Thanks @revegeta666 and @RobFromTX for your feedback, we are all going to miss Tikal .... hopefully she will back one day .....
I had one that matured very quickly and another tall lanky one that took forever, about 12 weeks. They were both winners thoughDoes Tikal struggle to get amber trichomes, or even cloudy ones? Its seemed to mature quickly, but seems to have stopped for a bit. I am at f78 and they are mostly clear...no amber in sight. really, just looking for cloudy. the odor is getting pretty interesting. maybe it's the peach incense, but it's difficult to identify. there is some sweet tart fruit (peachy?) and some light fuel or petrol smell, not really skunky. the non fruit side is more like a very light whif of the sliver haze's i grew 20+ years ago.
You can't really judge the ripeness of sativas the same way you do with indicas looking at the trichomes. At least most of them I would think. You rather judge the ripeness by general look of the buds. Sativas have a longer window of harvest so I suggest you "play it by ear" so to say.Does Tikal struggle to get amber trichomes, or even cloudy ones? Its seemed to mature quickly, but seems to have stopped for a bit. I am at f78 and they are mostly clear...no amber in sight. really, just looking for cloudy. the odor is getting pretty interesting. maybe it's the peach incense, but it's difficult to identify. there is some sweet tart fruit (peachy?) and some light fuel or petrol smell, not really skunky. the non fruit side is more like a very light whif of the sliver haze's i grew 20+ years ago.
So true. Theres no worse buzz in the world than smoking sativa that wasn't finished properly. I wouldn't wish that on anybodyYou can't really judge the ripeness of sativas the same way you do with indicas looking at the trichomes. At least most of them I would think. You rather judge the ripeness by general look of the buds. Sativas have a longer window of harvest so I suggest you "play it by ear" so to say.
So true. Theres no worse buzz in the world than smoking sativa that wasn't finished properly. I wouldn't wish that on anybody
You probably have that long flowering pheno i had. Is it really tall and lanky? Mine didnt smell fruity like the short flowering one, more of a hazey woody smell. Great smoke thoughi've been pretty fixated on getting to at least mostly cloudy trichomes. way back we did look at trichomes, but we also just looked at the hair development. these days i wait for the buds to plump. these buds did get plump, but weeks ago. they haven't changed much since. the lower buds are finally getting red hairs and fattening. the red hairs to me mean that it is close. 75% red was good to go when i young. I am approaching 84 days now. I wonder if anyone takes it longer.
You probably have that long flowering pheno i had. Is it really tall and lanky? Mine didnt smell fruity like the short flowering one, more of a hazey woody smell. Great smoke though
Mine went a bit over 3 months. Well worth the wait thoughoh, it's mildy fruity/sweet tart. not too woody. it's fem stock from a US distributor. the light petrol could be a wood/incense to a different nose. it didn't stretch much, but i had some ph issue in weeks 1 and 2 of flower. how long did you let it go?
Pretty decent! It actually cured for 10 months, and has been vacuum sealed and frozen for 6 months. I think it peaked around 8-9 months of curing. Other than that I can't really tell the difference from before and after freezing tbh.How is your Tikal after half a year of cure @revegeta666 ?