Trichome Color is a Waste of Time
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Sunbiz1
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I had a thread on it a while back, I'll have to take more pics.
https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/465868-jelly-fish-like-leaves.html
The above photo was taken on 9/14.
ghb
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it was the temps that caused the leaf curl, she likes it warm, either that or the ph was off but i'd bet my bottom dollar low temps of a night time caused that.
did it straighten out once she came indoors?. looks extremely sativa dominant, so keep her gren and enjoy the final product
did it straighten out once she came indoors?. looks extremely sativa dominant, so keep her gren and enjoy the final product
Sunbiz1
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The leaves grew in that fashion regardless. She was started indoors for the first 2 months, then moved outside for the entire months of June/July. Then I brought her in to force flower on 8/1. This plant never experienced one cold night. Even the new bud leaf growth points downward....weird.
JustAnotherHead
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I know this is late. I have the same 60-100x pocket microscope. Pain in the ass cause the focus is too stiff and you have to cut shit off to see the trichs. I think i've tried every pocket microscope on the market from $1 all the way up to $60. Then I found this one for $3. http://www.amazon.com/SE-Mini-Brass-Microscope-Illuminator/dp/B002E0MU70/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319523930&sr=8-1
Focus is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier. DOF is better, light is better... better better better. Buy it, it will be the best $3 you spend on your grow room.
Focus is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier. DOF is better, light is better... better better better. Buy it, it will be the best $3 you spend on your grow room.
JustAnotherHead
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Truth. I keep about these swollen calyx and receding hairs. Nobody ever posts pics of a bud before swollen calyx and after swollen calyx. I always see the same damn pic of the three different trichs. LOL One thing for sure it's hard to see the color, clarity, of the trichome ball heads under my HPS. Seems like am seeing "false" cloudy trichs because of the light.
JustAnotherHead
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Delete, My question was so stupid I want to slap myself.
JustAnotherHead
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MORE COWBELL
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thanks briktop
Loaded for bud
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I have to say that on my current grow i was watching very close with a scope and my Trichromes 3 days ago were long with a perfect ball and they looked like crystal and today just looking at my girls I could tell they were ready ! I grabed my loop and spot check my crop and all trichromes are now milky opaque with the tops closer to the lights AMBER! But I will say I could tell just by looking at the girls. Even though im Flushing I am still letting them have sweetner just incase some of the lower flowers want some over the next week. So to look at what your saying Yeah I get it but they do tell the story. I am a fan of Ed Rosenthal, I started my first grow 29 years ago and only within the the last ten years did I start watching the Tri's.............. I love my snow covered girls, every harvest breaks my heart!!!LOL, So yes you can do just fine without watching but ........Lots of people have come up with the Trichrome technique and it does work,
Peace
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Peace
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rpgdude
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This is what I know. I started with A white Russian on my first grow. Never would amber. Five seeds and multiple clones over the span of a year and not one amber. Another grower said I must be doing something wrong. Said it was probably my temps or that I grow in coco" he is a 64 year old die hard soil man" so I Gave him a clone to show me how its done. He could not get it to amber, Even after a whopping 15 week try all we got was some giant leafy swag bud. Now same plant all clear at 9 weeks, pistils all orange=2 hits stoned. Every single strain I've tried sense has ambered except that one.
Gamberro
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Just like with every other science we've tried to overdevelop, the final answer is, "It just depends."
More and more I wish that repeat propagators of certain strains would post their analysis of preferred pH, harvest time, phenos etc in one central area in a uniform method for their particular strain. I think this would improve the cannabis community, there's way too much people blowing smoke up each other's asses.
More and more I wish that repeat propagators of certain strains would post their analysis of preferred pH, harvest time, phenos etc in one central area in a uniform method for their particular strain. I think this would improve the cannabis community, there's way too much people blowing smoke up each other's asses.
Glenn_Coco
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I know I'm ressucitating an old thread but is it possible that Blue-Red LED lights don't typically make the trichomes change color like HPS and CFLs would?
farmasensist
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I use blurple LED's and have never seen a trich get past cloudy. What I want to know is if they change the color of the buds? Probably a dumb question but my last crop came out super purple but mostly on the top, the buds under the canopy were still purple but not as much, had more green where it got less light.
Glenn_Coco
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I'm really relieved! I have 4 plants under LED 9 weeks from 12-12 and they all have huge bloated buds with swollen calyxed and 3 of them have barely visible retracted pistils, but they all have barely cloudy trichomes. Excuse the light bleaching, they stretched a lot during flowering. So I guess they are ready to harvest?
About purple, well I read that it's the light schedule that can trigger phenotypical characteristics. My two dance world seeds from last grow had purple buds and I used a 10-14 floweing schedule (stupid idea, my yields were pathetic) and on this grow, only one of my dance world plants has purple, and it's a clone from last grow. But DJ short said that using a 11-13 schedule was the best for making purple appear while not harming yields. I'l have to try it next grow.
Oregon Gardener
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Growing new strains is like opening a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.
