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Does this plant is ready for harvest?
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Douglas.Curtis
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No, please wait longer. If you can get a magnifying lens 30x to 100x in power, look at the trichomes on the flowers. You're looking for somewhere between 5% and 15% "Amber" trichomes. The trichomes usually change from clear, to a milky/white, and then to an amber or deeper yellow color.
Count 20 trichomes in a few spots on the flowers themselves. The sugar leaves poking out of the flowers will have more amber than the flowers, count the flower trichomes.
Count a few spots and average the number of amber trichomes for a good estimate.
1 amber trichome in 20 is 5% amber. 2 is 10% and 3 amber trichomes in 20 is 15% amber. I wait until at LEAST 5%, so the high/stone/effect lasts longer than 30 minutes. After 15% amber, most strains I've grown tend to get sleepy and that is definitely "overripe" cannabis I don't want.
Good luck!
Count 20 trichomes in a few spots on the flowers themselves. The sugar leaves poking out of the flowers will have more amber than the flowers, count the flower trichomes.
Count a few spots and average the number of amber trichomes for a good estimate.1 amber trichome in 20 is 5% amber. 2 is 10% and 3 amber trichomes in 20 is 15% amber. I wait until at LEAST 5%, so the high/stone/effect lasts longer than 30 minutes. After 15% amber, most strains I've grown tend to get sleepy and that is definitely "overripe" cannabis I don't want.
Good luck!
purplepassion
Member
2 weeks at least
Usually if you look at a bud against some light and look carefully you can see the shape of the trichromes kind of like a skyline. Sometimes this can give you enough of a view to notice the different shades of clear, milky and amber.
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You right, the hairs started about a month ago (I think).
The plant was always outside, but never got complete darkness because of the lights of the street.
I am feeding it only water with a little bit of organic fertilizer.
You right, it never had complete darkness and usually got only a few hours of direct sun.
Yes but each one started in a different time, I have 3 plants, the one from this post is the oldest, I have a younger female that look more like a bush (I think because some animal took a bite from the top of it when it was young) and I have another one that Im not sure if it's a female or male yet but it's growing very nice, this is the one on the right, I'll send you pictures tomorrow because now it's dark.
You could throw up a tarp between the street light and plants at night. Or anything that would block light. I would let it go 3-4 more if possible.
Growing can be a pleasure or a pain. Sometimes all you can do is salvage a situation. Plus hash is delicious.
Growing can be a pleasure or a pain. Sometimes all you can do is salvage a situation. Plus hash is delicious.
paradoxlost
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this plant looks like hemp
