Trichome question????

ok I know about what to look for with trichomes, amber, cloudy, clear blah blah blah..ok question is..on a indica plant, I go for about 25% amber and rest cloudy and some clear..but looking under the scope..some of the flowers were more amber than others and some had no amber on some of the bud sites..this is on 1 plant by the way..should I wait until the whole plant is amber 25%,,??? and on a supposed 9 week flower, I just started my week 11 today..so its way over due..but its hella frosty..

You don't need to wait for Amber. ... Cloudy trichs are good too. by the time you wait for the lower buds to change the top buds could have turned over-ripe.

2 options - cut it all now ...... or just harvest the buds you want and leave the rest another day or two.

The plant will always be at different stages of trichome development at each area of the plant. Trichomes are constantly converting precursor cannabinoids into THC, and then, when it runs out of precursor cannabinoids, begins converting THC into CBD. Since this reaction is constantly happening, older areas of the plant (lower nodes/branches) will be later in their life, converting THC into CBD, while newer growth near the top of the plant may still have many precursor cannabinoids, and have not even produced much THC yet.

The goal is to observe the plant at multiple areas, and take an average over the entire plant. If about 25% of the overall plant has amber trichomes, and there are less than 5-10% clear trichomes, go ahead and harvest.

WayBaked said:

The plant will always be at different stages of trichome development at each area of the plant. Trichomes are constantly converting precursor cannabinoids into THC, and then, when it runs out of precursor cannabinoids, begins converting THC into CBD. Since this reaction is constantly happening, older areas of the plant (lower nodes/branches) will be later in their life, converting THC into CBD, while newer growth near the top of the plant may still have many precursor cannabinoids, and have not even produced much THC yet.

The goal is to observe the plant at multiple areas, and take an average over the entire plant. If about 25% of the overall plant has amber trichomes, and there are less than 5-10% clear trichomes, go ahead and harvest.

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My plants bud from the top, not the botton. The newer/ less mature growth is appearing furthest away from the light and is taking longer to ripen.

given the choice of top bud or bottom bud from an 8 week bloom .... I'm choosing 'top bud'.

awesome guys,..thanks..im gonna put em in the dark for a few days..don't want the amber trichs to turn the overall flower and taste to shit tho but majority are cloudy with a lot of amber maybe 10-15% and maybe 10-15% are clear..

Moebius said:

My plants bud from the top, not the botton. The newer/ less mature growth is appearing furthest away from the light and is taking longer to ripen.

given the choice of top bud or bottom bud from an 8 week bloom .... I'm choosing 'top bud'.

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Er- yeah. This. Sorry had myself mixed up.

well, looking at them..some of the lower growth looks a lot more frosty..the tops are great and bulky and heavy and dense and all that good stuff..but there are a few middle/lower buds that are super frosty..frostier than the tops..i just put them in the dark and gonna leave them in there for a few days..