# Do trichomes have to be amber **URL:** \ **Category:** Autoflowers\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057 "2022-06-01T18:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/1 "2022-06-01T18:18:58Z")
![20220601_125520](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/c/f/f/cff812124ad154675750a829625e4ff2185658cc.jpeg) ![20220601_125631](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/c/7/b/c7b5bc565c7fd3a067464c5be537e724ccc1eed6.jpeg) I think they are cloudy or is it wishful thinking, autoplants in 5th week of flowering. ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/2 "2022-06-01T18:20:59Z")
Lots of clear, but to be expected at the 5th week. You have 4 to 5 weeks to go yet. ---
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/3 "2022-06-01T18:22:29Z")
How sad, i thought Autos meant sooner ![20220601_131536](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/1/b/c/1bc3e420ac49fc1d59d4aaf2889fadc1ceae46c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![MidwestGuy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/midwestguy/32/914277_2.png) [@MidwestGuy](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MidwestGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/4 "2022-06-01T18:26:51Z")
> [@mzzdecember](#): > > Autos meant sooner Not really. Most cannabis plants, both photos and autos, become sexually mature at some point between 4 and 7 weeks. Either type of plant is capable of flowering upon sexual maturity. The only difference between autos and photos is that there must be less that ~14 hours of light per day to flower a photo. The majority of growers go to a 12/12 light cycle to flower a photo. ---
**Author:** ![Audiofreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/audiofreak/32/696429_2.png) [@Audiofreak](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Audiofreak)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/5 "2022-06-01T18:49:57Z")
Make sure you are looking at the buds not the sugar leaves as the leaves change more quickly! ---
**Author:** ![MrPeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@MrPeat](https://ilgmforum.com/u/MrPeat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/6 "2022-06-01T18:55:31Z")
And some of us only grow 12/12 start to finish. With no pH or PPM’s checked either. Just let Mother Nature grow them as they should be. But this grow cycle I need to do some training. Still not using any nutrients but I may have to as this is the 3rd grow cycle with this soil mixture of FFOF and FFHF. @mzzdecember You don’t need amber but you will get some. Its just a little couch lock if you experience it. I have only experienced it one time out of 300+ strains I have smoked. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/7 "2022-06-01T19:24:26Z")
I have mine on 18 hours of light. I stopped with the nutrients and begun flushing because I thought I was EXTREMLY close to harvest. Silly me, I thought when it said 9 weeks from seed to harvest, that is what it meant. I have been testing the buds from the lower bottom as they were the smallest. Should I be checking as a whole and what if only part of it is ready, do I cut only half …So many questions ---
**Author:** ![kellydans](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/kellydans/32/580751_2.png) [@kellydans](https://ilgmforum.com/u/kellydans)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/8 "2022-06-01T19:43:11Z")
Welcome to the community ! you still have several weeks to finish plant. The Breeder’s guide is just an estimated time. Most autos take 12 to 16 weeks to finish. Good luck finishing up. ---
**Author:** ![OutdoorFool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7cd45c/32.png) [@OutdoorFool](https://ilgmforum.com/u/OutdoorFool)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/9 "2022-06-01T19:56:43Z")
If you want the strongest weed, yes, trichomes MUST be amber. ---
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/10 "2022-06-01T20:02:05Z")
I was under the impression you loose thc when it becomes amber but gain a higher yield. . ---
**Author:** ![OutdoorFool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7cd45c/32.png) [@OutdoorFool](https://ilgmforum.com/u/OutdoorFool)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/11 "2022-06-01T20:06:25Z")
That was not my experience, but I’ve read and been told amber trichomes produce the best indica couch lock. ---
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/12 "2022-06-01T20:28:24Z")
Last question, should I start back with nutrients, I was using fox farm? ---
**Author:** ![OutdoorFool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7cd45c/32.png) [@OutdoorFool](https://ilgmforum.com/u/OutdoorFool)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/13 "2022-06-01T23:56:56Z")
How far into the grow are you? As another said, I think you have four to five weeks left in your cycle. ---
**Author:** ![mzzdecember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@mzzdecember](https://ilgmforum.com/u/mzzdecember)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/do-trichomes-have-to-be-amber/88057/14 "2022-06-02T00:12:21Z")
I thought 5 weeks into flowering but now looking at my calendar I am in 6 weeks