are these trichomes clear or milky?

truthinhiding · Mar 21, 2012

nearing the end of my first grow, and I/m still sort of confused on the look of a milky trichome. can someone tell me the status of these bad boys?

MrDank007 · Mar 21, 2012

You need to zoom a bit and really look at the heads, but they look mostly clear from here. I see no amber, so your definitely not long on the grow. What week of flower/what strain?

truthinhiding · Mar 21, 2012

its just a bagseed that i found, cant really remember what strain it was. figured why waste the good seeds until i knew i could pull it off. im in my fifth week of flowering.

racerboy71 · Mar 21, 2012

MrDank007 said:
You need to zoom a bit and really look at the heads, but they look mostly clear from here. I see no amber, so your definitely not long on the grow. What week of flower/what strain?

i agree with this... not only that but checking the color of the trics is but one thing to check out to see if your plants are ready for the chop imo..
have the pistils all receded, are the calyxes swollen as fat as they're going to get, do the buds have an amber hue to them?? do the plants simply scream finished yet?? if all of those can not be checked, let them go longer imo..

racerboy71 · Mar 21, 2012

shee it, 5 weeks of flower, you've probably still got a good 3 or more weeks of flower left easily.. even strains that say they should be done in 8 weeks i've yet to see one that was done in the 8 weeks time the breeder says it takes to flower...

lovemug · Mar 21, 2012

Take some pics of your buds and it will be much easier to judge how long they have left. I used to go by trichomes but after a couple years i started going more by swollen calaxes and receded pistils.

MrDank007 · Mar 21, 2012

At 5 weeks, it's not worth worrying about. Even a fast finishing indica is going to go 7-8weeks, and yours will most like exceed that. Start checking around then.

truthinhiding · Mar 21, 2012

i figured it was early, just figured id check. here is a picture of the part of the branch i was looking at.

racerboy71 · Mar 21, 2012

truthinhiding said:
i figured it was early, just figured id check. here is a picture of the part of the branch i was looking at. View attachment 2081196

yah, it looks good, but it's still super early yet.. keep up the good work though m8..

truthinhiding · Mar 21, 2012

so if i am to understand correctly, at the peak those long hairs will recede into the bud? when it is said hey recede, how far are we talking?

and racerboy, thanks, i cant wait to start on these hindu seeds just sitting here.

lovemug · Mar 21, 2012

Its not really a set amount. Look at your calexes. They will swell like crazy and your pistils will turn colors. Its kind of one of those things that you will know when you see it. Your flowers will look ripe. I took a bunch of pictures of my last grow of the transformation over the last 21 days of flowering and the change that goes on but i got to paranoid to post them.

truthinhiding · Mar 21, 2012

can someone point me in the direction of a picture of said swollen calyxes. im interested to know what they will look like. i appreciate all the help/answers

kbo ca · Mar 21, 2012

they are still clear, early to early peak. You can tell because the heads of the resin glands haven't fully rounded. Once they (the resin heads) become more bulbous, they will begin to change in color, milky, then yellow, then amber in color.

dannyboy602 · Mar 21, 2012

Harvest a bud. Dry/cure it. Slow. The smoke it. It's like tasting the soup as you're making it.

lovemug · Mar 21, 2012

https://www.rollitup.org/harvesting-curing/28072-harvest-time-tutorial.html

lovemug · Mar 21, 2012

You cant really make out the calyxes in that but you get a good overall idea of what finished buds will look like. I take mine down a little sooner than he does but youll learn how you like them over time.