this then harvest. I have grown some sativa strains like super silver haze that went 15 weeks and still had very few read hairs but the trics were ready and it was some dank shit once it cured and we smoked it... Depending on the pheno it might not get alot of red hairs.. I have not grown this strain but curled thricomes with bubble heads that are murky means that any strain is ripe..

[cway]

clovisman, I just talked to a buddy that has grown this strain and he said that his went 15 weeks and didnt get alot of red hairs but did have murky trichomes..


Hope this helps... He claims that it is some of the best shit he has ever smoked so happy harvest...