What do you think?

[Chronic Chrissy]

Yeah tomorrow I get to chop! Wish I had a scale to weigh it up wet. I need to decide what to chop with. I think because I'm only taking the tops I will snip the bud from the plant with wire cutter to pinch the stalk shut so the plant wastes less energy on repair. After that I'll make a clean cut with a rasor at the tip of the stalk coming from the bud so the moisture can flow through there nicely.

[faithlessxxx]

Looking very nice. IMO, hairs can die weeks before the trichs start to go amber. Those look like another week at least.

I wanted to do a gradual harvest and take the top buds then give the bottoms an extra week.

Thats what I do, I recommend it.

[Chronic Chrissy]

Hold the clippers! Maybe I should see who pops in here tonight.

But to answer you faith the hairsa have been liike this for about a week already and really have gone from 80%-about85-90%.

Keep the imput coming

[faithlessxxx]

I dont think the browning hairs tell you much more than alternating branches tell you about sex; they tell you that the plants is getting sexually mature, but not whether the first pre-flowers will come in a week or 2 weeks.
The browning hairs tell me its soon time to start checking the trichs, but not how ripe they are at all.

Hard to tell from the pics, but they look like 10-20% amber to me.

[kindprincess]

i'd say stick to my old patience quote:

if in doubt, wait a week. if still in doubt, wait a week.

i'd say ten days, give or take... hope that helps

[faithlessxxx]

Yeah, 10 days is my guess too.

[GrowRebel]

Anyway you can get the Radio Shack microscope for future crops? I just got one and it's great. No more guessing.

:noel:

[Chronic Chrissy]

Hard to tell from the pics, but they look like 10-20% amber to me.

Milky right? you ment milky?

[faithlessxxx]

No, I meant the bottom pic looks like some trichs are getting slightly amber, but the pic might be showing colors that aren't really there. I personally like for them to get at least 50% amber.

[growinforthefuture]

see if the trichromes have "burst" or the majority have taken on a mushroom shape.. this is when it is time to harvest. Thats how we do it outdoors, one branch or even portions of a branch at a time.