how to know when my girls are ready

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sawbuckz

Active Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #1

Ok well I have 3 plants that have been flowering since October 4th and are looking.....ok lol. its my first grow so there is room for mistakes I think my problem is that I did not allow enough time for veg but its ok not the point. the point is im trying to figure out how much longer untill I can harvest my crops. I will post up a few pix of the buds later but for now ill just explain. the pistils or white hairs are turning redish orange. now I was wondering do I have to wait untill all of the white is redish orange? or is there any other way to know when its ready??

thanks alot.

 

BlessAmerica

Well-Known Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #2

The colors of the pistils (hairs) have no role in determining when the plant is ready. The only true way to tell is to buy a hand microscope from Radio Shack, cut a small bud leaf off (one that has tricomes) and look at it. If the trics are clear, wait it out. If they are milky/ cloudy, you can harvest for a head high. If they are amber, then this will give you a body high. If they are brown to black you waited too long and its waste. Read up on the GrowFAQs, it has pics to help you better than what I can tell you.

Congrats on the grow, +rep.

 

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sanklovich

Active Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #3

The best way to determine if a plant is ready is to look at the trichromes with a 60x microscope, you can pick one up at your local radio shack/electronics store. If you want more of a couch lock stone, then look for more amber colored trichromes, otherwise, look for mostly cloudy, few amber

 

TheFaux

New Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #4

.... when the calyxes are swollen like popcorn.

 

Galeer

Well-Known Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #5

not ready..........





ready.......







this is from another post thought u might wanna see it

 

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sawbuckz

Active Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #6

thanks alot guys. heh where would I be without this forum

 

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sawbuckz

Active Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #7

wow so I went out and purchased a microscope and looked at some of the trichs so It turns out my blue mystic plant has some nice redish amber trichs and my ak48 and northern light have clogy/clear ish trichs. well I guess this means I will b flushing for the next week or so and harvesting good timing on me asking that because I would have just kept waiting. now all I need is to finish building my dryer box and im good

thank u guys I will let you guys know how much I yeild.

 

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vertexx

Active Member

• Nov 19, 2008

• #8

Galeer's pic links are deceptive.
As someone who has grown/harvested for over 25 years I can
assure you that the buds in the top two piccies will give you a
much, much more "pure" high than the over-ripe and nearly degraded ones pictured
as the bottom two.
If you want a stupid/heavy and dumb stone, then maybe, maybe those
two bottom ones might do, but I would suggest NOT.