Trichome question

I have read a lot of different things about what to do at the end, before harvest. Some made sense, done did not.
What I am curious to know is a how long it usually takes from the first amber trichome to harvest. See, I got nothing to compare or go by. Are we talking days like up to 7 or is it a fairly slow process over several weeks? I'm curious so I can figure out when to quit the nutes and stuff.

It really depends on what's growing. Most Sativas take quite some time to mature. 3+ months. Where as Indicas have been known to mature relatively quickly. 3 months or less. That's in flower. Not entire life cycle.

Nugachino said:

It really depends on what's growing. Most Sativas take quite some time to mature. 3+ months. Where as Indicas have been known to mature relatively quickly. 3 months or less. That's in flower. Not entire life cycle.

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I figured as much. I was asking about the last bit of flowering tho, when trichomes change color...

Be aware that NOT all strains amber up ....

Hairs are one way to tell maturity. To an extent. When they're almost completely brown. They're just about done.

If you've got a good loupe. At least 30x magnification. You want mostly cloudy with maybe 10% amber. Amber is when they degrade. But cloudy is peak. The 10% basically ensures that there aren't any clear trichomes left. Clear is useless to us as they aren't mature.

Budzbuddha said:

Be aware that NOT all strains amber up ....

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I did not know that.
My 3 have started and I'm trying to figure out how much time, toughly, I got left.

Nugachino said:

Hairs are one way to tell maturity. To an extent. When they're almost completely brown. They're just about done.

If you've got a good loupe. At least 30x magnification. You want mostly cloudy with maybe 10% amber. Amber is when they degrade. But cloudy is peak. The 10% basically ensures that there aren't any clear trichomes left. Clear is useless to us as they aren't mature.

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I got a loupe, that's how I found a few amber ones.

Where are you checking though? You want to check right on the bud for most accurate reading.

Nugachino said:

Where are you checking though? You want to check right on the bud for most accurate reading.

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The ones I found are on the leafs coming out of the buds

MadButcher said:

I got a loupe, that's how I found a few amber ones.

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It seems several people did not quite understand what you asked haha. I can only tell you from my experience, but once I begin to see the first signs of amber trich heads, I would say between 10-15 days seems about par for many indica strains to be ready to chop. I'll add that I chop when I have about 20% amber 75%milky and a few stubborn clear heads here or there. Sativas seem to go a bit slower, but not much. Maybe add 4-6 days to above.

Again, this is only what I have noticed, from my experience. You can start reducing ppm once a few ambers show tho. Just drop by about 10% per feeding till your just about satisfied with trichome color ratio then plain water for a day or 2 and chop.

Edit: Just ready it's a sugar leaf trich that has went amber, so disregard above. I haven't seen a real correlation in time between sugar leafs and buds turning amber so you may just want to check the trichomes on a calyx for an accurate representation of your remaining timeframe.

FlyHigh589 said:

It seems several people did not quite understand what you asked haha. I can only tell you from my experience, but once I begin to see the first signs of amber trich heads, I would say between 10-15 days seems about par for many indica strains to be ready to chop. I'll add that I chop when I have about 20% amber 75%milky and a few stubborn clear heads here or there. Sativas seem to go a bit slower, but not much. Maybe add 4-6 days to above.
Again, this is only what I have noticed, from my experience. You can start reducing ppm once a few ambers show tho. Just drop by about 10% per feeding till your just about satisfied with trichome color ratio then plain water for a day or 2 and chop.

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Sweet! Thank you ! That is exactly what I was looking for.

You may have missed my edit at the bottom but since your amber trichome was on a sugar leaf, you can disregard that. Only applies to trichs on the actual bud as it seems sugar leef trichomes tend to mature quicker than those on the actual calyx

FlyHigh589 said:

You may have missed my edit at the bottom but since your amber trichome was on a sugar leaf, you can disregard that. Only applies to trichs on the actual bud as it seems sugar leef trichomes tend to mature quicker than those on the actual calyx

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Yea, missed it but got it now
Thanks so much!