First grow trichome question

[Autumnsday]

I have 4 northern lights auto s in fox farm ocean forest 5g pots. I just bought a jewelers loupe and not sure how near I am to harvest. Or if I should start to flush?

 

[Hydroholic]

Looks like lots of clear still. They are autos so what’s the recommendation on time?

 

[Autumnsday]

It says 8 week flower. I'm at day 71 from seed. This one plant is further along then my other 3.

 

[Hydroholic]

If it was me and only cause I like to see some amber I would wait another week.

 

[BigD13]

I agree that they need some more time. Also, I grow in soil and don't flush. It's not necessary. No sense in starving your plants at the end of your grow and it does not affect the taste.

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Few words about how nutrients are leached, which ones are leached and under what conditions. The source is Chapter 7 of "Trees, Crops, and Soil Fertility: Concepts and Research Methods" (2003). It's good addition to flushing discussion, where folklore still rules. :smokin2:

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[HydroponicFireman]

Wait for them to turn cloudy (hard to tell from the pic if they are) and then if you want some say 10-20% amber before harvesting. Amber trichomes are the THC degrading into other chemicals (I think CBG, etc), a few amber trichs should mean its reached its max capacity and is now on the downslide.

 

[Shleprock]

New to this, would it be better to go on the over ripe side or under?

 

[HydroponicFireman]

I think most would say under-ripe side to keep the THC high....but remember that some lower buds will ripen later than top buds...usually.

 

[labexperiment]

Look at the trichomes on the calyxes instead of the trichomes on the leaves. Although I am not an autoflower grower I believe I have read that you count days from the first pistils appearing on the plant not the day it was planted, but I may be wrong as autos are not my thing, so wait for conformation on that. Or look around for it using the search function would be faster.

 

[Autumnsday]

Look at the trichomes on the calyxes instead of the trichomes on the leaves. Although I am not an autoflower grower I believe I have read that you count days from the first pistils appearing on the plant not the day it was planted, but I may be wrong as autos are not my thing, so wait for conformation on that. Or look around for it using the search function would be faster.

Ya I read something like that too. Not to count from seed. But there's just so much info out there....

 

[BigD13]

I just finished two autos a couple of weeks ago. From my experience and research, you shouldn't trust what the breeder says. It's all in the trichomes. One plant was right in the stated flowering window, the other was a couple of weeks early. You have to look real close at the trichomes on the calyxes. You want cloudy like plastic, not clear like glass. Some amber doesn't hurt either. Also, like another person posted on a different thread; when you think it's ready, wait a few days. Patience is key.

 

[bobrown14]

You have a ways to go. Just keep doin what yer doin.

There will be a time when the flowers start to fill out and get fat and happy.

Could be any day now.