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In my short time of horticulture my trichome experiance is iffy. I have maybe harvested one plant that had very few amber. I have only went through bagseed and havnt keeped a good track of time for referance of harvesting time. It does seem I have waited quite a while for most of my plants in the past and they seemed to not get past the cloudy stage, at that they would throw alot more clear ones on as time went by and I couldnt catch all cloudy and some amber. I know some times it can take 12+ weeks for a strain to finish. I probobly would say my patienced made me think it was longer than it really was. But, I currently have an eye on trichomes so I can catch the window. All mine are mostly cloudy with some clear. I check leaves and some buds if I can hold still enough. I was just getting curious and remembered I have seen trichomes under the leaf's as well as ontop. I have only magnified the ones on top. I checked multiple spots on buds and leafs and its all cloudy and some clear. But then I flipped a leaf clipping over and there is alot more trichomes on the bottom and not only that I have %5 amber on the bottom. I am not talking see through amber i am talking dark dark red filling the whole head of the trichome. Cant see through it at all. Should I add these trichomes into the bud and top of the leaf ratio? Why do I have more trichome production on the bottom than the top? What if the trichomes on my leaf turn half amber but the ones on the buds are just all cloudy? Is that possible? Should I go by the leafs or just wait for the ones on the buds to turn a bit amber. I am looking for a %10-%20amber trichome harvest. So should I wait for the buds to turn that much amber or the leafs, Top side or bottom or both?
Also I dont like the contraversy of the "some strains dont turn amber" argument. I even saw a reference to it on a seedbank website saying they had a strain that had trichomes turn amber unlike other strains. I was baffled because I thought all plants trichomes turn red when the window is open. Is there any instance at all were they will just all be cloudy and not turn red?
Also I dont like the contraversy of the "some strains dont turn amber" argument. I even saw a reference to it on a seedbank website saying they had a strain that had trichomes turn amber unlike other strains. I was baffled because I thought all plants trichomes turn red when the window is open. Is there any instance at all were they will just all be cloudy and not turn red?