Trichomes & Harvesting

I know this thread started in 2012. But im not sure if I agree with the OP about amber trichromes. I like strains that knock me out and put me to sleep for the most part. And prefer the the heady energetic highs in the day. What I hate is that shit clean functional high shit thats been a new fad recently. I really dont think telling insomniacs to chop early is smart sorry. Yes for energetic crack head stoners yes sure they would love that feeling. But sorry I dont want my weed to be functional high unless im growing specfically for energy. All though the best sativas i smoked in high school got you mind fucked and bit of energy but than 2 hours later you slept like a rock. Trainwreck and super silver haze back in san diego was what a true sativia high is for me. Even sativias back in the day at least towards the end made you tired. My opnion is since the landrace ancestors naturally grew in long summers and very short winters. I believe the longer the better qualtity. I was reading way back on this thread and guy said the thc wasnt degrading but becoming more mature! Also I think people forgot about the other canbinoids that need to mature.

My question to the op if hes still active do you prefer energetic highs? Do you not like couch lock and knock out sleepy strains. Because if you do like energetic highs than this might be personal preference rather than really being scientifically proven.

olaf687 said:

My question to the op if hes still active do you prefer energetic highs? Do you not like couch lock and knock out sleepy strains. Because if you do like energetic highs than this might be personal preference rather than really being scientifically proven.

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I wonder if he is still active, it's been a little while, the site says he hasn't been seen since December 6th 2018

https://www.rollitup.org/members/k0ijn.355103/

I'm growing a purple strain and all my sugar leaves and buds have either clear trichomes or trichomes that are turning dark purple. Will they go amber or stay purple?

58Doug19 said:

I'm growing a purple strain and all my sugar leaves and buds have either clear trichomes or trichomes that are turning dark purple. Will they go amber or stay purple?

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Take a pic for us. We want to see em. I've seen em before in other pics and they're beautiful. But I don't know why or how it happens.

PadawanWarrior said:

Take a pic for us. We want to see em. I've seen em before in other pics and they're beautiful. But I don't know why or how it happens.

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Wouldn't even know how as it took buying a cheap 120x pocket microscope to even see them.

Renfro said:

I wonder if he is still active, it's been a little while, the site says he hasn't been seen since December 6th 2018

https://www.rollitup.org/members/k0ijn.355103/

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Rip op

Thank you for posting that! I wish mine were that simple though. About 85% of my trichomes are headless and/or deformed.Then there are these weird small amber caps on a great number of them. There are a few clear, and a smaller number cloudy, a tiny bit amber.hat could have caused this? Should I harvest? Northern Lights Auto from Crop King, into its 10th week of flowering. Grown under led for veg, then outdoors.

Are these trichomes cloudy enough or would you consider this still clear?

Sivart1210 said:

Are these trichomes cloudy enough or would you consider this still clear?

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still a lot of clear there; let 'em go a little while longer.

Nonna said:

Thank you for posting that! I wish mine were that simple though. About 85% of my trichomes are headless and/or deformed.Then there are these weird small amber caps on a great number of them. There are a few clear, and a smaller number cloudy, a tiny bit amber.hat could have caused this? Should I harvest? Northern Lights Auto from Crop King, into its 10th week of flowering. Grown under led for veg, then outdoors.

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What's the medium and nutes? I'd say yeah, go ahead and harvest. the deformity seems more likely genetic, but could be metabolic--she might just not like what you've been feeding her, or the switch from LED to good ole sunshine.

best of luck,

be easy,

How much longer y'all think

Hi guys I'm on my second grow and I'm trying to figure whether it's time for me to chop. I've bought 2 jewelers loupe but I just can tell any help would be greatly appreciated.

You could chop them now or wait for more amber. Or do some of each.

Renfro said:

You could chop them now or wait for more amber. Or do some of each.

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not really sufficient magnification...from what i can see, you're pretty close, but to really tell, you have to be able to clearly see the resin heads clearly.

What would you reccomended I buy to to magnify close enough to see? I've bough a jeweler loupe and is just wasnt enough

Palckl899014 said:

What would you reccomended I buy to to magnify close enough to see? I've bough a jeweler loupe and is just wasnt enough

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Something like this, a USB microscope that connects to a laptop/computer. Even takes great photos!

Help! Someone! how many more days I have before harvest?! Or if it does look ready ?! Thanks

once again bunch of bad information. yes, you can check trikes, but they MUST BE CHECKED ON THE CALYX! a check of trikes on the leaves or bud can mislead you and cause you to harvest WEEKS early! everyone says tricones, but no one ever finishes the sentence. check them on the calyx. just my opinion.

I can recommand to buy a cheap usb microscope, paid like 30-40 euro and you can tell so much more than just some slowly changing trichoms.
How the juice gets pumped up in the cells and building up to the head . How different circumstances like high temp/ligth burn, also changes them and Fertilzer.
It will mostly absorb from the bract, if the leaf/bud is purplish sometimes they abosrb it from the bract too, and you have purple trichs.