Microscope came in, thing is awesome. I see alot of white bubbles which is the THC I think. How it look, idk if I did a good photo job tho @Nicky
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Nice, now we’re cooking with gas.
Make sure you focus on the buds as much as possible and zoom in be you want to see the trichomes in detail.
Your mostly cloudy with a bit of clear
Here is some info, for indicas I shoot for 30% Amber or so and for sativas I shoot for mostly cloudy a bit clear.
If you haven’t already started flushing I suggest you start, if you like that psychedelic WW high then I would flush a good amount of water through your plants and when they are dry chop them.
If you don’t mind a bit more fo a laid back high then your not as rushed but still closing in on harvest so start flushing either way. I would sya they are ready to harvest if they are my WW but unfortunately they haven’t been flushed.
Ps. Can you share and updated picture of the buds non microscope and of the plant?
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Ah yeah I’ll try for better pics. How long do you recommend flushing (watering only with water ) for, a week?.then cut them.turn light off and hang upside down for another week?
First batch here I come
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I edited my post above so re read it and get back to me.
I would say run 3x the pot size of water through each, not just normal watering you want to flush.
No scientific way to this but I prefer water that has no chlorine in it (I have a carbon filter on my cold tap) otherwise the best thing might be to let a bunch of water sit out over night and PH it after it’s sat for 24hr. I PH my cold water some say you don’t have to but it’s an easy step
Here some non microscope pictures. So since each pot has 3 gallons of dirt,.water each with 9 gallons and once it’s done it’s been flushed? I used distilled water only .
How long does flushing usually take? I like to water mine every or every other day
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Forgot to @ your name in previous.post hehe @Nicky
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All good I’m tagged to watching so I see anytime someone posts on this thread thanks @nts!
Looking good.
You will know when the plants are flushed because they eat themselves, first the green goes and then leaves fall off but they don’t have to be all brown.
This was mine before last chop
I ussualy read the run off TDS while flushing and flush about half the nutrients in the pot. So if I was at 1200 ide drop to 600 TDS run off the first flush and second flush ide drop it to like 300 or 200…once your that low it’s good.
ok so flush and once TDS=200 or less chop and hang upside down to dry?
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While watching tricombs and leaves when the plant eats its self yes…
But your sorta behind on the flush so watch your tricombs and if they start to go Amber just chop it when it’s dry.
Watch your tricombs everyday now!
Well again depends on the high you want…
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Ok I’ll flush today and once tricombs go.amber I will chop and dry (hang upside down). Only about 80% should be Amber when it’s time to chop?
Thanks again for all the help
Yes on the flush no on the tricombs lol
What type of high do you like? Couch lock or cerebral?
Nothing too high, just a foggy type lol. So I should cut ASAP after flush ?
I advise you to read up on tricombs because I sorta tried to explain how tricombs maturities changes the high but I don’t think your understanding, possibly my fault.
. Read a quick article or two.
Then get back to us and I’ll clarify
I checked out this nifty guide here What are Trichomes? | PotGuide
They said once about half are milky to get flushing and ready for harvest, as apparently the THC degrades after that. My TDS meter arrives today so I’ll flush tonight. Hopefully goes well 
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Yeah, Remeber a couple posts up I provided a nice little diagram of the difference.
If you want a sedative type stone you want more Amber thoough, to much clear will give you a high that also has a higher chance of paranoia and psychedelic effects.
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Thanks.
Yes I’ve had those wake up and not see anyone so k think the world ended highs lol. Wew
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Hahaha, I blacked out on a 10mg gummy bear In a public place and people were gonna call ems but my girlfriend talked others down and me up then I explained I’m good I actually am ems and I know I don’t want them called right now lol
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Haha yeah just got to wait it out. I hope mine turns out well enough to make a few brownies or stuff
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Oh you definitely will be able to.
The key is to take your plant when it’s read and trim off all the fan leafs, the big ones with no sugar thc on them, then trim how you want (many hang it) with a catch cloth underneath (I use an old bed sheet) collect all that trim your cutting off and put it in a cardboard box, shake the box everyday till its dry.
Then grind it all up with a hand grinder (don’t use a blender type thing) and pour that out evenly onto a baking pan with parchment paper on it.
Pre heat the oven to 252f and put it in for 27min exactly.
Then follow a butter recipe, ussualy a bit of water and some butter followed by a steady slow and low temp, flowed by draining it all through a cheese cloth. Boom you have butter.
Follow the procedure to a T though or you loose things like thc content or butter flavour by adding to much chlorophyll
So for the buds I’ll grind and smoke, I cut the plant and any large leaves and then hang upside down in my grow tent with no grow light on but I’ll keep the temp around 65-70f and humidity 40-45%. And the buds will fall into the bedsheet as they dry out or do I actually cut it off? The harvesting seems hardest. Like I’m worried how I’ll know when to trim or cut