Is she ready to chop?? NEED OPINIONS +rep

Can anyone tell me if she looks ready to chop? She's been in 12/12 for 9 weeks and has been actually flowering for 7 1/2 weeks. About 80-90% of her hairs are orange/red. All of the trichs from the top of the plant to about past the middle (including the lower node colas) are mostly milky with amber trichs forming only at the tips and edges of the leaves. Barely any amber trichs on the calyx's, but there are some at the top of the main cola. I've noticed that the edges of the smaller leaves coming out from the buds are turning purple and some calyx on the colas are turning a purplish hue. I've been flushing her for about 2 weeks now. Should I let her go for another few days / a week, or just chop her down now.

thanks!!

it looks very close! nice job! i would check the trichs with a hand held microscope to be sure... radio shak has them for like 10 bucks

I say let it go for 3 more days than chop. Nice looking plant btw.

Right on the money nice plant

sleeperls93 said:

it looks very close! nice job! i would check the trichs with a hand held microscope to be sure... radio shak has them for like 10 bucks

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Ya i have a magnifying glass with a 20x glass circle u can look thro, it gets pretty close where i can see the trichs well enough to see if theres any amber forming at the base of the head. Most of the plant is milky, there really isnt any significant amber trichs anywhere right now except the very top main cola and the small leaf growth at the tips and edges, maybe just because of the dying and yellowing of the leaves causes the trichs to mature

The dying will cause them to amber, but that's ok, and you can throw that into the percentage of amber. Personally, I would give it a few more days, let the hairs recede just a little more and then chop. 3-4 days is probably more than enough... Keep in mind that it won't all ripen perfectly uniformly, so unless you want to do partial harvests, you could go when the tops are perfect, or go for an average ripeness.

gobbly said:

The dying will cause them to amber, but that's ok, and you can throw that into the percentage of amber. Personally, I would give it a few more days, let the hairs recede just a little more and then chop. 3-4 days is probably more than enough... Keep in mind that it won't all ripen perfectly uniformly, so unless you want to do partial harvests, you could go when the tops are perfect, or go for an average ripeness.

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nice thanks for the info. So youre saying I can just chop the main cola off and let the lower branches ripen? Would that really shock the plant out?

A lot people do that because the main cola usually does mature faster with top lighting only. I've even seen a few grows where the side branches matured faster though and they chopped the sides to let the top go longer. It wont shock the plant much. I think its because its not worried about vegetative growth anymore and that far into flower puts all of its energy into the flowers. That's why the leaves die at the end and it doesn't effect the flowers.

Hey they have those lighted microscopes at amazon for 8 to 13 bucks

Definitely get the scope. They're fun to look through. It can seriously replace TV in a second.

LOL Aint that a fact + rep rascality

kostonn760 said:

nice thanks for the info. So youre saying I can just chop the main cola off and let the lower branches ripen? Would that really shock the plant out?

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Yep, take samples from diff areas if you're going by trich color. Clip the buds that are ready, leave everything else to ripen. It's a great technique if flowering space isn't at a premium. If you have a plant ready to take its place I'd just harvest it all at once, get the new plant in sooner (with the philosophy that a larger yield is the end goal). Anyway, the plant won't mind at all. Even in veg you can remove large portions of a plant and all you really do is slow the growth while it puts energy into the new growth tops (assuming the plant is otherwise healthy).