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AlphaPhase

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nice, that's awesome when the name fits the actual smell test. It's been a while since I've had anything that wasnt orangy or kushy in smell. I think strawberry cough was the last nice fruit smelling strain i had, i miss it, kinda want to pheno hunt it at some point and find the fresh strawberry pheno
 

HydroGp

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Strawberry banana.. Yummi yum yum!
Been a rough day. Stepdad passed away this morning. RIP Ole.
Dog S1's
IMG_6878.JPG Put all my plants in the bathroom while im putting up my tent again.. Figure its easier maintaning correct temps until im ready for the 2 x 600.
Now i wish i had never letten the Lemon Skunk go.. It was my top favorite. Have created a little breeding spot in the garage and lemon should have been there.
Good day yall
 

natro.hydro

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Hey all, just thought I would join in the fun in this thread since I finally bought my first 600w hps. Grabbed a solis-tek digital ballast, dominator xxxl 6" hood, and hortilux super red off growers house and finally set up this week. Got 3 bodhi strains in the flower tent and a blue dream auto freebie from HSO that is coming down this week.
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GemuGrows

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First off my camera sucks, i'll try and get some better pics in a few days to hopefully get my questions answered:

Its Day 41 of flowering, I'm trying to decide approximately when to harvest. I'm growing mystery strains that appear to be sativa leaning hybrids. I grow for personal use and it is imperative that I grow myself the highest quality medication possible. I picked a few buds off over the last few days and the effects are euphoric, motivational and energetic; I adore these effects, they are the effects I grow my own cannabis for. Considering this, i'm looking for an approximate harvest window where my buds will have the most potent euphoric, motivational and energetic effects. I would love to chop them before they start dipping into the sedative effects at all. What should I be looking for for my approximate harvest window? What approximate day/week based off my pics?

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And as far as the yellow leaf tips, it really has gotten better. It was pretty bad:
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AlphaPhase

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You'll want to harvest mostly clear and cloudy trichs, you don't want them to be cloudy (if you want more euphoric effects), if you can get a little microscope to check the trichomes out that will give you a good idea when to harvest. I got a little scope for like $10 or so
 

GemuGrows

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You'll want to harvest mostly clear and cloudy trichs, you don't want them to be cloudy (if you want more euphoric effects), if you can get a little microscope to check the trichomes out that will give you a good idea when to harvest. I got a little scope for like $10 or so
I'll definitely look into that. I understand incredibly difficult to tell, but do you or anybody have any idea on about how many more days those will go? I'm mostly concerned on when I should start flushing my plant that seems to be up to "A few days/weeks ahead" of my other plants on its flowering time.
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^This is the plant that seems to be flowering fastest, the one I probably have the most questions on. I figure if I get this plant right i'll get the rest of them right. Once again its currently day 41 flower

You'll want to harvest mostly clear and cloudy trichs, you don't want them to be cloudy (if you want more euphoric effects)
And also, could you elaborate on the clear vs milky? I always thought that the milky was just a more potent clear, and then the amber is degraded(Degraded effects are the opposite of what i'm looking for). What are the strongest differences between clear and milky?
 

DCobeen

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Hey all, just thought I would join in the fun in this thread since I finally bought my first 600w hps. Grabbed a solis-tek digital ballast, dominator xxxl 6" hood, and hortilux super red off growers house and finally set up this week. Got 3 bodhi strains in the flower tent and a blue dream auto freebie from HSO that is coming down this week.
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sweet now you are rolling with us. I cant wait too see them grow.
 

AlphaPhase

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It's hard to tell harvest time from a picture, do you know what the flower time should be for that strain?

Here's a good article about trich colors and harvest time >> http://www.alchimiaweb.com/blogen/harvest-marijuana-plants-trichome-ripeness/

Hope this helps, it's nearly impossible to tell from a picture of a bud though, the trichomes are the only way to truly know when to harvest, but from the looks of your pics I can say harvest is getting really close for the effects that you're looking for.
 

GemuGrows

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You'll want to harvest mostly clear and cloudy trichs, you don't want them to be cloudy (if you want more euphoric effects)
It's hard to tell harvest time from a picture, do you know what the flower time should be for that strain?

Here's a good article about trich colors and harvest time >> http://www.alchimiaweb.com/blogen/harvest-marijuana-plants-trichome-ripeness/

Hope this helps, it's nearly impossible to tell from a picture of a bud though, the trichomes are the only way to truly know when to harvest, but from the looks of your pics I can say harvest is getting really close for the effects that you're looking for.
Cool I appreciate the advice and definitely understand that its goign to be difficult to give 100% accurate advice given that picture quality XD, No idea on the flowering time as they are mystery strains, but even if I chop that one plant in like 9 days, 50 days seems like a pretty short flowering time for a sativa dominant plant.

I think I had better pick up a magnefying glass in the next day or 2 i really don't want to miss my window
 

AlphaPhase

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No problem bro, and just remember trichs continue to develop until around 5 days after harvest as well. Hoping you nail the harvest window :) It's tough but gets easier with time. When you get the scope it'll make it so much easier for you to see the true colors, I use a 100x scope and it's ok, but a 150x-250x would be even better. Good luck brotha
 
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