1st grow should I harvest, or wait a little longer?

possum127

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This is my first indoor grow, and I"ve never grown anything outdoors with this much frost on it, so I am not sure how long to wait to harvest. I included some pics, maybe someone can help. I've read to wait till you see some amber trichromes, so I think I'm getting pretty close. Plants have been on 12/12 for about 7 1/2 weeks. Thanks in advace for any help. Man these plant are really sticky, and great aroma.
 

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SmokingDour

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Thats wassup bro they looking sexy. im knew to the grow scene ass well but if u ask me i would say let her go for 2-3 weeks the more time the better. Have u been properly flushing your ladies. Thats a Must.
 

thepaintedchef

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You need to get a loupe or a scope to better check out your trichs. Half cloudy half amber is what you want. Flushing depends on how you're growing. In soil atleast two weeks before harvest. Hydro atleat one week.
 

thepaintedchef

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And make sure you give atleast three days of dark before you harvest. It causes the plant to do a final resin push.
 

Illegal Smile

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You definitely want to check the trichs in several locations. I would harvest at the first sign of amber trichs. I'll bet that's no more than a week.

What strain is that?
 

Senseimilla

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Like the others said you need to check them out under magnification to be sure, BUT from just those pics it looks like they still need a little longer to me -- most of the hairs are still white and trichs look white -- also buds look like they have room for more fruit. Nice and frosty though! What strain, what kind of light?
 

f1bud

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not quite ready man but not far off, amazing pics by the way, good macro type shooting caught them triches real sweet, +rep for gr8 fots n grow, heres mine , i am on day 57 today of 12/12 !! kepp growing on for another ten days or so n u will see the diference.. patience my man is the key word of the day, lol . !
 

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Senseimilla

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I'd also say a full bud shot instead of a closeup on the trichs would help a lot more too to see how filled out the buds are.
 

possum127

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Thanks again to everyone who has offered advice, t is greatly appreciated. I've been adding nutes one day, then two days just water. Seems to be working so far. I've been using Fox Farm. I have a 5'x5' grow tent. Started with a 400w hps, swithched to metal halide for 12/12. Was a little greedy trying to raise 6 plants , not enough litght for the area, so I bought a Penetrator 189xpro about 3 weeks ago to help with the lighting. I plan on flushing for at least one week, that's why I'm trying to decide when to start.

Sensemillia The first two pics areRoyal Queen Ice and the other two pics are Royal Queen Special Queen
F1Budman The pics were taken with an old 1 megapixel Sony, but I really like the macro feature
 

ohmy

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They need more time and I can tell you just like many good growers will is not to starve your plants the last weeks of its life... Keep doing what ya have been, they look real happy + rep
 

possum127

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Illegal Smile The first 2 pics are Royal Queen Ice and the others are Royal Queen Special Queen. Hope your right on one more week.

Thepaintedchef I have a 40x loupe on the way, hope it helps me. Never heard about the 3 days of dark, anyone else use this method?

F 1 Bud almost forgot those are some nice looking plants you have there. I have learned a lot on this first grow. A lot of it the hard way.
 
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