Amber Trichomes - Do They Exist?

Obviously growing sativas will provide a more UP high, and that is the best way to acheive that!

So to clarify; amber means the THC is breaking down into other cannabinoids, cloudy means it's full of THC goodness. The reason people wait till they see amber is to make sure they get all of the different types of cannabinoids available. Does that sound about right?

I don't believe that the THC turns into the other chemicals, but rather the plants develops them. But amber is a sign that the trichomes a starting to break down. The plants reach their peak THC when all the trichomes are milky. In my experience, this didn't happen until about 10% had also started to turn amber! The longer you let them go the higher levels of other cannabinoids, the plant produces, which then adds to the couch lock effect!

***But amber is a sign that the trichomes a starting to break down.***

Perhaps mature would be a better term for me to use then break down at this point in the harvest window.

Thundercat said:

I don't believe that the THC turns into the other chemicals, but rather the plants develops them.

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THC breaks down into CBN when it oxidizes.

Cannabinol (CBN) is the primary product of THC degradation, and there is usually little of it in a fresh plant. CBN content increases as THC degrades in storage, and with exposure to light and air. It is only mildly psychoactive.
- Wikipedia

I wasn't really asking the question; I was just trying to convey information and not sound like a smarty pants.

I wasn't trying to sound like a "smarty pants, thats y I added, "the believe" thank you for the correction on the exact chemical change. I never claimed to be an expert I just read alot, and obviously miss understood that.

Thundercat said:

I wasn't trying to sound like a "smarty pants, thats y I added, "the believe" thank you for the correction on the exact chemical change. I never claimed to be an expert I just read alot, and obviously miss understood that.

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Wasn't saying you were, was saying I was trying not to...

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm starting to see more amber trichs on one of the plants. I'm a couple days into week 12 now. Damn! what a long flowering period. The last plant I chopped down and jarred finally got rid of the hay smell and although doesn't smell like the supa-dank, it is pretty good. Gave some out to a couple friends and all of them say I'm real close to getting it right.

I read an article by Fdd2blk, actually it was the harvest tutorial. He states that the knows when the buds "look ready". I finally understand what he's talking about now. He says that the smaller leaves curl up from the ends and the sides, which the one plant that has amber trichs is doing. This plant is also getting a little darker tint on the leaves, which is a result of the trichs being amber too. He also stated this in the tutorial.

This site has been awesome to me. Just wanna say thanks to everyone.

Its all kool kludge!

So tired, I was wondering when I read thread earlier, have you flushed/or are you, flushing these plants?

tiredofbuyingit said:

I read an article by Fdd2blk, actually it was the harvest tutorial. He states that the knows when the buds "look ready". I finally understand what he's talking about now. He says that the smaller leaves curl up from the ends and the sides, which the one plant that has amber trichs is doing. This plant is also getting a little darker tint on the leaves, which is a result of the trichs being amber too. He also stated this in the tutorial.

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Yeah, I saw that in the latest plant I just harvested. Freaked me out at first because I've never had the patience to wait till the plants were actually ready but now that I have I can see what he's talking about. My leaves are actually turning a little purple on the drying buds and that looks totally bad ass.

Just harvested the one plant that miraculously pollunated itself. I still haven't found the male flower on any of the plants. This one was about 5 oz's wet weight. I started flushing these about week 7 thinking that they would be done in 8 weeks. Almost all the large fan leaves have turned yellow and fallen off. They are in need of nutes, but too late now. I've attached some pics of the main cola I just chopped and a couple of the plants in my grow room.

tiredofbuyingit said:

Just harvested the one plant that miraculously pollunated itself. I still haven't found the male flower on any of the plants.

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If you've ever had a male plant around it can happen. I left one outside my house for too long and I managed to bring in some pollen from it before I could get it moved.

tiredofbuyingit said:

Just harvested the one plant that miraculously pollunated itself. I still haven't found the male flower on any of the plants. This one was about 5 oz's wet weight. I started flushing these about week 7 thinking that they would be done in 8 weeks. Almost all the large fan leaves have turned yellow and fallen off. They are in need of nutes, but too late now. I've attached some pics of the main cola I just chopped and a couple of the plants in my grow room.

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Stressful conditions will cause the plant to produce hermie seeds. I had that happen to one of my giants right now, it's really too bad surprised your plant still managed to bush out so much.

about 70% for indica & 30% for sativa.. any grower knows that

I got white hairs but the lil shroom things aren't turning color is that normal or should I harvest since the hairs on my plant r curling to the nuggs and turning browner on some top colas any help would b usfull

Do u have pics? I wouldn't think about harvesting yet ESP unless u got 90%orange hairs at least. How are ur trichs?

reyesplants said:

I got white hairs but the lil shroom things aren't turning color is that normal or should I harvest since the hairs on my plant r curling to the nuggs and turning browner on some top colas any help would b usfull

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tiredofbuyingit said:

Hi Everybody,

This is my first grow. It's an indica strain my friends brother has been growing from clones since the 80's, and they decided to breed it with another strain of indica. After the 3rd breeeding I got seeds and am now almost 10 weeks into flowering under a 600watt hps. One of the plants I harvested after about 8 weeks because it wasn't using water anymore. The smoke was OK, but the trichs were pretty clear, so more of a head buzz than anything. The original strain was always complete at 8 weeks. I now have almost all milky trichs, but none have turned amber. Some of them have lost the heads too. I've been checking daily under a 80x microscope.

Has anyone gone longer than 10 weeks flowering an indica?

If the trichs are all milky will this give me more of the couch lock buzz, or do I need to wait until I see amber first?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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I go longer flowering indica sometimes 11-12 weeks not unusual especially if its hybrid saliva. I like field of golden mushrooms on my indica hybrid.

amber is maturing and disintegration of THC..it's also the fire..some will tell u cloudy..but if you are growing indica for the narcotic feel, you want what I described above..

All my friends in their 20s like this that have tried mine and request more.IMO

FOR NEW GROWERS ONLY
when you think it's ready give it another week..

mbpdavies said:

That seems quite strange, was the photoperiod interupted late on in flowering? If the timer had gone bad for a day this would have stalled the flowering and may be the reason why the buds are no longer maturing. If not then I have no idea why it's taking so long. Indicas are usually a bit less than sativa dominant strains, around 8 weeks maximum.

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Not so. I've just harvested some indica's that went 10 weeks in flowering, with bearly any amber.

Amber seems to take a long time to come.

Yeah, both hairs and trichomes are just educated guesses based on common strain characteristics, they definitely don't apply universally. I had this one phenotype of I think AK-47 that I tried to get to go amber and it just would not budge, I think it was like fourteen weeks that I finally gave up and chopped it.

Also I rather doubt that the timer malfunctioning for a day would make that much of a difference, I had to go mobile with one crop and they had a lot of light stress and still did alright.

what kinda question is that of course all plants will go amber, i have a landrace right now at 20 weeks thats just turning