Quote Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
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.