newbie grow question ,,,white hairs/redish brown

chernobong

chernobong

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alright im a little tired as i just got off the road playin some kick ass metal shows and my girlz messin with me .... this is my first grow ...what do the white hairs look like ,on a cured bud (dried),,,,, also when were talkin hairs that have changed from white ,,, to redish brown do the whole hairs change or just mostly the ends of them ,,seems like mine are mostly the ends right now ,but she is very cloudy and swollen .... thx for any input :dunce:
 
No picture?... Ok the hairs are pistils they are meant to catch pollen and bring it in to make a seed..they start off thick and white..then they die and turn orange or red.. Sometimes you don't have to wait till all the pistils die off..only like eighty percent..the way to check for a more accurate reading is to look at the resin heads..the bulbs at the top will go from clear to cloudy to reddish..amber..anyway all different people prefer it at all different times..
 
P1010002.jpgP1010005.jpgP1010008.jpgP1010006.jpgP1010003.jpgP1010005.jpgP1010010.jpgso do the whole pistols need to turn color before you lump them in with youre 80 percent judgement ,,P1010004.jpg,,,and i guess this is what i really want to know ,,what color do the white pistols turn too after dry and curing ....thx any one who replies P1010007.jpg
 
Chern she still has a while to go .. the entire hair will be brown/red/orange depending on strain .. but primarily there will be no more new white hairs .. and mostly retracted brown/red ones...

Some strains alter from this .. but I can tell you that she has a little ways to go

Pretty much all the hairs turn more of a red color once the bud is dried and cured.. but wait because she will be much better smoke in a little more time :) ...

Good luck to you !
 
You cannot really base harvesting on the pistils alone.
You need to look at the trichomes and the whole plant.

How long have you been flowering them for?


Well, the pistils don't "turn colour" while drying, they remain the colour they have when they are harvested, since most people harvest when they are orange (since this normally occurs while trichs are the colour people are looking for, be that cloudy or amber (due to preference)).
Normally pistils have a brown/orange/red-ish colour to them on a dried bud.

Looks like you have a Nitrogen deficiency btw.
 
Pistils will change color during drying and curing .... but that doesnt make the bud more ripe...

But as Koijn said .. trichs are the only true way to tell ripeness :)
 
Thx..altaball.... Thats what i was wanting to hear ,im gettin antsy excited she was looking like she s almost ripe today .
 
Just wait Chern .. cus once they are cut there is no going back .. and the difference in high from a immature to a mature bud is night and day .. what kinda smoke do you prefer.. sedative or head high?

and what strain is she ?
 
Obviously any "new" pistils will change from white to whatever colour the strains genetics dictate, however, pistils do normally not change colour during drying.
And certainly not during curing.
Some may darken a bit but usually if you dry them properly they will keep their "glow" and lush colour.

Your other thread has been deleted chernobong due to the fact that dublicated threads are not allowed.
 
you can harvest a premature bud of all white pistils and it will dry with all orange/red/brown hairs. It will artificially make the pistils look mature ..

Koijn I know you do not like me..but ur incorrect ... for experiment sake I am more then willing to chop a premature bud off my girls.. of all white pistils.. and they will be orange/red/brown within a night or 2 of drying .... its just the drying out of the pistil that turns it color.

That all being said.. the hairs turning brown during drying does not mean the bud is still maturing .. its just them drying out that makes them the darker color ...
 
I already stated that: "obviously new pistils will change colour during drying".
I would've thought it easy to understand that by the term "new pistils", the definition is that they're white. As with all new pistils.
Ergo I don't need to be told that 'white' pistils change colour during drying.
If you have any white pistils on your plant when you chop it (which most plants do, since the continue to develop pistils), they will change colour during drying, not during curing however.

This is a quote from my first post in this thread:

Normally pistils have a brown/orange/red-ish colour to them on a dried bud.
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I don't see where the problem lies.
 
k0ijn said:
Obviously any "new" pistils will change from white to whatever colour the strains genetics dictate, however, pistils do normally not change colour during drying.
And certainly not during curing.
Some may darken a bit but usually if you dry them properly they will keep their "glow" and lush colour.

Your other thread has been deleted chernobong due to the fact that dublicated threads are not allowed.
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I might of been mistaken last time I questioned / quoted you but did I read it wrong again?
 
k0ijn said:
You cannot really base harvesting on the pistils alone.
You need to look at the trichomes and the whole plant.

How long have you been flowering them for?


Well, the pistils don't "turn colour" while drying, they remain the colour they have when they are harvested, since most people harvest when they are orange (since this normally occurs while trichs are the colour people are looking for, be that cloudy or amber (due to preference)).
Normally pistils have a brown/orange/red-ish colour to them on a dried bud.

Looks like you have a Nitrogen deficiency btw.
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I disagree..
 
I think we keep stumbling into the same problem here.
You are taking one part of a paragraph out of context and therefore not getting my full point.

The point is that I do not see any colour change in pistils (when they are not white but orange/brown/red) when harvested and dried.
White pistils always change colour that is a natural and will happen either during the lifetime of the plant or when buds are harvested and dried.
This is why I said:

Well, the pistils don't "turn colour" while drying, they remain the colour they have when they are harvested, since most people harvest when they are orange (since this normally occurs while trichs are the colour people are looking for, be that cloudy or amber (due to preference)).
Normally pistils have a brown/orange/red-ish colour to them on a dried bud.
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I excluded white pistils from that post since most strains grown will have pistils turning colour before harvest due to pH and environmental factors.

This is a pointless discussion I fear, as it seems there is the same language barrier as before.
 
Im done after this and I hope I help chern ..

Koijn his original question was ... what color will the white hairs turn during drying/cure he never asked if the color of the red/brown hairs would change .. and your first post did not answer that correctly ... but since then now you have kinda explained yourself into a correct answer.. Have a good one!
 
alotaball said:
Im done after this and I hope I help chern ..

Koijn his original question was ... what color will the white hairs turn during drying/cure he never asked if the color of the red/brown hairs would change .. and your first post did not answer that correctly ... but since then now you have kinda explained yourself into a correct answer.. Have a good one!
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I read a lot of posts each day and sometimes words slip.
I guess I should have read it twice but when the setup and grammar is the way it is sometimes, I just skim through.
As you can see he also asks what happens with the brown and red hairs and how they develop / change.
There isn't just one question in his post, I guess you skimmed a bit as well..
I agree, you have kind of explained yourself away from the curing.
 
I suspect purple erkle,, or gdp i think it is my freinds seed ,,,it is very purple in real life ,,,, but has small sativa type leaves ,,,hybrid it is the first to b this far\ along ,out of my bag seed grow ,,,, i like\ a 50 /50 high
 
chernobong said:
I suspect purple erkle,, or gdp i think it is my freinds seed ,,,it is very purple in real life ,,,, but has small sativa type leaves ,,,hybrid it is the first to b this far\ along ,out of my bag seed grow ,,,, i like\ a 50 /50 high
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I would suggest you get a microscope or a loupe to determine when to harvest, it seems like the first show of amber trichs to 10% amber trichs would be a good time for you to harvest.
You could also harvest at different times (top nugs first, then wait a while and harvest the bottom ones).
 
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