Will 150w HPS outperform 372w of T5HO?

[catbuds]

Must.....resist....harvesting....:jointsmile:[/QUOTE]

Thank god the borg's not here.... resistance is NOT futile! LOL! NAH, the dark didn't hurt them. Some say it speeds ripening. But they're pretty tough gurls. Only boys are afraid of the dark!

30 min exam...?... 'Jack', are you playing dirty doctor with the gurls?...... Hummm?

[OMB]

It's true...I look up their skirts every chance I get! Lol...Just looked again, mostly cloudy and some amber's too.

[OMB]

I looked at some images using your search parameter's Catbuds, good to see some hi res macro shots of the various stages, thank you. Now I just want more magnification....Looks like a run to the store for 60x tomorrow.
After looking at the pics, I am right there.

[tlranger]

You guys using your scopes can answer me this. Being an old school mainliner(I try for one nice bud per plant), is the end of that bud really the ripest part of the plant. With the bottom not as far along. I'm always picky during harvest. And my main ranger use to always wanted to take the end of off the nicest died bud. I start at the bottom and work my way up, on a dried bud that is.

feel...smell...breast

it could just be pheromones!!

[tlranger]

Must.....resist....harvesting....:jointsmile:

Thank god the borg's not here.... resistance [/QUOTE]

This surprised me. Grandson is spending weekend here, some don't want me alone. He is coming up to watch sci fi movies with granddad. Guess I better get some food!!

[Shovelhandle]

You guys using your scopes can answer me this. Being an old school mainliner(I try for one nice bud per plant), is the end of that bud really the ripest part of the plant. With the bottom not as far along. I'm always picky during harvest. And my main ranger use to always wanted to take the end of off the nicest died bud. I start at the bottom and work my way up, on a dried bud that is.

it could just be pheromones!!

The way a plant finishes is different for different strains. Some from top to bottom, but others go bottom to top. My present haze plants seem to be going from bottom to top. The bottom buds have slowed or stopped developing pistils and the pistils are drying up but the tops are still rushing out pistils and appear to be no where near harvest. Under a scope the trichomes are all clear with some colored (red/amber) but not translucent.

[catbuds]

Ranger, I start a the bottom too & let the dummy be all excited thinking he got the best of the rest! Look at it this way, when a sativa bud runs, like say from a light leak or something, where does that running new growth come from? The tip top part of the bud, right? Where does the hairs start browning first? Last? I like that couch-lock knock me out kind of high, & the bottom part, being older, is riper. By the time the top trichomes are just starting to turn slightly amber, sometimes the bottom is becoming over ripe.
-- Pheromomes! HA! HA! Good one Ranger! LMAO!

-- OMB, my little handheld microscope is 60x - 100x magnification. $12.99. + tax @ Radio Shack. Its a great little tool. Need a steady hand though & you'll still want to keep your loop. Dutch Pimp posted that for us a while back. He posted a link to 'drying & curing your buds' too & I used to send noobes to it when they harvested their first grow. Its on here somewhere. You'll have to find it & book mark it. Its the best tutorial you'll find on the subject, & you'll be needing it soon!

[crystaliscious]

Ranger, I start a the bottom too & let the dummy be all excited thinking he got the best of the rest! Look at it this way, when a sativa bud runs, like say from a light leak or something, where does that running new growth come from? The tip top part of the bud, right? Where does the hairs start browning first? Last? I like that couch-lock knock me out kind of high, & the bottom part, being older, is riper. By the time the top trichomes are just starting to turn slightly amber, sometimes the bottom is becoming over ripe.
-- Pheromomes! HA! HA! Good one Ranger! LMAO!


-- OMB, my little handheld microscope is 60x - 100x magnification. $12.99. + tax @ Radio Shack. Its a great little tool. Need a steady hand though & you'll still want to keep your loop. Dutch Pimp posted that for us a while back. He posted a link to 'drying & curing your buds' too & I used to send noobes to it when they harvested their first grow. Its on here somewhere. You'll have to find it & book mark it. Its the best tutorial you'll find on the subject, & you'll be needing it soon!

The best microscope I have ever used is made for diamonds ( yes I do know how to look at those too and determine 'ripeness')….it sells on amazon for under 5 dollars- it is an LED lit 100X….I have several, one for almost every little pocket and purse and GR…..good thing I also have a shitload of rocks around too - my scopes and scales are claimed by them…hehe

[Chromophore]

My AfgooeyXLemon Skunk plants are definitely ripening top down, even though I clearly have several phenotypes. A lot of nuggety stuff in the lower canopy is just now getting going. Catbuds is sure correct when she says to get out from under the HPS to judge trichomes. When I was checking with my hand loupe under the lights, the trichomes seemed much more advanced (cloudies and ambers). Once I started bringing cut leaves and popping them under the scope (which also has a white LED) everything was different. Mostly clear with some cloudies. I'm almost 50/50 right now with no ambers.

[catbuds]

The way a plant finishes is different for different strains. Some from top to bottom, but others go bottom to top. My present haze plants seem to be going from bottom to top. The bottom buds have slowed or stopped developing pistils and the pistils are drying up but the tops are still rushing out pistils and appear to be no where near harvest. Under a scope the trichomes are all clear with some colored (red/amber) but not translucent.

Yeah, that's true too. 'From the bottom up' was Big Berthas way, & after having her for 20+ yrs, I guess her habits became mine. I have had nugget type buds (bag seed) that were round & compact that ripened evenly all over. If I remember right, my skunks & northernlighs ripened from bottom up. I was given some seeds by a distant cousin. The hairs on those buds browned evenly, but the trichs ripened from the top down. I remember that well, because it was prone to hermies & I kept a close watch on her with a scope. It was worth it because it was the best high with the best taste I'd ever had. I need to keep more variety in my grow. Kinda have a tendency to get stuck in a rut.