1st grow, is she almost ready???
- Thread starter caligreenzzz
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Himself
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I am a noob (2 grows of 5 different strains) but what I am looking for is the white hairs shrinking back into the bud as well as how the trichs look. To see those close up and personal all you need is a 30x jewellers loupe - $5 online.
BUT I did just watch a youtube video of one of the cup judges describing what they look for in judging buds and the winner had clear trichs! So you can't just go by them.
Also if you know the strain it should be easy to find out how long they flower. 8 weeks would be on the short side of an indica. But with those skinny leaves you have a sativa/indica hybrid IMHO.
BUT I did just watch a youtube video of one of the cup judges describing what they look for in judging buds and the winner had clear trichs! So you can't just go by them.
Also if you know the strain it should be easy to find out how long they flower. 8 weeks would be on the short side of an indica. But with those skinny leaves you have a sativa/indica hybrid IMHO.
caligreenzzz
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time to chop???
SKYBOY1969
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Hi Cali, I am not sure I agree with the term "100% ready". You may lose a small amount of yield by harvesting earlier but the high will be more of a "high high" or "head high" than if you harvested later is which the high turns to more of a "couch lock" or "heavy stone". There is no wrong or right, some people go by different indicators as mentioned above. Pick the indicators you feel you want to work with, maybe different indicators for each plant and see what the difference is? Maybe you could share a smoke review to see what worked? Experimentation, trail and error, is all part of the mastery of the strain and experience is the best teacher. At least this way you can harvest now (after flush) and compare to some you harvested a bit later?
Sorry that was not a specific yes or no but Looks great.
Sorry that was not a specific yes or no but Looks great.
kizzzzurt
Active Member
I actually did this on my own, thanks for the suggestion because it was the best option for my scenario. A lot of the lower buds wouldn't even be worth it to cut and hang up but with another week or two under the 400w HPS they should plump up at least to little nug status. Plus it means I have to wait longer to smoke it, lol.
direwolf71
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Check the trichomes, mostly cloudy to mostly amber depending on the type of high you are looking for.
SKYBOY1969
Member
A strain guide should be useful to get the exact characteristics of the plant.
caligreenzzz
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bag seed, so not really sure...gonna take your advice and ride it out another week or so
RawBudzski
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Damn not bad for bagseed man, I got some LA OG going @ week 5 View attachment 1738507 
look familiar
look familiar
Antman
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What's the worst that could happen? You end up with a few amber trichs? You'll be fine bro, don't sweat it. Best of luck the rest of the way!
Antman
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sparky1
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thats nice lookin... im starting week 9 of flower and mine isnt nearly as ripe as your is. they tell me without seeing it that it isnt a pure sativa but i think im looking at 11 - 12 weeks to finish because i want the stoney stone not the thinky high. i tried one of the lower buds... real speedy and tasted like shit... but its a little preview and im really happy with it. good for you cat you should be beaming for your first grow
dannyboy602
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I'd cut a cola now and one in a week and let the rest ripen up a bit. Then measure the smoke from each harvest and see what you like best
