I had cut a bud and let it dry a cpl days and tried it. First time nothing. Then another day drying and today i had a nice head buzz. Sativa dominate for sure. But im afraid it was just cause it was the top of a branch. With all these leaves its hard to get any looks of the tricomes not on leaves. And i agree there is a lot of clear yet but cloudy too. And even clear with amber heads. Its confusing.
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Yeah it can be a little difficult to check but like @Caligurl mentions try to look deep into the buds.
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Lots of milky trichomes. I’d wait a few days for more amber to show. In the meantime I might trim some lower leaves and pre trim some fan leaves to.
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Think i should keep going with nutes?
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Its a personal preference. Ive heard both ways. Watched a video with Dr Bugbee and he doesnt believe in starving your plant the final two weeks. Really up to you, i personally dont think it makes a difference other than just saving your nutrients the last week or so.
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Id use a Ripener about now a dash Nitrogen more Phosphorus and some Potassium with a dash of sulfur and magnesium attached to them.
Like GH Koolbloom dry
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Whats the benefits of the ripener? Ive never heard of it, so what exactly does it do/effect? And why do u use it?
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I’ve had some grows where there were a ton of leaves. Don’t throw in the towel. They turned out to be some best tasting, hard hitting buds.
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GH KoolBloom Dry is a concentrated plant food supplement that is formulated to promote intense and abundant flowering in plants, including cannabis . [It contains the nutrients needed to enhance the production of robust blooms as well as essential oils and fragrance in many flowers and culinary and medicinal herb]
It’s formulated with the essential nutrients for late stage flowering. Your plant has plenty of nitrogen based on the dark green and waxy appearance in the leaves. It can use that the additional Phosphorus and Potassium to finish flower.
Sulfur is an essential nutrient for cannabis plants, and it is required throughout all growing stages. During flowering, a lack of sulfur can result in a greatly diminished final product. Bud growth will suffer, and poor yields will be the result. If there is a serious sulfur deficiency during the flowering stage, the flowers themselves might even die.
According to a post on THCFarmer, sulfur burning late in flower can help prevent powdery mildew (PM) on buds ¹. However, it is recommended to use sulfur with caution as it can leave a residue and cause a sulfur smell.
It is recommended to ensure that the plant is receiving adequate light, water, and nutrients ². During the last 1-2 weeks of flowering, cannabis plants require additional nutrients to facilitate ripening and enhance the production of essential oils and fragrances in many flowers and culinary and medicinal herbs.
According to a guide by Royal Queen Seeds, flowering cannabis plants have additional demands for phosphorus and potassium. It is recommended to give them PK 13/14 as extra stimulation for flower development. These substances are found in every basic nutrient mix, but in lower volumes. With some additional PK 13/14, you can get denser and more compact buds.
During the flowering stage, cannabis plants require relatively low levels of nitrogen. [While your plants still need nitrogen during flowering, too much nitrogen at this stage will prevent your plants from forming buds properly, resulting in lower yields, less potency and possibly inferior bud]
There are other products you can use for late stage flower. Most have this similar concoction of nutrients.
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Imho, id wait till more cloudy myself.
This could be a good learning experience though if you wanted to take a limb now of your choosing, maybe not a big one or just a few nugs.
Then let the rest go 1 week.
Is it’s done take it all or another small amount and let go another week.
This can give you a better idea of the difference between “stages” or trichomes development.
I don’t like the clear trichomes buzz at all myself, I like all cloudy for daytime and more amber at night. But mostly clear is si disappointing for me when I have choped to soon…
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I should prolly take some fan leaves now? Theres so many leaves that were so short but now the are longer and im able to snip. On the plant in the back aome buds have cloudy but theres a lot of clear yet. Also how do you tell if you have waited too long? Do the tricomes burst?
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I’ve read that they do but if I’ve ever seen it, i didn’t recognize it for that 
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More amber, calyx are very swollen, plant stops taken up water like it had been, to the point the plant starts to get “dry looking”.
Or at least this is my experience with plants I’ve let go longer then normal.
Idk if it was actually “to long” but it was longer then normal.
I will say though, to long is Way Better then 2 soon.
A sleepy buzz is better then little or no buzz 
Edit: forgot to say, I’m team defoliation 
So i say go for it, others will have a different opinion on the defoliation.
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So u think i got a week to go? 2 weeks? Should i start yhe flawless finish flush?
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I hate to say a time but from what I can tell in the pictures the buds are well developed (calyx seems swallon), doesn’t seem to be any white hairs left (that I can see). These are the first signs I look for and then I’ll start checking trichomes.
If i couldn’t check trichomes I would wait for these signs and then give it a week or 2 to be safe. A little long is way better then a little to soon.
But looking at the trichomes up close is only way to tell 100%.
We want all or most all Cloudy and as few clear as possible for optimal potency.
Clear and Cloudy can sometimes be hard to tell apart, clear looks like glass and Cloudy looks like white plastic.
As for the flushing, i don’t flush before harvest but there’s nothing wrong with it if you wanted to.
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Do the pics still look like foxtailing? I will take better pics and some of the tricomes later when lights go on
I cut a piece to try and get good tricome pics. I see a lot of clear yet but cloudy also. So i will let it go for another week or so see how she is doing but it is very hard to get tricome shots not on the leaves.
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So many leaves! When i trim am i trimming the stem of the leaves or just the leaf part? Is it ganna taste like shit cause of all the leaves?
yea good shit!!
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