Help with Trichome ID

Dr. Who said:

And to add to the above. It's better to go 1-2 weeks longer then seedbank/breeders reports state to!
I might consider to begin harvest at 70 days and most likely take it to 72 or more....depends on how full and swollen the calyx's are. I like my buds fully bulked. The overall quality will be better!

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tip top toker said:

I disagree. In a way. It's better just to throw the seedbanks estimate out of the window and just harvest it when it's ready

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• Pistills and look r not a true indictor u let them go 2 long and u will ruin ur smoke will be coughy and not a good high trichomes according to all the pros jorge cervas to mention 1 will explain in detail why trichome colour ect is the best indictor
• This quote is from hightimes
  
  
  
  Key Points of Harvest Time
  TUE FEB 18, 2014
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  A common misconception of marijuana cultivation, especially among first-time growers, is that harvest time is like gym class in grade school—it’s still a class you have to go to but it requires less thought and more fun than an actual science class. Unfortunately, underestimating the final phases of a grow operation can be a very costly mistake when it comes down to grading the outcome of your buds.
  
  Fatal errors in areas such as flushing, cutting and curing buds can lead to big disappointment after long months of hard work and care. To be sure this doesn’t happen to you, and to ensure the highest quality of your cannabis—no matter what strain it is—it’s important to take note of a few Key Points of Harvest Time.
  
  By Crazy Composer & Nico Escondido
  Photos by Freebie
  
  Numero Uno
  The first, and perhaps most important, aspect of harvesting cannabis is knowing exactly when to start chopping down the ladies. A precision harvest is essential for potent cultivation. Growers must be very careful not to cut down plants that are not yet at the pinnacle of resin production, but they must also be wary of cutting plants too late—at a time when THC production has curtailed and resin glands begin to degrade.
  
  There are various methods by which even the most amateur grower can tell when buds are truly ripe for the picking. The simplest and quickest way to know is by examining the pistils, or long hairs, that cover the plant’s buds. At the onset of flowering, these pistils are white and stringy. But as the flowering period comes to an end, they begin to turn color, first from white to orange and then again to a dark red or brown. These color changes signify the maturation of the buds; however, the color and time frame may vary significantly across different varieties of cannabis.
  
  Therefore, a better, yet slightly more complicated, method for determining ripeness is through trichome examination. Trichomes are the actual resin glands that contain THC and other psychoactive cannabinoids, and they are very delicate and easily ruptured. These trichomes are visible on the outside of buds and small leaves and look like little white sugar crystals to the naked eye. However, with the power of a magnifying glass or simple microscope, you can see that trichomes are comprised of a stalk and resin head and are clear or white in color.
  
  As with pistils, trichomes also begin to change color as the buds mature. But in this scenario, a grower wants to harvest buds before they get too dark in color. Even a subtle amber hue in these glands could mean that cannabinoids have begun breaking down and decomposing, which means less potent pot. Using a magnifier between 50x-100x, advanced growers look for a creamy or milky white color in trichomes that tells them it’s time to harvest.
  

weedenhanced said:

• Pistills and look r not a true indictor u let them go 2 long and u will ruin ur smoke will be coughy and not a good high trichomes according to all the pros jorge cervas to mention 1 will explain in detail why trichome colour ect is the best indictor

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tip top toker said:

My point being that at this stage of flowering, it is readily apparent, eithout looking at a single trichome, that it is weeks from harvest. That's my point. People are getting so fixated on trichomes that they are missing the big picture. If you saw milky trichs, would you actually harvest that plant?

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Dr. Who said:

And to add to the above. It's better to go 1-2 weeks longer then seedbank/breeders reports state to!
I might consider to begin harvest at 70 days and most likely take it to 72 or more....depends on how full and swollen the calyx's are. I like my buds fully bulked. The overall quality will be better!

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tip top toker said:

It is indeed to each their own, harvesting is all personal preference, but to my eye, that plant is nowhere near ready, to hell with what the trichomes might be claiming.

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weedenhanced said:

I reakon about 1 week I could not see massive amounts of cloudy trich nor any amber I would not ripp second I see a cloudy trichome lol I would wait till 80% cloudy and 3 to 4% amber we would both prob agree it was rdy when rdy

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tip top toker said:

The way i see it, is that it's a gamble. It could maintain it's trichomes in a desirable state for another week or so, in which time the plant as a whole would fatten up and be more ready for harvest. Do you see cloudy/amber and chop, or do you wait a bit to let the whole plant get where it needs to be, but risk a few more ambers than desired. It's my opinion that weed is more about simply trichomes. I want the whole plant to be at an optimum stage of ripeness, not jsut the psychoactive part.

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Dr. Who said:

to Weedenhanced

Young man (and I guess that due to your language skills - not a put down),,,,To quote books and magazines as the source of your opinions is fine.....I base my statements on more years of growing then you have been alive. I'm 55 and started my first grow at 15 and have been till today and will till I die.
The FACTS are that most books and mags put it in a way for you novice growers to understand and to give you consistent results of a nature to keep you happy.
Over these years I have felt the need to test many of my grows and have found that if I run longer my THC levels get higher and the buzz gets more intense and longer lasting (I figured that out a LONG time ago)! Most of this testing of late has been done by Iron labs here in MI.

And ,, Tip Top IS exactly correct in his last post!

I suggest to you that your OPINION is lacking actual knowledge and quoting others shows that!

I could continue on and really offend, but will leave you alone....for now.

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weedenhanced said:

I suggest u r living in the past and need to actually speak of somthing u know u old man get with program sciencòe proves my point a break down of the resin glads can not increase potency and claiming ur lab testing Iam shocked u can use a pc I suppose u been using a pc longer then ive been alive and yeah u know better then high times lol old man maybe if u opened ur way of thinking and learned of what the rest of the world r doing and reading about the actual science behide my statement I can gather 10 life times of information in hour then u have learned in ur life

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Dr. Who said:

ROTFL!!!!

TROLL ALERT!
You can't even spell!
To bad you did not UNDERSTAND Tip Top's last post!
I have read your posts. The one giving out the BS is you. EXPERIENCE is knowledge. Science is learned THOUGH trying/testing,,,,THAT is experience!

Pour some beer on your hand, get your girlfriend drunk. Now go home and get laid!

You are NOT worth another reply!

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