My plants buds are almost ready. The hairs have all faded to brown and curled up and the trichomes are mostly all cloudy with a very rare amber one. Its been like that for a week or more with no real change. So how long does it normally take for trichomes to turn from cloudy to amber? I'm hoping for about 20% amber but I also want to cut it down in about 4 days on Saturday. Should I give it another week? Do some plants not get amber? Its a biscotti strain, 20/80 stativa/indica photo period.
Another trichome question
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greenjeans
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I've been wondering the same thing!!!!! Come On Amber!!!!! 
Fuzzy Duck
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Oh that old chest nut 
Well if ya paying your own electric bill & wishing for the mythical 20% amber tric ... the question is how long ?
In general not all strains behave the same !
Well if ya paying your own electric bill & wishing for the mythical 20% amber tric ... the question is how long ?
In general not all strains behave the same !
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I was afraid someone would say that! I might just cut it anyway, amber of no amber!Oh that old chest nut
Well if ya paying your own electric bill & wishing for the mythical 20% amber tric ... the question is how long ?
In general not all strains behave the same !
Cplchris
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Haha… dont blame you. My last plant had no change after 3 weeks so I did the same. Cheers!
amber is full on degraded to lesser psychoactive compounds,, ed rosenthal science says so,, why wait?? do it now,,,....!!!!!
greenjeans
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Yeah - If it is mostly all cloudy you should be in for a good time!!! 
greenjeans
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I will also add that I am doing a staggered harvest - I take maybe a 1/4 of the plant and then a week or so later another bunch. I am now at the point of waiting for the amber - but - patience is wearing thin!!! 
Happily this is the best weed I've ever grown so if it all stays at this level, I'm happy!!!
Happily this is the best weed I've ever grown so if it all stays at this level, I'm happy!!!- Thread starter
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What are you growing? I'm already wondering what to grow next season....I might do the staggered harvest as well.I will also add that I am doing a staggered harvest - I take maybe a 1/4 of the plant and then a week or so later another bunch. I am now at the point of waiting for the amber - but - patience is wearing thin!!!
greenjeans
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I was gifted these seeds - so I can't speak for the authenticity - Peyote, Blue Cheese and from a neighbours plant. I have pollinated a bud or two on the Peyote and Blue Cheese from a male "Brian".
I find that with a staggered harvest you might not "guess totally wrong" - you should be able to hit some of it "right"
I find that with a staggered harvest you might not "guess totally wrong" - you should be able to hit some of it "right"
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Thats what I was thinking. Maybe I will end up with some "head high"weed and some couch lock weed.I was gifted these seeds - so I can't speak for the authenticity - Peyote, Blue Cheese and from a neighbours plant. I have pollinated a bud or two on the Peyote and Blue Cheese from a male "Brian".
I find that with a staggered harvest you might not "guess totally wrong" - you should be able to hit some of it "right"
greenjeans
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Thats what I was aiming at - just keep track of the harvest dates and jarring dates - should tell you what you need to know.
That is what I have been thinking lately. Why wait?
I kept plants going 10, 11, and sometimes 12 weeks of flower and no one said "Wow, this is the best weed."
Lately I have been pulling plants out of the flowering tent 8 or 9 weeks after the start of pistil growth and everyone is more than satisfied. Somehow I don't see the gardeners for the underground market sitting around watching their electric meters spinning dials while their weed is waiting a couple more weeks to show 10-20% amber.
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I took down about half the plant today. I'll leave the rest for another week or so....maybe. I had to move my heater from the greenhouse to the garage, so I'm wondering would a very light frost hurt the rest of the plant?I will also add that I am doing a staggered harvest - I take maybe a 1/4 of the plant and then a week or so later another bunch. I am now at the point of waiting for the amber - but - patience is wearing thin!!!
greenjeans
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I don't thinks so - I've had outside plants back in the bush that I just leave - whenever I check on them they seem to be fine well into frosty weather.
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Yeah, thats what I was hoping, I read similar things before, so I should be safe for another week with no heat. Especially in a greenhouse.
CelestialNurseries
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Most hash makers pull around week 6...clear trichs make for blonde hash...it's a win win.
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When i was much younger, blonde hash was considered the lowest grade of hash. Red was better, black was best. God only knows what was in the black we smoked.
CelestialNurseries
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It's crazy how the market has changed...we can now take very poor quality product, turn it into oil...or what some call rso and then crash it out of solution making a 100% pure isolate that is shelf stable and consistent. I even heard of a lab that can grow trichs now...no need to even grow the plant anymore..
