ROFLMAO,.. When to harvest??

[Vancefish]

Hello all,

So, if you read grow logs you may have seen mine.

http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...al-grow-5.html

I started these seed plants about Dec 20th-ish. I vegged them quite a while. I LST'd one plant, left one natural and topped one(which later hermi'd).

Issue is, I'm at 77 days of flower. On what I thought was an approximately 50/50 Sativa/Indica cross (bag seed, this guess was based on leaf structure). Thus I thought these would finish at or around 10 weeks. Being at 11 weeks now I'm still not seeing amber. I can find the occasional amber trich, but it's usually (not always) broken. I have at least 85% cloudy or milky
(not sure the difference). Plus I still see small bursts of growth (as you can see in pic 5).

I'm under a brand new magnalume 1000w HPS (looks by the graph to be as good or better then a Hortilux) that came with the light set up.

I'm quite aware that judging by pics isn't easy and I may get ten differing answers. I'm just itchy (as my friend says) to see this finish.

Any reply is appreciated.:thumbsup:

Pics 1-3 are the LST. It shows no new growth in many days.

Pics 4,5 are the natural. As you can see there IS new growth from this morning.

Edit,.. Yes there are a few dog hairs in my grow. :S2:

Vancefish Reviewed by Vancefish on 05-09-2010. ROFLMAO,.. When to harvest?? Hello all, So, if you read grow logs you may have seen mine. http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/179056-kinda-wild-trial-grow-5.html I started these seed plants about Dec 20th-ish. I vegged them quite a while. I LST'd one plant, left one natural and topped one(which later hermi'd). Issue is, I'm at 77 days of flower. On what I thought was an approximately 50/50 Sativa/Indica cross (bag seed, this guess was based on leaf structure). Thus I thought these would finish at or around Rating: 5

[oldhaole]

They look ready to me. That's what you wanted to hear, right? Sharpen up those cutters and get to work. :thumbsup:

[Vancefish]

Being a high Sativa. I'm aiming for about 15% amber, to give a bit more body/couch effect.

Issue is I just don't see the amber shift at all yet. I bought the radio shack 60-100X microscope a few weeks ago. But have yet to see many amber at all!

I guess the question is more,.. How long should it take to amber?

[Vancefish]

Well I decided to try a sample from each plant. So, while trimming them up to dry in the oven I checked trichomes. The LST has a good number of them today. The Natural has a few as well but not quite as many.

Thus I guess it is time. I'm waiting on the samples to dry out, and a friend to show up and assist in trimming.

May very well get cut today.

[michaelpeg]

they look good to me I would harvest. how much do you think you will yield off of that lst'd beast you got there?

[moody420]

Depending on strain the amber color on the trichs will vary. They look more than ready to me! I'd cut em, dry em and start smoking! :jointsmile:

[busybee]

Depending on strain the amber color on the trichs will vary. They look more than ready to me! I'd cut em, dry em and start smoking! :jointsmile:

:thumbsup:i agree,by the way vance,i think your lst'd plant looks like a puppet
:jointsmile:

[Vancefish]

I cut it yesterday, and the top half of the natural today. Here's a slightly blurry pic of the cut and hung LST, with the pot and stump to the right.

[Rusty Trichome]

Hello all,

Hi.

Issue is, I'm at 77 days of flower. On what I thought was an approximately 50/50 Sativa/Indica cross (bag seed, this guess was based on leaf structure). Thus I thought these would finish at or around 10 weeks. Being at 11 weeks now I'm still not seeing amber. I can find the occasional amber trich, but it's usually (not always) broken. Plus I still see small bursts of growth (as you can see in pic 5).

(from your growlog:

...We mixed a couple organic composts, bat guano soil, and worm castings, some of my local greenhouse potting mix and some extra perlite to make a nice soil. ...
Weeding4u also brought me some type of fish emulsion stuff. I was thinking since these are SO wet and this soil so rich, we'll wait until the next or following watering to add this.

Just as a casual observation...the larger the organic particles, the longer it can take to completely break-down into it's nutrient components. When working with liquid organic nutrients, the particles are already small enough for quick breakdown and uptake, and can dissipate before plant is thrown into flowering. Might be that you are over-organifying. (not sure that's a word, but, oh well) With those organic soil ammendments and the fish emulsion, possibly the plant is fighting between uptake of residual 'growth' nutrients, and a 12/12 lighting schedule.

Or, perhaps the plant's genes contains more sativa flowering habits than indica flowering habits...and will simply take longer. Once you get to know your strain, it's easier to determine if this is normal.

I have at least 85% cloudy or milky (not sure the difference).

Big difference. I see it as: clear trichs means a clear head. (tiz worth waiting for milky) More milky is more mature, and provides a heavier stone and sweeter flavor. If you are growing for flavor and effect, mostly milky is fine. If trying to impress someone else, you can risk the over-ripe stress and go for some rusty trichomes. (over-ripening is one of the ways to force nanners for femming seeds) You feeling lucky...? Some feel a higher percentage of rusty trichomes is worth the wait, but some feel it's not a big enough difference in medicinal value by risking nanners and screwed-up schedules. (creating a back-up in the veg closet while waiting...and waiting...and waiting...)

But your plants are looking good. I'd smoke 'em. :thumbsup: