is it normal for the lower buds to look ready?

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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Well its right in the question my outdoor babies are looking great smelling nice but some of the lower branches look like I could cut them now whereas the top third or so is at least a week away only bout 30% of pistils browned (please don't mention trichomes I don't have a magnifying glass) whereas then lowers are closer to 60% browned, smells nicer too should you chop all at once or take ripe ones off?
 

ganga gurl420

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why is that always everyones go to can no one just use a verbal description to give an educated guess? The lower buds look more ready than the top, and should I cut them. The question is moot now however as this is the first response in hours and I already cut them off ages ago.
The majority of outdoor growers in the forum right now is in bed at midnight when you posted. There is no reason for the attitude.
 

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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The majority of outdoor growers in the forum right now is in bed at midnight when you posted. There is no reason for the attitude.
If you think that's attitude, you have a very sheltered view of the world. Don't try and condescend me mate, it was 3 in the afternoon when I posted thank you, just because it was midnight where you were doesn't mean it was everywhere else in the world. If you aren't here to help, bugger off.
 

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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When red light passes through leaves it captures some of the energy and lets far red pass through. The added far red light the lowers are getting makes them think it is later than it is in terms of season.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/plantknows/lecture/omE9g/2-4-phytochrome-a-light-activated-switch
well this Is more helpful lol but I don't quite follow what you mean, that sounds like what would happen indoors if the bottom was getting more light? Wouldn't the crowns get more sun outdoors, so they should brown first?
 

ganga gurl420

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If you think that's attitude, you have a very sheltered view of the world. Don't try and condescend me mate, it was 3 in the afternoon when I posted thank you, just because it was midnight where you were doesn't mean it was everywhere else in the world. If you aren't here to help, bugger off.
Lol
 

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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When red light passes through leaves it captures some of the energy and lets far red pass through. The added far red light the lowers are getting makes them think it is later than it is in terms of season.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/plantknows/lecture/omE9g/2-4-phytochrome-a-light-activated-switch
Its no big deal now anyway though like I said I already cut them off lol so the question is moot, ill just keep taking them off as they look ready :) the ones I trimmed up today smelt bloody GREAT and were sticking my scissor together a LOT so they cant be too bad :)
 

NaturalFarmer

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well this Is more helpful lol but I don't quite follow what you mean, that sounds like what would happen indoors if the bottom was getting more light? Wouldn't the crowns get more sun outdoors, so they should brown first?
The bottom is getting less in both outdoor and indoor, so maybe Im missing something. Your right it doesn't matter, just letting you know the reasons why the lower sights look more ready then the ones being hit by sun. If you are going by pistil, I assume though that the tops are still pushing out new growth and the bottoms are not.
 

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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The bottom is getting less in both outdoor and indoor, so maybe Im missing something. Your right it doesn't matter, just letting you know the reasons why the lower sights look more ready then the ones being hit by sun. If you are going by pistil, I assume though that the tops are still pushing out new growth and the bottoms are not.
yeah I have to go by pistil haven't got a mag glass lol but it is weird that's why I posted lol. Then again maybe it makes sense in a way, smaller lower buds are ready sooner than the big fat crown
 

ganga gurl420

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yeah I have to go by pistil haven't got a mag glass lol but it is weird that's why I posted lol. Then again maybe it makes sense in a way, smaller lower buds are ready sooner than the big fat crown
OMG this is funny :clap:
See I was going to give you the answer but since you told me to bugger off and you seem to have no sense of patience. ..
 

TheGrassIsGreenerInAus

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OMG this is funny :clap:
See I was going to give you the answer but since you told me to bugger off and you seem to have no sense of patience. ..
Wow youre still here? You mustn't have much to do with your life if stalking a post acting like you are somehow superior is how you spend your time. I reiterate, bugger off.
 

waterproof808

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why is that always everyones go to can no one just use a verbal description to give an educated guess? The lower buds look more ready than the top, and should I cut them. The question is moot now however as this is the first response in hours and I already cut them off ages ago.
Because your description is vague as hell and gauging ripeness is dependent on a lot of visual clues other than brown pistils. Pistils can be brown for a number of reasons unrelated to flower maturity...pistils alone are not a good indicator of how ripe a plant is. When a flower is ripe the pistils should be receeding not just turning brown.
 

ruby fruit

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I used to go by pistils for years then it was trichs and magnifying glasses.
Now i am lot more confident I go mainly by how much the hairs have receded back into the bud and I get more yield this way as they are left a touch longer hence they swell like fuck at the end.
For years I was pulling according to pistil colour its no wonder I wasn't getting the yields I was after.
 
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