Help with Trichome ID

Dr. Who said:

Not BS and a good question! Only tried to supply a legit answer......Tend to get huffy when "attacked" and sorry now, to have shot back. We all have a weakness .

I still believe 70 days will have better results,,all around (Everything I run longer then breeders reports is picked by my patients first and I tend to listen to my patients!).....BUT,,,do what YOU need to do....The point is that if it works for you,,,,,then it works!

The plant looks GREAT and your doing FINE!

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hogbud said:

I use DynaGro ProtK for that

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hogbud said:

Good to see a good debate LOL
I would go with Dr Who here as far as the advice given, and just because it is in a magazine doesn't make it right, it is an opinion and often times opinions are shared, still doesn't make it right.

For new growers the best way to learn it to harvest in stages, start at the end of week 6 and take a branch or bud dry it and try it, same at end of week 7 and again at week eight etc.

Plants harvested early will give you a racy head high
plants harvested late will give you a couchlock high

best to find the happy place in the middle

me I wait till they are ripe, I never look at trics to decide that I go by senescence

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hogbud said:

that is the stuff being taught in forums for sure !!!

I go by this, taken from the book marijuana botany by robert connell clarke (which is available for download all over the web)



Like I said if you find a strain that does this KEEP IT !!!!

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Grow4myfriends said:

Well I voted for "harvest in stages" and was a little surprised to find I was the only one who has voted that way.

You see I have been checking my own grow today with the scope (estimate some 2 weeks to harvest) and I checked top colas vs. piddly little stuff at the bottom. I have about 90% clear trichs at the top and about 50% milky trichs at the bottom (is that normal?) so if I was to go by trichs I would not be harvesting the whole plant in 1 day, I would be doing it in stages.

But I don't go by trichs. Sure I check them but it's not the deciding factor. It's all of the following things:

1. General appearance of the plant
2. Appearance of the pistils (white vs. orange hairs)
3. Trichome development
4. and most importantly, how urgently do i need some weed to smoke lol

Anyway it's not my intention to hijack this thread and talk about myself...

Merry Jizzrain you are approaching harvest window very soon for sure. Make your own judgement and I wish you the best of luck and a great harvest.
Peace bro!

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Dr. Who said:

That's all well and good for the hydro folks......What about the soil folks you might ask?
The use of a silica supplement in soil IS a good idea (Potassium silicate NOT Sodium silicate as it's a "salt") .
The use of a silica will increase the availability of N in soil.
The use of silica will help balance the uptake of P. This is helpful to those who might try a high P&K supplement in bloom (some root stimulator's are high P too).
Helps the uptake of Zinc and competes for the uptake of Aluminum, Iron and Manganese.

Good one's are Dynagro's Pro-tekt and Mad Farmer's Silica.
Any Potassium Silicate will work,,,but these 2 are more cost effective.....

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MerryJizzRain said:

Because of my local climate this is where I order my outdoor seeds from. Last year the deer (or rabbit or porcupine, or some other bastard) ate them, so I can't vouch for finished product. Cages have already been made for this year

http://hempdepot.ca/seeds/FOG/index.html

Nice pic of the leaf & I appreciate the quote from Marijuana Botany, despite tons of internet trawling I haven't come across it yet (or missed it when I did)

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BenFranklin said:

How dare you??? I am positive you don't know everything there is to know about weed, and I am quite sure by reading that your level of expertise is limited. So for you to tell someone else that they shouldn't be offering advice or teaching is absolute bullshit.

It's people like you that are the epitome of the problem in marijuana, as if YOU have some exclusivity to everything marijuana related, you fucking noob.

You tell him that he has no experience and shouldn't be teaching, because his level of expertise may not be on par with your own, but, then you turn around and tell him that you refuse to help educate him???

People like you, automatically get put into my ignore list, asshole, I hope ALL your future crops all end up with mites, you punk.

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BenFranklin said:

It goes like this... weed enhanced might be a noob growing, and he might be reposting information, or pasting articles from high times...

I personally, at 45 years old, am glad of this, I personally, do not know everything there is to know about marijuana, though I've seriously studied this plant, for 25-30 years.

When people like weedenhanced come along, they offer me the opportunity to review things that I already know, and ENHANCE knowledge that I've come to learn or experience over the decades. Instead of looking at noobs as the enemy, try to look at them from this point of view. It is the idea behind the student teaching the teacher.

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weedenhanced said:

I can learn all the theories from others I can read and read .thats solid knowledge if u ask me I learn what I need all resources r there iam 31 and u can find info to any problem about growing weed on the internet I dont just read any one persons take on things I read many and come to my own conclusion I watch hundreds of utube videos and take from them the info I need to applie to my grows my last grow was a scrog my first and iam proud to say I grew it like a pro and it was the first time id given it a very good long cure

To u older growers this sounds maybe rude but all u guys have learned the hard way us newer growers have all your experience at our finger tips u just need to look hard enough on the net to find it and apply it a trademen like fashion the info today is unlimited

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cat of curiosity said:

hey, karma's a bitch, right?

and no, you're misinterpreting. perhaps reread the thread. weedenhanced is being a dick, first to dr. who, then to me, and i'm sure he'll do it to others. ten years ago, i'd be quick to offer insight to anyone. ten years before that, i'd offer an opinion on something i read, but allow as to not being sure about the info. now, it's not worth the fucking headache. if you want to defend belligerent behavior, go for it. YOU help high times reading, insulting assholes, i'll stick to the polite ones.

how dare i? i hope you and everyone's grows perform magnificently.

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hogbud said:

not rude at all and doing your research is great but please remember not everything you find on the web is the truth

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weedenhanced said:

Ur ego is so big I was not rude to u till u attacked me cause me and dr who had a arguement that was between us and we sorted u just tryed to jump on the boat and defend ut friend well I would hope he ur friend or do u just dribble uttershit to everyone I had no beef with u so mind ur fcking business u must not hepave read what started our arguement u need to learn old dogs can learn new tricks

thing evolve either evolve with it or be left behind in ur sad little ezistence where the methods u learnt 20 years ago r still the best way sorry but things change new technics r the way newer better thing can be done I think u need go read a few other ppl blogs and other toos grower tips and tricks

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cat of curiosity said:

learning never ends. i don't profess to know all. my point has been your attitude. you should try smoking pot, you might be less angry. fighting for the sake of fighting is better done in a boxing ring. you won't hurt me, or my feelings, so why waste the effort?

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weedenhanced said:

I just like seeing ego maniacs make the self look stupid or r u bipolar

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hogbud said:

Wow, I tell ya the secret and show you that the forum hype is off a tad and got no flamers, then it goes on with attacks and arguments? Don't you guys wanna learn?

this is a 5 inch tall clone of RM3's Wonderland that has been in veg for 2 weeks, covered in trics and yes already showing amber, take a close lookView attachment 3152683 View attachment 3152684 View attachment 3152685 View attachment 3152687 View attachment 3152688 View attachment 3152689 View attachment 3152688

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MerryJizzRain said:

Holy smokes! What kind (name, lineage, etc) of plant are you growing? Or is your growing method that brings such early loveliness to your plant? Probably both, eh? I'm kind of glad my plant didn't look so nice so soon. It would have made the waiting that much harder

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