First Ever Grow, Obviously

[Weedhound]

What medium are you in? I'd take a VERY small snip daily from the exact same area of the plant and look at the trichs. I'd be willing to bet a LOT that you are going to see a whole bunch of new ones start to pop up. Unlike the early bird ones these will COVER your leaves like mad and trip over each other to compete for space The ABSOLUTE earliest I'd think I'd see cloudy trichs is about Day 45.....and I'm being lenient unless its a strain KNOWN to finish quick like lowryder.

Funny story....ha ha

When I first started growing I asked my hydro guy how long they had to flower before they were ready. His EXACT words to me were...."you can pick them at six weeks but its better to wait until 8." Now.....here is what I heard "They'll be finished at six weeks"

I harvested my first two grows at five to six weeks. I had looked at trichs....they were cloudy and amber so it sure looked done to me. X-Crispi was the one that finally reined me in and made me wait a full eight weeks because mine were ALWAYS finished so early.....ahead of schedule no less.....quicker than even the breeder was saying. And I just couldn't seem to get over approx 2 oz's a plant and couldn't figure out why.

Well....here's why. You are looking at the early trichs.....sort of like the preflowers. I can promise you that by weeks six you will be seeing an entire NEW field of clear baby trichs starting and you will be floored by how many there are.. Once I waited like I was told I actually DID find out what a finished plant looks like......and it includes some red pistils and some bulk to the bud as well.

Trust me......your plants are just getting started.

Who else amongst you checks trichs at three weeks....raise hands please.

[Opie Yutts]

P.S. Some discoloration / yellowing in spots on some leaves is natural in the flowering stage?

Spots aren't really supposed to happen at any stage, at least as far as I'm aware. The fan leaves yellowing all over the plant is common as the plant is trying to eat it's last bit of nitrogen and other foods. Basically killing itself to give the young every last bit of hope. But no spots on leaves. Got a picture? Perhaps for the problem section and here?

Thanks for the heads up WH. I never saw them develop in stages like that, except for on different parts of the plant. You talked about cutting part off and triches taking over that spot. Have you ever heard of anyone perpetually harvesting that way? I mean always in flower? I read about that a few places a long time ago, but it seems like nobody's heard of it.

[Weedhound]

I've made every mistake in the......:wtf:

I haven't heard anything such as what you mean.....the closest I can think of is something like a SOG setup. Are you talking about the same plant growing over and over? Cut a piece off and it grows back? Not sure I understand......

[Rock.Steady]

my Thais have eaten yellows for weeks.
its gotten so severe that there and basically ZERO leafs left at all.
just about a dozen sticks with nugs on em.

but the trics are still mostly clear.

(edit) btw- they are in week 13 of flower.
prolly another 3 or 4 weeks.:wtf:

*thinks to self: Thai, yeah, sativa, long flowering cycle. ok got it.
*note to self: do not try to grow Thai anymore, freakin idiot:wtf:

CM, its definately too early.
get the scope. its fun,,,,and addictive, youll be bleary-eyed by the time you take a break from looking.
advice- use a lil flashlite to increase the light when scoping

[Shovelhandle]

You're not an idiot at all. You're learning from your own experience, the best way.

Just hope that it finishes so outrageous that it's all worth your while. Keep up ;your good work.

Shov

[Rock.Steady]

thanks Shov, i kinda set myself up for this by trying to clone my first grow,,,,and got "lucky" enuf that it worked. so i kinda forced myself to grow this twice before i knew it would take this long.
i started Betty end of last april, chopped in oct-nov, and the trichs werent ready. now the clones have been around roughly since july i guess? we're talkin 9-10 months lookin at the same 2 grows, thats just insane.:wtf:

i am really lookin forward to the Russians and beyond. at one point i wanted to save the old thai strain, but,,,i highly doubt ill intentionally invest this much time in another grow.

i'll pop up a pic later of the leafless sticks on the clone thread

ok, rant/whine button "OFF"

CM, sorry for the mini-hyjack, keep up the good work.

[cmasfca]

No worries man, I now know to not grow crazy thai sativas unless I have extra space where I could grow something else at the same time

[Weedhound]

Definitely the big flaw in sativas.....alllllll that waiting and they aren't known for terrific yields.

cm...on my Master Kush thread I asked a good friend to post a pic of trichomes for you to check out....so do if you have the chance.

[cmasfca]

I just saved the picture to my computer

Thank you

[cmasfca]

So I got my microscope today!

Now I need a better flashlight haha

I flushed my res and put 15 gallons of RO water at 1200 ppm with a probloom/calmag ratio of 65/35 so that would be 780/420

How do they look? I know I need more light, sorry lol