IMO you really want to see at least 25-30% amber before you start your final prep to harvest. That should still provide an upbeat high but also have enough amber so you do not get sketchy or paranoid when you smoke.
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@MedMan1878 What Oak said, please consider his advice, I think youâll be much happier ?
im getting ancyâŚneed to smoke! I donât kno why my shots arenât showing the amber I have a lot of it but prob not enough like u saidâŚI still got to dry and cure so ur rite def not time to get impatientâŚIâm gonna give it 3 or 4 more days
Random question hereâŚI was looking at some of the other seeds on the site, namely strawberry kush and it was under the âFeminizedâ seed section not the autoflower, but it shows a flowering time of only 54 daysâŚso is the strawberry kush also an autoflower, or is it a regular seed thatâs just female with a very short flowering time? If so would it technically be done in the same time an autoflower is done? This may be a dumb question but How do you find out the vegging times for the seeds ?
I think I could answer, youâre probably going to add a couple weeks transition time to that 54 days âŚsome may add more some may add less, and thatâs probably a good rule of thumb for all times given everywhere
generally speaking the time given for an autoflower is supposed to be seed to harvestâŚalthough few can get them to harvest as quickly as the ads say, lol⌠when dealing with a photo period plantâŚregular seed, feminized seed, whichever⌠the flowering time listed is the time period that starts after the light schedule has been changed on a plant and does not include all the time spent in vegetative growth⌠usually the first two weeks after the light change is called âpre-flowerâ and this time period is usually not included in flower time either.
say for example you have an auto that says flowering time is 75 days⌠this means from the time you germinate seed it will take a total of around 75 days,âŚusually 85-90 days and you will be harvestingâŚ
same example but you have a photo period seed that says flowers in 75 days⌠you germ the seed and get it sprouted and through the seedling stage(two weeks) then you start on the veg stage and decide to veg for 45 days(six weeks) you switch your light schedule to 12/12 to encourage your plant to flower and force it into pre flower(two weeks)âŚyou make it through preflower and get into full on floweringâŚnowâŚafter the TEN WEEKS it took to actually get to flower⌠NOW you start your 75 days of flowerâŚ
the seed ads cover the entire lifespan of the autos⌠but only the actual budding period for the photo period plants.
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Oooohhh ok makes senseâŚI see cuz technically they say an auto pretty much goes straight into flower from day 1 with maybe a very short period of vegâ>pre flowerâŚbut since itâs basically already in flower mode within the first couple weeks give or take they use the flower time interchangeable with harvest timeâŚcool tnx oak
Ok folks I just got her out of 36 hours of dark period and she is milky and fuzzy everywhere u can just see the milky trichomes without using a scope but here are the picsâŚa lot of my Amber trichomes look half clear half Amber and the milky ones are just milky but Iâm still having trouble focusing on the Amber to get picsâŚanyway I think Iâm ready but Iâm gonna post this one last Time before I cut anything down
I donât know why it seems all the amber ones just come out as clear here are more pics⌠Iâm also seeing what Iâm not sure is purple are amber discoloration on the tips of a lot of buds and a lot on the top not sure if thatâs purple or its overdone or what
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I wish I could post short video clips because itâs the only way to get a clear assessment with the microscope âŚwould anyone be open to me sending them a short video via email
I can see the Amber âŚso after 36 hours of dark you have to chop it, looks good! 
I heard you donât want to dry or cure them around plastic? Can I hang dry them in an oven thatâs proper partially open if itâs totally dark in there? Or do I want to keep it off the metalâŚobviously oven turned off 
Your best bet is to run some strings in a small room or closet, keep it dark and add a small fan indirectly blowing the air around and leave it for about a week
For the record a lot of these strange and unusual things you hear, I wouldnât pay too much attention, itâs pretty fundamental stuff
Lastly for some of the lower more under developed buds and branches, can I put them back under the light at all as long as I donât trim to close to the buds?
Here she is, still with a lot of foliage but I can pick the bigger leaves off as she dries over the next week right? Then give it a tighter manicure just before she cures in mason jars? Can I put this trimmed plant back under the lights at all?
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I say give it a shot hell it canât hurt it that was a beautiful girl you had there congratulations @MedMan1878
Once you put it in the dark for 36 hours thatâs pretty much game over buddy âŚtime to Hang Em High! Looking good, letâs get 'em dry 
Also newspapers have ink, you donât want to put your buds on newspaper try a paper or plastic bag or something like that I keep a designated tray for trimming
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Heâs right I forgot that 36 hours there toast cut them off do I love this place @Paranorman iâd go with anything he had to say
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Itâs funny you say that because Iâm here thinking geez what the hell would happen if he did ?? LOL âŚmaybe we can get him to do it as an experiment ?
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With as much as he has and the light not getting to the bottom like that it could work man them plants are strong as hell and resilient I say what the hell still if it. Was my plant Iâd give it another couple days and see what happens water it put it back under the light and see what happens you never know unless you try it
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