Quote Originally Posted by PhatJay
Have you got anything to look at the Trichomes? Plants grown under CFL's generally take longer to finish, taking them at 8 weeks might be a bit early (depending on what kind of hit you want). The pistils turning brown is not a guaranteed indicator that your plants are ready, only the trichs can tell you this.
I do have something to looks at trichomes, at the moment they are mostly milky, clear with a couple ambers here and there. I know its all about the trichomes and not the pistils. Im still expecting to do the full nine weeks not 8 as im on 6.7 so basically 7 then two weeks nd hopefully she'll be done. On my last grow my trichomes were mostly milky with some amber, high was intense at first the faded quickly, so def wana get it right this time ! :stoned:

Quote Originally Posted by PhatJay
Stress ripening does work CharBud and I would recommend it, I already told GT this but he doesn't seem to believe me, which is pretty rude considering he hijacked my unrelated thread to ask about it. Darkness is just part of it though, when it was featured in High Times they also used refridgerated water. Best to Google it, I slightly modified the technique so I could incorporate another technique to aid drying featured in JC's Ultimate Grow dvd. Anyway, it worked for me, no doubt. The way I Stress Ripened is covered in my 1st grow log.
Gt only wants the best for his girl, im sure he didnt mean to be rude ! Ill check your first grow log out for your stress ripening technique and do a little bit of reading on google. If you wana do some reading Jay i would reccomend this for us cfl growers, sheer brilliance ! ***DrBud Takes CFL SOG to the Next Level*** - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums Im going to give it a go on my nest grow, new light and everything ! :rastasmoke::rastasmoke: