Quote Originally Posted by ValkyrieAg
Hey KickYo, is that a picture of a ready to harvest bud? Is that what a Tri needs to look like? Mine aren't looking quite that amber yet.

Also, Lip, in another thread you said something to the effect of "If you harvest when the trics are still fairly clear, you wasted a good plant".

Naturally I don't want to waste a plant. A book I have told me that a week 7 harvest will have a more cerebral high than a week 8.5 harvest with a stoney high. I don't need to harvest all plants at the same time....but I don't want to pick too early.

What do you think?

Well, i'll tell ya what.

Try a scattered harvest. Then you'll be able to choose what kind of high you like the most.

50% Cloudy 50% Clear will give you a very sativa like "up" high.

80% Cloudy 20% Amber will give you a sativa high with a bit of indica feeling to it. [Like a cross]

Basically you dont want to harvest before you've got at least 50% cloudy, because the clear trichomes arnt mature. As they start to go cloudy, that's the time to start harvesting.

As for the magnification. A cheap one will survice, as long as it's 30x mag you should be ok. You can get them pretty cheap too.