Time to harvest? PICS!

[killfrenzi]

Ya, 30% Amber to 70% Milky will achieve a good head high without being couch-locked. I'm glad to hear you are dedicated and willing to spend the $12 on the scope.. LOL. Not to steal your spotlight, but here are a few pics of my ladies on day 3 of final flush

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[Minnesnowta]

Daozen - I just saw you asked kinda an important question that may have been overlooked but its definitely a good thing to know... You had asked if the pistils correlate with the trichs. I am guessing you mean.. Do the trichomes change to amber while the pistils are changing to orange/brown at the same rate, or does it happen at different, unrelated times? The answer to that is not a real clear answer, I'm sorry to say but I'll do my best for you here and if anyone else has anything to add that would be great. So the timing of the maturity phase is very strain dependant, and typically indicas will ripen much faster than sativas. So with indicas its much more common to have a direct correlation between the pistil color and trichome color, and also being that they ripen up so much faster, you need to pay attention to the trichomes at the right time, or you may accidently leave it for a little bit too long and risk having a slightly less than perfect harvest. With some strains the pistils can nearly all be orange/brown while trichomes are still mostly clear/milky, and could remain that way for quite a while, slowly turning to amber. With strains like that its more common in my experience that the trichomes change colors at roughly the same time throughout the whole plant, or at least in sections on the plant based on how much light the different areas/branches get, and some other factors I'm sure. On the other side I've noticed plants that mature faster have less consistency in the color change of trichomes. It appears as though as the oldest calyxes in the bud change to having orange pistils, the trichomes on that calyx will quickly begin to turn from clear - milky to amber while the younger calyxes are still growing and preparing to achieve maturity. So when this happens its good to pay close, regular attention to the trichomes by using your scope to sample a variety of different sections of your plant, figuring out the ratio of amber trichs to milky/clear trichs, and then harvest when you've hit the proper ratio that you want. Which in your case it sounds like you're shooting for 30% amber and 70% milky and I think that'll be just fine.

Sorry for the long explanation but its sort of a difficult thing to explain. Most important thing is just to know that each strain is very different, so when growing new strains in the future you'll need to watch them closely again around harvest time, and not just go with the expected harvest timing from your previously grown cannabis strains. Also important to know is that indicas and sativas are what they are, so harvesting an indica earlier to achieve a more "heady" effect isn't going to completely counter the fact that its still an indica and is meant to give you a different feeling or effect, and the same goes for sativas. So if you grow an indica and harvest it early expecting to feel all upbeat, energetic, and motivated, you may be somewhat disappointed to find you can't reverse the effects of genetics.

Hopefully that helps you out a little bit. I'm pretty sure that very recently someone posted some much more scientific threads about cannabis flowering/maturity/harvesting and all that stuff. Its broken down into a few different threads based on subject matter, all posted by the same person within a period of about 2 days. And they were posted less than a week ago so you shouldn't have any problem finding them if you want.

Keep at it, stay motivated, stay patient, and stay golden pony boy!

[Minnesnowta]

I've also got one more question about the pictures you posted. I'm guessing all the close up pics of the bud are all from the same plant? That being the case... is the picture that is the 3rd one up from the bottom also the same plant as the one featured in the first picture?

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/IMG_2630.jpg

I believe that link is the one I am asking about.

[richardskinner]

I was being polite, which is unheard of for this site I guess. Everyone is a Tommy Top'er! I guess I need to be more specific with the things I agree with. "And unless you have a 60x handheld microscope". If the Pistils aren't even changing colors then whats the use of checking trich's.

[richardskinner]

I apologize Kill! I hadn't had my meds for the day. I was outta line. 3 rips of some God's Gift put me back in balance!!! Whoosah. peace out

[killfrenzi]

I apologize Kill! I hadn't had my meds for the day. I was outta line. 3 rips of some God's Gift put me back in balance!!! Whoosah. peace out

LOL..!!! its koo Richard , Im the same way when I aint had my meds. :smokin:

Dipset,:hippy:

[Minnesnowta]

You savage beasts!

[daozen]

Also important to know is that indicas and sativas are what they are, so harvesting an indica earlier to achieve a more "heady" effect isn't going to completely counter the fact that its still an indica and is meant to give you a different feeling or effect, and the same goes for sativas. So if you grow an indica and harvest it early expecting to feel all upbeat, energetic, and motivated, you may be somewhat disappointed to find you can't reverse the effects of genetics.

Hopefully that helps you out a little bit. I'm pretty sure that very recently someone posted some much more scientific threads about cannabis flowering/maturity/harvesting and all that stuff. Its broken down into a few different threads based on subject matter, all posted by the same person within a period of about 2 days. And they were posted less than a week ago so you shouldn't have any problem finding them if you want.

Keep at it, stay motivated, stay patient, and stay golden pony boy!

Thanks so much for the lengthy, supportive and very informative post. That's a very good point there. I would say my priority at harvest is to try to harvest at peak thc. I think it's best to honor whatever the plant's effects are at their maximum potential. Being my first time, I might miss peak harvest for whatever reason, so I'm just thinking to err on the side of being early as I'm more fond of heady effects than the bodily ones.

[daozen]

I've also got one more question about the pictures you posted. I'm guessing all the close up pics of the bud are all from the same plant? That being the case... is the picture that is the 3rd one up from the bottom also the same plant as the one featured in the first picture?

http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/IMG_2630.jpg

I believe that link is the one I am asking about.

No, that is another plant entirely, I will now post a few pics where one can see the budding one in it's entirity next to an ipod for size comparison.

[daozen]

Nooooo! Wait until 40-60% of the white hair thingys (I am at a loss when it comes to the technical term) have turned amber or reddish-brown. I'd say 3 and a half more weeks? And unless you have a 60x handheld microscope that shows the trichs as being milky, I would say that your guess might be flawed. It looks sativa...and I don't think 4 weeks is enough. It usually takes 7-10 weeks in flowering. A bit shorter if it's indica.


Kony 2012

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