I started this Photoperiod white widow around the end of August. I believe the 29th I started germination. Flipped to flower on November 21. Looking at trichromes with a jewelers loupe I am barely able to make out the colors. I see some cloudy, some Amber, and I think some clear. I was debating whether to harvest this weekend or the following since next weekend would be 8 weeks of flower. Should I wait more? Most of the pistils are rusty and starting to recede. A few are still whitish (10% maybe). Iāve already stopped giving it nutrients as of last weekend. Plain water for 2 waterings so far.
Def a learning experience. Struggled with the nutrients since I transplanted it from a smaller pot. I am seeing some purpling of leaves but nothing major.
Starting by posting a bonus pic of mutant branch I have and tried to train and give it as much light as possible but itās so low on the plant it didnāt grow much. The branch is flat and leaves grew mad along the stem. I have more pics on another post back before flower.
Can you get your camera lens stuffed up against the jewelerās loupe and take some photos for us that way of the trichomes?
Itās hard to give advice without seeing the trichomes up close. The pistils being still white is a real rough estimator that sheās not ready yet and may have 2-3 weeks to go, but that isnāt true for every plant.
Honestly those all look quite good. Iād be looking at pulling in a week or two. Iāll hold off my judgment about whether I suggest one week or two after we see the microscope shots. But thereās a little clear, a lot of cloudy/milky, and a little amber going on.
I havenāt evaluated the ones that are clearly sugar leaves because those mature differently than the buds but all of the bud shots are A+ material.
Honestly Iām not sure. The longer you let them go the bigger the buds will get, but the trade off is that the mature buds will start to degrade as time goes on.
At some point itās just evaluating if theyāre ādoneā for your personal preference and giving them the ax.
7 weeks on the 9th (by my count). Add 2-3 weeks. Sounds like 9-10 weeks to me. 8-9 if you are one of those who doesnāt count the first week after flip. (PS itās @Vistrix ās WW, not mine - got my blonde a$$ all confused for a moment there. Iām like āwait my WW isnāt even a month old yet )
Iām just operating on the trichome photos. Thatās how I always have and always will evaluate plant maturity.
Hey there @Vistrix looking good. One thing I would say re. bud beef-up is that it looks like your plant has more nutrients in the leaves for the buds to cannibalize. I find it amazing how bud shoulders grow as they suck out the last remaining nutes in the leaves. Donāt forget, it wonāt happen over night.
November 21 to January 21 is 8 weeks. And that is 2 weeks away still. What am I missing. Did you not mean to type that you flipped to flower on November 21st because that is for sure , definitely what it says
Actually I was one of the guys who count from the day I flip until ā¦ I contacted the very company that I bought the seeds from. ILGM and they said ā technically, itās not until you see the formation of the flowers that you begin the count ā so in spite of thinking I was almost finished , I trusted the people who sell the seeds and figured I needed to add a few weeks.
I just finished up we photos outside though and they took 10 weeks to get some color on those tricombs. But, I had shade issues that slowed me down I believe. It was my first grow and there great. But I wish I would have let them get to 30 percent Amber color. Your growing environment has everything to do with how long it can take to reach maturity. 7 to nine weeks is a very vague time range. Just keep watching your hairs and tricombs. Donāt pull to soon!!! I wish I had listened to plumbdand and removed all my shade but I didnāt. Live and learn.
I misunderstood something Iām sure. I think your probably a few weeks out. Iām not sure Iāve ever seen a plant finish by 7 weeks. A 7-9 week plant will often ripen for 10-12 weeks. My 8-9 week ripeners are 9 weeks in a have a few to go
Haha reading through all this even confused me. To clarify tomorrow Sunday Jan 9 will be 7 complete weeks since I switched the light schedule to 12/12. Iāll wait until my microscope arrives and post updated images. I decided to wait until at least 1/16 (8 weeks). Most likely will wait 1-2 weeks after that so total of 9-10 weeks all dependent upon the updated images. Yes I agree the plant is just starting to suck the nutrients out of the leaves. Should I give it some nutrients since Iām waiting another 2-3 weeks? Itās been without nutrients for a week now. I was getting nervous cause I saw some Amber starting with the loupe. But those are mainly on the sugar leaves.
A+ material.
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Thatās how I always have and always will evaluate plant maturity.