Ready to harvest??

Good looking plant. Doesn't looks ready. Seems like it needs more time in many of the full-plant images. Some of the trichome pics look more mature than the full-plant pic. Do I see ambering? On the full plant final pic, I see all sorts of white pistils. It looks like they have haven't browned up at all in places.

I'm about two weeks behind you this grow. Any updates?

Kinch said:

Good looking plant. Doesn't looks ready. Seems like it needs more time in many of the full-plant images. Some of the trichome pics look more mature than the full-plant pic. Do I see ambering? On the full plant final pic, I see all sorts of white pistils. It looks like they have haven't browned up at all in places.

I'm about two weeks behind you this grow. Any updates?

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hey buddy, still in flowering as I’ve taken the advise to be patient from all the replies. Though I wonder if this strain is one that keeps out shooting pistils even when ready. Here are pics from yesterday. I’m giving it 2 weeks to hopefully see pistils go brown more and retract.. officially the start of week 11 from first onset of flowers today!!!

More trichromes.. this plant has stumped me!

Thinking of reducing light to 10/14. Will this help maturity quicker or is this a myth?

EZstash said:

Though I wonder if this strain is one that keeps out shooting pistils even when ready.

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No it's still not even close to ready. Has at least 3 weeks to go. Those aren't new pistils. I have a feeling you're going to chop it in a week anyways lol.

@twentyeight.threefive Three weeks seems like a long time! Question: In the last trichome close-up EZ offered, I'm seeing some significant ambering (the 7:40pm pic). Wouldn't the heavy ambering indicate an appropriate harvest time window?

Thanks for the info.

Kinch said:

@twentyeight.threefive Three weeks seems like a long time! Question: In the last trichome close-up EZ offered, I'm seeing some significant ambering (the 7:40pm pic). Wouldn't the heavy ambering indicate an appropriate harvest time window?

Thanks for the info.

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No not in the harvest window, the amber trichomes in that picture is most likely due to physical damage. Whether touching, handling, rubbing against another leaf, etc. You can tell they are damaged because they are missing their bulbous heads. Normal trichomes look like lollipops or mushrooms, those just look like stalks.

I don't consider a plant ready until the calyx have swelled completely and the pistils have oranged/browned and retracted towards the buds.

twentyeight.threefive said:

No not in the harvest window, the amber trichomes in that picture is most likely due to physical damage. Whether touching, handling, rubbing against another leaf, etc. You can tell they are damaged because they are missing their bulbous heads. Normal trichomes look like lollipops or mushrooms, those just look like stalks.

I don't consider a plant ready until the calyx have swelled completely and the pistils have oranged/browned and retracted towards the buds.

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@EZstash I agree they haven't even started their swell really. they have at minimum 3 weeks as it stands now.

trying to be patient and the start of week 12. Are we there yet?

Here are the trichromes...

See those tiny white hairs all over? Those are pistils. When you see those still growing all over, that's a sure sign your plant isn't ready to harvest yet. Forget looking at the trichomes at this point. As twentyeight.threefive says, you've got at least three weeks to go. When they start looking more like the photo I attached, then you're close. For the record, most of my plants have gone 12-13 weeks before they were ready to harvest. Post some photos in a few weeks here, and good luck with your grow!