Need help with harvest ***Pics***

[SergeFT]

I bought a loop as this is my first grow. I am not sure if these buds are ready to harvest. This an auto strain that was started Nov 16. Any ideas? The pics below were takin with my shitty Iphone camera under 30X illumination from my loupe.

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SergeFT Reviewed by SergeFT on 02-18-2011. Need help with harvest ***Pics*** I bought a loop as this is my first grow. I am not sure if these buds are ready to harvest. This an auto strain that was started Nov 16. Any ideas? The pics below were takin with my shitty Iphone camera under 30X illumination from my loupe. ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting Rating: 5

[cturner1984]

if the hairs are around 85% and the trichomes are cloudy with a few ambers then its time to harvest.
due you have a decent 20x plus magnifier or microscope?

[donnachris]

I bought a loop as this is my first grow. I am not sure if these buds are ready to harvest. This an auto strain that was started Nov 16. Any ideas? The pics below were takin with my shitty Iphone camera under 30X illumination from my loupe.

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maybe its me but it looks like there are seeds in your buds, and its probably me. but let me know when you harvest. good luck. i haven't started my first grow, but i'm getting ready. we're trying to decided where to put it and how big to build it. when we decided, i will start a grow log and post pictures.

[Rusty Trichome]

if the hairs are around 85% and the trichomes are cloudy with a few ambers then its time to harvest...

Hairs (pistils) have nothing to do with overall maturity and should not be used as an indicator of time to harvest. Pistils (a tube that catches and carries the pollen to the embryo) get bent, broken, crushed, clogged, but this happens throughout the flowering process.

The trichomes will start-out looking like hairs on the leaves, then they'll form into little stalks with a clear globular head forming. As the plant matures, so do the trichomes. They'll go from clear to cloudy to a rusty or amber color. I try and harvest when cloudy and starting to turn to amber.

[cturner1984]

Hairs (pistils) have nothing to do with overall maturity and should not be used as an indicator of time to harvest. Pistils (a tube that catches and carries the pollen to the embryo) get bent, broken, crushed, clogged, but this happens throughout the flowering process.

The trichomes will start-out looking like hairs on the leaves, then they'll form into little stalks with a clear globular head forming. As the plant matures, so do the trichomes. They'll go from clear to cloudy to a rusty or amber color. I try and harvest when cloudy and starting to turn to amber.

very well put learn something new every day,but for years ive always heard the hair tells a time,must of been false knowledge.