I've read everything available about when to harvest. As I'm sure you know everybody says right when the trichomes start to turn amber or after half or so of them are amber depending upon what kind of high you want. I got a 30x microscope to check my trichomes and have been looking at them daily, but it is kind of tough to tell exactly when to harvest when you're new to this. This is my first grow BTW. I think some of the trichomes along the edge of the leaves look like they may have a little amber to them, but I'm not sure.
I have three white widow plants that are exactly 6 weeks into the 12x12 cycle. It took 10 days from the start of the cycle for the plants to start showing flowers. A lot of the stuff I've been reading says the buds will swell a lot in the last week or two, so I definitely don't want to harvest too early. I have no idea how to tell if they're swelling up either. One of my plants has a pretty fat bud and the other two are skinny. I haven't noticed any sort of swelling over the last week or two.
I took some pictures so you can see some of the buds. The pistils have started to turn red over the last week or so. Probably 20% of the pistils are red on one plant and maybe 50% or so on another one. I need to switch over to water to flush my plant before the harvest date so I need to get some idea of when to harvest. Can anybody look at these and take a guess. Again it's been 6 weeks since I started the 12/12 cycle. I know they say 8 weeks, but I'm second guessing that.
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DaDuck Reviewed by DaDuck on . When to Harvest I've read everything available about when to harvest. As I'm sure you know everybody says right when the trichomes start to turn amber or after half or so of them are amber depending upon what kind of high you want. I got a 30x microscope to check my trichomes and have been looking at them daily, but it is kind of tough to tell exactly when to harvest when you're new to this. This is my first grow BTW. I think some of the trichomes along the edge of the leaves look like they may have a little Rating: 5