Trichome Shots/Harvest Time?

Good morning all, wondering if this is enough amber/cloudy trichs for harvest. Any insight would be much appreciated!

a decent amount of amber on sugar leaves, read somewhere it's best to look at flowers. Have you snipped bits of flower to see their trics? If they look similar, you're ready if you prefer head over body.

Six9 said:

a decent amount of amber on sugar leaves, read somewhere it's best to look at flowers. Have you snipped bits of flower to see their trics? If they look similar, you're ready if you prefer head over body.

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That is what I was thinking. Would rather not remove buds, the most potent part of the plant, as I only have one.. Just going to chop her tomorrow, three LSD seeds from barneys farm are week old seedlings and I gotta get em under HPS. Thanks for the reply.

You don't need to remove any bud to check them...but before you chop try checking them....where was the leaf from? Top, middle, bottom? And just don't jump the gun with a sugar leaf

wiethe20 said:

You don't need to remove any bud to check them...but before you chop try checking them....where was the leaf from? Top, middle, bottom? And just don't jump the gun with a sugar leaf

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Near the top, but all of her buds except for the very bottom flowers have roughly 50/50 colored pistils.

If I hadn't cut so many leaves off like a moron, it would easily be ready by now... lol

DesertGrow89 said:

If I hadn't cut so many leaves off like a moron, it would easily be ready by now... lol

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It's a big argument some do, some dont....me I do not, I believe its about photosynthesis and they collect energy... I will prune threw some tho but I don't know if that would make it faster tho? I could be wrong but I believe that sugar leafs finish before buds...but there is a decent amber so I'm sure your bud has some.. but imo try and get amber steady hand and check out the cola just to make it just right!

wiethe20 said:

I could be wrong but I believe that sugar leafs finish before buds...

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I agree with that the sugar leafs always seem to go amber quicker i would definitely try to check the bud pull the plant out of the room into some normal lighting if you have to. 50/50 orange hairs sound like it could go longer could you post apuc of the whole plant.

I like them to look like this pistil wise pretty much no white maybe 10%

wiethe20 said:

It's a big argument some do, some dont....me I do not, I believe its about photosynthesis and they collect energy... I will prune threw some tho but I don't know if that would make it faster tho? I could be wrong but I believe that sugar leafs finish before buds...but there is a decent amber so I'm sure your bud has some.. but imo try and get amber steady hand and check out the cola just to make it just right!

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Thanks for the input. Everything I've read from credible sources says to minimize pruning, leaves are definitely important for development. The plant grows them for a reason right? Just going to write it off as a learning experience, it's one plant that is taking forever to mature and suffered from severe stress when I went on vacation and someone somehow watered it incorrectly or didn't water it, plus temps were generally too high because I don't have central ac and didn't want to invest in a standalone yet as we are heading into winter. Going for 112g/plant next grow, 4x LSD. Trying to keep it mostly organic.

zchopper420 said:

I like them to look like this pistil wise pretty much no white maybe 10%

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Thanks, I have a difficult time seeing much red or white in the pic though.

wiethe20 said:

It's a big argument some do, some dont....me I do not, I believe its about photosynthesis and they collect energy... I will prune threw some tho but I don't know if that would make it faster tho? I could be wrong but I believe that sugar leafs finish before buds...but there is a decent amber so I'm sure your bud has some.. but imo try and get amber steady hand and check out the cola just to make it just right!

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I agree i try to only prune leaves if they are covering bud sites.

DesertGrow89 said:

Thanks, I have a difficult time seeing much red or white in the pic though.

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It's because they receded all the way into the calyax that's the idea there really shouldn't be much white at all and the red ones should be maybe a quarter of the starting length once they receded all the way

A better pic

zchopper420 said:

A better picView attachment 3509377

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Got it, that is a gorgeous plant!

DesertGrow89 said:

Got it, that is a gorgeous plant!

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That's man. I would minimize the pruning like you said too my grow now i did a lil bit but only cause its a scrog and there is tons of leaf on leaf action witch can lead to humidity issues besides that i usally only take leafs that are by the soil and get in the way when i water

Here are a few pics of the harvest, 29g in tops and 18g for the rest of the plant, incase anyone is interested lol. Sampled a bud dried for several days and it is the most cerebral effect I've experienced. They are curing in mason jars that will be opened for several hours a day, for a few weeks. This is plenty to last several months of daily smoke with a vaporizer for me. Cheers.

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Nice

Cheers on harvest, it's a beautiful thing having ur own. Buds already in jars, did you remove buds from stems to dry on that rack?

Six9 said:

Cheers on harvest, it's a beautiful thing having ur own. Buds already in jars, did you remove buds from stems to dry on that rack?

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Thanks, yes I did on most of them, but placed some stems next to them in order to test for when they are dry enough to snap. Is it bad to leave them on?