new to this so not sure if i am replying to this thread, or gg42os post, however, she taught me a very valuable lesson and saved a lot of my harvest. first, let me say that i have always gone by the 'longest is best' theory, often letting my plants go til first frost or mid-late October. however, when i lost some amazing harvests to inside bud rot, i came upon a formula of: overall plant look and health, pistils, hollow stalks, old yellow leaves, trikes, and had much luck with this method. Cut to this year. started working with some other growers who claim vast knowledge, and basically throw gobs of money at their grows, to create ideal cannabis, and solve problems. come to find out, well, ill be silent here, you can use your senses. SO, i become convinced that it appears that it is time to evolve with the times, since EVERYBODY KNOWS that it is cloudy trikes that make a plant ideal. some schools say amber is degraded thc, regardless, i get my first real 'dope scope' anddddd- plants look AMAZING!!! CLOUDY!! YESSSss!
View attachment 4394092 View attachment 4394094 View attachment 4394094 so ...... with these beautiful cloudy trikes, the pros, and according to MANY, MANY, people on this site, my plants were ready. fat, sticky buds got whacked! it was ganjag42o that broke my heart yet enlightened me at the same time. it seems that no one EVER finishes the dang sentence... cloudy trikes, yes, but ON THE CALYX! I was a victim of my own stupidity. I knew in my heart they could and would be much bigger, here's what tripped me up, first, I grew in 3-5 gal pots instead of in ground, as i usually do. Second, I had to move three plants because the cops made me, dug them up in flower from the ground and transplanted them, these stunted a little, and even showed amber. Second, i relied on the damn scope and the advice of the morons that told me it was the 'proper' way to choose peak harvest. third, I did not come here and ask for help. had I, I would hat learned, probably from gg420, what i did wrong. here's some of the plants I chopped...
View attachment 4394092 View attachment 4394094 View attachment 4394108 View attachment 4394109 there was definitely more potential, fortunately i stopped chopping when i received the correct Intel, I still have four of these girls left, and the last pic is of my humble little backyard grow, one of a handful of projects going, and the garden im referring to. so, to make my point, sugar leafs and any other part of the plant is irrelevant when it comes to cloudy trikes, as you can see from my FALSE readings, its all about THE CALYX! thank you so much for the education GanjaGurl420, and im sorry if i butchered your name, lol. truly grateful. and usually, for me, pistils and trikes correlate when done, (normally) that's all i got for today, peace out.
there was definitely more potential, fortunately i stopped chopping when i received the correct Intel, I still have four of these girls left, and the last pic is of my humble little backyard grow, one of a handful of projects going, and the garden im referring to. so, to make my point, sugar leafs and any other part of the plant is irrelevant when it comes to cloudy trikes, as you can see from my FALSE readings, its all about THE CALYX! thank you so much for the education GanjaGurl420, and im sorry if i butchered your name, lol. truly grateful. and usually, for me, pistils and trikes correlate when done, (normally) that's all i got for today, peace out.
