TRICHOMES QUESTION , SOMEONE??

[fivefingerlid]

SPOT WELD ME .... lol , Got a couple cola's now that are pretty sticky but not to the welding degree. I can think of a a thing or two I have jambed my face into and felt like I should have been or would like to have been welded to it but never a cola, wouldn't mind that experience a bit though . thanks for the sativa / indica info kinda old school myself

[fivefingerlid]

Somehow I can't help thinking that the trichomes can be a good tool for determining important stages and development of the plants flowering stage. Don't really know what it is I am searching out but there must be a significance. I have one plant just dripping with trichomes another two of a different strain forming trichs rapidly and three others with the largest of buds with barely any trichomes at all. All started at the same time, same lighting (2-1000watt hps)all veg'd for 5 weeks under 400 watt MH. Three part GH nutes. I know different strains different length flowering stage but why are some almost completely without trichomes while others are covered with them? Even with a 2 or 3 week difference in strains it seems they should all have a good development of trichomes it would seem, by now?

Can you flush just using ph corrected water or is a flushing solution necessary to flush before harvest?

Don't mean to be repetative people but something tells me theres something there I need to learn and understand better. If I'm beating a dead horse just shoot me lol thanks

Peace

[HARDDON]

Well there are some simple rules to understand.

A trich by itself is useless. It must be filled with THC to be any good.

If there are no trichs, odds are, there isnt much THC.

I think flushing is a matter of what is it you are trying to flush? Some pro's advise no nuting for the last 3 weeks, so the plant will use all the nutes left in the soil...and all the nutes left in the leaves.

I didnt flush and couldnt be happier with the taste, the smoothness and blend of the herb.

I dont nute for the last 3 weeks so I didnt have much to flush I guess. Many people swear by flushing as they say it helps produce more THC.

Its your call.

[Zandor]

This may help

First you will see small drops all different sizes and shapes. Then next you will see the little odd shaped round parts rising up. After that it starts to look like an odd shaped ball on a stick sometime bending or falling over. The "T" part will stretch and the odd shaped ball will start to get rounder and larger. The "T" part will straighten out and bet stronger. When you are close to harvest you will see round balls sitting on a "T" it will look round and full then turn cloudy. Amber is after cloudy and you harvest on the average of about 10-20 percent of what you see when you look through the microscope is amber and 70-80 percent is cloudy. There will still be some clear so you harvest on the average. Check in many places all around the plant and give it your best guess is all you can do.

[fivefingerlid]

about how many days/weeks before harvest are you when you first see the t-part of the trichome start lifting the clear ball?? (approxiamately) AND DO THE TRICHOMES START FORMING how long before harvest or how far into flowering stage on an average?? iS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT YOUR PLANT AND SEE VERY FEW TRICHOMES AND THEREFORE KNOW YOU ARE STILL QUITE A WAYS FROM HARVEST ?

[Marc Benson]

"iS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT YOUR PLANT AND SEE VERY FEW TRICHOMES AND THEREFORE KNOW YOU ARE STILL QUITE A WAYS FROM HARVEST ?"

If trichs are what gives cannabis the ability to cause your brain to go numb and there aren't very many that you can see, we could assume you're quite a ways from optimum harvest.

[HARDDON]

"iS IT POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT YOUR PLANT AND SEE VERY FEW TRICHOMES AND THEREFORE KNOW YOU ARE STILL QUITE A WAYS FROM HARVEST ?"

If trichs are what gives cannabis the ability to cause your brain to go numb and there aren't very many that you can see, we could assume you're quite a ways from optimum harvest.

You can also be in possession of IMPOTENT POT.

Get it...?

IM-POT-ENT....... lol......damn i am ammusing myself today.

decided to work from home.

[AngryJohnny]

look for trichs on the fan leaves or on the hairs?

[Zandor]

look for trichs on the fan leaves or on the hairs?

More so on the smaller leaves around the flowers and on the hairs then the fan leaves.

The amount of time it takes for trichs to form can and will vary from strain to strain.

[HARDDON]

Its a rare strain where you will find the trichs covering th fan leaves. Like Zandor says, its on the samller one fingered leaves that sprout between flower pods and the ods themselves and the hairs.

Those hairs are hard to see so just look at the trichs on the flower pods and single fingered leaves.