ok ,I am a first time rookie here and my grow is a gorilla style grow in 2x2x3 foot box. not sure how old when I switched time to 12/12 but i would say roughly 4 to 6 weeks. using only cfls I started 12/12 flower cycle 03/23. I saw first hairs on 04/10 . thats 18 days before I saw the first hairs. when I saw that my grow was so far going ok i decided to buy a 150w hps light. I have had the light for about 1 month and it has been about 2 monthes total since i switched lights.. My 1st question is does the flower stage start when you switch the lights or when the first flowers start to show? and by looking at my pics , when to harvest?? I dont have a good microscope to check trics. but its in the mail. can I please get some opinions from some of you experianced farmers. Thanks. the photos are from may 25th. the plants are from bagseed and the 1st pic is a bud shot of my biggest plant and the other 2 pics are from a small plant of the same type. the small plant was stunted because i have no room and it stayed in a small butter cup. these plant showed flowers at same time. please help asap , thanks for looking, Peace

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Wheres the pics at mate?

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Ive always used the day I switched to flowering cycle on my lights as the countdown starter. And it is real hard to tell from that pic if this is ready.
A generic rule of thumb is when half the pistols turn reddish / orange, although this isnt completely scientific, if they at that stage it will be good smoke. Thats a sign that there isnt much new growth now, and the old growth is ripening. But I will say, you have time to wait for your scope, from the pic it seems like you still have more fresh growth than ripening growth, and you may still have a decent ammount of yield to come, although I could be wrong that pic has alot of light in it, hard to see.

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thanks for the info , I just dont want to harvest too late. I added 2 pics from a small stunted plant from the same bag also planted at same time but didnt have room for a bigger pot. Its hard to get a good picture cuz of my space but I was able to take the little plant out to photograph . they flower at the same time as well. hope the new pics help a little more.

harvest after the second blue moon

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Yeah thats a better pic, that dont look ready to me.

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when the hairs change to orange red or brown is it very noticable ?? sorry for the dumb questions , I just dont wanna f -this up. I will try to get better pics. thanks for the reply.

Yes its very noticable.

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So would you say 50% of the hairs on the whole plant. Or would you harvest each branch when 50% of the hairs turn red? What im saying is that the top cola on my plant is about 50% red hairs, but the rest of the buds are mainly white. Can i harvest the top cola first? not meaning to take over your thread sorry, just figured it might be helpful for u too. Thanks

no problem rodi , all is helpful