Sure but make sure they are 50/50 or close to it. Keep us posted and best of luck. B Safe Will

If you are trying to judge with the pistil “hairs” colors alone, you might want to wait until nearly 100% of the pistils are amber or orange-ish, or brown-ish. This indicates the “buds” are done, and with no new “bright light color” hairs(pistils) showing up, this usually is indicative that the new …

I think this is the hardest part for amateur growers, this is my first successful grow and I have been wanting to harvest my plants for about a week now, I keep waiting for more hairs to turn amber, but I have been looking under a jewelers loop and I THINK all my resin sacks are now cloudy/milky, so…

Wait till you see 50 or 70% Amber you’ll be glad you did… I had to wait 3 more weeks but knw I have $20. Gram weed. Will

You’re referring to 50-70% amber “hairs”, not amber resin sacks, right?

[image] When should I harvest? Grow Cycle We covered this topic very thoroughly recently. There is no way to be absolutely sure without being able to peek into the trichomes. Get a jeweler’s loupe or high powered hand held magnifying glass, they are not expensive, not unco…

I’m sorry Tony I should have been more clear on that. No I was talking about the “Trichrons” you can see them with a Microscope say 60x100 they will be either clear, milky or turning Amber. I shoot for 50 to 70% Amber Hope this helps B Safe Will

Oh, I understand now. I’m having an issue with cutworms, and was thinking about harvesting soon because I keep picking these damn things off every day. The trichrons are milky and not amber yet, but most ‘hairs’ are Amber…

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I try to get people to not describe the hairs as amber. Amber denotes translucent, like “oral amber” mouth wash, or amber resin from trees, something you can still kind of see through. The pistils, also known as hairs, might be kind of translucent when fresh, but when they become orange-ish or bro…

Amber color on pistils...need help on when to harvest

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