Newbie reading trichomes (opinion on these?

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passatoke

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trying to determine trichome stage with a low quality camera and slight colorblindness. whats your opinion on these.
Any tips/suggestions appreciated. any questions ask away!
I think the light is making these looks cloudy, i also see what appears to be amber or "dead" trics. I just don't trust my judgement this plant is weeks ahead of the rest.

is this the right format? I can select full image to insert.
 
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Thundercat

Thundercat

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Dont look at the trichomes on the leaves.

Before even thinking about harvesting take a look at this and see if your plant is actually showing you all these signs.

The signs of ripeness are pretty standard.

First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.

Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago, and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue

Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems ars starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight and now the buds are doing their final ripening.

Now you begin looking at trichomes, on the calyx not leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.

There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.

It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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Thundercat gave good advice. A very large number of people around the country right now are about to harvest their crop too early, almost none will harvest too late. This is the most important lesson for any grower to learn because it makes or breaks your entire grow and all that time and money you invested into it.
 
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passatoke

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Thundercat said:
Thundercat said:
Dont look at the trichomes on the leaves.

Before even thinking about harvesting take a look at this and see if your plant is actually showing you all these signs.

The signs of ripeness are pretty standard.

First a few of the pistils begin turning color and start receding. Your plant is just starting to ripen. Depending on the strain you could still have two months to go. We're just starting this journey.

Two to four weeks later you'll notice that most of the pistils(>80%) have now changed color and curled back into the bud. It's frosty, way bigger than it was a few weeks ago, and smells dank! It's time, right? Not a chance killer. Patience is a virtue

Over the next 2-3 weeks it doesn't look much different, maybe a little more swelling in the calyxes, and the rest of the pistils change over, but the stems ars starting to bend under the weight of the buds. These ladies are putting on weight and now the buds are doing their final ripening.

Now you begin looking at trichomes, on the calyx not leaves, and harvest according to your preference. When looking at trichomes it’s essential to look at them from the side. The bulbous heads can magnify the opaque stalk under it. Looking from the side allows you to more accurately see the condition of the resin in the trichome head.

There is still no rush to harvest, the window just opened, and you have several weeks before you MIGHT start having to think about it possibly beginning to get too ripe. It takes WEEKS for plants to mature not days.

It is very easy to harvest a plant to early. It is very hard to harvest a plant to late. I’ve never seen someone accidentally wait too long.
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Thank you for the quick response and warm welcome to the community :) I didn't think anyone would be very interested in the other information so I just left it out . I did not know I shouldn't be looking at leaves o_O i've always cut a sugar leaf off and stuck that under the scope. what would you suggest as an alternative, I shake too much to use the scope without leaning on a countertop or something.

I'll pop more info including pics in a second!
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Millo

Millo

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passatoke said:
never a silly question. autoflowering. about to drop more details in a reply to post inc pics
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Ok, so since it's an autoflower, the above infos are true, however the only thing that's changing is the age of the plant. Unlike photo's, autos will be ready a bit sooner. So keep an eye out for swollen calyxes and brown receeding pistils. Only after that you can check trichomes. Keep asking from week to week for our opinion, we are here to help. It's only nice when other people begin to understand what to really look for, for a ripe plant. Many many people harvest too early and do not experience the true beauty of their plant's high.
 
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passatoke

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here's a bit info guys if it helps!

strain is original amnesia auto by dinafem done in soil, they are currently at day 79 (84 if you include the first 5 days after germ)
first sign of stretching/ preflowering was 1st FEB, since easy day to remember lol. other grows on growdiares seem to be finishing around 70-77 days

600W HPS , 21-24 degrees currently RH 47-55%, underfed and some cold nights may have stressed them out weeks ago.

this plant in particular seems far ahead of the rest, it has went through 3 cycles of white to brown pistols, foxtail looking bits of bud keep shooting out 2-3 new white pistols. the other 2 plants are still mostly white and no where near as "ripe" of hard as these nugs.

pics if it helps! (struggled to get good ones)

hey, if they have longer to go then fuck yeah! might get more than I thought!
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passatoke

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Millo said:
Ok, so since it's an autoflower, the above infos are true, however the only thing that's changing is the age of the plant. Unlike photo's, autos will be ready a bit sooner. So keep an eye out for swollen calyxes and brown receeding pistils. Only after that you can check trichomes. Keep asking from week to week for our opinion, we are here to help. It's only nice when other people begin to understand what to really look for, for a ripe plant. Many many people harvest too early and do not experience the true beauty of their plant's high.
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pistils have been receeding for 5 or so days now alot more swollen than last week, this has been such a fun run learning about the different stages and seeing it happen.
 
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passatoke

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Rurumo said:
Thundercat gave good advice. A very large number of people around the country right now are about to harvest their crop too early, almost none will harvest too late. This is the most important lesson for any grower to learn because it makes or breaks your entire grow and all that time and money you invested into it.
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how do I like a reply haha
 
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