Trichomes & Harvesting

Hello all,

This is an outdoor plant. Total newb. First grow, and it was unplanned.
Just one plant from a single bag seed from diamond OG.

I’m in socal. Figured shed be done in october from what I’ve read, but there seems to be alot of cloudy trichs for the 1st week of september, and her pistils aren’t retracting much, and doesnt seem like she has swelled nearly enough. It has been a rough ride for her though. But am I seeing the trichs wrong? I feel like I am seeing a majority of cloudy?

Solis Altilis said:

Hello all,

This is an outdoor plant. Total newb. First grow, and it was unplanned.
Just one plant from a single bag seed from diamond OG.

I’m in socal. Figured shed be done in october from what I’ve read, but there seems to be alot of cloudy trichs for the 1st week of september, and her pistils aren’t retracting much, and doesnt seem like she has swelled nearly enough. It has been a rough ride for her though. But am I seeing the trichs wrong? I feel like I am seeing a majority of cloudy?

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that plant isn't ready. ignore the trichs on leaves, they age faster than the trichs on calyxes. when you get down and look, twist and turn till you can see the trichs from the side. when you look at them from directly above, a lot of them will look cloudy, but it's just the base of the "stalk". if you look at them from the side, a lot of them will still look clear.
nice looking plant, let it finish and you won't be sorry

Roger A. Shrubber said:

that plant isn't ready. ignore the trichs on leaves, they age faster than the trichs on calyxes. when you get down and look, twist and turn till you can see the trichs from the side. when you look at them from directly above, a lot of them will look cloudy, but it's just the base of the "stalk". if you look at them from the side, a lot of them will still look clear.
nice looking plant, let it finish and you won't be sorry

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Gotcha, That makes sense. Thanks for the good tips.

Hello Gents can anyone tell me how things are looking...i see a bunch of amber trichs on leaves...

A small lense from a $2 laser pointer, my phone camera and a bud. May help you.

Wats up folks. I already plan on letting her run another week or two, jus lookin for some insight.
12/12 from seed Day 82.

SweetestCheeba said:

Wats up folks. I already plan on letting her run another week or two, jus lookin for some insight.
12/12 from seed Day 82. View attachment 4202819View attachment 4202820

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not lookin bad, but i'd say another ten days or so, still a fair amount of clears and no ambers

Roger A. Shrubber said:

not lookin bad, but i'd say another ten days or so, still a fair amount of clears and no ambers

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Thanks.
I figured about the same. I probably will chop the last day of the month.

Wats up ppls. My second girl here is jus finishing up. Thinkin about taken her down early for some Trippy butter. Jus lookin for a few different options.

Do these look ready

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LuisOkc said:

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i dunno, get a better picture, that one is useless

Here is my Painkiller XL #1, very larfy growing and hard to read, but I believe this plant is close to being ready.

The second image is Banana OG, which I think is also ready. been flowering since July 25th or so.

Any second opinions?

JayBio420 said:

View attachment 4200031 View attachment 4200032 View attachment 4200035 A small lense from a $2 laser pointer, my phone camera and a bud. May help you.

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Awesome Idea with the laser pointer lens, great photos

ILLwannabe said:

Here is my Painkiller XL #1, very larfy growing and hard to read, but I believe this plant is close to being ready.

The second image is Banana OG, which I think is also ready. been flowering since July 25th or so.

Any second opinions?

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first one looks pretty close, maybe ten days? the second still has at least two or three weeks. from what i can see.....

ILLwannabe said:

Here is my Painkiller XL #1, very larfy growing and hard to read, but I believe this plant is close to being ready.

The second image is Banana OG, which I think is also ready. been flowering since July 25th or so.

Any second opinions?

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Why don’t you invest $10-50 in one of the many options for looking closely at your trichomes?

Asking for internet opinion from non micro photos is not going to get you an accurate answer at all. Find/buy a USB scope, a lens for your phone, a jewellers loupe, the lens from a quality flashlight etc. Worth your time and money if you’re serious about your harvest window.

JayBio420 said:

Why don’t you invest $10-50 in one of the many options for looking closely at your trichomes?

Asking for internet opinion from non micro photos is not going to get you an accurate answer at all. Find/buy a USB scope, a lens for your phone, a jewellers loupe, the lens from a quality flashlight etc. Worth your time and money if you’re serious about your harvest window.

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Those are macro photos... I have a scope but cannot hold it steady, so I use a camera, you just have to open the photo in a new window and then zoom in to see trichomes

ILLwannabe said:

Those are macro photos... I have a scope but cannot hold it steady, so I use a camera, you just have to open the photo in a new window and then zoom in to see trichomes

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those are never clear enough to be able to say...they all look cloudy, all the time

ILLwannabe said:

Those are macro photos... I have a scope but cannot hold it steady, so I use a camera, you just have to open the photo in a new window and then zoom in to see trichomes

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I did open and zoom, and although it is a fairly detailed photo, due to the angle of lights usually you have clear that light up and cloudy that appear to twinkle like clear trichomes. Ambers can often be illusive and blend into the background. Please see attached picture of a trichome with amber forming at its base, with a $0.99 laser pointer focus lens, on my phone, held by hand. It’s possible, and cheap, to get quality trichome photos.

For your scope, grab a stool and something to use as a rest for stability.

Okay I took your advice, went to the local grow shop they had an attachment for the phone for 8$. Still kind of hard to hold steady but much easier nonetheless.

Anyways, the first and 3rd photo are the BOG, and the 2nd is the PK 1.