Another noob question on harvesting

[blades1311]

first thanks to everyone ive read many threads and its been very helpful. but here comes the noob question. when a plant is flowering and its getting ready to harvest will all the white hairs end up turning brown? and is it comon for plants to take longer than 90 days to flower and if they are how would u speed it up?

blades1311 Reviewed by blades1311 on 12-11-2008. Another noob question on harvesting first thanks to everyone ive read many threads and its been very helpful. but here comes the noob question. when a plant is flowering and its getting ready to harvest will all the white hairs end up turning brown? and is it comon for plants to take longer than 90 days to flower and if they are how would u speed it up? Rating: 5

[Revanche21]

first thanks to everyone ive read many threads and its been very helpful. but here comes the noob question. when a plant is flowering and its getting ready to harvest will all the white hairs end up turning brown? and is it comon for plants to take longer than 90 days to flower and if they are how would u speed it up?

I asked this question recently and I was told they do

and they have

will have pictures soon of my current log's end product needs a few more days to dry

[headshake]

the hair colors should be a genetic trait. do you mean should the trichromes turn amber? then yes. you should harvest when you have ~75-80% amber trichromes.

once again, flower time is plant specific. is it gettting at least 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness?

-shake

[blades1311]

yes its recieving 12 hours of darkness and light. ok when people say trichomes are those the flowers coming out from the sides because those have turned brown bout 3 weeks ago but i also have many white hairs that have not changed at all

[DasPachy]

the hair colors should be a genetic trait. do you mean should the trichromes turn amber? then yes. you should harvest when you have ~75-80% amber trichromes.

-shake

From what I gather, this is dependent of the sort of effect you want. Harvest when trichomes are mostly amber = heavy body stone. Harvest when trichomes are mostly cloudy = heady high.

[Balkey]

Guys, he's confused what trich's are. Lets clarify it for him. The trich's are the "crystals", stickyness, glittery things or what ever you want to call them. 75-80% amber is quite high for alot of people's preference. I'd say a ratio of 60-40% which ever way you want. TRICH'S are the determining factor in harvesting NOT pistols (hairs). Some plants pistols turn brown early, late, right in time, some don't turn at all. If you can't tell how many cloudy/amber trichomes you have from just looking at it then you should get a magnifying glass or pocket microscope.

90 days into flower is not unheard of but, I'd def. check those trichomes. If you have a shit load of amber trichomes, harvest.

[blades1311]

thanks that clarifys everything thanks!!! also one thing that ive noticed is that the buds have been drying for a week and they still smell like grass :eat:

[Rusty Trichome]

Curing your buds will take care of that. :thumbsup:

[blades1311]

ok curing is a no go. it must have gone wrong somewhere else.
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