How close to harvest?

[mrgrynch]

Can someone help me. This is my first grow. I grew this strain for specific medicinal purposes and do not want couchlock weed. From the pictures below you can see a few amber trich, some milky trichs and still some clear trichs. The question is, how much longer do you think I should let them continue before harvest? I appreciate any help.

 

[hush]

You're close. There are too many clears for my liking. I understand not wanting couch lock weed, so it's cool harvesting before the trichs go too amber... but IMO you should at least wait until there are no more clears. Cloudy/Amber is what you should look for, with no clears.

 

[mrgrynch]

Thanks, Hush. I'll keep an eye on them.. they sure are smelling sweet and any opportunity to let those buds swell some more can't hurt, right!?

 

[sensibuds]

The longer you go the bigger the buds will be aswell!

Now if we're talking the difference of a few days, then you will not see any sizeable gains. But if we're talking a week or longer, you can definitely see gains!

Looking good .

 

[FreedomTRAIL]

IMO its ready. I like to kill the light for 48 hours before harvesting.

 

[mrgrynch]

I checked on them again a couple of days ago, and there wasn't an appreciable difference in the ratio of amber/cloudy trichs, so I think waiting was the right call. I am seeing far fewer clear trichs. I will probably be cutting at least one of them by weeks end.

 

[amannamedtruth]

Those look more like damaged resin glands, rather than mature.

 

[hush]

Also, grynch, it helps to look at the entire plant and not just up close at the trichomes. You can see that a plant is ripe in a couple different ways, so when you see the whole plant it's easier to make an assessment. Calyxes swell, pistils recede, etc.

 

[Klock]

Amber trichomes can become such by photo-degradation.
A picture of the whole plant using the macro option while the camera is set on a steady object would be very useful.

 

[mrgrynch]

I'll post some full-plant pics