Trichomes, clear-cloudy-amber..how long?

could anyone tell me if increasing the darkness to more than 12 hours in last couple of weeks of flowering period speeds up the process without any loss of final amount

i am gonna stick with the 12/12 approch.
remember once your into late flowering its becomes a game of patience

The 7 -8 weeks of flowering start when the plants show sex (or actually start flowering), not when you switch the lights to 12/12. Alot say it is when the lights go to 12/12. They begin producing the flowering hormones, but take a little while to actually start to FLOWER. At least thats How I see it happen. Mine took 10 days to show female sex from a vegging plant, it took my flowered from seed plants 30 to show sex. Then 9 weeks later the vegged plant was done. In 2 weeks my flowered from seed plants will be done @ 56 days since showing sex but 86 days since put under 12/12 because they took 30 days to actually start flowering.

JMHO

(JACKINTHEBOX) it is totaly different to turn out the lights the last two days, which tells the plant basically its time to die, as apposed to shorting the light cycle which frim 12/12 to 10/14 or 8/16. that just gives the plant less light during the flowering cycle which produces less THC. MAKE SENSE? Hope that clears it up. So running at 12/12 with a bit of patience is your best bet. GOOD LUCK!!!

White widow is 25% milky I was wondering if this process from cloudy is only gonna take another couple days. Would this be a good time to completley cover the plant into darkness. Outdoor grow seven footer conveinence says this sunday???

Anyone ideas?

i wouldnt post here if you want a reply, this thread has been inactive since 2007

So do people recommend no lights for the last 2 days?

Many people do recommend that yes, I am going to try it and let you know. I will first switch from 12/12 to 10/14 to simulate the changing to winter. It is my belief that this will lower yield, but speed up finishing. Which is what I want.

That 9 year thread bump though.

If you can see your trichomes with a magnifier, at least see if they're clear or cloudy, once I can see no more clear ones, maybe even a few amber ones, then I know I can plan on cutting her down real soon...but I usually wait until it's dry and thirsty, put it in complete dark for the last two three days...freak her out a bit, stress some THC into her...hopefully. It always turns out good and sticky potent, must be doing something right. lol

Agree hence why lots of meds from dispensary is all clear trichs majority of times cuz they pull them early by counting times differently

Middieman440 said:

Agree hence why lots of meds from dispensary is all clear trichs majority of times cuz they pull them early by counting times differently

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I have never personally bought dispensary weed, but I have gotten my hands on a little bit here and there and I wondered about that cause when I looked at it under my loupe the trichs were mostly cloudy with quite a few clear. Was great weed but taste could have been better. Makes sense. At least I found a little white seed in the last batch and it is now about 2-4 weeks to go. I'm going to let her take her time. It was before. Might not be my prettiest plant but I think it might be the best shit Ive grown.

I didn't harvest till week 12. Plants are White Widow, G33, GMO, and Pink Kush. All trichomes were cloudy with a few amber here and there. Just keep it going till this happens. 8 weeks is not a rule. You harvest when you get what you want. Its just a THC to CBD ratio

Exactly, it sure helps to have a good jewelers loupe or a USB microscope. Especially if you have old eyes like mine.

Nykodemuz said:

I didn't harvest till week 12. Plants are White Widow, G33, GMO, and Pink Kush. All trichomes were cloudy with a few amber here and there. Just keep it going till this happens. 8 weeks is not a rule. You harvest when you get what you want. Its just a THC to CBD ratio

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100%. In my experience I've only had 1 or 2 plants ever that finished before 10 weeks. A lot of the 7-8 week talk is just marketing BS to get you to think their strain is faster, but much more often it winds up being 10-13 weeks for me.

AtticBlaster said:

100%. In my experience I've only had 1 or 2 plants ever that finished before 10 weeks. A lot of the 7-8 week talk is just marketing BS to get you to think their strain is faster, but much more often it winds up being 10-13 weeks for me.

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Never had an 8 week finisher either. Some strains have flowered 4.5+months. If they are mostly/all sativa forget any 8 week ideas in my humble experience.