Harvesting - recommended WHITE WIDOW amber:cloudy RATIO ???

Hey there!


I'm seeking for a recommended amber:cloudy RATIO (as an indicator for harvesting) specifically for the WHITE WIDOW.



someone with decent experience with the white widow? (Im not a newbie to white widow - going to be my third WW crop over the year, but it is still not enough for a "scientific" comparison...)


What do you say?




currently, after couple days of a dark period, some trichs turned amber, but Im not even sure when do amber means amber. -- Its can be a hole trich colored amber, and there's (as mine in the current position) Cloudy trichome that a PART of his HEAD is STARTING to spread the amber color. is that what they mean when they say "amber"?


Thank you guys!

About 5% amber and ur good to go my friend.

bioWheel said:

About 5% amber and ur good to go my friend.

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Are you saying that above 5 percent is not significantly more beneficial or that from this point it's actually decreasing in potency? or perhaps gonna be too much of a couchlock?


and about my question about amber- whould you call it amber when it is only partially amber merely in the trichome head?


Thank you!

The amber color (or could be purple) indicates you're nearly done. The coloration can be in the whole trich - not just the 'head'. You're going to have clear, milky and then amber trichs. And the amber is an indication that ur just about done. You're shooting for the most milky trichs you can get. The 5% amber helps you time things.

Bla bla said:

or perhaps gonna be too much of a couchlock?

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this isn't exactly a myth, but close. While the coloration of your Trichs will affect the high you get there is sooo much more to it than just cloudy = flying & amber = couchlock. it doesn't. period. The strain will affect your high vastly more than your Trich coloration. I mean if you get a mostly Sativa plant it doesn't matter how much you let your Trichs degrade you will never get that sleepy lazy high you get from an indica dominant. Your Trichs turning amber actually indicate the degradation of THC, this isnt all bad, some plants have a better high with more or less amber trichs. Personally i take a sample every few days as the trichs change to see what high i like the best, once i find it for a given pheno type i shoot for that %.

Edit: and to answer you question i count a Trich with any amber at all as an amber Trich. remember the plant tissue is still alive after harvest so your Trichs will continue to mature until it looses enough moisture.

I have the biggest percentage of milky trichs when my plant shows 10% to 20% amber. I have grown white widow just about everyday for the last 8 years. Tried it sooner and tried it later, this seems to get the best effect.