Quote Originally Posted by rottenfork
grown on window ledge from june to july small and sickly looking so we put her in a greenhouse until late august where she flourished into a healthy 5 foot plant it was at this time that i decided to purchase a light 400w hps and bring her inside within days flouring began started feeding monsta bud at this stage too . got some bad advice was told to cut all the big leaves off to get more light at the buds progress slowed for a week or so but she recovered and the buds thickened in the last week stems have started to burst from the top buds and new tips are growing what does this mean? some buds will be ready for harvest in a few weeks but the new ones wont? will the growth in the old ones slow down and all be ready together? this is my first grow it only started as a laugh but weve been through it all now and i would like to finish it off right any advice would be appreciated:thumbsup:
ello m8 very nice first grow.. :thumbsup: ... i would say get a 30x micro scope from the famous radioshack.. or any good electrical store.. then you can look at the trichomes to determine when to harvest.. basicly the trichomes start clear then go cloudy then amber.. harvesting with mostly coludy trichomes will give you a heady energy rush kind of high .. harvesting with say 80%cloudy and 20% amber will give you a very nice body heavy stone.. but you dont want to harvest with to much amber as this means the thc is degrading .. but if you like your stone heavy dont be affraid to let like 40% go amber..so the more amber the more chock lock body stone the more cloudy for a more heady stone.. allso the trichomes are at there peak when they are amber.. n u dont want any clear trichomes when you harvest unless you want a very light short lasting buzz.. allso just so you know in case you dont.. the trichomes are the sugar crystal looking things on the buds... happy growing happy harvest and good luck with it all :thumbsup: