Help me identify Trichomes color

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I posted pics of trichomes of my 2 plants. Can you help me identify the color % of trichomes so i know when to harvest?

ps : It’s my 3rd day after the second final flush before harvest (ppm =50)
 

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Looks to me that you have mostly cloudy and zero amber. You might have started that flush a little early, but maybe that will help it die quicker and develop some amber. White pistles means you have at least a few weeks left. If you only want clear and cloudy trichs, chop now, but you'll be missing out on some bulking up. Its all a learning curve. Good luck. They look great. Keep up the good work.
 
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Did i flush too early? (9.5L pot)

Dec 17 : 25L flush. ppm runoff ~ 60 (each plant)
Dec 23 : 7.5L flush. runoff ~ 50 (each plant)
Dec 26 :

I’m aiming for 100% cloudy (maybe 10-15% amber)
Check my 2 plants. One is 95% amber
The other one still has white pistils
Should i flush again and wait one week before harvest or should i wait more plz help!

ps: i think i flushed too much the first time ppm dropped from 600 to ~60

also, what is the best technique before harvest ? If i flush again on dec 26. How many days do i need to wait before giving 24hrs darkness and cut the plants down to hang them (on the 6th day they will wilt)
And best time of the day to cut the plants early or late.

Thanks for the help! It’s my first grow :)
 

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By flushing, all you did was remove the nutes from the medium.........you can't flush nutes from the actual plant.
 
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I wouldn’t even bother looking at trichs until the pistils are almost all brown. I’d rather see the whole plant in this case, but from the looks of the pistils in those shots, you have a way to go. They should almost all turn brown and start to bend towards to flower and recede a little. Doesn’t look like that’s happening yet.

Trichs look frosty with some clear, very little to no amber. Make sure you look at the trichs on the flower and calyxes and not the leaves. Those will amber faster and are not an accurate gauge. But look at pistils first.

Pics of buds from other day look great, but still a couple weeks out, maybe more.
 
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warble said:
Looks to me that you have mostly cloudy and zero amber. You might have started that flush a little early, but maybe that will help it die quicker and develop some amber. White pistles means you have at least a few weeks left. If you only want clear and cloudy trichs, chop now, but you'll be missing out on some bulking up. Its all a learning curve. Good luck. They look great. Keep up the good work.
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DeadHeadX said:
I wouldn’t even bother looking at trichs until the pistils are almost all brown. I’d rather see the whole plant in this case, but from the looks of the pistils in those shots, you have a way to go. They should almost all turn brown and start to bend towards to flower and recede a little. Doesn’t look like that’s happening yet.

Trichs look frosty with some clear, very little to no amber. Make sure you look at the trichs on the flower and calyxes and not the leaves. Those will amber faster and are not an accurate gauge. But look at pistils first.

Pics of buds from other day look great, but still a couple weeks out, maybe more.
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Thanks for the reply.
Do I need to feed again? or keep giving distilled water until i chop ?
I removed the nuts from the medium soil with lots of distilled water. ALSO leaves started to yellow
 
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Yeah, runoff PPMs of 50 seems a little low for distilled water. The leaves yellowed because the plant is canabilizing itself. She needs more nutes. She still has white hairs. Those should be orange or brown before you flush. If flushing is what you want.
 
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warble said:
Yeah, runoff PPMs of 50 seems a little low for distilled water. The leaves yellowed because the plant is canabilizing itself. She needs more nutes. She still has white hairs. Those should be orange or brown before you flush. If flushing is what you want.
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Will they bulk up more if i feed them in 4 days ? but then i have to flush again 2 or 3 times to remove harsh chemicals from the soil to improve taste but they might be too late to harvest NO?!
 
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There is some controversy over flushing, so there's that. A good dry and cure should mitigate what you are going to do. You are probably not going to get those yellow leaves to go green, but you can prevent the green ones from going yellow as quickly. Like I said, if you're in a hurry, keep up the watering and the plants will finish faster. If they were my girls, I'd feed them until I chop. I smoke what I grow, I smoke out a few friends that don't grow, I don't get complaints of my smoke being harsh. I cure for more than a couple of months. So my smoke is quite a bit more mellow than dispensary smoke. At least here in So-Cal.
Maybe if I flushed, it would be even better, but I'm not going there until I hit some smoke that is better than what I grow. Of course I know people that grow better than I do, but I also like that I know every step in the process of what I grow, and to me, that outweighs the more costly better smoke. You mileage may vary.
 
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