# Have to be getting close, can’t tell. Any help appeciated **URL:** \ **Category:** Autoflowers\ **Tags:** outdoor-grow, harvesting\ **Created:** [August 12, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897 "2021-08-12T12:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/1 "2021-08-12T12:57:40Z")
Almost to week 11 since germ. Zkittle auto flower. Grown outside. Stopped nutes 2 weeks ago. Sorry for the trichome pictures clarity. I tried holding the loupe by my phone camera. These look to be getting close, but I’ve never grown before so I’m not sure how clearly any amber would come through? They look to me like a lot of cloudy. Any one have any thoughts or ideas on how close these are to ready? I’d hate to let them go too long or chop too early ![Processing: 3BD49F26-E368-4469-A067-7BEA70767290.jpeg...]() Processing: B9C44815-7455-417E-B20D-49C8A974ECD5.jpeg… Processing: 0BF84D81-6D7B-4D17-9FCB-1EC2264AE4F3.jpeg… Processing: EE984660-0338-4735-9367-809281800DC4.jpeg… Processing: F24B201D-8367-46A6-84B6-E6BFF49642F6.jpeg… Processing: 76C1015C-7349-4C5C-90FA-E829699490D5.jpeg… Processing: 2E33EB1C-F73F-4EB8-AC22-F0E4D1C9C694.jpeg… Processing: 4E58B89D-6B5A-4AE5-89BD-F7FDA9A63177.jpeg… Processing: E4E05B24-922F-4348-B8B7-6A02339A3B9D.jpeg… Processing: 76833816-F370-4122-BA71-63233393E0CD.jpeg… Processing: 2FCB7AB4-957C-4FCC-8C0E-CE93AD49C1EE.jpeg… Processing: 2786FFE1-7FBF-4494-AD89-5D7CE146D22C.jpeg… Processing: 43DE9EF7-8EEC-486A-992E-9668B1999D67.jpeg… Processing: 72D359EC-FF01-483B-981D-D7AAEB4C9979.jpeg… Processing: 6588314F-DA0A-4648-8BA0-8AB8CB194DAD.jpeg… Processing: 02C52B3B-70C4-43F1-90EC-700A063C8E11.jpeg… Processing: 37000420-C72D-4E1C-82E3-06A60A846E6B.jpeg… Pictures taken in my kitchen because the come inside at night to avoid a stray thunderstorm and get complete darkness away from street lights. Thanks for looking! ---
**Author:** ![grizZz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/grizzz/32/544113_2.png) [@grizZz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/grizZz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/2 "2021-08-12T13:01:44Z")
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**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/3 "2021-08-12T13:14:06Z")
On it, thanks. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/6/a/46ab8ab00879785d68f761bf0c9a3f3a0444eee5.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/8/1/381b6feff2b1e3a1186aa3c93969509aca5fc5ce.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/2/d/02de2d9648f059e1b5178f22268e51e3348f6426.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/c/d/1/cd1db507c12c8e597db034d20fb45cc3b36bcbfc.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/e/9/0e9d8278c96df12f5d53b71d1a39b0fd0da725ae.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/7/b/a/7ba637746689bcc70e2a8e93ed3cc127f80d2c56.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/d/7/bd7e90a59b81aa6196b9d456b2c94ac035eb1d57.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/f/1/2/f128d82d399194079004e9a1e368fb6480a8c7a0.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/f/a/bfa3183d98d11a8097d14dae2e27f27aa7230597.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/8/0/980b79b1960ba6803e4167f2e0296687f17bc53e.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/4/5/4455c43d2bf06912c91badd678c45453c23187aa.jpeg) ![image|375x500] ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/b/5/a/b5a709b8a204ae44217e9b9533cb0ffdf8691ba5.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/5/e/8/5e8881c29abacc88a2c048f9eaad4199d8d13b9a.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/d/e/d/ded734a1a7d5e5436a7e4978877e257ec75ac142.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/4 "2021-08-12T13:25:13Z")
@Kylerose Plant looks great I couldn’t say about the trichomes I am curious tho ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/a/7/e/a7e7b1bf480e2a129b8b844065f7d4645974280c.jpeg) That a resin bubble or aphid baby maker ? ---
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/5 "2021-08-12T16:06:57Z")
@Lacewing You know, I’m not sure. I did have a spider mites problem but last bugs and stuff took care of that. I haven’t seen any pests on the plants. But I suppose it could be? ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/6 "2021-08-12T16:09:24Z")
@Kylerose Lol they look awesome so I doubt you have a single issue I haven’t been able to see my trichomes this close yet Have a scope coming today Loupe is ok but not ideal As I type this lol ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/7/c/b/7cb7d9fb9133a75716106b2a8391e66f4fb271cd.jpeg) On a sunflower stalk I’m about to flick him into orbit Hope someone answers on the trichomes I’m actually curious too !! ---
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/7 "2021-08-12T16:12:14Z")
@Lacewing yeah it works great for the eye but trying to take pictures is a nightmare, next go I’ll get a better one. I’ve had to put so much nickel and dime money into this for just little stuff here and there I thought a basic loop would be good. Lesson learned there. I haven’t seen any critters like that on my plants yet. I do have some squirrels that keep bringing peanuts over and planting them but now I just have some peanuts growing in a separate area! ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/8 "2021-08-12T16:34:42Z")
@Kylerose good thing is I don’t think squirrels are interested in flowers Birds either It’s if you are growing males they go after the seeds I find peanuts planted all over the place too … Only concern is if the moron damages the roots ---
**Author:** ![addison\_browne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/addison_browne/32/589430_2.png) [@addison\_browne](https://ilgmforum.com/u/addison_browne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/9 "2021-08-12T18:18:21Z")
Looking at your pics it does not look like your amber is even at 50% yet. Pick out the best bud on your plant and compare the white hairs to the amber ones. If there are more white to amber then you have more time. You said you stopped nutes but have you flushed yet? And don’t forget to trim yellow leaves. All in all it looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/10 "2021-08-12T18:41:04Z")
@addison_browne Thank you! I have been plucking those yellow ones out, I have flushed. I thought I was close a few weeks ago but wasn’t. The amber pistols are on the majority of the buds. When I get home I can take some more pictures of the buds themselves and post for more clarity. I’d like to end up with a mix of amber and cloudy. I haven’t seen amber really except maybe in some sugar leaves… ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/11 "2021-08-12T19:27:29Z")
@Kylerose @addison_browne I was also going to say the one pic looks to clear …and I don’t even see cloudy but I’m a noob and wouldn’t want to give anyone advice Just wanted to thank you for answering too I learned something ---
**Author:** ![Borderryan22](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/borderryan22/32/1167090_2.png) [@Borderryan22](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Borderryan22)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/12 "2021-08-12T22:44:45Z")
That bubble looks like it could actually be some hairs lined up like an optical illusion. ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/13 "2021-08-12T23:03:14Z")
Got my scope …. Holy impossible There’s definitely a learning curve here So far best I can do it’s breezy ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/8/c/28c67b893c300cd1cebaf196c79bee0949a871d2.jpeg) What’s crazy is the ones I can see look cloudy but I haven’t been flowering a month Could be the lighting who knows … I found it easier to take video and then pause it and screen shot …it’s impossible using one of these with the slightest movement You need to use your phone to see anything there’s no eyepiece on the device … Pain in the rear !! ---
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/14 "2021-08-13T01:10:18Z")
@Lacewing It’s so hard! I see some people’s pictures and I’m in awe after trying. To update, I took some pictures, just got home ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/d/a/3dafbfa1abec7ee5be2b6995ef59429ee0793393.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/7/c/7/7c70aa99a1f55e60c8189b129814e2385a9da506.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/3/2/932832982d6703801faeee1222fc07d756358e73.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/3/2/932832982d6703801faeee1222fc07d756358e73.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/3/d/a/3dafbfa1abec7ee5be2b6995ef59429ee0793393.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/7/c/7/7c70aa99a1f55e60c8189b129814e2385a9da506.jpeg) I do see mostly brown pistols, there are some white. Very very top bud on one plant has some amber, but only in one spot. Maybe a week? Maybe two? Would need someone with more expertise! ---
**Author:** ![Lacewing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/lacewing/32/601142_2.png) [@Lacewing](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Lacewing)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/15 "2021-08-13T01:14:51Z")
@Kylerose 😍 I see what you mean now …much better pics ---
**Author:** ![addison\_browne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/addison_browne/32/589430_2.png) [@addison\_browne](https://ilgmforum.com/u/addison_browne)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/16 "2021-08-13T01:29:50Z")
I usually wait until my amber is 75% compared to white. When I first started I would harvest too soon. I got ok results but the longer you wait, the better the smoke. And you have to let the plants cure properly also. Read up on that and properly burping your jars after curing. You will be able to store your herb for about a year if you cure and burp properly. I use amber jars and Boveda packets and place in a drawer or other container that will not be opened unless it is for your herb. ---
**Author:** ![Kylerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@Kylerose](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Kylerose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/have-to-be-getting-close-can-t-tell-any-help-appeciated/72897/17 "2021-08-13T01:32:15Z")
@Lacewing @addison_browne Thank you! I’ll plan on at least another week. Oh have jars and a harvest area ready. Can’t wait!