Do they look about ready?

[stickytasticbud]

Hey everyone..these are at 43 days...some of them are more developed trichrome wise then others. This is a hydro setup btw.

Can anyone tell me if the trichromes continue to turn amber when they are being flushed? I am just wondering because right now they are pretty much all cloudy with some amber and some clear.

Anyways..back to pics. I have 5 plants growing, 4 indicas of some kind, and a sativa. The sativa needs more time, which is something i am having to deal with.

 

[bombbudpuffa]

They look stickytastic!!!

 

[bombbudpuffa]

Can anyone tell me if the trichromes continue to turn amber when they are being flushed?

Oh yeah.

 

[Wise Man]

Very nice buds mate

 

[Ekoostik_Hookah]

Looks like white widow, or kush

 

[Lil Elvis]

Nice buds!

What do you use to determine when it is time to harvest?

I have heard two lines of thought. One is the color of the haris or the percentage of haris that have turned (from green to red ..you know what I mean). And two, which is by the color of the trichomes.

Personally I go by the trichomes. I look for a 90/10 mix of milky and amber trichomes and then I harvest. When the trichomes are 50/50 the THC levels ares at the highest but the higher levels of cannabinoids are when they are just turning amber and I want more cannabinoids.

In the photo green is for clear, yello is for milky and red arrows are for amber.

Just curious to so how others do it

Lil Elvis

 

[tom-tom]

thoes buds are great lookin i like pick number 4 the best it looks tripy lookin i just stared at it for a copple mins,,but number 1 pick looks like it would be the one id love to smoke ,,,i envy u wish i had some like that

 

[Growdude]

Nice buds!

Personally I go by the trichomes. I look for a 90/10 mix of milky and amber trichomes and then I harvest.

I too like this mix, gives a nice energetic high.

 

[stickytasticbud]

thanks everyone. I decided i will start the flush today. Although its soo hard to decide!
I wish it was white widow or kush.
They all have different smells, all from the same bag seed.
Pic1 has a skunky citrus
Pic5and6 have a very fruity smell, its such a weird pheno type.
Pic 7 smells like grapefruit.
And the sativa smells like grape skittles.

I found a pic on another site, that looks very similar to how my trichromes look..and compared to your pic, its prolly time for me to start flushing and getting ready for harvest.(its a hash plant pic i just realized)

Alot of the white hairs still need to die off tho, but ill pick based on trichs and not the hairs.

 

[stickytasticbud]

took a sample..and mmmm its a good high. Its real up there..not too much down at all. I think i am going to wait a couple days to switch to the flushing mix, let them turn a little bit more before i cut the nutes away from them.

And then start flushing and really watching the trichs and hairs.

 

[Wise Man]

Hey Sticky,dont worry about the white hairs,they'll turn brown/orange once there drying.

 

[octobong007]

question for ya, in the last pic, how many of those cfl's are you using and is that your only light? those bud's look scooby doobie liscious!

 

[Ekoostik_Hookah]

i would guess that she has atleast 6 cfls up???????

 

[octobong007]

only 6 for that many? i'm new to cfl, haven't had great experiences with them so far, probly bought the wrong ones.

 

[stickytasticbud]

its 4 cfls for 8 plants..a little on the skimpy side but they are clones and do not want big bushes anyways for this next go around.

The flowering plants are under a 400hps.

 

[octobong007]

stickytasticbud, tell ya something there buddy, those look sooooo good...i just ordered my first hps, going with a 250, my hydro is only 3x2 so i should be good. thanx for the pics. happy china-eyes to ya.

 

[medicore]

Fantastic! That is all I have to say.