First Ever Grow, Obviously

[cmasfca]

Haha thanks for the compliments Opie, but waiting 7 minutes wasn't too bad. You see I just turned on automatic refresh every 30 seconds

[cmasfca]

I have a quick question. Can any of you tell by the pictures posted what stage the trichs are? I am thinking I need to get a pocket microscope from Radio Shack to see the best but is there any indication in the pictures? Does the entire trichome turn milky, or just the head?

Thanks!

[Opie Yutts]

Opie....what thread is your scrog setup under? I want to check it out.

http://boards.cannabis.com/indoor-gr...-training.html
Just foliar fed them some iron last night.

[Opie Yutts]

Looking at the pictures, I can't really tell. However I think I see some cloudy and some just turning cloudy. Perhaps there is even a couple turning amber or perhaps it is the amber light. If you could get as close as possible and turn off the HPS maybe we could tell better. Try to get a profile of some triches with a dark background.

The entire trichome turns colors, but if you go too long the stem part turns extremely amber and withers to nothingness.

[cmasfca]

Here is a picture of a leaf I removed and put on a dark background. Is this better? It is under sunlight is all.

[MVP]

If I were you I would hike over to the Shack and pick up a 30x lighted scope for 10 bucks or so. It looks like some clear, some cloudy, maybe a couple going amber but need magnification to tell for sure...

BTW, check out this link to see what a good balance of triches is... IMHO >>

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Look near the bottom center on max resolution... this is a pic from Markass that he posted a month or two ago.

[Weedhound]

He's only at day 27!!! I've found that there seems to be two sets of trichs.....an early set that pops out and ripens kind of early and the "main crowd" that really START coming out at about week four and five and hit their stride around week 8-ish. I have to agree with everyone cm, a cheapie radioshack microscope will work fine for you and you'll have fun snipping off a bit here and there and watching the changes occur.

[Opie Yutts]

That's a much better picture for seeing trichomes. It's still not great, but I think I'm pretty sure I see a couple amber ones in there. A whole bunch of cloudy and hardly any clear. In my experience it's nearly time to harvest, but it can't be if you are only on day 27. Are you using some crazy-ass hormone to speed up flowering time?

Checked out that photo MVP. Now there's some brown looking amber.

[Weedhound]

I'm still sure those are the early birds.....the pistils are white as snow. He's got a ways to go.

I've learned NOT to start looking at the trichs until week 5 or so.....you'll see a whole different ballgame with baby/clear trichs starting.

[cmasfca]

Opie: I am using an Aeroponic setup, but nothing special. 35/65 ratio of calmag to probloom with some hydrogen peroxide every so often along with RO water is all I am giving these girls. I am going to pick up that microscope tomorrow morning and I'll post back with the results.

Weedhound: If tomorrow after I get the microscope and all the trichs are either milky or amber would I start to think about harvest time and preparation? Or should I wait a week or two and see if the trichs continue to develop?

This seems to be an issue of me not being able to give a clear picture to compare trichome color, so I am going to buy the microscope tomorrow and that should help things out.

Thanks a ton guys/gals!

P.S. Some discoloration / yellowing in spots on some leaves is natural in the flowering stage? I have some and it is either that, or I am not changing the res often enough.