flowering status

[jtz]

hey,

its my first grow.. learning and experimenting time..

im flowering and i think that the right time is coming soon... but how soon? days? weeks?
i'm afraid to take her down too soon... i underestand that when about 70% "white hairs" have turned dark then its time but... 70% of the whole bush or for single "bud"...

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jtz Reviewed by jtz on 09-20-2013. flowering status hey, its my first grow.. learning and experimenting time.. im flowering and i think that the right time is coming soon... but how soon? days? weeks? i'm afraid to take her down too soon... i underestand that when about 70% "white hairs" have turned dark then its time but... 70% of the whole bush or for single "bud"... 294822294823 Rating: 5

[lipps]

Watch the trichromes too they will turn from clear to amber you don't want milky. The amount of amber is a personal choice as the more amber the mellower the high more clear is more active. Watch the whole plant and smell is a good sign too. You can pick buds just like fruit take the ones that are ready and leave the rest to ripen the problem with that is curing and aging it.

[jtz]

thanks alot...
looked the trichromes today and they seemed clear i think...

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[lipps]

Nice camera.....they do look clear it's the angle of the light source that lets you see it.

[jtz]

used one cheap usb microscope i got from ebay..
wanted to have pictures so i could compare, learn and backtrack plants development

[growdemon]

those, need much much more time, what is your light source. You may want to consider moving your lights closer.
you can check my profile photo albums, for documented dates during different grow phases.
to me those looks like about 1.5-2.5 weeks into flowering.
some strains, turn white hairs orange constantly, so this would be a bad way to determine your harvest.

[jtz]

i think i see milky trichromes.. but but that may be just my paranoia.. :wtf:
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right now im thinking making her a new haircut this weekend..


moved lightning much closer - about 1inch from the top. plant aint grown for weeks now, only buds have grown a little and had some serious fattenging going on.
i use 6x 55W osram dulux L - about 27k lm or something. C.C.C. - Cheap/compact/cool (ultra low heat emission) :thumbsup:
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[growdemon]

hum photo's didn't go thru. on your last post.. no worries.

don't trim anything just bend the big leaf's sideways. or tie them down/tuck them out of the way, twisty ties work good.

If your fan leaf's start to appear like its near the end of its life, or starting to fall of, trim those off

[Aristotle The Green]

its not about the hairs watch the trichromes when they are mostly milky or amber its time, remember thats the way they tell u they are done dont worry about hairs

[jtz]

damn those pics...
retry...

trichromes
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(watch in full size)

lights
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