H.A.F.
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Basically I like for all the original pistils to be brown.
Like in the pic above where the new pistil clusters are popping out, those won't be ripe. All of them turn red after it dries and cures.
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I wonder if those are the "super-strong" hairs on my GDP that keep surviving the grinder
I wonder if those are the "super-strong" hairs on my GDP that keep surviving the grinder
Read harvesting articles to get descriptions of what you'll get from the same plant harvested at different times. For your 1st grow, it might be cool to try harvesting at different times, like for your 3 plants the same strain. Try and learn.
The simple facts:
Pistils are just a clue, but they are a clue because they are ripening as the trichomes grow and ripen.
New pistils late in flower means new calyxes and trichomes as well - but waiting on them means the older growth is getting older.
Look at the trichomes close to the flower, not on leaf tips, to determine % of amber.
Tops mature faster, so look at the middle too - that is where most of your weed is. Not so much the bottoms.
You get high off the junk in the trichomes. - Clear trichomes = not ripe
- Milky trichomes = ripe
- Amber trichomes = overripe/dead.
After that there is a lot of theory and conjecture. Do the 'dead' trichomes lose potency if still attached to the growing plant??? They don't seem to mind hanging out in a mason jar 
If not, why not just let them all go amber? How much 'late growth' would justify watching IT rather than the stuff you've already been watching? Some plants 'foxtail' genetically, and if I see that, I may let it go if the plant is still healthy - but usually that is a sign of stress on a dying plant.
I play it by ear, factoring in those things. When they are about half red I start looking at trichomes closer. I want to harvest this one a little early, because I have some real couchy-locky stuff in the vault already.
If not, why not just let them all go amber? How much 'late growth' would justify watching IT rather than the stuff you've already been watching? Some plants 'foxtail' genetically, and if I see that, I may let it go if the plant is still healthy - but usually that is a sign of stress on a dying plant.I play it by ear, factoring in those things. When they are about half red I start looking at trichomes closer. I want to harvest this one a little early, because I have some real couchy-locky stuff in the vault already.
and then delete them all because it focused on a leaf tip, or your thumb, or nothing LOL and try again with the flash, without the lights on, etc.
