Are my girls ready?

not ready and as you heard before get a scope to check your trichs,that will take the guessing out of when there done..

namtih024 said:

CBD is more potent than THC, thats why CBD strains are only like 4 % CBD, where as THC can easily be in the 20% margin in quality genetics. on the high end of both the CBD strain will likely "feel" more potent. thats why medical users who suffer pain or sleeplessness go for CBD strains.
Trichomes will further degrade after turning amber into useless masses of brown goo if you let the plant die before you pick it. the heads will explode and all pschoactive effects will be lost.
really its a question of taste, i have never really felt "stoned" off high sativas or early picked bud, but thats just me. to each his own

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Neither CBD nor CBN are psychoactive compounds however CBD has been known to have a relaxing effect. CBD is not something that develops as the buds ripen, however CBN is a byproduct of THC breaking down and the more amber you see in the trics the more CBN you will have in your smoke (also the less THC).

(ref: http://www.idmu.co.uk/oldsite/cbd.htm)

namtih024 said:

CBD is more potent than THC, thats why CBD strains are only like 4 % CBD, where as THC can easily be in the 20% margin in quality genetics. on the high end of both the CBD strain will likely "feel" more potent. thats why medical users who suffer pain or sleeplessness go for CBD strains.
Trichomes will further degrade after turning amber into useless masses of brown goo if you let the plant die before you pick it. the heads will explode and all pschoactive effects will be lost.
really its a question of taste, i have never really felt "stoned" off high sativas or early picked bud, but thats just me. to each his own

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Reread what I wrote. I did not mention CBD anywhere.

Originally Posted by Brick Top
Amber is a sign of degraded THC that has become CBN. Amber means overdone.

But if someone wants to throw away THC to get more nearly worthless CBN then they should wait until they have amber trichomes before they harvest.

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THCA and CBDA, which become THC and CBD come from the same precursor element, CBGA, as does CBCA which becomes CBC. Through decades of breeding the allele that controls what percentage of CBGA becomes CBDA has been almost totally bred out of modern strains leaving them high in THCA and low in CBDA. Fairly recent breeding efforts have been working to reverse that. Shantibaba's CBD Crew and Project CBD, working in conjunction, along with a few others, have created some strains where THCA/THC and CBDA/CBD were roughly equal and also some strains that have high amounts of CBDA/CBD and low amounts of THCA/THC strains. Increasing CBDA/CBD levels will always result in lower THCA/THC levels since both come from the same precursor element, CBGA, and when more goes for THCA/THC there is less available for CBDA/CBD.

CBN, the element I previously mentioned, comes from oxidized/deteriorated/lost THC and amber trichomes are a visable sign of oxidized/deteriorated/lost THC.

THC BIOSYNTHESIS

Updates....finally figured out how to get better close up shots so I thought I'd give an update of how the ladies are doing....I'm seeing purple hairs!

She getting there. You see the swollen calyxes on the first three pictures?

That's a sign she's getting close!

I'm just trying to be encouraging. I still think you have a while, just so I am clear.

you got a while bro. i know its hard but be patient and let her finish, she will reward you for your patience

no way, that needs weeks before it is ready! she looks yummy though. she will be even better when she's ready

I'm keeping an eye on them, its dropping in the forties tonight and the rest of the week here so I'm praying they'll have enough time before the first freeze! I'm thinking at least 2 more weeks...

BTW, I'm a girl!

roseypeach said:

I'm keeping an eye on them, its dropping in the forties tonight and the rest of the week here so I'm praying they'll have enough time before the first freeze! I'm thinking at least 2 more weeks...

BTW, I'm a girl!

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LOL, love how everyone thought you were a guy. very nice looking though, grats.

will you continue to update here? i want to see her when she's ready to harvest.

i am female too

welcome to riu!

You should get a 30x photographers lope and check the trichomes.If there cloudy they are ready.I like mine Amber and cloudy.To each is own,Beautiful plants Bro.

MedicalMaryJane, LOL yeah it is pretty funny. I guess its the way I talk (er, chat) I grew up with three brothers and always had more guy friends than girl friends)

I will for sure post when I'm about to harvest. I'm getting really nervous cause I've never harvested, hell, grown for that matter! Hope it turns out good

thanks for the grats! I'm pretty proud of them sorry I'm just getting back to ya'll. Man, its breezy here tonight!

Thanks DCGrow!

Do you any updated pix?

yup. use the magnifying glass. more patience = more yeild, more potency.

looking tasty i recon still three from now to go good luck mate

nope no pics today, will do on Tuesday.

I'm having a hard time getting my hands on a magnifying glass right now...and tonight the low is 41!!! Its cold as hell outside, too crazy, was just in the eighties yesterday. Will be

checking on the girls again tomorrow to make sure they got through the night alright.

might want to consider the thought of pulling them after a few days of this cold weather, if a flush is issue then just get a 5 gallon bucket and a airstone and air pump and secure the stalk in the water and turn on air stone pump, do this for 3 days replacing water twice a day and you will be flushed

a five gallon bucket lid with plant stalk size hole in it helps to secure plant

uh..I have no idea what flushing is for and I def don't have the proper equipment to do one. So you think they may be ready? I'm really getting worried about the cold and I haven't been able to get my hands on a magnifying glass. The temps are supposed to go up a bit for the next 7 days. If they look okay tomorrow I'm going to let them go at least a few more days....hoping for a good harvest

The first two are before and after shots, before being nearly a week ago and now. A couple of close ups. The girls aren't disappointing! I'm so glad I listened to you guys, my tallest plant is good and stiff--the branches that is. The other two aren't far behind. They really have blossomed a lot, so I'm figuring at least one more week to harvest. What do ya'll think? I went ahead and ordered a jewelers laup (sp) from ebay but delivery could be anywhere from 10-5 to 10-12. I'm hoping waiting doesn't hurt.

well a thief has come in and stolen several branches off my best girl and I'm pretty sure I know who did it. When I see them again they are going to be minus two nutsacks! I've been very careful. It was no one that I 'allowed' to see them up till now.

So a couple of people that I haven't seen in forever came by day before yesterday and since I wasn't expecting anyone so my bedroom door was open (the deck is behind my room and the plants could be seen). So I woke up this morning and I'll be damned if someone hadn't stripped nearly all of the branches off my best girl.

There were two branches and a couple of buds laying on the outdoor table set, so I know it was someone who knew they were there. Guess they thought they were being nice leaving me some. Anyways so they left my biggest plant alone and picked a couple of buds off my purp plant.. Its too coincidental that this particular person showed up out of nowhere and now my plant is stripped.

Well, so much for my grow, I am going to have to harvest them now or risk the rest of them being stripped. I'm scared if I move them inside they will die. I'm so pissed. From now on if I grow, it will be upstairs in my spare bedroom closet. All I can say is whoever did it, has some pretty crappy karma coming their way. I hope I get to see it!